Diana Kendall's Framing Class, Vicarious living, and Conspicuous Consumption, was a rather dry read. Although i fond some of the fact and statistics interresssting. To many times in life i believe that we get caught up in the lives of others, wheather it is woundering how they are doing in life or how much money they make or if its as simple as what clothes they may wear that day. Really i know that in my own life that i have enough to worry about. There are many problems that i see with wanting to be like others or trying to emulate them in diffrent ways. it is a struggle in society and deffinatly needs to be addressed. If we can learn to worry about ourselves first we may find a deeper happiness about life.
In Joann Morgans essay i was taken back by some of the thoughts and where some of the blame was placed. I have a lot of thoughts about this essay. The way that womenare portayed in rap music or hip hop is wrong. Also the way that women will let thesleves act or how they allow other men to treat them is wrong in every way. I dont believe that this situation is not limited the hip hop scene. Tue truth is that women are trated and looked at wrongly in this industry.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Media
I'm thinking that my topic is going to be How excessive television affects our education?
1. does it affect kids more then adults
2. can you focus on homework and watch t.v.
3. which genre's are more distracting.
4. t.v and obesity
5. is there anything to learn from tv
6. do we retain the knowledge from educational channels?
7. are there any benifits to t.v for our youth?
8. do we take the what is said on t.v for truth
9. how do we view relationships? and are they good or bad.
10. is t.v addictive?
11. does tv affect your ability to retain important knowledge?
12. does it affect your communication skills?
13. are life skills affected?
14. what are the long term affects
15. are different times of the day worse then others
16. do we sometimes use t.v as a babysitter?
17. what are the good affect that t.v can have?
18. why is t.v the center of Americas household?
19. video games vs. t.v
20. social and communication skills. ow are they affected?
1. does it affect kids more then adults
2. can you focus on homework and watch t.v.
3. which genre's are more distracting.
4. t.v and obesity
5. is there anything to learn from tv
6. do we retain the knowledge from educational channels?
7. are there any benifits to t.v for our youth?
8. do we take the what is said on t.v for truth
9. how do we view relationships? and are they good or bad.
10. is t.v addictive?
11. does tv affect your ability to retain important knowledge?
12. does it affect your communication skills?
13. are life skills affected?
14. what are the long term affects
15. are different times of the day worse then others
16. do we sometimes use t.v as a babysitter?
17. what are the good affect that t.v can have?
18. why is t.v the center of Americas household?
19. video games vs. t.v
20. social and communication skills. ow are they affected?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
POSSESSIVE nouns
So to be totally honest i don't think i have a huge problem with using possessive nouns to often. so this is just a quick reminder of what they are and how to use them correctly.
Possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning, or having). They are words that would normally be nouns, but are used as adjectives to modify a noun or pronoun. Possessive nouns tell you who or what the modified noun or pronoun belongs to.
Here are just a couple examples.
The word "dog's" is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the dog. The dog owns, or possesses the collar.
The sky's color is changing..
We enjoyed the children's play...... children + 's
Possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning, or having). They are words that would normally be nouns, but are used as adjectives to modify a noun or pronoun. Possessive nouns tell you who or what the modified noun or pronoun belongs to.
Here are just a couple examples.
The word "dog's" is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the dog. The dog owns, or possesses the collar.
The sky's color is changing..
We enjoyed the children's play...... children + 's
Sunday, March 1, 2009
One day at a time!
WOW, I found this essay to be some what depressing but at the same time very informative. The intro is so true, i am just starting my journey in college although a little late i am once again reminded byt this story why i am in school and why i am happy to be in school.
The struggles that that are shown in this experiament are horiffic and yet for some it every day life. it is almost hard to think anbout, i personally have never found myself in the depth of despair which are described in this essay. To go to work and then once your there you constantly get crap not only from you co workers but those that you serving is ridiculous. not to mention the fact that the job you are in is a neccesity aqnd if you decide that you cant or wont deal with it then you may not have a place to live at the end of the months.
I have a couple of questions that came to mind while i was reading. why cant we find a way to help the individuals that are struggling day to day? and the other question is if we found a way to help the struggling, unhappy, and seemingly no future america. would they want or accept our help and then inturn make something of them selves? i belive that life is tough but would we learn as much as we do if was all easy. The thing to do is learn from our problems and mistakes then we dont have to live through them again.
The struggles that that are shown in this experiament are horiffic and yet for some it every day life. it is almost hard to think anbout, i personally have never found myself in the depth of despair which are described in this essay. To go to work and then once your there you constantly get crap not only from you co workers but those that you serving is ridiculous. not to mention the fact that the job you are in is a neccesity aqnd if you decide that you cant or wont deal with it then you may not have a place to live at the end of the months.
I have a couple of questions that came to mind while i was reading. why cant we find a way to help the individuals that are struggling day to day? and the other question is if we found a way to help the struggling, unhappy, and seemingly no future america. would they want or accept our help and then inturn make something of them selves? i belive that life is tough but would we learn as much as we do if was all easy. The thing to do is learn from our problems and mistakes then we dont have to live through them again.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
My main man Loni.
Well to honest i cant remember a specific teacher that i really that had an outstanding affect on me or any one more then another. So I'm just going to say a couple of words about the janitor at my grade school. i should prob start by saying that all of my siblings and i went to the same grade school and in all of that time the school had the same janitor. His name was loni. There was something different about loni and the funny thing was that all of us kids realized it. loni never did anything special or really anything that was out of the ordinary for a janitor. He was always busy cleaning or taking out the trash. Even though he was just a janitor he was always smiling, there wasn't ever a time that i saw him that he dint have a smile on his face. I saw him around school every day and i would always say hi to him as i passed by he in turn would say " hey hows it goin my man". Like i said it wasn't anything special but he mad you feel good even if it was just for a second.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
To be completely honest i dont ever use hyphens in my writing. The number one reason for that is, i havent found a good reason for them. As i looked around i found a couple good rules of thumb.
1. Use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun:
a one-way street
chocolate-covered peanuts
well-known author
However, when compound modifiers come after a noun, they are not hyphenated:
The peanuts were chocolate covered.
The author was well known.
2. Use a hyphen with compound numbers:
forty-six
sixty-three
Our much-loved teacher was sixty-three years old.
3. Use a hyphen to avoid confusion or an awkward combination of letters:
re-sign a petition (vs. resign from a job)
semi-independent (but semiconscious)
shell-like (but childlike)
4. Use a hyphen with the prefixes ex- (meaning former), self-, all-; with the suffix -elect; between a prefix and a capitalized word; and with figures or letters:
ex-husband
self-assured
mid-September
all-inclusive
mayor-elect
anti-American
T-shirt
pre-Civil War
mid-1980s
5. Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line if necessary, and make the break only between syllables:
pref-er-ence
sell-ing
in-di-vid-u-al-ist
For line breaks, divide already hyphenated words only at the hyphen:
mass-produced
self-conscious
For line breaks in words ending in -ing, if a single final consonant in the root word is doubled before the suffix, hyphenate between the consonants; otherwise, hyphenate at the suffix itself:
plan-ning
run-ning
driv-ing
call-ing
Never put the first or last letter of a word at the end or beginning of a line, and don't put two-letter suffixes at the beginning of a new line:
lovely (Do not separate to leave ly beginning a new line.)
eval-u-ate (Separate only on either side of the u; do not leave the initial e- at the end of a line.)
1. Use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective before a noun:
a one-way street
chocolate-covered peanuts
well-known author
However, when compound modifiers come after a noun, they are not hyphenated:
The peanuts were chocolate covered.
The author was well known.
2. Use a hyphen with compound numbers:
forty-six
sixty-three
Our much-loved teacher was sixty-three years old.
3. Use a hyphen to avoid confusion or an awkward combination of letters:
re-sign a petition (vs. resign from a job)
semi-independent (but semiconscious)
shell-like (but childlike)
4. Use a hyphen with the prefixes ex- (meaning former), self-, all-; with the suffix -elect; between a prefix and a capitalized word; and with figures or letters:
ex-husband
self-assured
mid-September
all-inclusive
mayor-elect
anti-American
T-shirt
pre-Civil War
mid-1980s
5. Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line if necessary, and make the break only between syllables:
pref-er-ence
sell-ing
in-di-vid-u-al-ist
For line breaks, divide already hyphenated words only at the hyphen:
mass-produced
self-conscious
For line breaks in words ending in -ing, if a single final consonant in the root word is doubled before the suffix, hyphenate between the consonants; otherwise, hyphenate at the suffix itself:
plan-ning
run-ning
driv-ing
call-ing
Never put the first or last letter of a word at the end or beginning of a line, and don't put two-letter suffixes at the beginning of a new line:
lovely (Do not separate to leave ly beginning a new line.)
eval-u-ate (Separate only on either side of the u; do not leave the initial e- at the end of a line.)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Who knew how bad it could be.
This was an essay for the books. I was told before reading this essay that i might be offended of or bugged by this essay. The truth is that Michael Moore's "Idiot Nation" was a very interesting and also somewhat humorous. I found that as i read i felt like some of his points i agreed with, and others i wasn't so sure about. One thing about Michael Moores writing is i can tell how much he believes what he is saying, its as if i was right there having a conversation with him. Even though i didn't agree with some of what he said, i saw his point and where he was coming from.
"Forty-four million Americans cannot read or write above a forth-grade level". This fact was scary. I couldn't believe that as America the strongest and most powerful country in the world a good percentage of us can hardly read. He also went on to say how much TV we watch compared to the amount of books that we read. I liked how he talked about the teachers and they way that we treat them. Either the parents blaming their child's faults in school on the teachers or the fact that teachers are one of the lower paid professions.
Another point of interest was how he talked the politicians and the large factor that they play in the realm of the school system. Michael Moore made a point that those that are so worried about the students of today are the same people that are taking more away and cutting budgets at all the schools. It seems that the politicians are a big reason that those students who are they future of this country continue to decrease in their schooling. It seems to me that school is becoming more of a business then an institution for learning.
"Forty-four million Americans cannot read or write above a forth-grade level". This fact was scary. I couldn't believe that as America the strongest and most powerful country in the world a good percentage of us can hardly read. He also went on to say how much TV we watch compared to the amount of books that we read. I liked how he talked about the teachers and they way that we treat them. Either the parents blaming their child's faults in school on the teachers or the fact that teachers are one of the lower paid professions.
Another point of interest was how he talked the politicians and the large factor that they play in the realm of the school system. Michael Moore made a point that those that are so worried about the students of today are the same people that are taking more away and cutting budgets at all the schools. It seems that the politicians are a big reason that those students who are they future of this country continue to decrease in their schooling. It seems to me that school is becoming more of a business then an institution for learning.
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