Dario's+Reflection

Dario Nov 3 2010 Reflection Gender Inequality: I learned that around the world poverty and tradition majorly affect how gender is thought about, for instance families working at a farm might want a boy to do heavy labour. The family might be working at crafting pots; they might want a girl to do the sharp and intricate patterns on the pot. I believe that around the world people shouldn’t take gender seriously, girls can do tough work if they practice. A boy can make a pot with enough patience, But my one question is, why would anybody discard their own child due to gender? Girl’s Education: Why does almost everybody in poverty think of sending boys to school, why not girls? Girls can achieve just as much as any boy or better. Think of what lots of men might do with their money? Alcohol? Woman probably think of how to spend money, for instance, they need some milk, they buy some, they need to repair the sink, instead of paying a plumber, they might try to fix it themselves. Study Notes: I learned that taking notes is a good thing to help education and grades, and test preparation. Taking notes is when somebody writes information down so they can remember all the facts. It can be a tricky skill, because the info might be heavily structured or fast moving (e.g. Documentary). Some people can be natural at it though, if they can write fast, and can dig all the facts. I myself don’t do really well at taking note, but practice will solve it. Kiva.org: Kiva is a very useful organisation for people in poverty that want to improve their income, but they have to pay it back over time. Kiva is kind of like a help organisation that gives benefit to themselves as well. Kiva makes sure that its money always goes to a good cause, because if someone uses kiva to buy a new iPod Nano, Kiva would most likely refuse. So the poor farmers in remote villages would have hope in their business.