Documentaries and Paden

Over the Thanksgiving weekend we were asked to read an article called "Interpretating the Sacred." Paden explains how views, especially religious ones, come into light differently for each person. Some people see their beliefs as views and some see it as the solid truth. It made looking at Sister Aloysius a more challenging tasks even though some people said "oh now I completely see her in a different light" but for me it was like now I have to evaluate both her beliefs and mine and what type of person she is and whether or not she is mature enough to understand what her belief is in comparison to everyone else. There was so much more that you have to look at in applying it to the text and to the characters. It made life a little more difficult. Then in religious studies on Thursday, Michael Higgins came to our class. Going to be perfectly honest here. Did not understand much of what he said due to his complicated vocabulary and his sophisticated ways. I mean nothing mean out of this but it is hard to listen to someone talk when they seem to only be talking to impress others. I did learn a little bit about the Irish Catholic hierarchy though and how it applies to Doubt, but seriously, Doubt is a dead horse and we need to stop kicking it. If I analyze it anymore then we have I am going to mentally collapse. People are discussing their valued opinions on what they believed happened in the play and everytime someone disagrees with it, people feel once again the need to talk about their side. Okay everyone has their view, leave it at the fact that people have their views too.
In Journalism, i loved the documentary because of how hilarious it was. It was funny to see the different characters in University and how you can take a camera and look into peoples lives and see how people vary. The idea that in journalism you have to have a story to catch people's attention was well proved.
I enjoyed this week because I feel as if we broke off into some new directions.