Blog 4: Secondary Artifact

The artifact I am using are the results to a survey done asking people, or children whose parents are divorced, how they feel their parents divorce affected them. It mainly talks about what they wish could have changed the most, had their parents not gotten divorced. Im using this for my project because I think it gives people whose parents aren't divorced an insight to the things these kids think, and the amount of thinking these kids do. I found this website and survey by looking into how children are affected by divorce. The information was gathered by Dr. Emory, and is cited from the Journal of Family Psychology. The website I got this survey from also discusses the stress children can feel, the risk these kids could suffer from, and the painful memories and worries they may face. However, it also informs us that kids are resilient. Regardless, its common knowledge that divorce has an effect on every party involved, including the kids, the parents, and their families. I think the main thing to take away from this survey is that whether kids express it or not, the divorce and separation of something as secure as a family, is something that will leave a lasting impression an all involved. 

Blog 3: Primary Artifact 1

The primary artifact I chose was a picture of a family. In this family the parents are divorced and the kids is in the middle. I chose it because it describes the topic of my project. I am choosing to discuss the effect divorce has children of that home, and if growing up with divorced parents is a predictor of your future. I think a child growing up without the demonstration of a non-sperated family and a working relationship between two people. Both of these things are important when growing up because we use them to display for us what that kind of relationship should look like or how our families should look like when we have one of our own. I think my artifact correctly displays the anxiety and hardship that follows a divorce, especially if both parents are still around. I think its rare for a child not to pick sides, or see one side as in the right. However, even if they haven't picked a side, it's almost certain that at some point they will feel the pull between both parents. They will feel the anxiousness of being caught in the middle. This isn't meant to put blame on the parents and its not entirely their fault, often at least through experience, I have been the cause of my own anxiety and feelings of being put in the middle.

Blog 2: Topic Proposal

The community I'm choosing to create a documentary is on is my neighborhood community. My neighborhood is a community because we were a group of people who inhabited locality. A locality is a reference to the persons that live there. I know about the community because I was member of it. I grew up there, I learned how to be the person I am there. My relationship to this community, besides the fact its my home, is that it was the template and guide to how I want to raise my kids. Now that I’ve grown out of it, I would like to present the same opportunity to my kids. I want to be able to give them a safe and free environment to grow up. A thing I would like to find out, now that I’m more removed from the community is why it is we aren't as close as we used to be. Whether that be because some of us went off to college, and some stayed. Or because we now have different interest, and we are less interested in sharing them. I would like to discover why the people I had everything in common with and spoke to everyday, are now mostly just a part of memories, with the few exceptions of minimal communication. 

Blog 1: Introduction

Hello, my name is Hannah Potts. I am from Charlotte, NC, however, originally from Clarksville, GA. I have one sister, Meredith. My dad, Steven and my mom, Annette. She is married to Mike, which means I have a step-dad, and step-siblings. I have two step-brothers, Michael and Steven, and one step-sister, Jennifer. I’m glad I have them, but they are all older so it makes it hard to relate sometimes. I have a dog, Daisy. I like to be outside and to be active. I play the guitar and love all kinds of music. I am a Bulldogs fan, a Braves fan, and a Zac Brown Band fan. I grew up spending at least 3 weeks at the beach, so I'm definitely a beach kid. I prefer the summer over the winter, and a good rain storm is never bad. I belonged to communities ranging from the church I belonged to, which is the Catholic church, my school, a club soccer team, and my group of neighborhood friends. I mostly identify with my neighborhood community. I spent a lot of time with these friends, they were the people that were in and out of my home, who knew the very most about me and I knew about them. We did everything together. There were 8 of us and we all had a role to play.

From this class I am expecting to learn a more mature way of writing, a more dynamic way of writing, and a more creative way to express my thoughts. I hope to learn and become more comfortable with public speaking and sharing my ideas. I want to learn a more elegant way of speaking and I would like to have more fluidity in my thoughts.