Blog 10

In the article written by Nicholas Balakar "Imitation Of Film: Here's Smoking at You Kid" he discuss about the fact of R-rated movies with smoking children, and that they tend to pick up smoking at the ages of 10-14 if seen in movies.
I disagree with this statement because kids age 10-14 smoke on there own term, by seeing there parents are friends doing it, it has nothing to do with the actors or actress on movies, because the kids know that the celebrity are regular people and that all there doing is acting and they might not even smoke on a regular basic. for instance kids are pressured everyday to do things that they may not always want to do and with that is why most kids are where there at now, by listening to bad influence. i for one can relate, as a child growing up, i would wanna do what everyone else was doing than rather than be my own self, for example i had got my belly button piercing at age 17 because mostly everyone i knew had it done.from beyonce to regular kids in my neighborhood, so i went and got it done thinking that it will change me and that ill be more like beyonce, but it didn't change i was still the same old person from before i just had something on my navel, the reason i went and got it done is because i basically wanted to fit in with everyone else rather than stand out and be my own person.
Furthermore the author did point out that some kids have been smoking from far before watching R-rated movies, so that must mean that movies star in r-rated movie did not give them the impact on whether to smoke or not, they chose there own destiny to do it.
however as a child while watching r-rated movie that did not give me an impact to do anything because i knew it was fiction. In my opinion R-rated movie does not give kids the okay to smoke or do anything that is false or wrong. it is the kids who do so are the people they are around.

Blog 9

Part 1


In the Meatrix the main point is that they discussing where meat and animal products come from, also they tell when agricultural corporation began and animal cruelty and it tells use exactly where our food actually come from. and it let us know as the consumer we have the power to not support the factory farms machine.

The main purpose in the Meatrix Revolting is the affect of cows and how mad cow disease is being formed, it discuss how there feeding cows pill and cutting of there tails, also they discuss by buying organic food, we the consumer can help save the animals.

The main purpose in the The Meatrix II 1/2 it discuss how the worker are getting injured due to the speed there working at, and also how manures are getting into the meat because the meats aren't getting cleaned properly.




Part 2 Food Saftey-

Claim: 76 Million American are suffering from food poisoning each year.

Reason: 325,000 people are hospitalized from food related illnesses, Most food- related is caused by bacteria, virus, parasites that are transmitted in the food that we eat.

Quote: According to the Meatrix website, “Cattle feedlots, both in the U.S. and Europe, made common practice of supplementing cattle feed with discarded animal products, which led to the spread of mad cow disease” Also “the largest recorded outbreak of Hepatitis A was traced back to green onions in Chi-chi salsa. Over 600 people in the Pittsburgh area were sickened in the outbreak.”

Blog 8

In the passage Red Pill or Blue Pill: Is Ignorance Bliss? The author Christine Cornell and Patrick Malcolmson states that, "Freedom is not something that most people are going to be inclined towards or be receptive to” I disagree with this statement because most people desire freedom, for example in the movie the Truman Show filmed directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. They discuss the main character Truman, living in a life that revolves around him, and that everything is perfect, Truman has known freedom and cannot experience the really world life, which drives him crazy and does the most unthinkable thing just so that he can have a dose of freedom. In my opinion I will have to have some sort of freedom, even if my freedom is limited it will be better than not having freedom at all. Also most people are inclined to freedom, it’s their decision if they take it or not. Freedom is not mandatory is on your own terms, if you feel that you like what people do, for you or have no say in things are you basically like the ideal of people controlling your life, than you don’t want to have freedom, but if you don’t like none of those things than you desire freedom and you are able to have it.

Blog 7

In "The Danger of Reality TV" the author Timothy Sexton states the dangerous effect of reality TV and how it is affecting the mind of its younger fans.
I disagree with this statement, because the key to success is not image but rather than ability, in one of his claim he describe how you can go on a reality TV show such as fear factor and eat a bug, and walk away with a bucket of money, even though you can go on fear factor and win a thousand dollar by eating a cow brain, or something you have never ate before, the money that you win is not consent and will only last for a short period of time, unlike a person who actual graduated schools and have a steady job, there money will continually come.

But I do agree with his statement when he states that life is nothing but a completion that we continually engage in with each other, that is true statement in my opinion because regardless of anything everyone wants there life to be like monopoly and be able to be better than the other person, an example will be that every business in America what about a 100% consumers. And they want their business to be more advance and people to want their stuff more than another business.

Therefore reality TV shows like American Idol and Survivor or competition on who is the best and who will win the five million dollars, they describe the person ability to do something rather than their appearance and if they don't have the appearance the show will be able to help them look the role.

My experience dealing with reality TV show is watching the show Tough Love Miami, it’s about a group of women who are desperately trying to find love and doing it all in the wrong place, there a guy on the show that know how guys move and how to get a guy, so he help the girl find someone, I don’t think this show is a waste of reality TV shows because it’s not really dealing with money its helping women better themselves to finding the right guy it does deal with image but it also deals with education level, no men wants a dumb women,and no women wants a dumb mean

in conclude education is always the answer to a better future; looks can only take u so far. Even if you’re the hottest guy in the school that doesn’t mean your grades are going to be as good looking as you.

Blog 6

In the movie, “The Truman Show,” the creator, Cristoff, creates a world that he considers to be “perfect”. But, in reality, there is no such thing as a perfect world, where everyone has their own definition of what perfect is or isn’t, like for instants a world with vanilla ice cream would be great for some but terrible for others, because not everyone likes vanilla ice cream, or can even eat vanilla ice cream, there can’t just be a world where I like it, because there’s other people living in the world to, who might not like it. So, there couldn’t be just one world, there would have to be a different one for every single person. In the “real” world, everyone goes through stuff and faces obstacles that they never thought they would have to, but that’s what growing up and life is all about.
My life does not compare to Truman’s in any way. For one, the world doesn’t revolve around me like it does for him. My life isn’t planned for every second of every day, where I just go with the flow of things. However, that is not a bad thing. I’m able to choose who I fall in love with or not, so I would rather my world instead of Truman’s any day. I get to live my life the way I want to. I’m able to travel and be whoever I want to be. I make my own path; nothing is planned out for me. Also, anything Truman does is never wrong; he doesn’t make any mistakes. In my world, I’m constantly making mistakes. Imperfection is a part of life and I will rather have flaws and learn from them than to have the pressure of trying to be perfect all the time.

Blog 5

After analyzing the class readings and watching The Truman Show, I have come to the conclusion that our whole/part of our reality is created by media advertising, where the public is forced into consuming products as well as ideas of advertising. Like what people are wearing they advertise it by having the logo somewhere on the clothes, also what people are drinking like for Pepsi they have the logo on the front of the can, while they also promote it on TV. These advertisements are the entire world, pushing ideas and telling people go out and buy things that are convinced we need or want. In reality, the main goal of advertising is to help use with our lives by making it better to choose what we need, or what we think we need. In addition, half of the things that are advertising on TV doesn’t actually look the same in person or taste how they describe it or do what they are supposed to. For example, an interesting personal experience that I had dealing with advertising was when I saw a commercial for “T.G.I. Friday’s”, a popular restaurant chain. The commercial talked about how you can get a full course meal for just twenty dollars and how the food tasted great and is much healthier than McDonald’s. In the beginning, I thought it was a great deal, but it was just a lie. I decided to go there one day and try one of their twenty dollar meals, but it actually came up to be thirty something and change. Also, the size of the meal was for a five year old, not an adult. Plus, there really is no fast food out there that is healthy for anyone, that’s why it is called fast food. Half the stuff they say on TV, or newspaper or billboard are not true, don’t believe the hype! There is no such thing as a really commercial that gives u exactly what they say they would do.




 

    

Blog 4

John Dewey once said, “We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience." From my experience in “Basic Writing” class, I can truly say that I have learned a lot. Specifically, I learned a great deal from working with Dr. Ximena Gallarado, she had taught me the importance of rephrasing words as well as reading out loud any piece that I have written. These are things which I don’t do often, but should in order to improve my work. Dr. Gallarado also taught me how expanding my word choices can make a great essay.

What I have improved in the most since beginning the writing class is that my grammar  skills has improved and I now take a closer look at what I am writing. I also learned a lot about paragraphing and that you have to develop your ideas and support any claims made in a paragraph.

The material that I am still having trouble with is getting down the thesis. The reason being is that my theses always seem like they have nothing to do with the significant ideas and claims in my passages. So, my skills still have not yet built to where I can write a solid thesis, and I’m still having slight problems with my grammar.

Overall, my confidence level has stayed the same in “Basic Writing.”, I feel as though I have so much more to improve on. I need to expand my vocabulary and I need to be able to connect my words more smoothly in my essays. The reason I feel this way is because I know that my essay skills need a little bit of work, but I believe I have gotten a little bit better.

I have really come to enjoy “Basic Writing” because I never really had a class where I had to do blogs on the internet. Also, I feel as though it will help me with my major in college. In addition, I think that I will be able to improve my speech.