So the other day in my english class, my class and I watched a video called
The Hidden Meanings in Kid's Movies: Colin Strokes at TEDxBeaconStreet, and what I picked up from Colin Strokes that really interested me was the topic of manhood. Colin Strokes talked about how often we are seeing dads teaching their sons the wrong value of manhood in today's society. According to the National Studies of NY Times, "one out of five women in America said they have been sexually assaulted in their lives." Pretty shocking huh? Now I agree on the fact that we "men" do sometimes fail to learn, but I do not agree with Colin that "men" should sometimes be taught better by our fathers. As a man, I feel though it's important for me to go venture on my own and seek my own potential. If I make mistakes, I will learn from them. That is my principle of manhood.
My writing into the day: I based it on this topic.
Coming back to the fairy tales and super hero movies, I use to love pretending to be a certain character. Some characters are:
the Red Ranger from Mighty Morphan Power Rangers
the Spiderman
even
Aladdin.
These characters fight for a purpose in their movies. They save the day, get the girls, and make a happy ending, but these aren't the main reason I liked them. I like all three of them because they make mistakes and then they get their hands dirty to fix it.
I'm not going to be the kind of man who tries hard to prevent myself from falling into ditches every time. Every once and a while I want to fall in ditches and work my ass up.
"Manhood can play an evil character sometimes, and if it was to change it's way, only the man in the mirror can make that happen."
My writing into the day: I based it on this topic.
Coming back to the fairy tales and super hero movies, I use to love pretending to be a certain character. Some characters are:
I really liked your take on things about manhood. I agree with you in that mistakes are good.The mistakes that I have made have taught me the biggest lessons in my life. I also LOVED Aladdin when I was little!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that men should make mistakes on their own and learn from them just like everyone else. I feel that being self-taught is part of manhood.
ReplyDeleteThis post also ties into what we have been learning in class about HAMOGO and how we are afraid to write what we want to write because students are afraid to fail.
ReplyDeleteWow, Randy. Thank you for sharing some of your very insightful thinking here. I am really grateful for your perspectives and openness in sharing them.
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