Monday, November 30, 2009
If an Athenian came into the present day demorcracy what would they think?
I think that they would diagree completely with our democracy. They would probably disagree totally because we have a demorcracy of no choice. Even thought we live in a free county we cannt make choices that would make a change in our government easily. For the Greeks it was more of a wide range of coices and they believed in equaltiy. For example they had a bin and they put notes on a rock and at the end when it was full the king took them and make choices based on that. So if the Athenian came they owuld probably wonder why we dont have an open opinion governemnt base system.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Mayan values in modern society.
For Mayan women, some people used this topic for their project. As groups were presenting I learned stuff that I didnt know before. For example back in the day when they had Mayan tribes women played a big role in society. They cooked the food, took care of their children, and made clothing for their families. Mayan women were always have their children young which was like a custom that they followed. In modern days there is a big Mayan society in San Francisco. Many women still follow their ancestors and have plenty of kids at a very young age. Weaving was a very important aspect in ancient Mayan times. It is still today a majority of what they follow. In many cases the women still follow what their ancestors did and weave for a living. In parts of the United States many women keep up to that. The majority of women in Guatamala still follow the exactly what they have been known to do and what their mothers and grandmothers have done in the past to keep their culture alive.
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