Blog #6

I wonder that what should I write today? Freewrite is the confusing topic :))

I think I will tell you about my jet lag story that I was very confident I won't never stuck with. It's my challenging trip last 2 weeks. It took 10 days to travel included 2 days' flight; in the same time, beside my jobs, I needed to keep up with my online course, turn in quiz and prepare to my tests on the week when I came back. I tried to be used to different time zones by sleeping as much as possible on the plane, but I was still asleep the whole week after. I seemed as a zombie moving from place to place in that time (haha). It was time-consuming to return my daily activity habits but not less interesting because I know it is worth. Luckily, I finished all of my tasks step by step although they aren't 100% perfect. For me, it is a good experience to change my mind about time arrangement and the way to make it work.

Blog #5

An English nursery rhyme says that boys are made of "snake and snail and puppy dogs' tails," while girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice." What indirect, or unconscious, gender identity instruction is being given through this rhyme? Can you give examples of similar rhymes or proverbs in your language or culture? What indirect gender identity instruction do they provide?
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Boys and girls are totally different genders that is the natural law of the universe. According to the legend, God forms Adam, who is the symbol of boys, from the dust of the ground and places him in the Garden of Eden where he needed to cultivate it and take care of it. So he needs to have good health and acumen like the snake. Besides, he should have strength and stamina as the snail; furthermore, the faithfulness of dogs is very necessary. That means men should be strong, decisive, patient and honest. On the other hand, Eva, is a symbol of girls, is created from one of Adam's ribs to be Adam's companion; she does not need to do anything but adds spice to Adam's life by being nice and sweet. Therefore, there is an English nursery rhyme says that boys are made of "snake and snail and puppy dogs' tails," while girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice.

In my country, there is a similar proverb that describes the beauty and nobility of girls is "Aristocratic blood girls". In addition, "Big macho boys" is the proverb that says boys should be strong, honorable and chivalrous.

In my opinion, all of the above rhymes and proverbs are good statements to describe identity instruction although there are different ideas about equality between men and women.