Evelyn

2-7-14 Its is important to be careful of what we say and be critical of the words that we hear. What you say can hurt people and can cause them to not be satisfied with themselves. In the article by Huffington Post it says this: "I'm not homophobic. I just think 'ft' hits and hurts people." This is relevant because he is saying that these slurs can be heard by people and hit them in the wrong way and it is hurtful. I know that there are many people across the country that have committed suicide because of hurtful words, and that is not acceptable. Therefore, be careful of what you say.

2-21-14 The first article shows two shirts based on the movie "The Avengers," the males saying "Be a Hero" and females saying "I need a Hero." It then talks about how tweens should not be faced with these sexist clothing choices. The second article says that the womans clothing has become more and more inappropriate for younger children and that advertising and marketing is making it worse.

This shows that society cares about revealing clothing and thinks that men are superior to women. Also that girls, starting at a young age, should not care about modesty. One thing that the second article said is that people judge and make assumptions based on the clothing that girls will wear. Not only is this degrading but it is also unfair to girls who are held to high expectations. Overall, sexual clothing is becoming more and more suggested within the last few decades and its not going to stop.

2-28-14 The two articles that I read, one was about Miley Cyrus and she said that because she does what she wants, she is a "feminist" and a good role model for girls. The second article is an open letter from Sinead O'Connor, who Cyrus compared her "Wrecking Ball" video to O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2U" video, to Miley talking about how she does not need to become a prostitute in order to be successful in the music business.

S inead O'Connor is completely right. Being a good role model means that the things you do would not only legal and appropriate, but also okay for girls to do. In honestly comes down to sex. Sex is a sacred thing that people who are in love and preferably married do. When you go on stage and in public and flaunt your private parts like its not private at all, it doesn't make sex as sacred and special anymore. This is why Miley Cyrus is not a feminist or a good person to look up to.

3-14-14 Today's society lacks grit. Dictionary.com defines the word grit as a firmness of character or indomitable spirit. In simpler terms, the strength to push through tough situations by yourself and end up better then you were before. So many people in my generation rely on many other people to do their work for them, and also to run away from there problems. The problem with this is that when these people are on their own with no one to lean on but themselves, they wont be able to survive.

Every single time a child runs into a problem in life they have always been told to either go run to their teacher or to their parents to get the other person in trouble. For things that are a big problem this is understandable, but because some stupid kid said that you were mean is not a reason to run away and try and get them in trouble. Because of things like this, people lack grit, and we will see the result of this loss in the times to come.

5-12-14 For this project we were required to make a campaign for a person running for mayor. Our group was responsible for making a profile mailer, an issue piece, a storyboard, a poster board, a newspaper ad, and a speech that was read at the "town hall" meeting. At the meeting, one selected representative was chosen to read the speech and answer any questions that the "citizens" had.Our propaganda technique was “plain folk” because we said that she was a mother and had lived in lower class areas so that helped her to connect to the lower class people.

The most challenging part of this project was having to advertise things that I personally didn’t now believe in. Trying to wrap my head around different ideas and concepts was difficult because I don’t understand why my candidate thought the way that she did. To view things in different points of view was challenging, but at the same time it really helped me confirm my view point on different things. It also could be helpful in future arguments because I am now able to understand the other person’s point of view. The project would have been a lot better is people were able to choose who they have to represent. By doing this, it would help students get more involved and more excited to do it.

Like I said earlier, the different points of view will help me with arguments in the future of this class or in other situations. Also, the propaganda techniques will be useful for future advertisement projects in other classes.