Thursday, October 29, 2009

Confucianism (World Studies project)

Intro:

The religion that I decided to write about is Confucianism I've never heard this religion before we started studying them it may not be a popular religion in the United States but I'm guessing that over where China is that it's very popular. This religion


Founder:

The founder of Confucianism is Confucius; Confucius was born in a poor family in the year 551 B.C., and he was born in the state of Lu. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu. Confucius was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China; Confucius' philosophy was a moral and political one. It was founded on the belief that heaven and earth coexist in harmony and balanced strength while maintaining dynamism. He died in 479 B.C. at the age of 72.



Followers:
Confucianism, an ancient Chinese way of thought that has spread through much of East Asia; such as, Japan and Korea. About 0.09% (6,111,056 people) follows Confucianism.



Sacred Texts:
Some sacred texts that people of Confucianism are the Confucian Analects (Lun Yü), Great Learning (Ta Hsüeh), Doctrine Of The Mean (Chung Yung), Shu Ching or 'The Book of Historical Records.’ Shih Ching or 'The Book of Odes.’ I Ching or 'The Book of Changes.’ Li Ki Part I; Li Ki Part II or 'The Book of Rites.’ Hsiao Ching or ' The Book of Filial Piety.'

Holidays:
The holiday that Confucianism celebrates is September 28, Confucius' birthday
that means that this year was the 2560th anniversary of Confucius' birthday. There is also the Coming-of-age ceremony the ceremony was organized to celebrate the coming-of-age of young people who have turned 20 this year or are going to turn 20 this year and to increase their awareness about the responsibilities of adulthood.



Rituals:
The rituals of Confucianism are filled by the practices of Chinese religion, Taoism, and Buddhism. Some of their rituals or practices are birth, death, marriage, mantras and meditation.

Clothing:


Hierarchy/Organization :

The organization of Confucianism are ruler to ruler, father to sun, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend. There hierarchy is similar to Hinduisms caste system.


Thursday, October 1, 2009

What are there clicks in high school?

There are "clicks" in high school mainly because people in elementary start noticing the people that they relate to and can be themselves around and as this progresses to middle school it gets more noticeable and there are clicks like the preps, geeks, jocks, goths, emo, scene kids, and pretty much these all come from people when they judge people to much and think just because they wear black and a lot of makeup that they are weird and you might judge them to fast and if you would have got to know them they might have been really nice. This is a site that a person is talking about a "click" and whom they need for a project, the people that she needs would be called "the geeks" and you can also see the other people’s comments one person says

" The group you speak of sounds like “the invisibles”. They’re not cool, they’re not outcasts, and unless they do something scarily stupid, no one pays them much mind. They are often found in bands, but not as band geeks, art classes, but not artists, sports teams, but not as jocks, and work after school, which excludes them from getting heavily involved in any of the above. They can be found in yearbooks, but usually as background people. They are often forgotten in naming members of clubs. Hope this helps!"

See this person already labels them or that group of people I mean sometimes it can be bad when you label groups in a way that people say it in a mean or rude demeaning way, but it is sometimes okay if you use the group names as describing them but not mean.