AshVan

2/ 7/ 2014 I feel it is very crucial that musicians and entertainers are careful of the words they say for many reasons. One of those reasons is that it can severely offend people. Since media is one of the biggest parts of our society, things they say spreads quickly and people who it offends will call them out for it, so it is better they just don't say anything offensive at all. In Brother Ali's article he says how he had never realized the power of his words until the incident after one of his concerts. He didn't think about how hurtful some of the things he was saying were. Not only do the harmful words affect the people it also hurts the entertainer and their career. Whoever it offends will most likely talk about how hurtful the words are and and try to get everyone to agree with them and hate the person. Leading to them earning less money, losing their fame and maybe even losing their career which would have a huge impact on their life.This is why I feel that it is very crucial musicians and entertainers are careful of the words they say.
 * __Should Entertainers Have To Watch What They Say?__**

See this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brother-ali/hip-hop-homophobia-_b_1864676.html?view=print&comm_ref=false

2/21/14

In the articles "Sexist 'Avengers' T-Shirts Tell Boys To Be Heroes And Girls To Need A Hero and "I Line Between Sweet And Skimpy" they talk about how clothing has become very sexist and provocative. They talk about how this concerns them because they do not feel this is right. According to the article more recent t-shirts have been sexist by putting the females down and bringing the males up. Another article says that clothing made for girls recently is very provocative and inappropriate. Especially since these provocative clothing items are being made for younger kids as well. From these clothing options we can learn many things about our society.Such as how it has changed a lot in the past couple of years. Also how some peoples views on our society are different then others. Another thing you can learn about our society is how people tend to express themselves through clothing and others disagree with them and there clothing choices. Lastly you can learn how our society is affected by the people who chose to express themselves in this way. = = 2/28/14 In our society some characteristics we should prize in women and men are class, kind, intelligence, courage, etc. Miley Cyrus is an example of many characteristics we should not have. Although it is good that she is expressing herself she does not have a good influence on people. She allows people to think that doing drugs and other inappropriate things are ok to do as look as you are expressing yourself. Instead doing these things Miley does we should be respectful, kind, classy, independent, express ourselfs but in appropriate ways and more.\

2/14/13 freewrite I am really looking forward to spring break this year! I get to go to the beach and I also have a cheer competition that weekend at the beach so I am really looking forward to it! I also am going to hangout with my friends over break! Another reason I'm excited for spring break is because I need a break from school.

5/12/14 In our most recent class project we were divided into six groups, each representing a differnet canidate in an "election" for Mayor. Each group had to come up with a speech and at least two other campaign pieces. For example my group made a speech, poster, and mailer for our canidate named Ivy. After four days of working hard on our project it was election time! All the groups presented their devices to class and then everyone voted for "Mayor"! It was a great experience because it help us learn propaganda techniques such as bandwagon, testmonial, plain folks, glitering generalities and also rhetorical techniques like irony, metaphor, simile, alliteration, and assonance. My group used some of the techniques above to convince everyone to vote for Ivy.

I found that the most challenging part of this project was deciding what propaganda techniques to use. This is because this decision affected our whole project. Aside from this bump in the road I personally loved this project for multiple reasons. The first reason is that we got to work in groups, this was a great way for us classmates to get to learn how to work with other people. Another reason is we got to learn how to campaign and use many techniques.

These techniques are not just going to be used for this project but throughout the future of this class, other English classes, and in work. But for this class in particular I will use this knowledge for almost everything we do in this class. In other English classes I will use it almost all the time as well just like I will this class. For the future I will use this in work to write papers, speeches, and for communication with employees and clients.