Blog # 6

I find it sad that even when there was a revolution that succeeded in Mexico, it was not the natives who succeeded, it was the rich Spanish who could not get enough power. It bears a parallel to the early U.S. with the American Revolution. It was the rich, who, being kept out of the inner circles of the British, riled up the farmers and common folk. Not because they cared about what happened to those less fortunate than them as they claimed, but because they wanted more than what they had.

Blog 4

It amazes me how little religion has really changed over time. The way we practice it has, but the religion itself is still true to its roots. Almost every  religion has one thing in common: guilt. It keeps us in line when we think a higher being is watching us. Also, people have always wished for a better tommorrow, and the promise of a heaven keeps them going. I think that being alone in such a vast world can be terrifying, and having an explanation for everything is comforting. I am sure that that is a large part of the reason that the Spanish and Indian religions merged, as they needed that hope to carry on in hard times.

Blog # 3

This week's lesson about the guilds and how they work reminded me of the contrast between now and then. I think that it would benefit our society immensely to bring back guilds of sorts, where young people who wished to pursue a certain career could experience it firsthand by shadowing a more experienced worker. Our downfall is that we have not provided students with this opportunity to do more hands-on experience.