According to the passage, "Imitation of Film: Here's Smoking at You, Kid", Nicholas Balakar states that more and more children the age who are between 10 to 14 start smoking is because the imitation of film. Researchers demonstrated that 38% of children who started to smoke was after they have seen their favorite actors smoked in the film. Nicholas Balakar also points out that "Kids begin to view R-rated movies which contain twice as much smoking at about fourth or fifth grade." That means kids have been affected by these types of movies when they are so young. Furthemore, she says that children who have the greatest exposure to smoke in movies is also one of the reasons that why they start to smoke. Nicholas Balakar also uses the researches to prove that the problem of the youngest's smoke is become much more serious and she suggests that the society need to pay attention on it.
Today, one of the technologies that the children will be always connected is television. When they go home after school, the first thing that they will do is to turn on the TV. This is the reason why the films which are shown in the television can have a critical effect on youngest. From the passage,"children ages 10 to 14 are much more likely to take up smoking if they have seen actors smoke in the movies", this had proved that how easy for the movies to affect the childish mind and attitudes. For instance, my two cousins who i am living with, they always learn the way that the actors speak. Even the way they speak is rude, also sometimes include the "bad words" that they should not be learned, they still think themselves are so "cool" and keep on saying it. Therefore, we can recognize the actors who are acting in the movies will become a model for the young child to imitate.
Moreover, children who are so young are the most easily affected. It is because they cannot determine what is good and what is bad. They will just learn directly what they have seen and without thinking of the effects that will bring to them. By using the passage's research, "Our studies show that kids begin to view R-rated movies at about fourth or fifth grade", this shows that because they are not old enough and without ability to make decisions by themselves.
In conclusion, the effects of imitation of film can be so solemn for the kids. Not only the problem of smoking, but also some other problems like robbing, violence, etc. So, we need to pay attention for those harmfulness. Otherwise, the young kids will be so dangerous.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Meatrix Issues
According to The Meatrix website "Food Safety", we can know that the safety of the food is extremely important to us. It is because food will affect our health directly. That means our health is totally determine on what we eat. Also, a lot of people suffer from food poisoning and the cause of this is because we disregard the importance of the food safety. So, we need to pay attention and care about the safety of food.
From the passage, it says that "76 million Americans suffer from food poisoning each year. 325,000 people are hospitalized for food related illnesses and 5,200 die in that same time period." By using these researches, we can know that there is a huge number of people affected by food. Furthermore, where the diseases and infections come from? Most of them are cause by bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be transmitted through the food that we eat. Other illnesses are the result of poisonings from harmful toxins or chemicals. This proved that those problems appeared were because people have a big blunder on the process of the food production. There is only a few corporations to control the food production process, and because of competitions, most of the companies just want to gain the maximum profits and will push the limits on safe food production.
Not only the side of production, importation is also one of the reasons. Referring to the passage, we know that food safety issues are not limited to meat. "In 2003, the largest recorded outbreak of Hepatitis A was traced back to green onions in Chi-chi's salsa. Over 600 people in the Pittsburgh area were sickened in the outbreak." On the other hand, this shows that people also have a lapse on the food importation. They do not check carefully when they import food from the other countries.
In conclusion, we must find ways to protect our food. Corporations need to care about the quality of food, but not only the quantity. Also, we have to minimize the risk of the food production process. Last but not least, if we neglect the food safety, everyone's life will be threaten.
From the passage, it says that "76 million Americans suffer from food poisoning each year. 325,000 people are hospitalized for food related illnesses and 5,200 die in that same time period." By using these researches, we can know that there is a huge number of people affected by food. Furthermore, where the diseases and infections come from? Most of them are cause by bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be transmitted through the food that we eat. Other illnesses are the result of poisonings from harmful toxins or chemicals. This proved that those problems appeared were because people have a big blunder on the process of the food production. There is only a few corporations to control the food production process, and because of competitions, most of the companies just want to gain the maximum profits and will push the limits on safe food production.
Not only the side of production, importation is also one of the reasons. Referring to the passage, we know that food safety issues are not limited to meat. "In 2003, the largest recorded outbreak of Hepatitis A was traced back to green onions in Chi-chi's salsa. Over 600 people in the Pittsburgh area were sickened in the outbreak." On the other hand, this shows that people also have a lapse on the food importation. They do not check carefully when they import food from the other countries.
In conclusion, we must find ways to protect our food. Corporations need to care about the quality of food, but not only the quantity. Also, we have to minimize the risk of the food production process. Last but not least, if we neglect the food safety, everyone's life will be threaten.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Meatrix Summary
1. According to the Meatrix I, it states that people do not know the truth about the food that they eat and they do not care about where is the food come from and what the making process is. Moreover, it points out that in the mid 20th century, the business companies just focus on how they can earn the maximum profits. That's the reason why factory farming is created. Furthermore, the Meatrix I says that there are a lot of negative effects that come from factory farming. For instance, the pollution will be polluted, animal crufity, the communities are destroyed, etc. Therefore, one of the important messages from Metrix I is people need to concern about the problems bring by factory farming and do not support them anymore.
2. According to the Meatrix II: Revolting, it states that what the people see is not real, people need to look through the fact. It shows us the process that how they do to the animals, they will overuse the antibiotic and add artificial hormones when they feed the animals. Also, it will cause mad cow disease. Moreover, the Meatrix II points out that the ways they feed the animals are not healthy and incorrect. Therefore, people need to find ways to stop it and do not let it to be continued anymore.
3. According to the Meatrix II 1/2, it states that the business companies only care is about the production and their profits. They never care about the others, just like the workers who work for them and the people's health. For instance, even they know that the workers are working in a dangerous working condition, they still do not care. Therefore, it points out that the factory farming should be disappeared and we should protect the substainable family farm.
2. According to the Meatrix II: Revolting, it states that what the people see is not real, people need to look through the fact. It shows us the process that how they do to the animals, they will overuse the antibiotic and add artificial hormones when they feed the animals. Also, it will cause mad cow disease. Moreover, the Meatrix II points out that the ways they feed the animals are not healthy and incorrect. Therefore, people need to find ways to stop it and do not let it to be continued anymore.
3. According to the Meatrix II 1/2, it states that the business companies only care is about the production and their profits. They never care about the others, just like the workers who work for them and the people's health. For instance, even they know that the workers are working in a dangerous working condition, they still do not care. Therefore, it points out that the factory farming should be disappeared and we should protect the substainable family farm.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
People want to know
Humans follow John Stuart Mill's idea of preferring to lead a conscious life and know the truth rather than live in ignorance and just carry on their lives without asking questions is true. In the world, if people just choose to live under the truth, then their life will be meaningless and there is no reason for them to alive.
According to the film "The Matrix", Neo had chose to take the red pill and find out what is real. At the beginning of the film, he just always want to back to his normal life and make it more simple, because he did not believe that he was one of the matrix. But finally, even he did not know what will happen in his coming life if he took the red pill, he still choose to find out what he wanted to know. Also the story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", the little girl who called Alice elected to follow the white rabbit and saw what will going on behind the hole. These can prove that whatever is young children or adult, they still want to know.
Furthermore, referring to the passage "Red Pill or Blue Pill", the author points out that the film "Matrix" had raised a question: Why do we want to know the truth? It is because we are a human being and we have the desire of what the truth is. For instance, why people go to school and get educated? The reason for them is not only to learn more and have better knowledge for their better future, it is also because they want to know what is the truth behind the fact. Therefore, we can know that people want to know and they are willing to find out the reality.
In conclusion, people used to and they should carry on their lives with asking questions. Otherwise, they will be concealed by everything that which will happen in their life and they will never know the truth.
According to the film "The Matrix", Neo had chose to take the red pill and find out what is real. At the beginning of the film, he just always want to back to his normal life and make it more simple, because he did not believe that he was one of the matrix. But finally, even he did not know what will happen in his coming life if he took the red pill, he still choose to find out what he wanted to know. Also the story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", the little girl who called Alice elected to follow the white rabbit and saw what will going on behind the hole. These can prove that whatever is young children or adult, they still want to know.
Furthermore, referring to the passage "Red Pill or Blue Pill", the author points out that the film "Matrix" had raised a question: Why do we want to know the truth? It is because we are a human being and we have the desire of what the truth is. For instance, why people go to school and get educated? The reason for them is not only to learn more and have better knowledge for their better future, it is also because they want to know what is the truth behind the fact. Therefore, we can know that people want to know and they are willing to find out the reality.
In conclusion, people used to and they should carry on their lives with asking questions. Otherwise, they will be concealed by everything that which will happen in their life and they will never know the truth.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Dangers of Reality TV
According to the passage "The Dangers of Reality TV", Timothy Sexton states that there are three messages which are sent out from the reality television are dangerous and harmful to us. First of all, the most important key for people to be succeed in a capitalist economy is competition. Second key to success is the image value is greater than ability. Furthermore, reality TV makes people believe education is useless for people to be succeed in their future. Timothy Sexton also points out most of the messages are unsound, that means people will receive the messages under their awareness, especially the young fans of reality TV, they cannot analysis the messages which are received. Therefore, this is the main reason why it is so dangerous to people.
However, i do not agree that "education is completely unnecessary to fulfill the American dream" which is from the passage. It is because education is a way that can improve your knowledge, open your mind and provide a lot of useful information that you cannot learn without educated. It is true that big business abhors competition, because competition is a main factor that make our economy become developed. In the business world, competition is an motivation for those companies to keep growing and making improvement. But, if people do not educated, how they can improve themselves and fight for the others? For instance, my father opened a hair salon and there are some problems appear when he was running his business, he tried to find the ways to solve those problems but he did not educated that much, so he cannot have enough sources to fix it. As a result, to survive in the business world, only rely on your experience is not enough, it also depends on what you had learned in your study. Therefore, education is an necessary and important tool to make your dream come true.
Moreover, reality television always gives people hope but which is so unreal. By using the passage's example "you can just get on Fear Factor, eat bugs and walk away with a bucket of money", we can recognize that reality TV makes people think they can earn a lot of money without putting same amount of effort on it. But, how many people can really be the winner in the show and win a huge of money and become a multimillionaire? For example, one of my friends, she won ten million from the lottery, but she still study until she graduated from the college. It is because she knew that she could win was because the luck and the money will use up one day. Therefore, only education can become your property and last forever.
In conclusion, reality TV is perilous and people always easily be affected. Hence, people need to analysis the message before they receive it to avoid getting the incorrect message. Otherwise, they will get lose and going the wrong way in their future. Last but not least, education is a way that can fulfill your dream and achieve your goal.
However, i do not agree that "education is completely unnecessary to fulfill the American dream" which is from the passage. It is because education is a way that can improve your knowledge, open your mind and provide a lot of useful information that you cannot learn without educated. It is true that big business abhors competition, because competition is a main factor that make our economy become developed. In the business world, competition is an motivation for those companies to keep growing and making improvement. But, if people do not educated, how they can improve themselves and fight for the others? For instance, my father opened a hair salon and there are some problems appear when he was running his business, he tried to find the ways to solve those problems but he did not educated that much, so he cannot have enough sources to fix it. As a result, to survive in the business world, only rely on your experience is not enough, it also depends on what you had learned in your study. Therefore, education is an necessary and important tool to make your dream come true.
Moreover, reality television always gives people hope but which is so unreal. By using the passage's example "you can just get on Fear Factor, eat bugs and walk away with a bucket of money", we can recognize that reality TV makes people think they can earn a lot of money without putting same amount of effort on it. But, how many people can really be the winner in the show and win a huge of money and become a multimillionaire? For example, one of my friends, she won ten million from the lottery, but she still study until she graduated from the college. It is because she knew that she could win was because the luck and the money will use up one day. Therefore, only education can become your property and last forever.
In conclusion, reality TV is perilous and people always easily be affected. Hence, people need to analysis the message before they receive it to avoid getting the incorrect message. Otherwise, they will get lose and going the wrong way in their future. Last but not least, education is a way that can fulfill your dream and achieve your goal.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Truman - The Perfect World
For me, i would not choose to live in Cristoff's world. The reason is that i cannot be a prisoner and live in a fake world. Everything in Christoff's world are not real, even the people who are living around you. For instance, the family, neighbourhoods, the people who worked with you, etc. They come to you is because of some reasons. Even the best friend that you have in your life, when you are using your true heart to be a friend with them, they are lying to you at the same time. Moreover, there is one thing that i cannot accept is whatever i do, everyone is looking at me and i do not even know. I do not have any privacy in my life. If i live in Cristoff's world, i just look like an idiot and everything i do is only a show for the people to watch. Therefore, it is really a joke and i will not choose to live in Cristoff's world.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Allegory of the Cave & The Truman Show
After analyzing the class readings and watching The Truman Show, they show that not only a small group of people reality depend on the media, but most of the people in the world doing the same thing today. First of all, we can know that why people reality depend on the media so much from the passages that we had read in the class. For instance, the passage "Google making us stupid", it states that Google will affect our ability of thinking because the Internet nowadays is so convenience for us to find the information. We will just believe all of the information and we will not think deeply about them. Therefore, we never know that the information that we find is really true or is just we think the information is correct by our own mind. Also, this had proved that how people reality depend on the Internet.
Moreover, form the passage "I know the truth", it states that people always just believe what they are thinking is true and they will just ignore the fact which is shown in front of them. It also shows that human is easily to believe the information even there is no evidence to prove. For example, just like the advertising which had shown on the television, most of them will exaggerate their products to attract customers. However, most of the time the companies can be successful because people always believe what they said. One of my friends she just buy a medicine which is for losing weight, the reason for her to buy is because she saw the advertisement form the television. Before she bought the medicine, she had not do any research to prove that is it work or not. So this shows that how people rely on the advertisements. Furthermore, the film "The Truman Show" has clearly shown that people in this society is over believe what had been shown on the media. Also, this is the main reason why this show had been created.
Finally, the purpose of all of these is just want us to think deeply before we believe something which is the truth. In this world, most of the people only believe the realities are just what they had seen, just like Truman who lives in a perfect world which is created just for him. Therefore, we cannot just blind to believe what we had seen or listen, we need to prove that before we trust it.
Moreover, form the passage "I know the truth", it states that people always just believe what they are thinking is true and they will just ignore the fact which is shown in front of them. It also shows that human is easily to believe the information even there is no evidence to prove. For example, just like the advertising which had shown on the television, most of them will exaggerate their products to attract customers. However, most of the time the companies can be successful because people always believe what they said. One of my friends she just buy a medicine which is for losing weight, the reason for her to buy is because she saw the advertisement form the television. Before she bought the medicine, she had not do any research to prove that is it work or not. So this shows that how people rely on the advertisements. Furthermore, the film "The Truman Show" has clearly shown that people in this society is over believe what had been shown on the media. Also, this is the main reason why this show had been created.
Finally, the purpose of all of these is just want us to think deeply before we believe something which is the truth. In this world, most of the people only believe the realities are just what they had seen, just like Truman who lives in a perfect world which is created just for him. Therefore, we cannot just blind to believe what we had seen or listen, we need to prove that before we trust it.
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