Thanksgiving! Yeah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX5AJVpVnBQThank God, a break. I am excited to go and see my family! I am going down to Rochester with my grandparents, my dad, and my two sisters to spend thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family. We do not have any traditions we do besides getting together. We just make a lot of amazing food then chow down! It is always a good time. Thanksgiving is a great holiday that means a lot to many people. It is a time to take a step back and realize how much you have and to be thankful for it. Black friday is the day after Thanksgiving  I feel that it is very ironic that people spend one day sharing what they are thankful for, then the next day they trample each other in the hallway of Target just to get a movie that's on sale. Word of advice, be careful if you go shopping that day! Anyway, I am very excited to be with my family over Thanksgiving break. Have a great break everyone! Eat lots of food!

Yep, I guess we are all dumb

Mark Bauerlines argument is that teenagers nowadays are so wrapped in technology and are not focused on school, casing them to become dumb. Their world is on the computer that supplies all the knowledge they need. He argues that people use excessive ammounts of technology by providing many statistical facts on how much time kids spend studying on an average night, how low the scores on standardized testing has gotten, and how many kids use tumblr, facebook, and twitter. He starts of his argument by saying that kids use way to much technology then begins to provide facts on studying time, etc. The last chapter of the book argues the many ways of how our culture has changed because of technology. The structure of his argument is statement, reason, cultural tie.

I agree that people use to much technology and that this affects the knowledge of people today. "The latest social and leisure dispositions of the young are killing the culture." I agree with this because I can tell that people are not as connected to other people and are not involved in anything that is not online. People do not branch out anymore to try and do new things. They do it all online."The knowledge principle forms part of the democratic faith, and it survives only as long as a fair portion of the American people embraces it, not just intellectuals and experts." I agree with this statement very much. I can tell that in society today, people are not as smart as they were because they spend too much time on social networking sites. They have the neccesary tools to become educated but they use them to their advantage. If people do not try to gain more knowledge, how can knowledge be maintained/kept?

"For those who are disposed to intellectual sport, they embark automatically disadvantages by their social habitat." I disagree with this because some people may benefit from being social. What if htey talk about knowledable things? What if they are seeking knowledge when interacting? This would be a good thing. "Democracy doesnt prosper that way. If tradition survives only in the classroom, limping along in the watered down lessons, if knowledge doesnt animate the young when they are with each other and by themselves, it wont inform their thought and behavior when they are old. I disagree with this because kids can still learn things outside of the classroom. If they choose not to learn as kids they can still learn, maybe not as fast as if they learned as a kid, but they could still learn. No one learns everthing as a child. Everday is an opportunity to learn something new.

I think Bauerline's argument was very effective. It was very hard to find things I did not agree with. The argument made me feel dumb but I knew it was true. All the statistics he provided were correct. He made himself very credible and was very persuading. Overall, his argument was very effective.



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The sexy Halloween costume. This is what pretty much all of the teenage girls wear. The sad thing is that the costumes they choose to make sexy are costumes that should not be considered sexy at all. Mummies, ninja turtles, and creepy dolls are far from sexy. Why do we have sexy costumes?

Halloween used to be a day for abstinence and a day to honor the dead. It also used to be a time when girls would go on dates with guys. They would get together and go out. Sadly, but not surprisingly, society has turned nice costumes into sexy costumes for all of the wrong reasons. You can probably guess where I am going with that. Guys want girls for obvious reasons and when girls dress up sexy and go to parties, guys are satisfied.

Sexy costumes have put a staple on today's society. Girls nowadays want to appeal to guys and dress up slutty just to have an excuse. Because Halloween is a day for costumes, girls have an excuse to dress up like sluts. Society has so many naughty things nowadays that girls think it is no problem to dress up this way. Instead of calling this Halloween, why don't we call it day of the sluts?

Rhetorical halloween? Whaaa?

If you did not know, I am a triplet. I have an identical sister and one fraternal. When we were very little my mom decided that she wanted us to be pumpkins for Halloween. She had a lady make our costumes and we got to wear them and sit there and look cute. That was the whole reason she made it. And she did not want to buy real pumpkins.

 

The argument of this Halloween costume is that the three of us were very cute, and our mom did not want to buy real pumpkins so we were her pumpkins that year. This is rhetorical why? Because by our mom dressing us as pumpkins, she was trying to persuade everyone else that we were cute! I would have agreed with her.

My puppy

My puppies name is Tiko. He is probably the cutest dog in the world. When I first got him I couldn't imagine what life woud be like with him in it, and now after having him for a year I can't imagine what it would be like without him. He makes me so happy when I am having a bad day, and even when I am not. He is the energizer bunny every day. His favorite toy is his frisbee, which I throw for him after school. I swear he never runs out of energy. After a while of throwing it, I am on the ground panting while he is waiting for me to throw it again. He keeps me in shape. In short, I love my puppy and I am lucky to have him.

Humor Responses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYvm-xRByA&feature=related


The delivery of this stand up routine makes the humor work. Ellen uses many different inflections in her voice to emphasize funny moments on the plane. Her body language shows a lot of emotion and the actions she uses are very funny. She also uses sound effects during a long pause that helps the humor of what she just said sink into the audience.

People watching at Starbucks....:)

1) People were very impatient when they were waiting for there coeffe. They were looking around and stamping their feet while they popped a hip.
2) The workers and people enjoying their coeffe were very diligent and focused. The workers made the drinks very quickly and treated the customers very kindly while the customers got work done at their tables.
3) Everyone was on technology. People walked into the store on their phones and many of them also had computers that they were using. One person even ordered while they were on the phone. How rude.
4) Nobody smiled or said hello to the cashier when they said hello. They got what they wanted then went on their way.
5) The people were dressed very nicely. It looked like they cared a lot about how they looked and put a lot of effort into their appearnce.
6) Many people were not in good shape. They did not stand up straight and were not toned. They looked very lazy.
7) All of the people were wearing warm clothes because it was cold outside.