When I look at people, I think about their culture and background regarding humanity. I don't hear this word often, but there are words that refer to the meaning of the humanities. For example, art and literature remind me of this word along with the word human. Learning this information from the required text in this course made me want to teach people about this word and the meaning behind it. This course was interesting, I didn't think this word meant anything more than just human. Disciplines such as art, literature, and philosophy became known as the humanities. (Janaro 2012) This word has pushed me as a person to step back and examine a word when I am unsure of the meaning. The book defines the word humanities in a way that helps the reader better understand its meaning. The meaning of the humanities defined in the text, “Once limited to the “best products of the best minds,” narrowly defined as Greek or Roman, but later expanded to include Western European achievements and, more recently, creative expressions of men and women around the world.” (Janaro 2012) This definition defines everyone and art that involves the human. Humanity is all around me and I see it now that I understand how the word is defined. The study of the humanities is to help people see this