Jan 16, 2009

In class we went over the subject versus the object. I am going to be honest, I was a little confused at first and that definetely coincided with my approach in writing down how I am a subject at times and an object at others. For example:

I am subject as a college student to learn, observe, and acquire the necessary skills to make me a qualified business person. 

-Now this may not be entirely off, but the examples given in class from others were more along the lines of "I am a subject as a player on the team." As I am no longer the member of any specific team or organization right now I took the perspective of being a subject almost of my own life. To take the responsibility to learn and set the proper foundation for me to go where I want to be in the future. I started to think hard about things that I am a member of, such as being a student at Eckerd College, being an American, and being one that hopes to enter and be successful in the business world someday. If this makes sense, I pretty much took a stretch to connect me being both a subject and an object. 

Just for fun I typed 'subject v object' in a YouTube search and chose to watch this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxkN8q-OXU)of a high school english teacher explain the difference between subject and object pronouns. Although this is very elementary and looking at these two terms in probably the most basic manner, it actually helped me better understand the difference between being the subject and being the object. Moral of the Story: keep it simple stupid! Sometimes taking a step back and looking at things simplistically helps temporarily remove the specific meaning and result in a better understanfding of it.