Chapter 10 Question 2

When reading both Robert Liodice and Margo G. Wootan's articles about regulating the food advertisements for children, I was quite shocked about Margo's article. Margo G. Wootan, in her article speaks about a ban on bad food in advertisement and how children should follow these rules in order to live healthy lives. She is quite strong in her opinion in the article and literally gives a list on what is acceptable to eat and show in an advertising matter. Liodice sees this matter in a different light. He thinks that everyone is right to free speech and they should show and advertise whatever they want. He calls the other article unethical due to its lack of critical thinking. I agree with Liodice, he really does think about his argument and shows that people should be able to advertise and show whatever they want with food. Obesity is not going to be solved by changing the advertising in America, it is just senseless to think that. 

Chapter 10 Question 1

In a world full of advertising and marketing, I have noticed all types of marketing strategies. Advertising in media, product placement, Consumer awareness, Swot marketing, and more. As for the SWOT marketing I noticed it when I went to Starbucks. Starbucks has a method of making one feel good when they walk in. It is not just the coffee, because coffee can be made anywhere, it is the atmosphere. Walking into Starbucks, dare I say, is a calm, soothing, spiritual encounter. Not only the atmosphere, but the baristas. All you have to do is talk to them, and most of the time a discount or a free drink comes one's way. Along with that, Starbucks is on the internet, TV, ads and more. They have not only built a coffee shop, they built a name. This is the whole part of marketing and advertising, it is supposed to make one want to go to that company and buy the item. Knowing this, I am an business major. These valuable skills I learn this week with marketing strategies will really help when I make a business of my own in the future. Overall, I liked the material this week.

Thanks for reading,

GreekGuy

Chapter 4 Question 3

In this chapter what really stuck with me is the false memory syndrome. This syndrome lets people recall events that have happened to them so vividly, but that actually never happened to the individual. I have had this happen to me so many times in my life. I always bring up stories to my parents and siblings that I vividly remember, but that never actually happened. I still remember this one story that I climbed a tree in my front yard and then a branch broke, and i had to hold on to another one until my father came to save the day, but my parents cannot recall that ever happening. Therefore I think that in high stress situations, stories get made up in the mind, that might have happened, but not exactly as one remembers. That is why in police reports, I believe, that 50% of information is false. Falling out of a tree might have been my high stress story that led to something false being remembered, but if it was something involving a police coming, I think that the same syndrome might happen. Anyways, I thought it was a cool piece of fact that I learned this week and wanted to elaborate on it. Thanks for reading and have a great week.

Thanks,

-GreekGuy

Chapter 4 Question 2

In all three perspectives of the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects, each author has a very different way of interpreting how they think of UFOs. First off, in Paynter's argument, he shows that there is no single object that can 100% show that aliens have visited the world. He says that we could believe that crop circles and cattle mutations might be aliens interacting, but shows no full-proof evidence of extraterrestrials. Next off in Hynek's argument of UFOs he tells his audience that we need to do psychological studies to those who say that they have seen UFOs. He says that it would really help to find out if these people were really "awake" and if their stories were true, what basis do they all have. He next goes into science, and how science can find a comparison with those who have seen UFOs. Lastly, in Condon's argument, he shows his reader that UFO reports have been made repetitively throughout the last 21 years and if these reports tell the truth about aliens and out of this world people. He goes into detail about if the reports are ligament and if they are worthy of being published and being used at a federal level. Truthfully, I like Paynter's argument the best because it doesn't knock out the idea of UFOs, but it shows hard evidence that I need. 

Chapter 4 Question 1

After reading this section, I can honestly say that knowledge makes you both wiser and dumber at the same time. For example, in school, we learn about so many different subjects- aka math, English, history, business, arts, act. Accumulating a little information from each subject makes us knowledgable, but at the same time wiser. As my grandfather once said, in which he quoted Aldous Huxley, "Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." Wisdom comes from both information and real life experiences. In college we are always acquiring both wisdom and knowledge. We learn our knowledgable stuff from all the subjects we learn, but at the same time get to gain wisdom from those subjects and the experiences we have on and off campus. Everyday I learn something new in college, making a little but more knowledgable, but at the same time I am also getting a bit wiser from all of the stuff I go through in college. In the end, I think the information has made us both more knowledgable and wiser. 

Chapter 3 Question 3

One concept that I really enjoyed reading about this week had to be the concept of nonverbal language.  In the book it talked about animals, and how they can talk without actually speaking. Bees use a type of dance to show what they are speaking about, stingrays use sonic rays to speak to one another, fish swim together in order to protect one another, and so on. My family also has a way with kind of telepathically speaking to one another. We can read each other's body language and eye language to know if something is wrong or if we are happy, or any type of situation as a matter of fact. I think that nonverbal language has a connection to safety- just like speaking a foreign language in front of others that don't like that language. When people do this, it means that they don't want that individual to know what they are talking about- thus keeping them feeling safe. 

Chapter 3 Question 2

In the last week, I have used so many different rhetorical devices. Last Thursday, I went to my volleyball practice at church. There is five teams practicing in one gym, so it is put into a rotation that two teams get to play one game, then rotate to the next two teams after the game is done. Anyways, it was my team's turn to play on the court, and out of no where the team that had already played wanted to take our turn in line. One thing lead to the other and then that team some how got their way. I simply used sarcasm and said, "Wow, you guys are so sportsman like. Give yourself a round of applause." Another volleyball story occurred this week, and I used a hyperbole. I fell on the floor and sprained my finger. When I hurt my finger I said, "Ow, my finger feels like it is going to fall off". I just said this to over dramatize the situation, but I know that politics use it distort facts about very important information. Overall, this week- and everyday- I use rhetoric devices, even though they are all usually to make fun of something or to over dramatize something. 

Chapter 3 Question 1

After reading the story of Sally Ride, she really encouraged me to become more proactive with my education and critical thinking in my own life. Sally ride was always an achiever, from a young age to college she loved education and made it her passion in life. While getting her PHD in Stanford University, she applied to become an astronaut. Out of 8,000 people, she was the only woman and not to mention youngest of the 35 chosen. Going back to chapter one, Sally fits into most of the qualities of a critical thinker. She was an analytical thinker, she was effective in communication, she was definitely one who would like to research, she was a curious one, and the list goes on. She was just a woman who wanted to learn and say to others that women can do anything that a man can do. Overall, she seems like a cool person, and I would like to meet her.