Week 10

The main point of this article is to show how wal-mart and target mistreated their employees rights. The supporting details that the author used in this article were specific details from employees of target and wal-mart. These employees talked about how they were interrogated or spyed on. Personally i have never been mistreated at my job. I have only had two jobs and my mangers treated me the same as my other co-workers

Week 9

3 major types of change are that 1) faculty is now speaking up about students that they are suspicous of. 2) Privacy policies are being changed. and 3) some colleges have shed some of their fear of violating the federal family education rights and privacy act.

I very much agree with the changes that were mentioned. Though it may invades ones privacy a little, it can avoid certain tragedies such as the ones in columbine and virginia tech.

Faculty hadn’t realized that the law applies only to educational records, not observations of classroom behavior, or that it contains numerous exceptions.

Week 8

THe topic of this article is campus violence. The main idea is how to prevent violence on campus. One detail thatt he author used to support the main idea was how some schools are teaching their students how to recognize someone who has the intentions of doing something violent. Three signs that a student can be a threat are low self esteem, isolated, and cant handle critisism well. At this campus, i see security cars patrollings often. i think that these measures are worthwhile just incase something bad is happening.

Week 7

After seeing the video, my perception of media and how they portray women has remained the same. It made me change my thoughts about what we see in the media and what it really is. I was surprised to see how they transformed that women in looking so different just by using make up. After the woman already looked good, they still went an extra step and edited the womans facial features to make them better. This just shows that what the media shows can be very unreal.

Week 6

The main idea of this article is to show how the media affects the thoughts of body image in women. The reason women have these images in the media is to sell everything from food to cars. Many magazine articles suggest that losing weight will give woment the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career. Researchers generated a computer model of Barbie-doll proportions to show that it is unattainable. If a woman was built that way, it could be dangerous in many ways. I think that the way women are portrayed in the media is fine. The women have a unique look which helps sell products.



Write a paragraph describing the way YOU think women should be portrayed in the media.

Week 5

The title of this article tells me that it will be talking about the harms of driving while on cellular devices. The evidence presented by the author was based on fact more than opinion because he had studies and reports to back up his information. The authors main idea is to show that most driving accidents are caused by distraction, and cell phones in the modern day has become a huge distraction to many drivers, putting many people at risk. According to the Utah study, drunk drivers tended to be more aggressive while cell phone drivers were sluggish. The signal words that helped me located these answers were "is, like, was, and found". The use of hands-free cell phones while driving is just as dangerous as the use of handheld cellphones because the problem was conversation, not the ability to use hands on the wheels. The cell phone industry doest hold a big position in these situations becuase it is the people who casue these accidents.

Week 4 Assignment

I think that U.S citizens that smoke are vicitimes of discrimination. I agree that smoking should be banned in certain areas of public places such as restaraunts, bars, and clubs but I think that there should at least be a secluded smokers section. I think that smoking in households should be allowed whether you live in an apartment or house. Banning smoking from someones own home would be an intrusion of privacy. Non-smokers have the choice whether to enter the smoking premises or not, just as smokers have the choice whether to enter non-smoking premises.

Self Introduction and Reading Style

During week two's homework, I found out more about my reading syles. I am a Visual learner which suggests strength with visual modes of learning-reading, studying pictures, reading diagrams, and so forth. I am an applied learner which means that i prefer tasks that involve real objects and situations. I rely on verbal or language skills to learn and would rather work or study alone. I am practical, logical, and systematic.

I think that the author's purpose in writing this story is to show that people classify others on the basis of skin color because it is what they notice first. She shows the many different assumptions that people made on her since her child was much lighter skin than she was.

Throughout my life I cannot recall a time that i have been judged for my diversity. There were many times though, that i felt very uncomfortable and out of place because i was the only person that had colored skin. I have been in my situations though, where my friends were treated rudely and looked at differently.