Blog 7 Reflection and Evaluation

Since I have started with this new course, I felt very enthusiastic, encouraged  and confident about taking this class. In the beginning I felt uncomfortable and very lost, because I thought that I was lost somewhere else not understanding the instructions that the teacher was giving to the students. He was talking too fast for me to understand him,  plus he had too many instructions posted in " Living in The Matrix" which made me feel confused on how to follow the instructions. But since then, I am able to read more clearly the instructions on the " Matrix" giving by the teacher. Nowadays I am adopting to his style of teaching. And I made the decision to be seated in front of the class to better understand the instructions the teacher is teaching. Now my essays are better since I started this class three weeks ago. I have learned so much and the teacher has a good sense of humor when he teaches this class. Now concerning myself I feel that I still have a lot to learn. For example, how to organize the main ideas in a paragraph and how to demonstrate sufficient evidence and support for the reader to understand. But I have come to learn so far well in my writing skills. I hope to improve well in the future as I learn to write better. I would also say that these kind of courses have helped me not only for school but also for my job skills. Which enable me to write in a better manner in the comment section for clients details information. So far I hope to improve my writing skills by the time this course is finish. So far the teacher is doing a good job improving the students writing skills.

Blog 6 Review Socrates' and Plato's Allegory

Plato's cave is an allegory used by the Greek philosopher Plato. It is a written and  fictional dialogue. Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives. When we are talking about a fiction, it is not easy to think about  being chained unless we could think hundred of years ago when it was common for prisoners to be chained.  I had an experience years ago, when I was working as a bartender in the night shift until four o clock in the morning. I used to wear a dress as a uniform, and by the time my shift ended  everybody used to go to the  restrooms in order to be changed with their regular clothes. I was never going to forget my scary and terrible experience. I remember having opened the bathroom door to change into my regular clothes and there was silence, no noises at all.When I left the bathroom to go to exit the main entrance, the door was locked and chained. While I was taking my own time to get dressed, one of the managers forgot that someone was still inside the place, so I was still inside. I was  nervous, scared, worried and sad thinking about what I could do. I started to yell very loud in order for someone to hear from me,  and  I also prayed to God  asking to please to help me to get out from my work place. At that time I said to myself that God heard from me and answered my prayer. There was someone who heard my voice while I was yelling loud. The good news was that one  of the other managers  was sleeping in the basement. I explained to him that I was locked inside. And he opened the door for me and I left the place to get home safe. It was a real story having been chained and locked inside my work place. That is an experience that I would never ever forget. I would say that I used every necessary tools in order to save my life and having learned a good lesson with this terrible experience.

Even though this was a real experience, I wish it was a dream but It was not. I would have prefer that it was not real, because I do not want to remember this part of my life ever again. It scared me to be locked inside in a dark place just by myself. I made sure that in the future I would never be locked in again anywhere. When I came out from my work place I felt free, like the prisoner that came out from the darkness into the light. I felt liberated from my prison chains. I went back home happy and satisfied that nothing bad happened to me.

Blog entry 5: " Allegory of The Cave"

In this video " Allegory of The Cave" by Plato. Plato shows prisoners that have been in a cave their entire lives. They are chained up and cannot see anything behind them. And in front of them is a wall, where they see shadows of people and other things passing by. They also hear echoing sounds around them. The reason they see shadows is because there is a fire burning behind them. That makes images that show up on the wall in front of the prisoners that appear to them. In the video it stated that imagine that one of the prisoners was set free. When the prisoner went outside he saw a world that he can never ever have imagined. He saw a woman and different objects. And  Also he heard different sounds that made him so excited, that he went back to the cave to tell the others prisoners about his experiences. But the others prisoners did not understand,
what he was talking about. Because to the other prisoners he was just another shadow and echoing sounds, like the ones that they have seen all their lives.

Blog 4 " Hype Workshop"

Adverstisements are the most frequent toxic of the mental pollutants. It is unbelievable how we can see and hear advertisement everywhere. One of the important items mentioned in this passage, which I felt very impressed, when it said that billion of commercials from different sites, like radio, TV are dumped into North America.  I would say that this point is very valid, for the following reason: if media would not exist, humanity could not keep infomed of what is happening in the world, so media is very important for our society. I mostly agree with the author saying that advertisements are important and popular.

Hype by Kalle Lasn talks about that nowadays we can see and hear advertisements everyday, everywhere and anytime, and nobody is exempt to see them. We can see advertisements on TV, on the radio, buses, stadiums or even in a classroom. The author also mentioned that even when we are shoping we can not be exempt and we can see a logo or product message.

Adverstisements has floated our lives from so many ways. That they want to make sure that people buy their products. So they put their advertisements in so many places for us to see. Like for example, you see advertisements on TV, hear on the radio, or billboards on the highways, and even on your computer you see so many ads on the internet.

So now we see we can not escape the advertisements that companies want us to see about their products that they want us as consumers to buy. Because companies want us as consumers for life.

In the second passage is being shown how many things can happen any hour, minute or second. For example filling your car with gas, going to a bank to get some money, you take your highway and by the time you are driving you can see different billboards with important messages, also children being in class osbserve different Pepsi and Snikers ads. I would say that this is the world that we live, where a teacher, a student, a  businessman a babysitter, a housewife or anybody is around adverstisements. In the line which says that nobody is exempt, it is really true because anywhere that you go you can see an advertising.  Sometimes we could be tired about advertisements, being repetead hundred of times, but we need to obtain the importance that it helps customers to obtain the best product in quality, quantity and cost. Another important detail is, the more advertisements appear the more goods are sold.

Blog 3 Summarizing Hype

Hype by Kalle Lasn talks about that nowadays we can see and hear advertisements everyday, everywhere and anytime, and nobody is exempt to see them. We can see advertisements on TV, on the radio, buses, stadiums or even in a classroom. The author also mentioned that even when we are shoping we can not be exempt and we can see a logo or product message.

Blog 2 Annotation

Annotation:

1- What did you get from thinking about annotations with the class?
I would say that this is a very valid point in order to have an organized essay, with an introduction, a body and conclusion.

2- What did you get from writing annotations for "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" with your partner?
I would say it does not make sense with my partner. Google helps me to find answers for things  that I research for.

3- What did you learn about the reading by annotating it?
I learned how to get  the most important ideas and  highlighting the information that I need.

4- How may annotating make you a better writer?
It would make me a better writer if I check carefully all  the details that could make sense for the reader to read.

Blog 1 Hype

Adverstisements are the most frequent toxic of the mental pollutants. It is unbelievable how we can see and hear advertisement everywhere. One of the important items mentioned in this passage, which I felt very impressed, when it said that billion of commercials from different sites, like radio, TV are dumped into North America.  I would say that this point is very valid, for the following reason: if media would not exist, humanity could not keep infomed of what is happening in the world, so media is very important for our society.

Adverstisements has floated our lives from so many ways. That they want to make sure that people buy their products. So they put their advertisements in so many places for us to see. Like for example, you see advertisements on TV, hear on the radio, or billboards on the highways, and even on your computer you see so many ads on the internet.

So now we see we can not escape the advertisements that companies want us to see about their products that they want us as consumers to buy. Because companies want us as consumers for life.

In the second passage is being shown how many things can happen any hour, minute or second. For example filling your car with gas, going to a bank to get some money, you take your highway and by the time you are driving you can see different billboards with important messages, also children being in class osbserve different Pepsi and Snikers ads. I would say that this is the world that we live, where a teacher, a student, a  businessman a babysitter, a housewife or anybody is around adverstisements. In the line which says that nobody is exempt, it is really true because anywhere that you go you can see an advertising.  Sometimes we could be tired about advertisements, being repetead hundred of times, but we need to obtain the importance that it helps customers to obtain the best product in quality, quantity and cost. Another important detail is, the more advertisements appear the more goods are sold.