Looking back at all my past posts, I realized it was a window into a world that would do no good to anyone. So here's my blog make over; getting rid of those immensely emo entries, the constant dwellings of life, and my unnecessary and uninteresting whiney moments.
Some may question my drastic change but here's my take on it: Blogs are not meant to be personal diaries. At least not entirely. What good would it do to write it out for the world to plainly have a free expose into your personal life? Bloggers are meant to share information that MIGHT have been related to personal experiences that would BENEFIT the readers one way or another. And here is where I see myself contributing to the blogger world. It took a while for me to realize how what I write could somehow benefit someone(hopefully) somewhere in the world.
Being educated in a women's college and after a very thorough evaluation of who I am and what I have gone through, I see what it really means to be a person and most importantly a woman in this day of age. I do not wish to take full credit for all the "smart" comments or opinions I have on certain issues but it is only through the people I am constantly surrounded by that I am able to say that I have a voice of my own.
And in realizing that, I wish to share a glimpse of the people, the women, the men, the experiences, the articles, the pictures that have helped me find my voice and get myself back on track.
This week during my research methodology class, our discussion on how to write lab reports took a detour into the topic of women in science. The inequalities we face as women in addition to racism and other forms of prejudism has always been a topic of interest for me. My professor, Dr. Francl, asked us all to close our eyes and think of a scientist.
As it turns out, it is more common for us to think of a man with huge frizzy grey hair with glasses standing in a lab coat that someway or another resembles Albert Einstein. Notice I mentioned MAN. We almost hardly ever picture a woman in that position. As disappointing as it seems, I too pictured a man. It is apparent that we hardly every do hear of the success of women in science. I found this rather disturbing for a couple of days. I began to question my future in science and whether one day I would find myself standing behind the curtains of my counterpart who would be taking full credit of my work. (Like during any award show like the Emmys' or Golden Globes, where a bunch of people walk up the stage but there's always that bunch of unknown people who go up on stage with the main well known recipient and stand there for 1 minute only to be thanked for their contribution as a group but never once as an individual) Have you ever found yourself more interested in the people in the back rather than the front? ( I know I made up a really long and weird analogy)
Here's a link to an article I read on Newsweek.
If you're looking for a time out or you're just straight out interested, please take a look at it=)
Enjoy your weekend!
I also like to do a little amateur photography. This was taken in St. Andrews, Scotland. (Summer 2010). Sometimes, a question will lead to more questions and we should never stop until we are satisfied even when it is probable that there will be no end. Anything can be a question even lamp posts!
Questions are like functions undergoing a power series where a limit does not exist. It will never converge unless of course...the inevitable happens. (let's not go there)
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world"-George Washington Carver
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