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Anne Bowers 2/7/14

Rapper Brother Ali's Article on his music with homo slurs showed me that it is always important to be careful what words you chose to say and what words you chose to hear. Quoted directly from the article, "In short, the world gave me another chance. But those words are there forever." Which is extremely true. Think about it. If you call someone a bitch, mostly likely they are going to come right back with an insult, creating a tension that will likely never be fixed. Why? Because you hurt each others feelings. You chose to call her a bitch and you chose to hear their insult. If you had stopped yourself and thought about what you were saying before you said it, that person's feelings would not have gotten hurt, and you would have never been insulted. So yes, it is crucial to be critical of the words we say and the words we hear, because the chain reaction always ends up hurting yourself in the end.

Brother Ali

Anne Bowers 2/21/14

In the 1st article, Marvel comics advertised stereotypes on their t-shirts. One, (meant for boys) read "be a hero" and another (meant for girls) read "I need a hero". This is stereotyped because the marketers are advertising that girls need a boy in order to live, which isn't true at all. Marketers need to realize that girls are able to stand on their own two feet and that they don't need a man in order for their lives to be "normal". The same thing also occurs in the 2nd Article, when marketers are selling sexier clothing to younger kids. Girls don't need to dress sexy in order to be fashionable. They can dress modest and still be in style.

What we can learn about society from the two articles shown is that society is stereotyped. Marketers have tricked people into thinking that they need to be something their not. Such as Victoria's Secret. They have their "angels" that are supermodels, and girls live up to the VS angles. They thrive to be just like them, but genuine boys don't want a stick as a girlfriend, they want a girl with a nice personality, humor, and quality. It's not all about looks, but that's exactly the opposite of what most girls are thinking when they purchase products from marketers that advertise stereotypes about the way a girl should look. Stereotypes teach us that we need to be who we are, because in the end, nobody cares about the looks, what matters is who you really are inside.

Anne Bowers 2/28/14

In the article, "Miley Cyrus Calls Herself A "Feminist" And Says She's "Empowering to Women", Miley states, "I'm going to be what I want, and I'm going to do what I want." She has absolutely no problem with doing whatever she wants, because she doesn't care what others think about her. She is always herself, which is a huge Characteristic that people need to treasure in our society today. Young boys and girls are trying so hard to be someone their not, but Miley is encouraging them to be who they are. There's always going to be people that don't agree with you. (like [|Sinead O'connor's open letter to Miley] saying she doesn't agree with Miley's actions) but there are also people who will support you no matter what, like Miley's fans.

Anne Bowers "freewrite" 3/14/14

My Free write to the my wikispaces is going to be about nothing. Purely nothing, because I'm tired, I want to go to bed, and dream about nothing. I want to just fall asleep and wake up. That's all. If i had one wish, it would be to sleep. Also maybe to have all my homework done on time for once. Also to go to bed before midnight. That would be nice.

Anne Bowers Edmodo project response 5/12/14 This project consisted of a group of 5-6 people, who were given a letter explaining they were going to take part in a campaign for mayor. This group was also given a letter about their candidate, describing pro's and con's about that particular person. The students were expected to come up with a storyboard plan for their candidate. On the second day, the group was given another letter, explaining a scandal that went with that groups candidate. These scandals could vary from rape to stealing money from the campaign budget. The students were then expected to work around the given scandal. The letter also consisted of scandals from other candidates, and the group was then given the choice whether they would use the given scandal again the opposing candidate or not. The group had to then formally campaign for their candidate using proper propaganda techniques such as bandwagon, glittering generalities, plain folks and name calling. The most challenging part of this project was figuring out what to do for your campaign. There was a lack of directions given, and the groups did not know exactly what they were doing. The project was just kind of thrown at us, and we just hoped that we were doing everything correctly. For the next group of kids who do this project, I would suggest giving them some form of directions, maybe some examples from the past, to help them create a campiagn easier. The techniques used in this project will help me write better arguemenative essays, and it will help me persudade my readers to agree with me. In other classes, I would use these techniques in similar projects, future essays, and possibly some debates. I would also use these techniques in out of high school purposes, such as trying to persude my parents to buy me something that "everybody" has.