To analyze: is to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of; (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument. (Thank you dictionary.com)
How many things do we analyze? Well for starters we could analyze the word "analyze": The word analyze sprang from a latin word: Analysis. This word is still the noun in English. The spelling of the word "analyze" varies from British to American English where in the former the word is spelled with an "s" instead of the latter's "z", but they are both at the end pronounced "-ize" as in "size". And depsite all the good intentions meant in this spelling, it never takes away from the fact that the word "anal" is in it, and well... that's just hilarious. It's like saying the word "duty" you just can't help it, childishness is a necessity that no one can escape.
Today we were analyzing poetry in German class, which seems surprisingly unpopular with almost all the students I have met so far in Germany. I'm not sure why that is, but I think it might have something to do with the abundance of poetry from the Baroque Period, Renaissance, the Middle Ages, and all the upity-dupity fancy language that is sometimes even spelled at least a little strangely and the rather less amount of more contemporary poetry that is easier and directer. I might be wrong about that, but at any rate we never really study slam poetry in class, so forget about that. I sort of understand the not wanting to think too deeply into words, it can create headaches if you aren't a wordy type of person. But I LOOOVEEE Poetry, and analyzing it. For me analyzing poetry is that feeling a scientist gets when they are finally allowed to pull something apart to see how it works.
But poetry and literature aren't the only things that can be analyzed-- what about a situation? Like for instance how I should have probably better analyzed my situation while I was at the Stetten pool on Wednesday and immediately applied sunscreen and done it every two hours, so that I would not have gotten huge cow splotches of tomato-red burn on my pale, papery skin in awkward formations. But alas, this type of analysis is not my most proficient: is it not that I cannot do it well, it is that I simply forget to do it sometimes or decide not to on a whim. On this particular afternoon I thought, "It can't be that bad, I will just wait a little while. I will put some on later, eventually, when I know I should, afterall the sun is warm and big and happy and I want to dose quietly in it's smiles." But God, who knew I should have been studying for Chemistry at that very moment because I had my test the very next day, handled fate how he felt, on his whims and left me for days unable to sleep comfortably due to the awful pains upon the collision of anything with my skin.
Or how about scientific anaylsis? I have only one solid problem with scientific analysis, I do not speak scientist, I speak DENI ANNE, a language that is simple and sweet and loud and has no real boundaries of politeness. For example: Why the hell should I have to say " feces" or "fecal matter" when I could just say "poop"? I mean seriously? Are you uncomfortable with the word "poop" Mr. Biologist? Then why the hell are you trying to everything harder than it is!? I swear if I am ever a biology teacher (unlikely) I will NEVER say fecal matter or feces, I will say poop, because then everyone's on the same page and no one need get uncomfortable about such words! Same with sex, "intercourse"? REALLY?
Or you could analyze further that it seems to be part of the American culture to shut out and make uncomfortable and unacceptable everything normal and natural about our bodies and our processes. And I don't know maybe it's me, but undressing around other people in the US always seems unusually awkward in comparison with here. Not just at Locker Rooms, I mean, even at sleepovers!!! I have never had a public shower in the US, but here, I take one after almost ever soccer game we have. Even discussing such things is awkward when you make it that way. But why?
WELL I HAVE NO CLUE! I'm done with analyzing for now, you can analyze further in the commments if you want.
Have a happy weekend and summer for those of you in America who now have the whole summer off (who I am angry at)!!!!!
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