Semestre Dos: Blog Numero Cinco

When I was researching about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire I came across some really horrifying images that I couldn't handle looking at. This image was one that stood out to me, it was very impressive how the people outside the building were just looking up away having multiple bodies standing next to them and seeming like if they didn't care. But the worst part is that they did care but they were looking up into the sky where in the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the Asch building there were more women and men jumping off trying to escape from the fire. Later on when I started learning more about the victims that survived the fire there were many whom were interviewed and gave real testimonies about what had really happened that day including seeing their own friends die. For example some collaborated
and shared their emotional reaction to this tragedy, like Bessie Gabrilowich one of the first to escape the fire,said “Everybody was running to get out. And there was this beautiful little girl, my friend Dora, I remember her face before she jumped.” Dora did not survive like many others who thought that it was better to jump off and escape the flames. These stories told from witnesses within the fire were lucky enough to get out and tell their horrible experience during the fire. Reading these types of stories made me realize so many injustices that most of the immigrant workers had to suffer working under the type of conditions they were in. They definitely had no safety at all throughout the building but what can you expect when you have two bosses who only care for the money that their workers are making for them paying them low wages and locking them in until they get the work done. Not to mention that they work for at least 9-10 hours a day with no breaks whatsoever. This makes me mad and wanting to write as much truth about the events as possible because it informs everyone how the workers were being treated during the early 1900s.

Semestre Dos: Blog Cuatro

If I lived in the late 1700's I would probably live in Rhode Island. I like Rhode Island because It was the only place that had freedom with politic and religion. I like this idea because I wouldn’t like to be forced to believe in something I don’t want. I want to stand up for what I believe and express my ideas and thoughts.I like to stand up for what I believe in and be able to do it freely. At the time there was a lot of farming and plantation. If my family was like that my brother and dad would be working on the far. If it was me and my mom, we would just be the stay at home mothers that cook, clean, sew, and take care of the guys. Simply just stay at home and be with the family. In 1774, Rhode Island also prohibit the importation of slavery. I like that because if there were still slaves then nobody would respect each other but in Rhode Island there was respect and peace between one another.In May of 1776, Rhode Island declared its independence from Great Britain and later on they because a state. Rhode Island seems to be a independent and a place that offers freedom and peace for the people. "In the late 1700s, textile manufacturing grew to become the leading industry in Rhode Island. Spinning machines were first built in 1790 by Samuel Slater. These machines, plenty of water power, nearby markets in Boston and New York City, and excellent transportation allowed the textile industry to grow rapidly. The jewelry and fishing industries were also important businesses in Rhode Island at this time. " I dislike to be a slave or even own one because I don’t believe in that. I don’t believe that a human can own another human. That is wrong and I believe all human beings should be treated equal. No one should be treated wrong for not even doing anything. Freedom is important and is the right thing to do.

Semestre Dos: Blog Tres

Think of the type of internship that you had. If you lived in the late 1700's in colonial America, how would this career exist? What would this job be like? Who would have it? What technology would he or she us? Where (geographically) would this job or career exist?

The Internship that I had was being a semi teacher for the grades kinder, and first. If I were to have lived in the late 1700's I wouldn't have been able to get the same internship as now. There were no so called "teachers" to teach the students everything they had to learn. They learned everything at home with their parents or even wealthy families had a tutor that taught each child. "Even in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania in 1774, there were still few schools. Many parents taught their children to read and write at home using a bible and a hornbook. A hornbook was a wooden board with a handle. A lesson sheet of the ABCs in small and capital letters, some series of syllables and often, the Lord's Prayer, was attached to the board and was protected by a thin layer of cow's horn. Some hornbooks of wealthy families were very fancy, decorated with jewels and leather and included ivory pointers. Most of them were plain and had a string around the handle to be worn around the neck" " People who wrote the early primers and readers used pictures of animals learning to read and write to show that reading and writing were natural and fairly easy processes! By the 1750s, literacy rates (percentage of people who could basically read and write) were the highest in the New England colonies, at about 75% for males and 65% for females. The literacy rates, however, were lower in the the Middle and Southern colonies" This was information that I found regarding education in the mid 1700's.

Reference; http://www.chesapeake.edu

Semestre Dos: Blog Numero Dos

What stands out to you most about the historical readings this semester? Why?
What stands out to me the most about this semesters historical reading is how essential and relevant it is for the occurring events happening today. It gives us understandings about how true events that happened in the past are tied up to how everything now is turning out to be and thought about to be in the future. There are many stories about economy and world peace that went on in history but when you read about them with every detail it makes it the more interesting to learn more.