IHSS Blog 2019-2020

  Leon Hoang Mr. Roddy IHSS 22 September 2020 Social Interaction and Online Gaming When I started playing online games it was because most of my friends did, and not wanting to feel left out, I decided to join up. At first, my sole focus was to be the best at the game and to get better. However, after a while I finally came to the realization that social interaction through gaming is equally or more important than the game itself. In many online multiplayer games, interaction between players through some way, such as voice chat or text chat is essential. Because of that, I have both made and strengthened friendships over the years. Of course solo gaming is possible, but talking to people while playing is the best form of gaming there is. In fact sometimes if you don’t even enjoy the game, playing with others makes it feel like you do. Furthermore, I found evidence to back up my opinion. “ However, social interaction is a strong motive not only for playing multiplayer games, but als...

  Emilio San Vicente  Mr. Roddy HISS 9/21/20 Social meetings   The article that I found has to do with social reasons, especially when a group of people get together for a specific meeting, whether to eat, go to the movies, have a party, etc. This is something that I will go deeply while we go through. Well, some of the observations that I have managed to think of is that people always have meetings for specific reasons. My observations are that most people do this type of meeting with a reason to strengthen their relationship with family or a friend.  I think this point is very important because it can be appreciated when you are in this type of meeting when people talk about topics which express the interest of other people, such as how are you? Another point and the last one is that I found is the interest that people have when they see that they have something in common. This I just verified with this example: When I got to the United States, my family met...

Animal sacrificing is one of the most important rituals in Ancient Greece. These sacrifices helped humans, gods, and animals maintain an appropriate relationship. The Greeks sacrificed certain animals to certain gods depending on their association of the animal to the god. The most commonly sacrificed animals were sheep and goats. They mainly sacrificed the animals to either honor them, thank them, or request a favor from them. I personally feel that sacrificing animals was not the nicest way to thank the gods or ask them for help. Most of the time, the Greeks sacrificed an animal associated with the god. Wouldn't that make the gods angry at you for sacrificing that animal instead of wanting to help you? I think most of the Greeks thought about this which is why sheep and goats were more commonly sacrificed as these animals were not associated with any of the Olympian gods which were given the most sacrifices. On top of that, it must have been really hard to have to clean up the me...

  Miriam (Isabelle) Saxon Mr. Roddy  IHSS September 14, 2020 Muskawama In IHSS class we have been talking a lot about coming of age rituals, however most of the ritals we discuss the ritual I am writing about is a little closer to home. I spend my summers in northern Wisconsin at a camp called Red Pine. It is an all girls sleep away camp. The camp is 78 years old and one of it’s oldest traditions is Muskawama. Muskawama is a day long ceremony that symbolizes the transition from girl to young women. In which you will go through three main ceremonies one at Sunrise, one at Midday, and the last and most important at Sunset. Most people go through it when they're 13 or 14. I went through it last year when I was 14 and my mom went through it at 13 when she was a camper in the 80’ds. Part of the tradition is the mystery surrounding it you don’t get to know what actually happens on Muskawama until you go through it. If you are at the age when you do go through it you are told at the ...

     Bride kidnapping was originally a ritual, then a tradition, and now illegal. It was a ritual surrounding the customs of marriage, where the woman is snatched from the streets and taken away to their captor's family home. there the captor's family will try to convince the "Bride" to wed their son. Authorities recognized this put may young women in danger of domestic violence, rape, and phycological trauma, in 2013 this custom was made illegal. Although made illegal, in rural areas of the country this practice still happens.      In one part of the article, there was a section talking abo ut how women suppressed other women. Many of the cases were not reported or they were retracted because they " fear public shaming for disobedience" and were pressured by other family member s.  Although there are women who might think this way the article also talked about women who don't stand this practice and are finding ways to engage other women in fighting a...

Sara Avalos-Paez Mr.Roddy IHSS 9/12/2020 Dipo Ghana In the Krobos Tribe of Ghana, the coming of age ritual for girls is Dipo. Dipo has changed over the years, because of Christianity, modernization, formal education, and environmental changes. Before Dipo changed the girls had to prepare for a year, this changed because of formal education and teachers did not allow multiple abscesses, it changed to be a few months, to weeks, and now the preparation is for 4 days, with a parade on the fourth day. The preparation for Dipo isn’t the only thing that has changed, some other things that have changed are the age Dipo is performed, the number of people who still do it, and the way that the girls dress during the preparation. Dipo used to be performed by girls who had their first menstrual cycle so that after the ritual they would be ready for marriage and to have sex. If a girl was proven to have a child before the ritual they were punished and banished from the village. The girls that perfo...

  Nora Mayral Boyle Dr. Roddy IHSS 13 September 2020 Cherry Blossom Festival The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, generally taking place between the months of March and May, is the ancient Japanese celebration and  tradition of viewing the blossoming cherry blossom trees. In Japan it is known as Hanami, which translates to “viewing flowers”. The origins of this festival lies over 1,000 years ago, inspired by the poems of aristocrats describing these blossoming trees. In current-day Japan, Hanami is a big deal. They drink and eat traditional Japanese meals, and often have picnics underneath the sakura(cherry blossom), making the tradition of something special. ‘The” Cherry Blossom Festival is held in Ueno Park, located in Tokyo, the former grounds of the Kaneiji Temple. The pathways of this park are filled with these cherry blossom trees, usually over 1,000 of them. This seems like a beautiful ritual/ceremony to me. I haven’t experienced or been involved in a festival of the...