JayKro

Brother Ali demonstrates a good point in his music not discriminating against the gay and lesbian sexuality. I admire that about the rapper because words can hurt and he is showing acceptance to everyone in the world. I believe that it is crucial to be aware of what you are saying in your songs because if you aren't what keeps those words from crushing someones confidence. If the writer is crucial about his usage of words like fagot then people should pay that artist respect. Just like Brother Ali says everyone in this world is precious. Plus what if everyone was the same that seems pretty boring.

I have seen and heard what words can do to people. If you are gay and you hear the discrimination to gays what is holding that person back from killing themselves. It is important that we treat everyone the way we should be treated. So yes I think that rappers or any artist should be careful of the usage of words like fagot and just for them to be careful in general of what they say.

February 7

Journal number 2 The first article was talking about the sexism made from the avenger t-shirts. The t-shirts said for the boys Be a Hero and for the girls i need a hero. This is thought that the girls can't take care of themselves. In the second article it is talking about a mothers daughter came out with a skimpy dress on that was showing off to much. This dress isn't even the most sexual dresses or types of clothing on the market for girls of this age. Some parents tell children to wear whatever others are the exact opposite. This is a hard topic to address says the father and the conversations are tough to lead. We can learn from society that the clothing has became more showy over the years. We can learn that society has became more sexually filled and sexually drove. Girls are starting to embrace these types of clothing and the guys are also enjoying the clothing decisions young girls are making these days. It almost seems normal for girl to dress like this.

February28

Journal number 3 Heros today are the people who wear camo, the ones with confidence and kind words. The ideal role model carries integrity, discipline, responsibility, kindness and so much more. Hero's today care for other people and watch out for one another. Miley Cyrus is not a good role model by any means for example she swung on a wrecking ball naked and twerked on a midget. For her to be a good role model she would first of all have to stop swinging on wrecking balls naked also she would need to gain qualities such as responsibility and definitely maturity. The perfect role model is someone who cares about people and is responsible. People like our parents that we look up to and cherish thats the perfect role model!

March 16

Today I'm writing about technology's positive and negative influences on our society. Technology have gave us great things like fast communication and it has also helped build our society in a smart way(scientists can put their findings on the web). There is so many great things that have came from technology but there are also many downfalls. Some negative sides of technology are identity stealing and cyber bullying. If technology wasn't as developed as it is people couldn't steal your identity (credit card fraud etc.). Also if social media sites and other instant media sites weren't in existence then the problem of cyber bullying wouldn't exist at all. So technology overall has helped society but in many ways its hurt our society and individuals.

May 12 2014 Last week during english class Mrs. Whitley assigned us a project where we had to make a campaign for a political person running for mayor (she assigned the person to each group). This project showed us how to use certain campaigning tools such as a issue piece or a profile mailer. Also this project taught the students how to use certain propaganda techniques. Our group used techniques such as bandwagon, plain folks and many others. For example we used plain folks by saying our person Laini is just like you she is a mother and a married woman which many people that would vote for her could relate to.

The most challenging part of the project to me was definitely the slogan and the advertising techniques our group used. I say this because a true slogan says a lot about a person and their campaign. For instance our slogan was: We don't only build hopes, we build futures. This shows that Laini is not going to come into office to talk a big game she is going to put her words into action and follow through on what she says she will do. Also advertising was difficult in a similar way because you want your ad for the campaign to be short, sweet and to the point and finding a perfect ad to do so is very hard. Some things that I wish our group had done differently would be our approach to the election and our group member talking during the election proceedings. I feel that our group the first day should have all gotten together and planned out specifically what our approach to the election would be. Doing this would have ensured our canidate to be elected. During the "town hall meeting" the prson we elected to speak did not participate fully in debates we could have easily won the crowd over in. If our group member had taken a more go get it type of attidtued I believe we could've won the election.

The techniques that I found during thsis project I feel could help myself the rest of this class in many ways. For instance I believe that the techniques I demonstrated could help me majorly when looking at types of propaganda later on during the class and especially on the final exam. Also in other classes being able to know multiple propaganda techniques is a huge benefit because i might stumble upon a project similar to this in the future of my high-school courses. Finally I feel if I ever became into a industry that required making ads I feel that the techniques I learned could and would build a great base to my career. Finally I think the project was a great way to learn just how to base any type of campaign off of. It was a very fun project:).