Elizabeth

02/28/14 a hero today means that a person or groups actions inspire or help a younger or equal aged crowd. With this explanation in mind some people i think of are; fire fighters, soldiers, Rosa Parks, and everyday people. Some people may think of famous people such as Miley Cyrus but does she have the characteristics of a true hero. A fire fighter is brave to run into a fire to do that you must be, Rosa Parks had persistence she kept doing what she knew was right, and finally everyday people i know many people who are kind and genuine but does that make them a hero, i think so. There's such a lack of kind people in this world i think the sheer reason that there are few left makes them a hero. Now for the actors and actresses, they can be heros too they just have to have some characteristics, Miley Cyrus does not-- she just goes on tour and preforms she even said "i wish i wasn't famous but still had people buy my records" Don't worry shell still take your money.

Can women be heros heck yeah! many women don't get recognized as heros as they should but they defiantly are heros!

02/21/2014 =Current Events Friday= a clothing company has sexist sayings on their shirts yet people are still buying them. for the clothing companies its really all about money but what if it is not portraying what they want to say but what the people want to buy. in another article a little girl was dressing provocatively with their dresses draped off the shoulder and other parts off their body showing. most likely from what they have been watching or what they have seen on tv. like the father says "but so soon" maybe this is a good thing because the quicker they know what your morals are the quicker that learn or disregard them

through the decades new clothing styles have come into play and had a huge impact on society. Many clothing companies try to represent who people are today or who they "want to be". Now some companies are portraying sexist sayings on clothes, so will we be effected by it? No let people wear what they want to wear! People will have their opinion about what other people wear, honestly i know i do it all the time not even aware i'm doing it but when it comes down to it people can be who they want to be. Maybe to some people these sayings will come off as sexist or just bad but their honestly harmless.

02/7/14 =**Is It okay to say The Things We Want To Say?**= [] in culture today we say words without thinking it through without taking other peoples views and emotions into consideration. Everyone has an opinion and is entitled to it, but sometimes words can hurt. "I'm not homophobic. I just think 'ft' hits and hurts people. It hits. And 'gay' just means you're stupid. I don't know, we don't think about it, we're just kids. We don't think about that s--t. But I don't hate gay people..."(brother Ali, 2012) Its true we are kids but just because you're a kid doesn't mean it doesn't hurt someone else. so into the question is it okay to say the things we want to say?, its a hard one to answer but if you actually believe what you're saying then say it. If you like ice cream then say so, some people may not like ice cream. There is always going to be someone that disagrees. To add to that if your words do hurt someone else yes it will hurt but they'll get over it... eventually, if you don't want to hurt people then don't say it. Therefor, it is crucial you have to decide, to say or not to say.

=**reflecting techaaa**= In our most recent project we created a campaign for a character given to us. in your group you have 5 to 6 people and and have challenges thrown at you in the middle of the project. The main goal of this project is to use rhetorical techniques and get your character to win in a vote to become mayor. in our campaign we used bandwagon, glittering generalities, plain folk, and name calling.

the most challenging part of this project was not having a specific set of directions. we had to make up and figure out what we were going to do for our character to make her win.some things that were easy for me were the flyers and campaigning we did, i found that to be the funniest part as well. to be honest i think the commercials and everything went better when we winged it. i wouldn't have done anything different, our campaign when very well even though we didn't win. i also don't have any improvements i thought it was a challenging and fun project.

these techniques will help me in the future when i have a boss or teacher telling me to do something without instructions and i have to figure out how to do it just right. these techniques will also help me in argumentative essays.