Health
Maria Silva
End of Course Reflection
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Health End of Course Reflection
For Tuesday long block, I took Health class. It was a truly engaging class. We learned about sexuality, decision making, relationships, abusive relationships, stereotypes of a woman and a male, and more. My favorite part of class were the days where we learned about the facts that we didn’t know were true and the myths we thought were true. My most favorite part of class was when we focused on stereotypes. Stereotypes are thoughts adopted about specific types of individuals certain way of doing things but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. Stereotypes involve generalizations about the typical characteristics of members of the groups. For example, I’m a female so I have to meet the characteristics of being a female, such as cleaning, etc. Stereotyping leads to prejudice, which is an attitude toward the members of that group based solely on their membership in that group that may or not be negative or positive. Then, that leads to discrimination. The actual positive or negative actions toward the objects or prejudice. I liked to talk about this topic because as a female, I feel very pressured. I feel as if I need to meet the characteristics of a woman that cooks, cleans, and has to stay home and care for the children. The characteristic of being a “perfect” female. We then had a debate and were split by gender on each side of the room. We, the females, had to write down all the characteristics of a “real man” and what society pressured us to be and the males had to write what a “real female” was and what society pressured them to be. We both realized that we were both stereotyping each other. The males put down that we had to know how to cook and clean and stay home and care for kids, while the men had to be the strong one in the house, and had to work. We both disagreed with the stereotypes and we were able to discuss how we felt.
Everything I learned in health, will be carried on into my life. I will pass all that I have learned to friends, family, and love ones. I will try and apply this knowledge to my everyday life. I will remember all the myths and facts about sex. I will be sure to have safe sex, only when I’m ready and mature enough to. I will know the signs of an abusive relationship. I will know how to deal with stereotyping and think twice before I say something about a specific group of individuals. I am truly glad I took this class!
For Tuesday long block, I took Health class. It was a truly engaging class. We learned about sexuality, decision making, relationships, abusive relationships, stereotypes of a woman and a male, and more. My favorite part of class were the days where we learned about the facts that we didn’t know were true and the myths we thought were true. My most favorite part of class was when we focused on stereotypes. Stereotypes are thoughts adopted about specific types of individuals certain way of doing things but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. Stereotypes involve generalizations about the typical characteristics of members of the groups. For example, I’m a female so I have to meet the characteristics of being a female, such as cleaning, etc. Stereotyping leads to prejudice, which is an attitude toward the members of that group based solely on their membership in that group that may or not be negative or positive. Then, that leads to discrimination. The actual positive or negative actions toward the objects or prejudice. I liked to talk about this topic because as a female, I feel very pressured. I feel as if I need to meet the characteristics of a woman that cooks, cleans, and has to stay home and care for the children. The characteristic of being a “perfect” female. We then had a debate and were split by gender on each side of the room. We, the females, had to write down all the characteristics of a “real man” and what society pressured us to be and the males had to write what a “real female” was and what society pressured them to be. We both realized that we were both stereotyping each other. The males put down that we had to know how to cook and clean and stay home and care for kids, while the men had to be the strong one in the house, and had to work. We both disagreed with the stereotypes and we were able to discuss how we felt.
Everything I learned in health, will be carried on into my life. I will pass all that I have learned to friends, family, and love ones. I will try and apply this knowledge to my everyday life. I will remember all the myths and facts about sex. I will be sure to have safe sex, only when I’m ready and mature enough to. I will know the signs of an abusive relationship. I will know how to deal with stereotyping and think twice before I say something about a specific group of individuals. I am truly glad I took this class!