So far this class has definitely had the greatest impact on my every day life. I find myself hearing stories, or reading texts, or even watching TV and pondering the story that it originated from or what the moral is or if it would qualify as a romance or not. To me this is the best thing I could ever ask for. I love when things from my classes transfer over into my life outside academics, like the validation of what I learned coming into play from just one class makes all the rest of my classes worth while. Last night I was watching one of my favorite shows, Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler is a raunchy comedian who has no censor for what comes out of her mouth and I love that. One of her many topics of discussion last night was about fairy tales and how parents today are not letting their children read or hear the traditional fairy tales because they send the wrong moral message and are too dark. She noted that one parents reasoning for not letting their child hear the story of Rapunzel because it is about kidnapping. I could not control my laughter at this. While I can agree that not all of Grimm's fairy tales or even those of Hans Christian Anderson are ideal for little kids because they may scare them, but for the blatant misinterpretation of Rapunzel as a story about kidnapping?? I was stunned. Nothing in any of those fairy tales is anything worse than what kids are exposed to in the news or anything related to pop culture and media.
I couldn't help but enjoy this segment of the show and to anyone who has not watched her show I would highly recommend it, if for nothing more than a good chuckle. The perspective that this class has given me on stories is something that will stick with me indefinitely and will always factor into my approach to stories.
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