Where we choose to shop is an integral part of daily life. Our shopping experiences lead us to favor and dislike certain brands and retailers. Today, we are seeing the expansion of major big box retailers; stores that sell a wide array of goods for every reach of daily life. The biggest of them all is Wal-Mart. Each Wal-Mart Supercenter is a concrete monstrosity selling food, electronic gadgets, personal (and animal) care and cleaning products, furniture, auto parts, even clothes. These stores really have become one-stop shopping centers. Many of us admire these places because they have revolutionized shopping. No longer do we need to drive around town picking up each item we need. Just head on down to Wal-Mart. Despite these positive features, one must realize that Wal-Mart and retailers like them are overpowering our nation. Their prices are so low that they drive competitors out of business, they compensate employees poorly and do not pay proper benefits, and most of all they are supporting our throwaway society. We need to see through the prices and realize that we are not saving in the end.
Wal-Mart has approximately 3,400 stores in the US, with an average store size of 165,000 square feet. In 2005, Wal-Mart recorded 312 billion dollars in sales from their more than 6,200 facilities across the globe (Wiki). These numbers indicate that Wal-Mart is a major factor in our retail world, and that they continue to expand become an unavoidable force. As each new Supercenter opens with claims of new jobs and a big positive impact on the local economy, we seldom realize the true effect of these stores. Each store does offer a great number of jobs, but they do not answer at what expense the jobs come. A new store is going to have a huge impact on the local economy, but the impact will not be as impressive as Wal-Mart claims. Each new store will put a handful of local retailers out of business, further increasing unemployment. These small retailers are unable to compete with the sheer scale of Wal-Mart. Buying in bulk always lowers prices, and buying bulk to stock over 6,000 stores means prices hit rock bottom. No mom-and-pop retailer can compete with these low prices, and thus forced out of business. Therefore, while Wal-Mart claims new jobs, the now unemployed workers of the town will fill many of these positions. Is that a positive effect on the community?
As these employees shift allegiance from their own businesses to Wal-Mart, they miss their onetime benefits most have come to enjoy. To avoid having to pay benefits, Wal-Mart creates schedules to limit the hours of their employees. Anything below 32 hours a week, they consider part-time, and as a part time employee, an employer is not required to pay benefits. Therefore, Wal-Mart knowingly creates thousands of part time positions to further neglect their employees and their towns.
You could imagine Wal-Mart as the elementary school bully going up against the small underdeveloped kid. The bully comes from a wealthy family and has no need for anything else, but that bully still has the desire to make others miserable. He is going to go out and punch every kid in the face to get his or her lunch money. He does not care where the kids come from, nor whether they have much or not; he knocks them out without discrimination. He is never punished because his parents are major contributors to the school, and if the administration were to punish him, their funding would fall and they would not be able to continue running their upstanding institution.
If we were to parallel this example to our country, we find it very true. Wal-Mart does have everything they need, but they continue to expand. They go after helpless towns that cannot fight, and when picked upon stand no chance. Our government is the administration; one that is afraid to act upon the corporation because the tax revenue the government gains from them is a major chunk of our budget. If the administration were to impose higher taxes on Wal-Mart, our administration would cease to exist by the next election because of the influence Wal-Mart and their leaders have in influencing our policy. So, what is the solution?
“’Why didn’t you give the new administration time to act?’ The only answer I can give to this inquiry is that the new administration must be prodded about as much as the outgoing one before it acts” (369). While Martin Luther King Jr. was referencing the administration to their opposition to change during the Civil Rights movement, we find ourselves in a similar, but much less violent position. We ask: how can we take down this giant? The solution is to stop feeding it. For many this is a difficult task because they themselves are on Wal-Mart's pay roll, and their reduced wages makes them dependent on the always-low prices. What we must realize is that while the prices are low, the impact Wal-Mart has had on our quality of life is huge. If we are able to hold off on the luxuries and scale back to save our income, we can overcome the claims of a Wal-Mart. For those of us with sufficient income, the answer is simple: Do not shop at Wal-Mart. If you would like to step your convictions a step further, you can boycott the many brands Wal-Mart carries. This may be a difficult stand, but if we are able to cut down their bottom line, they will see that there ways are not working. If we cut them down far enough, their influence on our politics will decrease because our revenue from their bottom line will not have as much of a profound effect on our bottom line. If we step away from their smiling yellow face, maybe we can then bring our own smiles back.
These boycotts start with regular people like you and I. If we can work together and change our shopping habits, we can change how we do business America. I myself have never purchased an item from Wal-Mart. I have visited a few of their stores on occasion, but that was for entertainment and to fulfill an assignment. I have seen how unhappy the shoppers and employees are, letting me know that no one is truly happy with what Wal-Mart has done. In any situation where you feel there is an injustice, you must revolt and rise up against your foe. Together we can make a difference.
Works Cited
“Wal-Mart” Wikipedia. 30 July 2007.
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King Jr., Martin Luther. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. 1963. Anson, Chris. 75 Readings Across the Curriculum An Anthology. Boston: Mc Graw Hill. 2008. 366-383.
Its been a fun six weeks. I'll see you all around.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
e-portfolio
my e-porfolio is pretty much done. i just need to add the final and then woohoo :]
http://www.geocities.com/vix2anx/coverpage.html
ENJOY! it's been a great quarter with all of you.
http://www.geocities.com/vix2anx/coverpage.html
ENJOY! it's been a great quarter with all of you.
Final: A Fight for Equality
Through decades in our American History, injustice and inequality have become an issue in our nation. Although Civil Rights have been enforced, people still feel discriminated and threatened because of their skin color, gender and/or age. Every man or woman is created equal and should be given equal opportunities regardless of their outer appearance. I strongly believe in equality and believe that no one has the right to judge or exploit another person and take away their rights as a human. We, as people, should not tolerate this hostility but rather speak out against those who see other’s negatively by making sure that no one is discriminated upon.
When applying for a job, most places claim that they are an Equal Opportunity Employer, thus meaning that everyone who applied for the job had an equal chance of getting the job. However, as a person who is a minority turns in their application to a place, I personally see some racial discrimination. Back at my old job at Starbucks, an African-American girl turned in her application. Right of the bat, my former co-worker already started to assume her personality and background just because she was African-American. If Starbucks, as a company, agrees and claims that they are an Equal Opportunity Employer, the managers and shift supervisors should make sure that all the employees follow this lead. Discrimination at work is unacceptable and to work at a place that guarantee’s no racial discrimination should take into consideration that this discrimination is not allowed. Before a person is hired, a training process to prevent such inequality should be taught. This broadens and brings out these types of issues. I do not understand how anyone could judge a person just by his or her outer appearance and believe that this topic in all environments should be stopped.
Martin Luther King stepped out of his comfort zone to help discrimination against African-American’s to be stopped. He stood out as a leader to have such hostility and inequality diminished before them. Even after all his hard work to bring peace, currently racism still exists. Regardless of the Civil Rights Movement and bringing equality, physical appearance is already of cause of how they are portrayed by society. In Gloria Naylor’s essay, Meaning of a Word, she speaks of how racism is still shown silently which can cause tension between two different cultural groups. “If the word was to disappear totally from the mouths of even the most liberal of white society, no one in that room was naïve enough to believe it would disappear from white minds” (Naylor 64). Injustice and inequality is shown daily but to think of such things is still just a bad. I believe we should look past the color of a person’s skin and deeper into their personality to see what they are truly like.
We are living in a country that sits on diversity. Many immigrants traveled to the United States to gain freedom, leave religious oppression, and hope for a better life. By coming to America, for some it was their chance to get the freedom that their country did not give. To escape from the harsh conditions of their past life and to come to the United States with racism shown to them is an infringement of their rights as humans. We are all trying to live our lives and to be shown inequality at the same time is asking for too much.
Racism in any circumstance is unnecessary and degrading. It is a threat to the freedom that our country promises and is unjust. A person should be able to not get discriminated, verbally or physically, due to their outer appearance and skin color. This is still an issue and we should take into consideration the feelings of those who are being discriminated. Trying to break this discrimination would help our country unite and bring the equality that Martin Luther King tried so hard to fight for.
Works Cited
Naylor, Gloria. “Meaning of a Word.” 75 Readings across the curriculum. Chris Anson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. 61-64.
When applying for a job, most places claim that they are an Equal Opportunity Employer, thus meaning that everyone who applied for the job had an equal chance of getting the job. However, as a person who is a minority turns in their application to a place, I personally see some racial discrimination. Back at my old job at Starbucks, an African-American girl turned in her application. Right of the bat, my former co-worker already started to assume her personality and background just because she was African-American. If Starbucks, as a company, agrees and claims that they are an Equal Opportunity Employer, the managers and shift supervisors should make sure that all the employees follow this lead. Discrimination at work is unacceptable and to work at a place that guarantee’s no racial discrimination should take into consideration that this discrimination is not allowed. Before a person is hired, a training process to prevent such inequality should be taught. This broadens and brings out these types of issues. I do not understand how anyone could judge a person just by his or her outer appearance and believe that this topic in all environments should be stopped.
Martin Luther King stepped out of his comfort zone to help discrimination against African-American’s to be stopped. He stood out as a leader to have such hostility and inequality diminished before them. Even after all his hard work to bring peace, currently racism still exists. Regardless of the Civil Rights Movement and bringing equality, physical appearance is already of cause of how they are portrayed by society. In Gloria Naylor’s essay, Meaning of a Word, she speaks of how racism is still shown silently which can cause tension between two different cultural groups. “If the word was to disappear totally from the mouths of even the most liberal of white society, no one in that room was naïve enough to believe it would disappear from white minds” (Naylor 64). Injustice and inequality is shown daily but to think of such things is still just a bad. I believe we should look past the color of a person’s skin and deeper into their personality to see what they are truly like.
We are living in a country that sits on diversity. Many immigrants traveled to the United States to gain freedom, leave religious oppression, and hope for a better life. By coming to America, for some it was their chance to get the freedom that their country did not give. To escape from the harsh conditions of their past life and to come to the United States with racism shown to them is an infringement of their rights as humans. We are all trying to live our lives and to be shown inequality at the same time is asking for too much.
Racism in any circumstance is unnecessary and degrading. It is a threat to the freedom that our country promises and is unjust. A person should be able to not get discriminated, verbally or physically, due to their outer appearance and skin color. This is still an issue and we should take into consideration the feelings of those who are being discriminated. Trying to break this discrimination would help our country unite and bring the equality that Martin Luther King tried so hard to fight for.
Works Cited
Naylor, Gloria. “Meaning of a Word.” 75 Readings across the curriculum. Chris Anson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. 61-64.
Final Essay-Sam always finishes first and how he intends to change the world.
As always, society is not perfect, with its flaws and gapping wounds that demand to be filled. What cause am I willing to champion, what injustice must be changed? Of all the causes I could think of my final choice is atheism, but more importantly the spread of reason. The best way to think of my goal is that you hold your statements and thoughts to the same standards as you hold against others when you are tying to determine if they are true. I want to be able to think for themselves, to be able to question things they assume to be true. Atheism is the easiest was to do this and the best example; it is rare to find a cause that its opponent have no good reasons. Where else can both sides fight the good fight with absolute conviction the opposing, side is wrong and absolutely no grounds for compromise. However, there are others doing these things so I will concentrate on something else, something political. I will try to get politicians to not only speak the truth, but also admit to what is unsaid.
It is not a goal that easily to accomplish. Although protesting for a specific idea or plan of action is easy to imagine, how do you get people to admit that they are hiding something? How do you change “the system”? Why do I continue to write about things like this instead of focusing on peace, or equality, or abortion? The reason is simple; there are so many other people involved in those areas that I would change the balance one way or another if I joined a side. I pick a battle I can fight, not alone, but in such a way as to make a difference. In addition, hanging around politicians provides a lot more air conditioning then protesting in the streets.
Getting people to admit that they are hiding things is hard to do. You might not know what I am talking about if you do not pay attention. What I mean is whenever Bush gives a speech he says “the war in Iraq”, not “the war I started and never could explain”. If politicians were more honest, things might not be better, but they would be clearer. So how do you get people to speak clearer? You work on the media. It reports what politicians say and its spin, whether, slavishly subservient or sarcastically mocking, influences how people see candidates for office. If lying gets them mocked and makes their position indefensible then they will stop doing it in, or at least in ways which they can’t be caught. So getting reporters to be less “fair, balanced, and partisan” would be a good way to go. However the reason that reporters don’t do things controversial, like constantly second guessing political decisions (In today’s news politicians raised the minimum wage yet again. When asked if they were ever planning to tie the rates to inflation they were aghast. “How will we get the base motivated?”) is that it is just not done. Their purpose is to raise stock prices by getting viewers to watch. So we keep on jumping from problem to problem. Fortunately, this one link can be changed. If you own a news station, you can control its content. Money is power in today’s society and while mass action may work for other people, I think that this is more effective. The peace marches of the 60s and 70s have not prevented our nation from going to war almost immediately after Vietnam, the teaching of evolution has had to fight a continuous struggle for the last fifty years, in order to be taught and the pendulum on abortion seems to be swinging back towards criminalization after 30 years of fighting. Each cause has millions on both sides, fighting to sculpt language and ideas in order that they may prevail. I want to be able to fight a winnable battle. Although I do not think independent media will exist for posterity, I do believe it will introduce doubt and make people think. Why fight countless battles against people who will oppose you tooth and nail, when it is so much easier just to change one thing and roll up all the conflicts simultaneously. Although war is weakly based on religion (more often on nationalism), abortion and evolution are usually against opponents fighting on religious grounds, who have shut down their minds (how should we punish those who break the law? How shall we deal with doctors who fail because we refused to let them understand?). I know that reason is the most corrosive counter to faith and it is an even better counter toward other forms of credulity, hopefully blunting peoples gullibility to the sort of promises politicians routinely proffer. Of course, buying a media outlet and using it to express your views is hard going, but Rupert Murdoch has shown it can be done and used to advance a worthy cause: himself. I simply aim significantly lower because I have no idea how hard it is and I wish to aim for what is possible. Protesting will not change the world because it is easy to simply ignore or quash, but using a system against itself is much more satisfying and more effective because a system cannot question its own parts and working. Getting people to think, to question and to doubt is the only way change can happen. Protest can make people realize people just like them endorse it or by change to get to realize the difference is not so bad. However, for objections that are grounded in neither logic nor morality, but faith neither change can work because a person with faith can simply refuse to believe you. You must help them change their minds before you can change their opinions and their politics. Telling someone who mindless supports and idea logical reasons they are wrong is like nailing Jell-O to a wall. There is not any point. You have to solidify that Jell-O and get them to think using reason; it isn’t enough to get them to agree with you, they must understand why and they must know if what they are agreeing to is right or wrong, not because they are told to, but because they are wrong. Already there are shows and sites that illustrate what is wrong with politics, but in general they lean to the left or extremely humorous. I want to start a source that people agree with, that gets them to use logic to support ideas they agree with, but that ends up using that logic for other uses. When they here other arguments using the same logic, I don’t want them to think “I don’t agree, it must be wrong”, but rather “wait, that is what I would say, maybe they are right…” It is a great goal to get people to agree with you on an issue, but it is an even better one to have them come to the same conclusion independently (It shows you didn’t screw up in your reasoning). In the mean time I will try more humble approaches, because teaching people how to think is infinitely better then teaching them what to think.
It is not a goal that easily to accomplish. Although protesting for a specific idea or plan of action is easy to imagine, how do you get people to admit that they are hiding something? How do you change “the system”? Why do I continue to write about things like this instead of focusing on peace, or equality, or abortion? The reason is simple; there are so many other people involved in those areas that I would change the balance one way or another if I joined a side. I pick a battle I can fight, not alone, but in such a way as to make a difference. In addition, hanging around politicians provides a lot more air conditioning then protesting in the streets.
Getting people to admit that they are hiding things is hard to do. You might not know what I am talking about if you do not pay attention. What I mean is whenever Bush gives a speech he says “the war in Iraq”, not “the war I started and never could explain”. If politicians were more honest, things might not be better, but they would be clearer. So how do you get people to speak clearer? You work on the media. It reports what politicians say and its spin, whether, slavishly subservient or sarcastically mocking, influences how people see candidates for office. If lying gets them mocked and makes their position indefensible then they will stop doing it in, or at least in ways which they can’t be caught. So getting reporters to be less “fair, balanced, and partisan” would be a good way to go. However the reason that reporters don’t do things controversial, like constantly second guessing political decisions (In today’s news politicians raised the minimum wage yet again. When asked if they were ever planning to tie the rates to inflation they were aghast. “How will we get the base motivated?”) is that it is just not done. Their purpose is to raise stock prices by getting viewers to watch. So we keep on jumping from problem to problem. Fortunately, this one link can be changed. If you own a news station, you can control its content. Money is power in today’s society and while mass action may work for other people, I think that this is more effective. The peace marches of the 60s and 70s have not prevented our nation from going to war almost immediately after Vietnam, the teaching of evolution has had to fight a continuous struggle for the last fifty years, in order to be taught and the pendulum on abortion seems to be swinging back towards criminalization after 30 years of fighting. Each cause has millions on both sides, fighting to sculpt language and ideas in order that they may prevail. I want to be able to fight a winnable battle. Although I do not think independent media will exist for posterity, I do believe it will introduce doubt and make people think. Why fight countless battles against people who will oppose you tooth and nail, when it is so much easier just to change one thing and roll up all the conflicts simultaneously. Although war is weakly based on religion (more often on nationalism), abortion and evolution are usually against opponents fighting on religious grounds, who have shut down their minds (how should we punish those who break the law? How shall we deal with doctors who fail because we refused to let them understand?). I know that reason is the most corrosive counter to faith and it is an even better counter toward other forms of credulity, hopefully blunting peoples gullibility to the sort of promises politicians routinely proffer. Of course, buying a media outlet and using it to express your views is hard going, but Rupert Murdoch has shown it can be done and used to advance a worthy cause: himself. I simply aim significantly lower because I have no idea how hard it is and I wish to aim for what is possible. Protesting will not change the world because it is easy to simply ignore or quash, but using a system against itself is much more satisfying and more effective because a system cannot question its own parts and working. Getting people to think, to question and to doubt is the only way change can happen. Protest can make people realize people just like them endorse it or by change to get to realize the difference is not so bad. However, for objections that are grounded in neither logic nor morality, but faith neither change can work because a person with faith can simply refuse to believe you. You must help them change their minds before you can change their opinions and their politics. Telling someone who mindless supports and idea logical reasons they are wrong is like nailing Jell-O to a wall. There is not any point. You have to solidify that Jell-O and get them to think using reason; it isn’t enough to get them to agree with you, they must understand why and they must know if what they are agreeing to is right or wrong, not because they are told to, but because they are wrong. Already there are shows and sites that illustrate what is wrong with politics, but in general they lean to the left or extremely humorous. I want to start a source that people agree with, that gets them to use logic to support ideas they agree with, but that ends up using that logic for other uses. When they here other arguments using the same logic, I don’t want them to think “I don’t agree, it must be wrong”, but rather “wait, that is what I would say, maybe they are right…” It is a great goal to get people to agree with you on an issue, but it is an even better one to have them come to the same conclusion independently (It shows you didn’t screw up in your reasoning). In the mean time I will try more humble approaches, because teaching people how to think is infinitely better then teaching them what to think.
Final
Teenage pregnancy has become an increasingly prevalent issue in our society today. Many parents and politicians are responding to this dilemma by trying to gain full control of the sexual rights of our young adults. As seen in California, propositions have been imposed to prevent pregnant teens from seeking private abortions; parents are petitioning for consent and want to have the power to decide against their child’s abortion. In other states, such as many in the Midwest, young women must obtain the consent of their families and wait through a grace period. Teen pregnancy may be on the rise, but it is important for parents and politicians to recognize the sexual rights and privacy that young women are entitled to; parents would provide a disservice to their teens if they seek to eliminate the rights of their children to their own bodies.
Taking away a teenager’s ability to consent to their own abortion is dangerous. Many girls who fall into the issue of teenage pregnancy may come from broken families, and confiding their pregnancy to a family member may bring about abuse. They may also face other issues of disownment and abandonment during a time where support is essential and necessary. Also, young teens may resort to the alternative of illegal abortion to avoid obtaining parental consent; these procedures are not medically approved and life-threatening.
Implicating a grace period also discourages a young woman to seek an abortion. Seeing as many teens attend school, hold jobs, and have no access to direct transportation, several may become disheartened in obtaining an abortion that is both legal and safe. By limiting the options and abilities of a teenager in terminating her pregnancy, teens will have no outlets and freedom in their sexual health.
In several instances, many pregnancies are detrimental to the health of a young teen. Situations such as these call for immediate and mandatory abortion. Many parents may hold beliefs against abortion, so obtaining parental consent would not benefit a young teen whose life is threatened by pregnancy. In these types of medical circumstances, a teenager should be entitled to the rights of her own body. She should have the ability to make a personal decision relating to her own life and death.
As said by Martin Luther King, Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Like those who have fought in the past for something they believed in, parents and young teens across the country should fight for teenage sexual rights to abortion. Write to council members, petition, and protest. Taking away the sexual rights of a young female is oppressive. Every woman should have the right to make decisions to their own body regardless of their age; no one else understands the body and mind of a woman besides the woman herself.
Taking away a teenager’s ability to consent to their own abortion is dangerous. Many girls who fall into the issue of teenage pregnancy may come from broken families, and confiding their pregnancy to a family member may bring about abuse. They may also face other issues of disownment and abandonment during a time where support is essential and necessary. Also, young teens may resort to the alternative of illegal abortion to avoid obtaining parental consent; these procedures are not medically approved and life-threatening.
Implicating a grace period also discourages a young woman to seek an abortion. Seeing as many teens attend school, hold jobs, and have no access to direct transportation, several may become disheartened in obtaining an abortion that is both legal and safe. By limiting the options and abilities of a teenager in terminating her pregnancy, teens will have no outlets and freedom in their sexual health.
In several instances, many pregnancies are detrimental to the health of a young teen. Situations such as these call for immediate and mandatory abortion. Many parents may hold beliefs against abortion, so obtaining parental consent would not benefit a young teen whose life is threatened by pregnancy. In these types of medical circumstances, a teenager should be entitled to the rights of her own body. She should have the ability to make a personal decision relating to her own life and death.
As said by Martin Luther King, Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Like those who have fought in the past for something they believed in, parents and young teens across the country should fight for teenage sexual rights to abortion. Write to council members, petition, and protest. Taking away the sexual rights of a young female is oppressive. Every woman should have the right to make decisions to their own body regardless of their age; no one else understands the body and mind of a woman besides the woman herself.
E-Portfolio
Hey guys, here is my e-portfolio: http://zerocaster.googlepages.com/. Still working on the last essay and a few links but the rest is pretty much done
Here is my e-portfolio...
Here is my e-Portfolio. Check it out if you want...
http://madeinkorea23.googlepages.com
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Hello ppls, This class has been fun, even though I didn't really participate I enjoyed watching and listening your ideas in class. Hopefully everyone is doing well their portfolios... Here is mine:
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You'll have to use Internet Explore because firefox doesn't seem to work good as IE...
Here's some funny videos if you guys are taking a break and reading the blogs. ENJOY!
http://itzdavid0h.angelfire.com/
You'll have to use Internet Explore because firefox doesn't seem to work good as IE...
Here's some funny videos if you guys are taking a break and reading the blogs. ENJOY!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Last day of class
hey people since tomorow is the last day of class i thought it would be fun if i posted something fun. I really like being in this class and i have come to consider all my class mates (even Sam) like friends u are all good people, I hope when we see each other on campus we dont turn our faces the other way i hope you guys wont be like oh hell naw here comes this mutha fucka over thurr. another thing is i was wondering that is the teach gonna let us stay in the blog or is he gonna kick us out i dont know about u guys i think it would be kool if we could keep in touch with each other in here,that would be cool. Ok I thought this was funny comment back if you guys no anything is this message Maxwell dont get mad at me for posting this.
if you're under the age of 13...you shouldn't even read this
and if you do, you should not re post this.
Just because you were born in '95 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid.
It's not like you could remember the original Simpson's. I am sorry but a few conscious years of the 90's just wont cut it.
You're a 90's kid if:
You can finish this [ice ice _ _ _ _ ]
You remember watching:
-Doug
-Ren & Stimpy
-Pinky and the Brain
-AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
-Rockos modern Life.
-Gargoils
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "iiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember:
-LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE!!!
-Step by Step
-Family Matters!!!
-Dinosaurs
-Boy Meets World!!!!
-Wild and Crazy Kids
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
when everyhting was settled by:
-rock paper scissors or
-bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or
-daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
-skunk in the barn yard
-ms. mary mack
when cops and robbers was a daily activity.
when we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.
when we used to obey our parents
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching:
-The Magic School Bus
-Wishbone
-Reading Rainbow
-and Ghostwriter on PBS
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching:
-the 1st Batman
-Aladdin
-Ninja Turtles
-Animporphs
-ghost busters
you remember watching...
-my little pony tails
-care bears
-tail spin
-goof troop
-chip n' dail rescue rangers
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunch ables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs" :)
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
one word. . . . . . . . Furbies.
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
Everyone watched the WB and yelled at people who interupred them.
You collected all the Troll dolls
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before MIKE JONES . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded
stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs for our bestfriends.
When checking out drawing books and that one book about the rainbow fish from the library was THE cool thing to do.
You had slap bracelets!
Way back. when miss matched socks were cool.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!
Post this in your bulletin if you remember these days . . . .
Post with the year you were born and comment on what u think.
if you're under the age of 13...you shouldn't even read this
and if you do, you should not re post this.
Just because you were born in '95 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid.
It's not like you could remember the original Simpson's. I am sorry but a few conscious years of the 90's just wont cut it.
You're a 90's kid if:
You can finish this [ice ice _ _ _ _ ]
You remember watching:
-Doug
-Ren & Stimpy
-Pinky and the Brain
-AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
-Rockos modern Life.
-Gargoils
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "iiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember:
-LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE!!!
-Step by Step
-Family Matters!!!
-Dinosaurs
-Boy Meets World!!!!
-Wild and Crazy Kids
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
when everyhting was settled by:
-rock paper scissors or
-bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or
-daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
-skunk in the barn yard
-ms. mary mack
when cops and robbers was a daily activity.
when we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.
when we used to obey our parents
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching:
-The Magic School Bus
-Wishbone
-Reading Rainbow
-and Ghostwriter on PBS
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching:
-the 1st Batman
-Aladdin
-Ninja Turtles
-Animporphs
-ghost busters
you remember watching...
-my little pony tails
-care bears
-tail spin
-goof troop
-chip n' dail rescue rangers
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunch ables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs" :)
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
one word. . . . . . . . Furbies.
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
Everyone watched the WB and yelled at people who interupred them.
You collected all the Troll dolls
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before MIKE JONES . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded
stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs for our bestfriends.
When checking out drawing books and that one book about the rainbow fish from the library was THE cool thing to do.
You had slap bracelets!
Way back. when miss matched socks were cool.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!
Post this in your bulletin if you remember these days . . . .
Post with the year you were born and comment on what u think.
Done!
Hey guys, hopefully everyone is doing well with their portfolios and essays. I am pretty much finished with my portfolio, and maybe some of you guys can use it for some ideas.
http://changesabound.googlepages.com/
Anyways, class has been fun, I am pretty excited about this class party. Sorry Tim, this post has very little substance.
http://changesabound.googlepages.com/
Anyways, class has been fun, I am pretty excited about this class party. Sorry Tim, this post has very little substance.
Our group's website...
ok so here is our website we made last night at 3am for the media monitoring project.
www.xanga.com/koreanhostagegroup
back to studying for psychology final/essaying for psychology/finishing eportfolio and essay 4.
should be a fun night for me.
www.xanga.com/koreanhostagegroup
back to studying for psychology final/essaying for psychology/finishing eportfolio and essay 4.
should be a fun night for me.
Torture
During the debate, I was originally on the side FOR torture, so arguing against it was a bit challenging. I think that any normal person would naturally be against torture, but in this case and after reading Levin's essay, I chose to support it becauseI am all for protecting humanity. Torture as we see depicted in films is quite negative; innocent people are forced to endure pain that is inflicted to them by someone who has no compassion or interest for an individual. That type of torture is demonic and evil. However, torturing someone for the sake of saving millions of lives is more than acceptable. A person who wants to deliberately kill millions of people obviously will find no remorse in their actions. Instead, they would view that act as an accomplishment...which is sickening. Torturing someone is certainly inhumane and unethical, but mass murder is far more disturbing.
Media Monitoring
Through this media monitoring exercise I realized just why the news adds all of the extra pictures and "fluff" to their articles. It was through my boredom of the analyzed news articles that brought me to this realization. It was very helpful to know about all of these current events, but I really could not help be bored with every subject. I really felt brainwashed!... Like all the news that I listen to, I only listen to BECAUSE of the fluff and pictures. It's scary that so much can be overlooked when just quickly reading the news... it seems that they always leave important information out of the articles.
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