Also, that high school reading lists are developed by adults who had to suffer through the same system as the kids before them, thus developing their literary taste in high school and recycling the same books generation after generation. It also assumes that all high school teachers only teach meaning, and not writing styles and such. 4. What appeals does she make to logos? She refers to her “research” of high school reading lists, teaching plans, and teaching guides, as well as statistics and “top 100” lists.
Billy Fleming Film Argument Paper WSC – F2 Professor Dresner 11/21/12 What the HECK Is She Saying? : Amy Heckerling’s Take on Early 80s Teenage Life as Depicted in Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982) In the classic film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, director Amy Heckerling ingrains several identifiable arguments in regards to social norms and structures of 1980s teenage and adolescent life. The film argues that teenagers are consumed by the confusing notion of sex, that typically teenagers support themselves financially and are consequently judged on the caliber of their jobs, the mall is the social utopia of the time, that high school is a wasted and dreaded environment, parents and adult figures are largely absent or oblivious to the affairs of high schoolers, and finally the lingering marijuana craze from the nineteen seventies remains pertinent to the time. Heckerling is able to assert such arguments through plot as well as a variety of filmic techniques including editing, mise en scene, and varying camera angles (Freitas, 2012.) You Haven’t Had Sex Yet?
A Campus of Our Own: Thoughts of a Reluctant Conservative In her 1996 essay, “A Campus of Our Own: Thoughts of a Reluctant Conversation”, Susan Saltrick describes her experience with technology moving from a positive thing to a negative thing. In her 39th year she began noticing more often that she was becoming middle aged. She found herself being grouped in with the “conservative of the new media scene.” She further stated that her views have changed to just say no to technology, and worries she may even switch political parties at the next election. She was not overly happy about this situation she found herself in, as someone that spent 12 years being a “cheerleader” for new media and speaking of the great potential that technology would bring for society in education and digital adventure to her social groups, and mainly accepting this information as reality herself. That is until her thoughts were provoked about the navigate affects of technology in our education systems, with everything digital, what is the point of having a physical education center.
(Goldwasser, 667) Even people who can’t spell can text because everything is either abbreviated, or the device understands the word trying to be spelled so it finishes it for you. This requires no thinking skills, and we can just hope that after seeing it many times that it finally gets memorized. This is a major reason why young people today may struggle. People need to learn how to become more proactive in what they do. Lessing, an 88-year-old women puts in good terms that the internet has “seduced a whole generation into its inanities.”
Cigarette Ads Hook Kids The only way that tobacco manufacturers can survive is they have to continue to find new cigarette smokers. There are many reasons why tobacco companies focus on children and teenagers. (1995, Consumer Reports) The tobacco industry recognizes that very few people start smoking as adults; therefore, their best bets for these new people are kids. (2002, University of Chicago) Ads are frequently geared precisely for teens. They use vibrant pictures and descriptions that catch their attention.
This is likely because she was only a young child while Sal and Barbara almost a decade older than she is. Deanna was only a child while the anti-war protests and civil rights movements were happening all around the country. Her only statement is simply that, “I feel we are more book smart…when we want to look up things we would have to go straight to the encyclopedia. Now a day’s everything is electronic.” This alludes to her view of the good old days when times were simple and life was pleasant. This is a significant difference from the politically charged times Sal and Barbara describe when thinking about their generation.
It can be easily argued that the choices people make in high school essentially shape the human being that they grow up to be. A passion for literature and reading is included in this generalization. In her essay, I Know Why the Cage Bird Cannot Read, Francine Prose writes about how we are supposed to be introduced to major literary works during high school--and, furthermore, learn to evaluate and understand the language used in them and the connections that we make with it--and how this is being inhibited in an alarming number of schools across the United States. If this is truly the case, then we should all be very concerned about the literacy of our nation, because my own high school English education has been a joke at the best of times.
Lopareva Ksenia 831 Whether the Internet ruined the childhood of the millennium’s children? I've already been in high school, when the Internet has finally reached our town and has started to develop, evolve, adapting to the society. I think that even my generation can already be called "the past"( regarding technology, I mean) and comparing the methods of obtaining information, which we used at school, and present-day, one can only wonder how much time we could save, whether the Internet would be the same as it is now. Talking about Internet in general, I can only note the obvious (I think) thing - I cannot imagine how we ever lived without it. What previously could take days or even weeks, now you can make in seconds - minutes with one click of your mouse.
If the law is changed, eighteen year olds will substitute the first year driving statistics for sixteen year olds. The same amount of accidents will still occur, only the age will change. All first year drivers need time to practice driving skills or there will never be time to learn. It’s better to have a sixteen year old getting this practice while closer to home, then an eighteen year old getting the practice while they are away at college. Hang It Up Assignment: Write an essay in which you argue for or against prohibiting cell phones in school.
Seek help from a friend, inform parents, teachers or the more experienced can be alternatives (Cassidy et al., 2009). A study which investigates the coping strategies of youth cyberbullying points out the most frequently used method is talk to someone about the event. The mean stated accounts for 67 percent among all other measures (Smith et al., 2004). Nonetheless, a massive portion of interviewee refused to tell teachers, or family members about their tragic experience (Hunter & Boyle, 2004). Informing teachers can be a powerful approach, if only teaching staff find a suitable way to deal with the complication.