Anna

The project we did helped us understand how to use propaganda, we had to make some kind of article or poster promoting our candidate. We did that by stating what the person did and how they would help the community. Techniques that were used were bandwagon, "everyone does it," plain folk, "they're just like you," and testimonials, which is using a celebrity to promote or support your idea. The most challenging part of this project was trying to make your candidate look good and to get people to vote for them even after they knew about the scandal they did. This project was a good way to teach you how to use propaganda techniques, many things that you could of done different was the different kinds of ways you presented the techniques. The project could be improved by making sure your technique is clearly noticed so the audience knows who youre talking to. There are many ways that these techniques can be used in the future in this class like if we're discussing something and you want to convince someone to be on your side of the arugment. World history is another class you could use these techniques in, when you talk about the world wars and how they used propaganda the understanding of each technique will help you understand the meaning of the propaganda posters used. When youre outside of the high school setting you could use what youve learned by applying it to the commercials you watch and figuring out what techinique was used in it.

2/7/14

====Many songs today use homophobic slurs and talk about people that are gay, some talk bad about it and some dont care if someone is gay or not. Brother Ali wrote [|the Intersection of Homophobia and Hip Hop], talking about how songs say a lot of things about gay people, in that he said " I believe in my soul that people are precious and that everyone, based on their membership in the human family, qualifies for a certain level of basic dignity and respect." I agree with Brother Ali everyone is precious and everyone does qualify for respect. People should be aware that gay people are all around them and know that talking bad about them can hurt them, its how they think and they cant change it. Music is an expression of how people feel, if gay people are allowed to express how they feel, people that are homophobic should be allowed to talk about how they dont like it. I think its okay for people to talk about how they feel but there is a point where talking about it too much isnt okay. ====