Most recent public comments by Katie Hawkins https://nowcomment.com/users/93473 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284928 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284928 It has taken a long time for society to accept and normalize that everyone is unique and different. Biologically we accepted early on, but accepting that we present ourselves differently took a little longer. Now, as a society, we need to take it a step further and make the connection that along with being biologically different we all think differently. Every single person in the world has lived and experienced life from their own perspective. Once society can come to terms with the idea that everyone has different opinions, ideas, and beliefs, then we will be able to start solving more problems and learn to compromise or agree to disagree. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:51:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284826 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284826 Using the words "not knowing" at the end of the paragraph sent the wrong message to me. As I read, it seemed as though this sentence was trying to say that we need to spend less time researching new concepts and trying to find solutions, and more time just being complacent with not knowing. While it is okay to not know, there should always be a drive to find out and understand. I feel that this sentence almost goes against what the whole piece was trying to get across. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:32 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2191846 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2191846 I love Sheila and Norman's genuine appreciations for their visit. They both had gifts to give and dressed up for the occasion. It was a very short experience in which they had spent most of their time in the bathroom looking at the shower curtain. Though it was a short, and what one might consider uneventful, visit, Norman and Sheila just appreciated the time and didn't ask for more. Many people, including myself, take simple experiences like those for granted. They don't seem like enough, or worth the time and effort. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:48:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2191525 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2191525 Keys open doors, in this symbolization they open the "doors" in life. The keys coincide with the chances and opportunities life presents, resulting in a sense of pride and responsibility when the keys are granted. The characters we're exposed to have limited access to those "keys" because society doesn't grant them the same responsibilities. The keys they are given give them the allowed responsibilities, society's way of presenting inclusion. So when it comes to balancing, the keys balance them between their realities and society's consideration of "normal life". Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:06:34 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187415 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2187415 While watching this part is class today, it’s sad, but while he was dancing around I was waiting for someone to say or do something mean or judgmental. The people around him just assumed he was crazy, but as you said, without the awareness how would they know to react differently? Still though, since he was doing no harm they should’ve carried on or minded their own. Fri, 06 Nov 2020 19:27:29 -0500