Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
ideal college
My university would defiantly have fewer classes per semester. This is a great idea because students are able to focus on less subjects and get to know the material very well. These classes would meet at least 2 times a week and would be fairly long, maybe 2 hours. This way there is plenty of time for class discussion. Class discussion is important for classes like psychology. Everyone has known different information and there is always something new to learn from other people. With a longer length of classes, teacher would not have to spit information at students so they have enough time to get through all the material before the end of the semester. For example, in my anatomy class, I would much rather full understand the process of digestion than memorizing big meaningless words. I feel that expressing opinions and interacting with each other in class during the lecture is very important. This helps develop social skills for the future work life as well as helps me understand the material better when it is discuessed. Smaller class sizes so that connection can be made with the teacher is also a better way to learn.
Class should start at 9. Let's be honest, students sleep in til 12 if they have nothing better to do. I personally find that I can get a good night sleep, wake up at 9, and still function normally. I actually get more accomplished by not wasting half by day in bed. If i stay in bed pass 10, it's just because I'm lazy.
Student taught classes might be too much of a change. Teachers are necessary to teach what they have learn onto others. Students don't posses as much knowledge. Student are probably not responsible enough to run their own classes either. The work load within each class is manageable but the problem occurs when all the classes are combined. Fewer classes during a semester would help this problem.
Class should start at 9. Let's be honest, students sleep in til 12 if they have nothing better to do. I personally find that I can get a good night sleep, wake up at 9, and still function normally. I actually get more accomplished by not wasting half by day in bed. If i stay in bed pass 10, it's just because I'm lazy.
Student taught classes might be too much of a change. Teachers are necessary to teach what they have learn onto others. Students don't posses as much knowledge. Student are probably not responsible enough to run their own classes either. The work load within each class is manageable but the problem occurs when all the classes are combined. Fewer classes during a semester would help this problem.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
t shirts
I am not a very religious person at all. These T-shirts that say "Jesus is my homeboy" really has no personal effect on me. But, if I were a very religious Christan I would probably be offended by the shirts. I feel like religion is a sacred matter and should not be printed onto shirts like that. I feel as though the cartoon shirt is a lot more controversial than the other and is more of a parody. When things are put into cartoon it makes it seem like a joke. Religion is a serious mater to some people and it should not be tossed into a pile of clothes.
Paul Mitchell does not approve of these t-shirts with Jesus picture on them but yet he once wore him himself. Mitchell he states, "I wore a white t-shirt with had a full color copy of a perhaps 17th century painting of the crucifixion."
If the shirts only had text and no picture it would be so much better. Images often skew views of things. I would like the shirt a lot more without the picture. Having only the words would be a lot less offense to the religion. Most printed shirts with a cartoon picture are childish and to bring Jesus down to that level is unheard of.
"Jesus is my homeboy" is trying to get the message across that they feel as though they feel close to Jesus. It is as if Jesus is their personal friend and they brought him down to his level. Some people could see this as a bad or good thing. Relating to Jesus as a friend is good but he is still god and should be seen as a higher figure. In the graphic, Jesus is holding the text which makes it seem like he supports the words. It also looks like is he was the one saying the words. The halo makes it look like Jesus is coming out of the heavens. The facial expression on Jesus face is very serious which shows that he serious about the words in his hands. The fact that the shirt is black makes it seem dark and gives it a negative vibe. A white shirt may have been better. For the shirt on the right, the font of the text makes it look like a comic and is very childish. The peace sign makes it look even more cartoon. A peace sign is so widely used today that it makes Jesus seem like the normal average person. The hoodie that he is in makes him seem bad and thug like. The colors used in the picture make it
Paul Mitchell does not approve of these t-shirts with Jesus picture on them but yet he once wore him himself. Mitchell he states, "I wore a white t-shirt with had a full color copy of a perhaps 17th century painting of the crucifixion."
If the shirts only had text and no picture it would be so much better. Images often skew views of things. I would like the shirt a lot more without the picture. Having only the words would be a lot less offense to the religion. Most printed shirts with a cartoon picture are childish and to bring Jesus down to that level is unheard of.
"Jesus is my homeboy" is trying to get the message across that they feel as though they feel close to Jesus. It is as if Jesus is their personal friend and they brought him down to his level. Some people could see this as a bad or good thing. Relating to Jesus as a friend is good but he is still god and should be seen as a higher figure. In the graphic, Jesus is holding the text which makes it seem like he supports the words. It also looks like is he was the one saying the words. The halo makes it look like Jesus is coming out of the heavens. The facial expression on Jesus face is very serious which shows that he serious about the words in his hands. The fact that the shirt is black makes it seem dark and gives it a negative vibe. A white shirt may have been better. For the shirt on the right, the font of the text makes it look like a comic and is very childish. The peace sign makes it look even more cartoon. A peace sign is so widely used today that it makes Jesus seem like the normal average person. The hoodie that he is in makes him seem bad and thug like. The colors used in the picture make it
Sunday, March 22, 2009
CD
Song title: Deep breath
Genre: Country
Explanation: This song tells a story about how a little boy walks to school everyday and has to walk pass all these horrible smelling things such as cars, and factories. And one day when he is all growen up, he has a lot of lung problems.
Song title: Clean
Genre:Heavy metal/Rock
This song is about littering. Most of the song is screaming. There will be a lot of screaming so it sounds like people are being ordered to do things. It will apply to the audiences pathos and scare them into it.
Song title: Wilderness
Genre: Rock/alternative
Explanation: This song is all about protecting the wildlife as well as the wilderness. Since the song is rock, the lyrics appeal more to logos and there will be lots of facts. The voice will be inbetween screaming and singing. The lyrics will reason with the audience. The focus will be on protecting natural forests and parks so that the animals that live in them can be safe.
Song title: Too much too soon
Genre: Country
Explanation: This song is about our generation and how we are always buying new things we don't need. This song will tell a story about a little boy who always wanted to buy new things and pretty soon he realizes that they all just pile up in his closet. He doesn't even remember half the stuff he bought. Somewhere in the song there will be a list of random items that he finds in this closet.
Song title: reduce and reuse
Genre: R&B
Explanation: Recycling is the focus of this song. It is going to have a lot of logos and suggest easy ways to recycle. This song will also have a catchy phrase that will be stuck in people's mind, hopefully reminding them to recycle.
This song will cover all the aspects of recycling such as, what to recycle, where to recycle, how to recycle, and the most convenient way to recycle. Since this song is a R&B song, towards the end of the song the artist will say some words of encouragement about spreading the world on recycling. Kind of like how they would do it if it was a live show.
you gotta reduce and resuse
and save what you can each day
the paper the plastic
and this is what you have to say
recycle is the thing to do
It's up to me it's up to you
recycle is the thing to do
nothing beats it, you should have knew
This music video would be a lot of short clips of normal people going about their normal day. All the clips will be in different senarios such as, work, home, or school. Somewhere in each clip the main actor will do something that is not recycling friendly. When this happens, the chorus of the song will appear and they will remember hearing this song earlier in the day and instead of trashing, they will look over at the recycling and recycle. As the chorus comes on a second time, they will catch someone else in the act of trashing something they can be recycled and remind them.
CD Title: The World is in our hands
The entire cover would be made to look like a drawling out of crayons. The cover of the CD would have the words, "The World is in our hands" at the top written bubble letters with a crayon texture and font. There would be a picture of the earth in the middle. Surrounding this earth would be easy sketches of people. Each one of their shirts will say something different about saving our enviremonet. For instance one of could have recycling symbol. Others could have the world protect and have a picture of a tree.
Genre: Country
Explanation: This song tells a story about how a little boy walks to school everyday and has to walk pass all these horrible smelling things such as cars, and factories. And one day when he is all growen up, he has a lot of lung problems.
Song title: Clean
Genre:Heavy metal/Rock
This song is about littering. Most of the song is screaming. There will be a lot of screaming so it sounds like people are being ordered to do things. It will apply to the audiences pathos and scare them into it.
Song title: Wilderness
Genre: Rock/alternative
Explanation: This song is all about protecting the wildlife as well as the wilderness. Since the song is rock, the lyrics appeal more to logos and there will be lots of facts. The voice will be inbetween screaming and singing. The lyrics will reason with the audience. The focus will be on protecting natural forests and parks so that the animals that live in them can be safe.
Song title: Too much too soon
Genre: Country
Explanation: This song is about our generation and how we are always buying new things we don't need. This song will tell a story about a little boy who always wanted to buy new things and pretty soon he realizes that they all just pile up in his closet. He doesn't even remember half the stuff he bought. Somewhere in the song there will be a list of random items that he finds in this closet.
Song title: reduce and reuse
Genre: R&B
Explanation: Recycling is the focus of this song. It is going to have a lot of logos and suggest easy ways to recycle. This song will also have a catchy phrase that will be stuck in people's mind, hopefully reminding them to recycle.
This song will cover all the aspects of recycling such as, what to recycle, where to recycle, how to recycle, and the most convenient way to recycle. Since this song is a R&B song, towards the end of the song the artist will say some words of encouragement about spreading the world on recycling. Kind of like how they would do it if it was a live show.
you gotta reduce and resuse
and save what you can each day
the paper the plastic
and this is what you have to say
recycle is the thing to do
It's up to me it's up to you
recycle is the thing to do
nothing beats it, you should have knew
This music video would be a lot of short clips of normal people going about their normal day. All the clips will be in different senarios such as, work, home, or school. Somewhere in each clip the main actor will do something that is not recycling friendly. When this happens, the chorus of the song will appear and they will remember hearing this song earlier in the day and instead of trashing, they will look over at the recycling and recycle. As the chorus comes on a second time, they will catch someone else in the act of trashing something they can be recycled and remind them.
CD Title: The World is in our hands
The entire cover would be made to look like a drawling out of crayons. The cover of the CD would have the words, "The World is in our hands" at the top written bubble letters with a crayon texture and font. There would be a picture of the earth in the middle. Surrounding this earth would be easy sketches of people. Each one of their shirts will say something different about saving our enviremonet. For instance one of could have recycling symbol. Others could have the world protect and have a picture of a tree.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
steriods
I never really knew much about steroids, but after viewing this video it surprises me that there have been no long term studies done. This video fails to address all the people who have experienced symptoms and have abused steroid use. In the video, all the men being interviewed were very healthy and knew what they were doing. Most people probably aren't this way and are probably be the exact opposite. interviews from people who have experienced the non-life treating effects such as hair loss and acne were not present in the video. Both side of the steroid use should have been shown make a strong argument.
Steroid use is just as bad as any other drug use. If they showed no symptoms at all I might think twice about them. Since symptoms do exist, even though they are not life threatening, I disapprove the use of them. Achievement in sports should be based on talent and not steroid use. Therefore athletes no matter if they are in high school or at a professional level, should all be tested. I consider any use of any steroid as cheating no matter what sport, gender, or professional level. Talent comes from hard work and practice and steroids is just and easy way out.
I believe that our culture pushes athletes to be their best. But at the same time they should know their limit. The way I see it is to do everything you can to be "your" best and not "the" best. No I don't think this a double standard because we want them to try their best but most of all we want them to do it in a safe way. No one wants to cheer for a steroid user. There is a lot of pressure on athletes to be good but they should know what is good for them and what is not.
Steroid use is just as bad as any other drug use. If they showed no symptoms at all I might think twice about them. Since symptoms do exist, even though they are not life threatening, I disapprove the use of them. Achievement in sports should be based on talent and not steroid use. Therefore athletes no matter if they are in high school or at a professional level, should all be tested. I consider any use of any steroid as cheating no matter what sport, gender, or professional level. Talent comes from hard work and practice and steroids is just and easy way out.
I believe that our culture pushes athletes to be their best. But at the same time they should know their limit. The way I see it is to do everything you can to be "your" best and not "the" best. No I don't think this a double standard because we want them to try their best but most of all we want them to do it in a safe way. No one wants to cheer for a steroid user. There is a lot of pressure on athletes to be good but they should know what is good for them and what is not.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Georgetown social life
This crack down on Georgetown University is crazy. C0llege life is just not the same without the social scene. This does not mean that people have to go out every night and get wasted. But it also does not have to lead to people getting suspended for making a little noise on a Friday or Saturday night. There have been so many complains from neighbors in the area that "15 to 20 officers will be assigned to the residential neighborhoods near campus" said 2nd District Cmdr. Andy Solberg (qtd. in Kinzie). Kinzie explains that there are now newly enforced rules to limit size of parties within university housing. There is also a one keg limit for parties as well as having to registure a party before 10am on Thursdays (Kinzie B01). I feel like there would be better ways to crack down on the noise problems in the area instead of enforceing these rules on campus housing.
This crack down on parties is a great idea. The stop to underage drinking has to start somewhere. The university is only trying to "achieve a balance that promotes the safety and well-being of our students while fostering a vibrant social atmosphere on campus," said Jeanne Lord, associate vice president for student affairs (qtd. in Kinzie). In addition to enforcing these rules to provide a safer enviroment, the campus has also brought in somone to corrdinate events for the students night life (Kinzie).
This crack down on parties is a great idea. The stop to underage drinking has to start somewhere. The university is only trying to "achieve a balance that promotes the safety and well-being of our students while fostering a vibrant social atmosphere on campus," said Jeanne Lord, associate vice president for student affairs (qtd. in Kinzie). In addition to enforcing these rules to provide a safer enviroment, the campus has also brought in somone to corrdinate events for the students night life (Kinzie).
Monday, February 16, 2009
Paraphrase
According to James D. Lester Students are over using direct quotes during note taking. More than 10% of direct quotations are being used their final paper. To fix this problem, students should use fewer direct quotes and words when preparing for papers.
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