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=**Current** Event 1 02/07/2014 =

Music and word choice as heard in daily music should not be restricted but expressed. Music is about expressing yourself in your own way in your song without feeling the worry that you are going to offend someone For example some of the songs use the word "faggot" in the lyrics today, Brother Ali says "cringing to hear hurtful slogans of oppression like fa***t be driven deeper into the collective consciousness". I believe if you don't use offensive words to call a person or a group of people out then you can express the word in your song.

Current Event 2/27/14

“Sexiest Avengers T-Shirts Tell Boys to be a Hero and Girl to Need a Hero’ talks about the society still believing that women need someone to help them because they can’t do it themselves. The next article I read was “Clothing Straddles the line between Sweet & Skimpy where a father talks about his daughters in the new society clothing fashion. He believed that they were inappropriate. So the father starts talking about what parents can do to help the kids out with their clothes without completely telling them to change. This article mainly talked about girl’s clothing.

 Both articles have something in common because they both talk about the society. What I dislike about the Avengers article is that is so sexist. Because now women have jobs, house and take care of themselves which shows how stupid that really is. I understand that they are saying that they guy is the dominant one but if you ask me why can’t both shirts say “Be a Hero”. Now let’s talk about pornography it is very true how easily it is for people even kids to get on the internet and search for it. Pornography is most definitely changing the society especially in when it comes to clothing fashion. Because now you see at different places selling clothes that should be in the women’s section not the girl’s section. People would get a lot more money if they sold what they would sell when I was younger. In my opinion. = = =**CURRENT EVENT#3 2/28/2014 **= I believe that characteristics we should prize in women and men would be to express yourself, honesty, believing in yourself and being kind but also represent yourself as brave, courageous, or passionate. If I had two options of friends one having the traits of miley and the other being nice, honest, brave, i would more than likely choose the other friend. What I look for in a friend is to be honest never talk behind your back or express themselves as they are not what they want to be. I believe that the best characteristic is Loyalty and trust with both of those you can be friend s with anyone and be accepted anywhere. Because Miley does stuff to be accepted,.

The end of high school is already counting down and minute by minute i get even more nervous. I just feel like its going by to fast and every decision I make could either ruin or perfect my life. My life is the key to my future and my future is unknown literally, I have no idea what I want to be when I'm older and I don't even know what job career I would like to pursue. I have so many ideas in my head but my head doesn't narrow it down. Since i was young i always wanted to be a doctor, growing up i wanted to be a FBI/ CIA detective but as i entered high school I really wanted to be an engineer in the field of robotics. The problem I have been having is that i want a job with money as everyone dreams of but I just don't know what job to choose. Day by day I dream of the my future and day by day I think of how to get there but I'm still missing a piece to my puzzle; What do i I want to be? How can I get there ? What classes will help me achieve my future? As a common phrase said " The struggle is real." People on a daily basis believe that I cant make it even though I want to make a change but how? Well I have less than threes years to get on my route towards my future. Now my main question is, How will I do it?
 * FREE WRITE 3/15/14**

=Project Reflection 05/12/2014=  Last week we did a project and we divided into 6 groups. Each group had a representative which was selected. Our job was to represent Olivia Hood a 55 year old women running for the position of mayor. We had a brief biography about her life and the opponents, the percentage of each race living in the community and with that information we were supposed to come up with propaganda techniques. One of our propaganda techniques was a catchphrase which was a pun, “it’s all good in the Hood”. It was chosen because of how it had more than one meaning. Hood was a abbreviation of neighborhood and the representatives last name is Hood. Also our group used “Uncle Phil” as our sponsor; this was a testimonial propaganda technique.  The most challenging part of this project was not having a set of directions and having to figure out how to set up the project after that it’s a much smoother ride. Also in the beginning it was rather confusing without instructions because it felt more time consuming and would take much longer to finish and Emily was stressing out which made me laugh, I didn’t take it that far. The easiest thing for me was having the work split up so we could each have a part to do. If we ever have a project where we have to work in a group, I would prefer having a list of what to turn in at least or having a longer time to tidy it up and make more presentable; other than that this project was not bad.  This project taught me various things such as how to work without instructions. I learned how to become a better participant in a group and contribute to the project. In past projects I seem to be the outlier and never seem to contribute but this one was alright. In the future I will be able to work in groups or alone as well. This project also showed me that working in a group brought a meaning; the meaning is to show what you are good at and what to work on. In the future I think I found how to work in groups in school and outside of school.