Guest Speaker Diane!

    Our guest speaker today Diane was great! i really enjoyed the beginning exercise and I think that was were a lot of the discussions came from. One of the issues that stood out to me the most was how when we were asked if we agreed or disagreed that poverty was a social problem everyone agreed. However, when we were asked if wealth was a social issue a lot of people disagreed. When I saw this, the first thing that came to my mind was " how is poverty a social issue but not wealth?" As I began to think about it more I realized that maybe some people just thought that wealthy people are happy and don't really have issues. I disagree. Wealthy people suffer from depression and many other disorders because of so much wealth they have. Wealth is also an issue for those who don't have it.
     Another very interesting thing that Diane mentioned was how a person in uniform can be as violent as they want but that as soon as they took that uniform off, they were criminals. I had never thought about it this way and I could not agree with her more. Another issues that really caught my attention was the one about the Penn State coach. When I first heard about the issue of course I thought about the children. But as the news became bigger and bigger, I noticed that they only focused on the fired coach. The media kind of made us forget about the poor children and focus more on the coach. It is crazy what the media can make one do and how it can change ones mind.
    Overall I really enjoyed Diane! We discussed great issues that everyone can relate to. I would really love talking to her again. She brought up a lot of thoughts into my head and made me really think about what social justice and how social problems are.