Zeitgeist

When i began to watch the video i was actually pretty interested in it. I thought that by things tasha wrote about in her entry it would very interesting. My notion of the video was right in the beggining of the film. They were saying how the mass media has gained most control over society. The fact that they mentioned that the government wants to limit our educaion felt true because i see it happening. The U.S is one of the lowest ranked countrys in education, i mean why? The funny is that most students complain that there is so much homework and that school is hard when compared to other places around the world we're not. I was in awe to hear that 9/11 was planned by the government. Although i've heard a statment like this before its hard for me to just buy into it. The fact that this video brought it up and put audio evidence is a bit weird. This is as if the gov. keeps us limited and controlled, which i don't know why i just said that because i guess it makes sense if they do. The government can't tell us everything because we'll go a bit crazy, society can't handle very important top secret things.
I have never heard of the North American Union, but by this time the narrators in the film were getting pretty biased. The news channel in the film that showed clips of video and audio is also biased and at this point i began to tune myself out. It was getting extremely obvious that this film was doing the exact same thing the media does...try to persuade the audience into believing hat they're saying.
I was indeed interested in learning of this union and how there will be a new currency which will in turn affect everyone. I also wasn't very fond of hearing that we're going to have a world government. But, i plan on finding out for myself instead of just hearing it from another source.
I guess the director of the film got what he wanted. : )

Stinky Priorities

The title above is the title for my first journal. I even pasted part of Tasha's blog on mine. I don't know what happened, I submitted it before finishing it.

Sorry~ lol

If you have had a blog in the past, your own, or for another class, then I challenge you to examine, question and analyze your experience with having a blog. Consider why you had one, how it made you feel, and how you manipulated the security settings for your own sense of security. Consider changes you may make. Consider how writing a blog may have helped or hindered your writing ability

When first getting a blog I was deeply excited for having one. I had been thinking of getting on online system to express mythought in the form of poems, letters, ideas, etc. I was so thrilled to know that my english professor had us create our own that i wrote an entry even before we were assigned one. But as the semester when on, i got consumed with so many other assignments and activities that i started to loose interest in the blog. I couldn't really concentrate or come with meaty contents for my journal entries. I became dissapointed because i thought i was getting a bit rusty in writing my own thoughts.

This semester i plan on managing time better in general. Dwelling into my assignments will allow me to connect with them easier. The security setting on my blog is now changed to "Anybody" can read my blog instead of just the students in my fig. I do hope students start to comment on each others blog, everyone has a lot to say if they take this journal writing seriously.

Time management you can say is one of my "New Year Resolutions."

Evaluate

Although at first i wasn't completely sure if i wanted to write about the FCAT and the effexcts about it, i found myself really enjoying this essay. I did feel as if there was too short of a time to write the essay, but i'm sure the pressure made it better...i guess. I liked researching for sources and articles on the FCAT, but it was difficult to find books on it in the FIU library. The internet was an easier place to find information but i spent too much time trying to find books. I felt that by writing this essay i might've made a difference (of course if i show to someone). I really put feeling into what i was writing and tried to explain the problems in hope of someone understanding how serious this issue is. I was strongest in describing the problems and i agree that i need help with citations. I get all confused when the publishing year isn't there or if there is no author. I felt that after a while there was tension in my group and it made me feel a bit uncomfortable, but in the end it all worked out. I believe we made a great work of paper...lol.

This English experience has been one of the best and it's the fact the fact that it's my first semester in college make it that much better. Tasha was a great professor, one that cared about taking the time to get to know each student individually. She connected with our class on a socail level as well as a professional one. She brought new and technology filled assignments into class, which allowed everyone get a bit more computer savy. Tasha intorduced artists, comercial, and videos that were new to me and i found myself liking some of them. For example, i was really impacted by the mysterious graffitti artinst, Banksy.
I like to believe that my class was one of Tasha's fav. this semester. I look foward to ENC 1102 next semester.

Education is at it's best.

Why is it that everyone complaines about the educational system? There should be no educational reform what so ever because school's are at their finest. The teachers all have a bachlorete in education, many love what there doing, and students have more desire to learn with all the technology there is. With all the computers, laptops, radios, i-pods, palm pilots, and electronic boards no wonder students wouldn't want to show up to school. As for the FCAT, the state of Florida needs some type of exam to set a standard for Florida residents. If the students continue to fail the exams then the public schools who administer the exams need to dedicate more time to improving their schools overall score. That means staying at least an hour later and studying the material. There is no harm in wanting students to do better and for wanting the schools in dade county to have good scores. Yes, not everyone is going to like it but there needs to be a barrior. In this time of age, students need to be top notch. The have so many advantages tht there is no excuse for students to be at their best. The educational system can go no where but up. All those students that used to get away with skipping, low test grades, talking back, etc, can't get away with it anymore.

Traditions

Life around the world is very diverse. Strange as it may seem, many people do thinkgs for their culture that you might think is out of the ordinary. I've heard about the suffering for traditions before and have seen the women with the brass rings around their neck. It's very fascinating to me how certain individuals risk their life for their culture. The cutting of the boys' bodies show such courage and love for their culture that it sends chills in my body. The initiations and traditions that i am accostumed to have never been something that extreme, it usually is something like running a lap or drinking something that's old or expired(band initiations). What is ironic is that the people from that culture don't find it to be extreme.
Opening up to diversity allows you to be more open minded and be more understanding to others and what they believe in. There are so many people in this world that are different and it would be absurd if everyone were the same. The world wouldn't go round. Although these two specific videos might've been graphic for me and i think i'd never do that in my life, i respect the women and men that do those traditions. There is meaning to what they do. The boys feel like new men and the women feel awkward without the neck piece. It's all about what you belive in and no one can take that away from you.

Who are you?

A while back you could have said that i was a numb individual who followed whatever influences came her way. I was so depressed about everything that was happening to me that i couldn't think to myself or hardly make any decisions. I begand to believe that i was an unfun and lazy person that no one would want to be around if i spoke about how i really felt. I kept all my emotions inside and forced a smile out of my soul. No one had any idea of what i was going through emotionally and at home. This is how i became numb. I was accostumed to feeling fake happiness and found myself crying more often than usual.
I began to ask myself all these questions of who i was. What i liked, what i was all about, what my role in life was. Not until i began to experience emotion and take note of the way i acted was when i started to see the real me. Although i still don't know everything about me, i think of it as a growing experience. I know more aboutmyself than ever before, and its ll because i started to care for my inner self. If you don't love ourself, who will?
Do you know who you are?