Sunday, December 13, 2009

Youth of Today

Richard Rodriguez is on point when he describes how how kids these days are not like the other generations.

The richest people who sell Nikes to the youths to entice them to keep buying their products. Some or at least most teens these days do not have reliable parents who are on crack, and who get pregnant so young. TV is influencing kid's behavior these days, to see black rappers, and mayhem on the inner city.

American parents say their children grow up too quickly, who won't leave home, and that they invent their own tongue so adult's can't understand what they are saying. It's almost like another language that only they can perceive.

Kid's are getting influenced by all these rockstars now, and not by rappers, which is just as bad, maybe even worse than rappers. It's turning them into something they are not, and when they become adult's they are not going to be as respectable and as normal as the previous generation was.

It's just a fad kid's go through but I blame TV, Media, Propaganda, Music, Internet, all this nonsense which filters in kid's head and doesn't let them think for themselves with a clear mind.
It's quite obvious how if the media and propaganda wasn't around, kids would be alittle bit more normal, and there probably would be less crime, and kids would stay in school more and understand exactly how the world arounds them functions as it does today in it's present form.

Refection of Britt's Essay

I have to agree with Britt. She states how neat people are more lazier and meaner than sloppier people.

Neat people get mad or angry when something is not done a certain way, and think it is bad, or terrible. They want everything to be perfect and concerned with everything being neat, tidy, and orderly.

Neat people, as she criticize, throw everything away, and do not save paper clippings, or pieces of something, and state that they are dust catchers.

She favors a sloppy person over a neat person, which is true in this day and age.

Pathos in "I Have a Dream"

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. incorporates pathos in many numerous ways in his speech. One of these ways was to describe the "chains of discrimination," and being horrifically traumatized by the shameful conditions.

He describe's Lincoln's speech and the pursuit of happiness.

He says the riches of freedom, the security of justice, and that all men are created equal, which ties into all children are God's children.

Tannen's Essay

Tannen's Essay basically shows that there are two different of speaking.

There is "Drect-Communication", which is direct and straightforward and "Indirect-Communication" which you don't say it straight and you say it very politely.

I believe that you should use direct-communication and not be sarcastic and say what you mean and what you are supposed to do. It's more critical to use it in airplane, hospital and school situations but other places you can joke around and use indirect communication.

When your with your parents you have to be direct since my mom always wants to hear the right thing, you can't be sarcastic and I think it's really bad to be sarcastic in some situations.

You can't be direct to everyone, as someone might take it the wrong way, but indirect can also not give the message completely out there, so you would need to be direct and tell it how it is, it also can help in many, many situations.

College Pressures

There are way too many college pressures these days.
We all have some pressures he doesn't describe in his story.
Financal aid, registering for classes, getting the books you need, and making sure you pass all your classes with at least a C or better.

I find college a bit easier than high school, it's not as much of a pressure environment. What's really good is I see more adults, people that have their heads on right, and they know what they are their for.

High school was like whatever, and people were there to meet, hang out, and get 5 different girlfriends.

The college pressures are usually the same for each coollege.

Cinematypes

Man, she really talks about what she likes and doesn't like about each man. Toth is very picky about each man, stating what each one does. The last one is a hypocrite, having a girlfriend and then going out with her. I couldn't imagine that this is real but it sadly is. She likes to go by herself, as she said. She feels more at home.

It kind of proves there is no perfect guy, women look too much for that sometimes, and in the end nothing is perfect, but you can come close I guess.

Sexism in Language

Even today, there is always sexism in language. Men are viewed as professional, powerful and strong. Women are viewed as beautiful and sexy.
Hero, stewards, hair, and waiter and waitress have a masculine and feminine form to seperate them.

It's amazing how obvious this is.

Marriage used to be love, honor and obey now it's love,honor, and cherish. It was even worse to make the men look higher, it used to be women that were high, now men are.

We always like to make the masculine form seem strong while the women seem a bit more passive.

Marrying Absurd

Didion describes that the act of marrying in Las Vegas is more of a fun and party type of ordeal, instead of something that is supposed to be more sacred, special, and have alot more meaning. What happens in Vegas, does not "connect" with real life, that the pastor marries people like cattle within five minutes.

What kind of marriage is that? Your supposed to remember the moment, as it is something that comes in your life, to be remembered forever.

You can't just "time" a marriage, your supposed to be enveloped within every second of the process.

Yeah, the marriage is pretty absurd in Vegas.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Why Don't We Complain

This was a interesting article. I believe we don't complain due to the fact that sometimes we feel it's awkward, unethical or will cause some type of chaos or panic.

We don't complain sometimes about work ethics or the type of treatment we get at work. Other times, we don't complain about how we have to do something a certain way. Usually to get something right you have to complain to get it your way or do it yourself.

If we don't complain we assume that everyone is happy, we are content about how the pollution is, and the traffic and the no jobs situation.

We REALLY need to complain ALOT more, to get things done right the FIRST time, and to have more job opportunities that can help STIMULATE back the local surrounding communities.

Logical Fallacy Examples

I really loved this post in which I described logical fallacies or a incorrect reasoning in assuming a statement.

This was a really creative post in which we described hasty generalization, bandwagon, and false authority.

Bandwagon is when everyone jumps one thing because it's so popular and they think it's good because everyone's doing it when they don't even know when it is.

False authority is like going to someone for help in computer repair and they do not know so much about the thing I am asking them.

Hasty Generalization is almost like stereotyping. When you see a person partying all the time, you think that all people party all the time.


Private Property as an Allusion for Empire

In the essay "My Wood", he states what type of impact someone gets from owning a house, a piece of land, or property. He says it makes him feel heavy to own it, and man with weight want larger property, and to have servants, and take care of the property and them.

E.M. Forster describes how selfish we are when we want something or have something and all we want to do is keep it to ourselves and let no one else come into contact with it.

When we own a piece of land or property, we can easily turn very selfish with it.

He states we are very materialistic and carnal, and how to manage our materialism and carnality properly where we have a desire for ownership.

He really goes on about how we feel like we have our own empire, our own kingdom, and we get greedy, and to get more of what he already has.


Lie Detector

Lewis Thomas' perspective is something I totally agree with. Human beings cannot tell a lie without giving some type of red alarm or smoke alarm inside of the head. This triggers nerve impulses to shock really fast all around the body fast.

A lie detector machine can pick this up, which can sense changes in the electrical impulses of the skin, or the brain, and a meter graphing it in real time on a piece of graph paper.

A lie detector machine can detect all the change's in a human body such as pulse, blood rate, blood pressure, sweat, brain activity, and see if it spikes at certain intervals and when asked certain questions.

When we lie we sometimes try to hide it because we know what we did is wrong and we think we can hide it by not saying it, but we phyiscally display it.

Youth of Today

Richard Rodriguez, says how kids these days are not like the other generations. The richest people sell Nikes to the youths to entice them. Some teenagers do not have reliable parents. Some parents are on crack, and who get pregnant so young. TV is influencing much of a kid's behavior these days, to see how music is, and that influences them.

American parents say their children grow up too quickly, who won't leave home, and that they invent their own tongue so adult's can't understand what they are saying.

Kid's are getting influenced by all these rockstars now, and also by rappers, which is just as bad, maybe even worse than rappers. It's turning them into something they are not, and when they become adult's they are not going to be as respectable and as normal as the previous generation was.

It's just a fad kid's go through but I blame TV, Media, Propaganda, Music, Internet, all this nonsense which filters in kid's head and doesn't let them think for themselves with a clear mind.

Affirmative Action in 2009

Shelby Steele's perspective was really interesting. He said how it is for something to try to correct a wrong in the past, but it can do more harm then good.
He goes on to state how hes a university professer, and his kids are middle class, and not on welfare.

I really enjoy how deeply he goes on to state his opinion, and how he feels about such a controversial issue. Affirmative Action was supposed to allow minorities and women to work in a place that doesn't hire them. Thus, increasing diversification inside a certain workplace.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

World War II Veterans - MDC Hialeah - Tuesday, November 10,2009

On tuesday, november 10, 2009 two wwii veterans came to visit us. I believe they are in aventura or something.

They were also on channel 2 HD on veterans day from a interview they did on 2007.

These men are the most chill people I have ever seen. They seem to be extremely happy and always smiling despite what happened to them in the past.

I really never stopped and thought about what they did automatically insures me that American industries will stay afloat, such as engineering, since I want to be a computer engineer when I grow older.



I also have some pictures on my facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/Richard.Olivieri.1234

Friday, August 28, 2009

Reaction to "Borges and I"

This is a very interesting story that I had just read. The man that is I has another side to himself which he calls "Borges." He fights with his other personality, or should I say his other half of him. He is a professer who likes Hourglasses, maps, 18th century typography.

I navigate different roles in my life by assuming them at the time, there's always two sides to every person. I try to get rid of the other half or at least be one half most of the time when I am around people.

I am, an original I always felt like it that I have only one side to me and that other side is gone.

I'm pretty sure everyone has two people in them or at least a double-personality.