Internship talks

From the talks that i heard today, some things that struck mw about the internships was how, they all got to work in actual professional places that people work hard to get a career in, so its kind of cool how they get a first hand look at what it would be like, persuing a career at that particular place, just to know whether they like it or not, so they were all pretty lucky, in my opinion. And the other cool thing about it is that they didnt have to get an education for this job, they just went right ahead and started working, unlike all the other people that probably all went to college to get what they wanted.

Given the talks, what i am looking for in an internship, is something that i personally like doing, something that is fun for me, and maybe something that is unique and different from what everybody else has done this year and in the past. Just so that i have the satisfaction of knowing im the only one that got to do that specific internship.

The internship talk that i felt painted a picture of a key moment in their internship, was the one that talked about her spot at her internship, and how no one bothered her there because it was "her" spot. She just used so much detail while describing everythig about her seat, and what happened whild she was sitting in her spot/seat, i liked that one.
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Part 2

Suheirs def poetry and marjane in persepolis define revolution, revolutionaries, and war by showing the struggles that other people had, and how brutal, violent and dark war, and revolutions can be because in persepolis, people protested for what they wanted to change which was to get rid of the shaw and to put him out of power yet they were killed, beat, whipped and put in jail for it.  In Suheirs poetry she says how middle eastern people are steriotyped as terrorists, because of 9/11 and how when people ask questions they automatically think badly about people from the middle east.  In persepolis, just because marjane was iranian people talked badly about her behind her back, so you could say that from war, and revolution people are treated differently just because they are from that specific country, and they are talked badly about, which is not cool at all.

Poem video on war

"This heart beat is louder than death, your war drum aint louder than this breath".

This quote struck me because it rhymed and it stood out from all the other things She said before this. I also liked the meaning that i got out of it. That a person's opinion, can be more powerful than the government, even if its only one person.

I think there is a huge connection between suheirs ideas and marjanes ideas.  They both seem to be rebels because in the book marjane was always confronting people, insulting others back that insulted her, and wore clothes that were illeagle in her country of iran.  Suheirs poetry is kind of the same because she kept talking about the war drum, and how she wouldnt dance for it, and how she wasnt going to support it, or kill for it and all that stuff.

In my opinion marjane was a very independent person. She didnt seem to do what everybody else did, she found her own style, her own music, and did things in her country that others were probably scared to do, like buying the tapes and stepping up to teachers at school. I felt the same independence from suheir because she kept saying how she wouldnt dance for the war drum, even if everyone else was dancing for it because they could all be wrong.

What struck me about persepolis, is how strict their laws are, and how woman cant show their hair and if they do they are considered a prostitute or something, i think thats really wierd.
I think that people should be able to do what they want, where what they want, listen to whatever kind of music they like, but that is obviously not the case in iran.

What struck me about Suheirs poetry, is how she uses such powerful words and detail to describe her subjects, which is war and woman, and stuff like that. What also struck me is how she can just keep going on and on and on without a piece of paper or anything without stuttering or forgetting what her poem said. I also like how she cusses in her poetry, because you wouldnt think that a person like her would cuss, so its entertaining and unexpected.

Islam Post

My topic Of Islam is holidays.  Their holidays are much different than ours because of course they have a whole different culture and most of everyone is muslim.  They dont have very many holidays compared to what we have here In the U.S,  they celebrate the islamic new year,  the prophet Muhammad's birthday, the celebration of concluding Ramadan and the celebration concluding the Hajj.

The Islamic new year simply celebrates the year that Muhammad made his way from mecca to medina(A.D july 16th, 622) the new year begins on the first day of the Muharram, and lasts till the year of hegira.

The prophet Muhammad's birthday is self explanitory, they celebrate the day he was born, which is the 12th day of the month of rabi.

the celebration of concluding Ramadan, and the celebration concluding the Hajj, are pretty much the exact opposites.  in Ramadan celeb. they fast(dont eat) and in Hajj celeb.  they eat like crazy!  But in Ramadan celeb. they dress in their best clothes, decorate their houses and give treats to their children, and in ramadan celeb. they sacrfice a lamb, and distribute it to their relatives so that everyone eats some