Thursday, February 26, 2009
Blog#4
The multiple messages are that Obesity is disgusting looking and that it is not accepted in our society. Fat barbie dolls and fat super heroes are not very attractive or very heroic like. It is almost used to let children know that the ideal body type for kids is thin and skinny. It could also be a message that kids need to be active and stay fit, eat healthy so that they won't have to suffer the consequences of looking fat in our society. I mean these kids are only about ten to eleven years old, and I believe that those images really contribute to pressure the children to be thin. That could be the start of a unhealthy diet or pressure them to dislike people that are fat and obese in general. It's not right, especially because everyone has different body types because it could really hurt people that are larger than others. It could hurt them emotionally and physically and will probably lead to depressed children at younger ages.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Blog#3
On the left side of the screen there, you have the typical American kid, who lives his life just growing up, and living his daily life. Its very important because what caught my eye is that even though I grew up poor, my lifestyle was similar to that American boy's life. I think that most of all of us can relate as long as we went to public schools. On the right side you see an Asian kid, who is being exploited to work in a factory where he is "Forced" to make shoes because it is the only thing he knows. It's the only way he can eat, and only source for survival. He works in very harsh conditions, probably doesn't get paid and is receiving no education. His life is going no where as his daily routine is the same each and every single day. The shoes that he creates everyday is worn by the American boy on the left. The video is very depressing to me because kids are our future, and I can't believe how horrible that Asian kid must feel. I have relatives who live in a Third world country full of poverty too. I have visited them and breathed their world for a whole month. So the lifestyle that I have here today, I believe that we take for granted and don't really realize how much some other kid or person out there would trade places in our shoes.
Essay#2
Roger Phasayaseng
Lauren Servais
English 1A
10 February 2009
#3: Winn argues that television interferes with family life and keeps families from interacting in meaningful ways. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Imagine the world without television, what would it be like if we had no T.V. inside our homes? What would it feel like to have your T.V. taken away after it has changed the lifestyle of American families? T.V. plays a huge role if not probably the most important one in my life. Why it is something I like to call sports, commonly labeled as a popular American culture if not a phenomenon. It isn’t just me that watches T.V., there are millions of other Americans who watch T.V. because we are born into a generation where we must have television. Since the introduction of television, I believe that interaction between families in meaningful ways has been changed negatively. Children face social communication problems because television affects their ability to communicate with other students. Families seem to have less interaction between each other and less socialization amongst themselves. And it is a temporary solution to family and relationship disputes that don’t really get solved but get worse.
First thing I want to tackle is that children who grow up in this society face a huge problem with verbal communication. Interacting and speaking with other students has become a challenge for young children raised by television. “Studies show that importance of eye-to-eye contact for instance, in real-life relationships, and indicate that the nature of one’s eye-contact patterns, whether one looks another squarely in the eye or looks to the side or shifts one’s gaze from side to side, may play a significant role in one’s success or failure in human relationships”(Winn 462). During television programs, children who watch the T.V. alone are spoken to by the person onscreen speaking directly into the camera. So to the viewer it appears the person onscreen is interacting with them. Except the fact that the viewer doesn’t have any means to communicate back. They can’t ask any questions, make any eye contact, and don’t expect any answers or replies either. This seriously effects kid’s communication with other students, children, and even adults. This may also affect their ability to learn since communication plays a key role in how students interact with their teachers at school. These kids often become lonely at school because they have a hard time making friends and just generally interacting with other students. This leads to parents who don’t socialize or interact with their kids because the kid is often left alone to watch T.V. by them self.
How parents interact and socialize with their children is vital to who the children will become when they grown up. Families who interact with each other daily at dinner time, during homework, and during free time usually determine if the family feels connected with each other. When parents and children socialize with each other, it gives them both an opportunity to both learn more about each other. The parents get a better perspective on how the kid is doing at school and what kind of friends they are hanging out with. Kids who get that kind of attention from their parents make them feel confident as they need guidance in order to reach adulthood. Television is very time consuming and often dominates this family bonding time at home. “As family ties grow weaker and vaguer as children’s lives become more separate from their parents’ as parents’ educational role in their children’s lives is taken over the by the media, the school, and the peer group, family life becomes increasingly more unsatisfying for both parents and children”(Winn 464).
Thanks I appreciate the feed back and hit me with what you got!
Lauren Servais
English 1A
10 February 2009
#3: Winn argues that television interferes with family life and keeps families from interacting in meaningful ways. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Imagine the world without television, what would it be like if we had no T.V. inside our homes? What would it feel like to have your T.V. taken away after it has changed the lifestyle of American families? T.V. plays a huge role if not probably the most important one in my life. Why it is something I like to call sports, commonly labeled as a popular American culture if not a phenomenon. It isn’t just me that watches T.V., there are millions of other Americans who watch T.V. because we are born into a generation where we must have television. Since the introduction of television, I believe that interaction between families in meaningful ways has been changed negatively. Children face social communication problems because television affects their ability to communicate with other students. Families seem to have less interaction between each other and less socialization amongst themselves. And it is a temporary solution to family and relationship disputes that don’t really get solved but get worse.
First thing I want to tackle is that children who grow up in this society face a huge problem with verbal communication. Interacting and speaking with other students has become a challenge for young children raised by television. “Studies show that importance of eye-to-eye contact for instance, in real-life relationships, and indicate that the nature of one’s eye-contact patterns, whether one looks another squarely in the eye or looks to the side or shifts one’s gaze from side to side, may play a significant role in one’s success or failure in human relationships”(Winn 462). During television programs, children who watch the T.V. alone are spoken to by the person onscreen speaking directly into the camera. So to the viewer it appears the person onscreen is interacting with them. Except the fact that the viewer doesn’t have any means to communicate back. They can’t ask any questions, make any eye contact, and don’t expect any answers or replies either. This seriously effects kid’s communication with other students, children, and even adults. This may also affect their ability to learn since communication plays a key role in how students interact with their teachers at school. These kids often become lonely at school because they have a hard time making friends and just generally interacting with other students. This leads to parents who don’t socialize or interact with their kids because the kid is often left alone to watch T.V. by them self.
How parents interact and socialize with their children is vital to who the children will become when they grown up. Families who interact with each other daily at dinner time, during homework, and during free time usually determine if the family feels connected with each other. When parents and children socialize with each other, it gives them both an opportunity to both learn more about each other. The parents get a better perspective on how the kid is doing at school and what kind of friends they are hanging out with. Kids who get that kind of attention from their parents make them feel confident as they need guidance in order to reach adulthood. Television is very time consuming and often dominates this family bonding time at home. “As family ties grow weaker and vaguer as children’s lives become more separate from their parents’ as parents’ educational role in their children’s lives is taken over the by the media, the school, and the peer group, family life becomes increasingly more unsatisfying for both parents and children”(Winn 464).
Thanks I appreciate the feed back and hit me with what you got!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Blog #2 "freedom of speech"
There are some people out that still believe in racism, and I don’t think that’s cool at all. Any ways we had to wear uniforms in middle school. I remember it was green collar shirt and khaki pants the whole way. In my high school no gang colors were allowed, no drug affiliated clothing was allowed. No red or blue doo rags, no hanging belts. I mean I can see how that would prevent violence and demote gang activity. At the JC I think you can wear whatever you want as long as you don’t start trouble with anybody. The banning of the Obama T-shirt was still wrong to be banned but I think that it was for the boy’s safety. That boy could’ve been beaten, I’ve seen and heard a few racist stories where somebody got beat or killed because of discrimination. I just hope that one day out Nation can leave stuff like that in the past.
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