Victorian Era Research

When we initially began studying the Victorian Era, I was actually a little happy because I love history; its my favorite subject besides English. Even though I got a little bored with the research, it developed my understanding of the social classes and marriage; especially the roles Victorian women played in society. The most significant topic I learned about was marriage, and I think without my prior knowledge before reading the play I wouldn't have understood alot of the humor. For example, Lady Bracknell said, ""I hadn't been there since her poor husband's death. She looks quite twenty years younger", it pointed out that Victorian marriage wasn't about love and she was actually happier being widowed.

While doing the Victorian Era research I was shocked to learn about the Industrial Revolution and its strong impact on society. With all of the labor needed the middle class grew dramatically in size, yet the people lived in poverty. Many children were forced to work in hazardous conditions, and the people lived in the slums and suffered from disease. Along with learning about class I also found out the wealthy did not have to work in this era and instead earned profit of their land and investments, which was slightly evident in the book. The ladies occupied their time with teaching and learning various things such as German, and the men spend a good amount of their time socializing amongst themselves and even shredding up bills. Learning about the Victorian era significantly helped me understand the class structure in the book as well as the satire of things like marriage.

Victorian Era Research

New Year's Resolution

To be honest, I've never been a firm believer in resolutions. It may be from lack of motivation, or the fact that I think people should set goals for themselves year-round. After some thinking into the topic, however, I have decided on a reasonable 2010 resolution: to become more responsible, which includes better time management. Since the school year's progressed, I felt I've become pretty lazy and sometimes don't complete easy homework or don't put full effort into assignments, which I now regret. As far as extracurricular activities, my injury has been the main problem. Being immobilized over the past couple months has been very frustrating since I haven't been able to dance or twirl, but now that I'm almost recovered I feel that I need to make some significant changes in my life.
I plan to follow my resolution mostly with planning: Once I'm back on track from my injury, I need to schedule going to the gym to practice and exercise, and dance practice twice a week. Responsibility sets in by making sure I'm organized; which means keeping all of my papers organized and to not procrastinate on assignments. Instead of cramming, I will set aside some time each to day to work on the project. School has always been important to me, and it's beginning to sink in that the choices I make now will heavily affect my future. Science and math have always been difficult classes for me, and I think that if I stick to my resolution school won't be a burden. With my dance and baton, I am serious about competing and I want to do my absolute best. I know I have a lot of time to make up for, but hopefully with a lot of hard work in the gym it will all pay off, especially with my goals intact.