Two Ways a Woman can get Hurt

Advertisement has such a way of twisting people's thoughts and feelings. In the essay, "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt" by Jean Kilbourne, example after example are shown how advertisement has twisted peoples thoughts and feelings. One of the ads that Kilbourne talks about is the "No" add. People say No is No, but when its advertised that no really means yes, some people will justify reason. No one can fully understand what its like to say no to someone and have them treat you like your saying yes, until you have experienced it yourself. Many claim that we should have better common sense than to act in such a way and I agree, but not all people are going to act with common sense. The way that ads portray woman as weak and inferior makes me sick. Unfortunately many young ladies mimic that style and trend and concequently become victims themselves. The thing that people fail to understand is that a person can present themselves in an orderly manner and still be a victim of something they did not bring upon themselves. Advertisement isn't the only reason from abuse but it is a factor and as long as we play into it, the more our world is going to struggle. Sometimes its easier to problems on advertisement. Sure there are others that contribute to the problems of the workd but going after one thing at a time is the best way to over come the corrupt image of woman and men, and what better place to start than with the media.

Grammer Post #3

Affect and effect. What's the difference between the two words. There are so many times that I will be sitting at a computer writing a paper and I will come to a road block not knowing if I should use affect or effect. So, tonight I decided I needed to learn how to use these two confussing words.
The website that I went to explained that affect is a verb and effect is a noun. The website also said, "When you affect something, you produce an effect on it. Even in the passive voice, something would be affected, not effected." So now I know that the action of something is the word affect and the outcome of the action is the effect.
http://grammartips.homestead.com/affect.html

Framing Class, Vicarious Living, and Conspicuous consumption

I really enjoyed reading this essay by Diana Kendall. The attention grabber of "The Simple Life 2" was perfect to grab the reader and the use of other tv shows helped tp keep the reader interested. I belive its so true that the media likes to control everyo0ne else's view of society. People try so hard to become the "upper class" by spend money they don't have on iteams they really don't need, thus, puting the america people more and more into debt.

From Seven Floors Up

I've always had a hard time interperating poems, but something that really impacted me from Sharon Olds poem was the line "Suddenly I see that I have thought that it could not happen to me, homelessness." Many people don't ever think that something bad is going to happen to them, but life can throw a curve ball. I think the thing to learn is that to never take life for granted.

Money

So, the first time I read the poem by Dana Gioia, I didn't really like it. But after reading the poem a few times, I realized that I actually really like it. Naming all the different names of money made me really think about the different words that are used to express ones self.

Grammer #2

Who vs Whom.
I've never known how to use Whom vs who, but I found a website that showed me an easy to remember how to use the two words.

Rule.
Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct. he = who him = whom

Examples:
Who/Whom wrote the letter?He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.
For who/whom should I vote?Should I vote for him? Therefore, whom is correct.

Now I know that I can try he or hime to see which word to use.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp

Against School

I found Gatto's essay Against School very interesting. I had a hard time agreeing with his argument. over the weekend I read 1984 by George Orwell. Thanks for the suggestion Chelsi. I thought it was interesting how Gatto's impression of the school much like that of the totalitarianism Party in 1984. The party doesn't want people to think for themselves, thus they control thoughts, actions and even language to control and gain power over the people. Gatto even mentions 2 main groups in the school. The minority who get a liberal education or a higher, better, education, and the the larger class to forgo the privileges of a liberal education. In 1984 there is the same idea. The educated and leaders called the inner party have privileges whereas the outer party and the proles have all the manual labor and are taught to conform and not think for themselves. I really don't think that our schools have gone to that extreme as is found in 1984, but I do believe that as parents we need to be more involved and teach our children to think critically and independently and learn all aspects of education like philosophy, art music, and history. Teacher and parents alike have the responsibility to educate children as much as possible so they can grow and lead in the future.