Deconstruction of a Dominant Holiday:
Columbus Days is just like another holiday, a day off from school or from work. But no one really seems to know or understand why Columbus Day exists or why it was made a holiday (this was observed by asking a few friends). I personally only know that it is a day to celebrate Christopher Columbus and his arrival to the "Americas," but I don't know the date of the holiday. When Columbus Day rolls around, I might it on my calender but the idea of the day of celebration does not register in my mind. Its just another day off in my school year.
While doing some research on this widely celebrated holiday in the United States, I found some interesting information, Christopher Columbus arrived in America on October 12, 1492 but the date is different for other calenders. Columbus Day also has different names but in the United States the day is celebrated as Columbus Day.
-in new york, government offices and public schools are closed but the stock markets remain open...why is that? What does this say about the importance of the holiday? the importance of the stock market? Society?
*****will continue when finished with exhibition***** unfortunately I have to finish that first.
www.wikipedia.org search Columbus Day
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This year our course is called Life Doesn't Have to Be Meaningless. Previous units include: -Old People (do they live good and meaningful lives?) -Realizing we are Animals -Health (Emotionally Healthy, Types of Therapy, Moral Health) Current unit is FOOD: What role do foods play in living a good and meaningful life? And so on. Food *Food ways *Habitual Food *The Omnivore's Dilemma
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