1. Timmy walked the dog to the store he wanted ice cream.
2.Angelica wants a puppy she wants a chocolate lab.
3. Super Troopers is a movie based on hilarious and outrageous cops who are trying not get their unit shut down by the mayor of Spurberry, Vermont.
4. .” I think Manguel’s
intentions for the reader to take away from this illustration is that just like
new knowledge, even reading can be terrifying and fascinating at the same time,
and that reading isn’t something you learn on your own, it’s a family of
writers trying to speak in a different language using different senses.
5. When Melody went to the store on Wednesday, she bought 5 cartons of cigarettes.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
"Why Games Are Good for You" by Steven Johnson
1.What is Johnson's main point? What are some of the supporting details he uses to make that point?
Johnsons main point in the his text is about comparing reading and game playing. he talks about what it would be like if games were invented before reading and how people downgrade readers and inspire gamers.
2. Johnson likes to challenge conventional wisdom in his writing -- that video games are bad for you, in this case. In at least 12 sentences, argue against an aspect of pop culture that is generally considered "good" or "bad." Use specific examples to support your point.
In pop-culture today most adults are always talking down on technological advances and how they are corrupting our youth. IE; cell phones, TV, video games and computers. However to an extent anything can be bad if you intake to much of a certain thing, children and teenagers today use a lot of technology because that's what they were raised to know. which some adults were not. Adults look down on excessive cell phone and technology uses. Yes teenagers today do rely on such advances to much and the media makes them think that it is ok to do so, its creating a zombie like culture which in my opinion is to highly depended on. but in todays society of such advances its becoming a very used and great thing to uses technology because its making the impossible very real. My opinion goes both ways in which yes, to much technology is corrupting our youth but at the same time is advancing our culture in many positive ways such as: computers, databases, weapons for military and transportation. Conclusively my argument is not that technology is bad or good but that to much of anything given to our youth is becoming obsessive and overtaking.
Johnsons main point in the his text is about comparing reading and game playing. he talks about what it would be like if games were invented before reading and how people downgrade readers and inspire gamers.
2. Johnson likes to challenge conventional wisdom in his writing -- that video games are bad for you, in this case. In at least 12 sentences, argue against an aspect of pop culture that is generally considered "good" or "bad." Use specific examples to support your point.
In pop-culture today most adults are always talking down on technological advances and how they are corrupting our youth. IE; cell phones, TV, video games and computers. However to an extent anything can be bad if you intake to much of a certain thing, children and teenagers today use a lot of technology because that's what they were raised to know. which some adults were not. Adults look down on excessive cell phone and technology uses. Yes teenagers today do rely on such advances to much and the media makes them think that it is ok to do so, its creating a zombie like culture which in my opinion is to highly depended on. but in todays society of such advances its becoming a very used and great thing to uses technology because its making the impossible very real. My opinion goes both ways in which yes, to much technology is corrupting our youth but at the same time is advancing our culture in many positive ways such as: computers, databases, weapons for military and transportation. Conclusively my argument is not that technology is bad or good but that to much of anything given to our youth is becoming obsessive and overtaking.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Why I'm in College
College
I'm in college mainly because I just recently finished my time in the military and one of the incentives of doing time in the military is a GI bill. Because of this GI bill I can now afford going to college. Because of that I was very interested in furthering my ideal careers through a degree. I'm interested in becoming a police officer and also a personal trainer, so I am in college to collect further knowledge and degrees in these jobs. I also feel that being as old as I am I still have time to figure out exactly what I want to do in my life and I feel college will expand my interest and knowledge in different fields and varieties of opportunities. And while doing that earn a degree in these various paths of possible careers. Once I acquire the pre-requisites for my degree paths I plan on transferring to a four year institution and receiving the most knowledge I can to become the best in my career fields as possible. Also I thought college would be an interesting change in life and a more laid back opportunity than what I was previously occupied in. I think school is the backbone of a great outside workforce and did not want to pass my opportunity to be part of something as great as the American dream of school, work and freedom. Furthermore I am in college to obtain knowledge and a degree to make the best of my future life for me and one day a family. And as always strive to be better than my parents and their parents before them.
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