Reflective Essay #5

Creativity is very different depending on the person. Looking back in my past I felt that I had a lot of different creative and imaginary times. Growing up in a very sports loving household Sundays were like Thanksgiving every week during football and baseball season. My whole family enjoyed watching sports. Every Sunday my twin brother and Dad would assume their postions in front of the big screen. In the kitchen, my Mom would start cooking and baking, what she loves to do and I fell somewhere in between there. However my name was always being calling to grab this or that during the day for my mom or dad. My neighbor Mandy who was my age always came over and we would hang out and play around. One day we were bored and decided to pretend we were waitresses to my Dad, Mom, and brother. They absouletely loved the idea of not having to get up during the big game to grab a bite to eat or refill their drinks. My mom helped us "prepare" their food as they ordered it. My mom used to be a waitress and had old aprons and she even went to the store one day and bought us actual waitressing notepads to use. I loved pretending I was a waitress. As I look back at it now I like to believe that that was part of a reason why I think I am a good waitress. I waitress back at a home town pizza place and actually enjoy doing it. I feel that it solved a problem by not knowing what type of job I wanted to get when I started looking for a starter job. Right away my mom made the joke that I was always playing waitress when I was younger, why not try that. So I like to look back and think that solved my problem of not finding a job. When I look into the film Captain America that we just watched I think back to the time when he was fighting in the alley and used the grabage can lid as a shield. And with his character Captain America, he actually uses a shield.

Reflective Essay #4

As my "fiction suit" of myself I decided to have a conversation with Superman. In the conversation we talked about secret identities and how it's difficult at times to deal with two different identities. I thought back to my secret identity of my own personal self and the sports version of myself that is my "hero." In the conversation Superman gave me pointers on how to deal with my two different identities and most importanatly not to let them clash because that could cause many problems.

I decided to talk to my roommate as my good friend. I told her how much I really appreciated her as a friend and a great roommate. In the past I have not had good roommates at all. I really appreciate the way my roommate and I get along. We are like best friends. Her reaction was what i expected. She was very thankful and really appreciated me telling her I am thankful to have her as a great roommate.

Reflective Essay #2

Respond to one or more of the concepts that we discussed this week in class: secret identities vs “real” identities, the morality of superheroics, the rise of superheroes in a specific historical context/moment. What insights on your own life can you take away from these discussions?

In this week's class we talked about secret identities and how they differ from our own real identities. I decided to take what we’ve learned in class this week about the different identities and reflect on my own life.

To begin with my real identity is just an ordinary 21 year old that is outgoing and likes to have fun. I have a good amount of really good friends here at school and back where I live as well. I feel that some characteristics of mine are that I am caring, understanding, outgoing, and passionate. I feel that I am different in a few different aspects of my life.

The way I am when I play sports is completely different than the way I am in class. In high school I played volleyball, basketball, and softball all four years. As a well rounded athlete I had to maintain a personality that was for game time only. When it came to classroom work and study I was a quieter girl that focused on learning. A lot of my friends, teachers, and family members always used to tell me I was a completely different person on the court. For volleyball I was a very outspoken, loud, energetic leader to my team as a setter. In basketball, I was an extremely aggressive point guard. I lead my conference in steals, assists, and probably most fouls. When it came to defense I won every award possible. I was a very aggressive defensive player that many people did not like to have on the court as the person that was guarding them. I was mean and vicious at times, in a good way. At times my temper would get the best of my and there were situations where I fouled out a lot or even had a technical or two. In softball, I was very similar to how I was as a volleyball player. I was the leader of the outfield, playing center field and very outspoken.

I like to think that people who did not know me in high school sports at times wouldn’t believe the “secret identity” that came out on the court. I never thought of it as a secret identity until I took this class. I feel that it fits as one very well though. It was interesting to read about the different types of secret identities to real identities with the superheroes.