Blog 11

On the day of the CATW 

I will wake up at 7am for my Vocabulary Enhancement class at 9:15

I will have breakfast and then go to my next class at 11:45.

Then I will come the CATW room

while taking the test I will make sure that I look for the main ideas very carefully because In the past I have not stated all of them because I have read the passages too quickly and often missed a few. I will take my time and make sure to state the articles name and the authors name because on my last CATW practice I remember I forgot to do that, and that's a simple mistake that will cost a lot of points can be the passing point from a 56 or a 70,  I will give as much details as possible when writing the examples down and remember to only use one personal example. I believe that my weakness is the fact that I get very impatient when it comes to these kind of test because I feel like I need to let my mind wander for a least a few minutes but if I do so then I feel like I will lose the train of thought that I had before I wrote it down and then I would have to think of something again. And I often to let my mind wonder off and then when I come back to like reality I get a little desperate because I see people walking out the room and giving their test in and I want to do the same but I also want to pass the test, I will take my time and stop my mind from wondering because when I do finish the test and I start think I get a little pissed because I say "damn, I forgot to add this to this sentence or I forgot to add that to this" and I feel like I could of done such a better job if I would of just taken my time and really looked over what I wrote then I would of remembered to add this and that. I also never re-read what I write so sometimes I make silly mistakes, like misspelling a word and that could take unnecessary points off, next Thursday when I'm taking the CATW I will make sure to re-read what I wrote and look for any mistakes that I could have possibly made.

Blog 10.

Most of the time having its the best, when you have sibling you care for them so much as if they are the only people in the world that mattered. Siblings are thought and talked about because they have a special place in the family. The other family members have different attitudes towards each child because of the order they were born in. In the article"How your birth order influences your life adjustment by Lucielle Forer" It states "the other members of the family assume certain attitudes towards each child in terms of his birth order," I agree with that statement.

Being the middle child is not easy because you have someone who is older than you and someone who is younger than you. You cant screw anything because  then your parents and older sibling will think that you are teaching the little one something bad. When you are the  younger child you can do almost anything and not get in trouble with your parents. They baby you because you are a baby in their eyes, but if you're the middle or older child and you do something bad they will easily scold you very harshly.

Katherine is the older out of all her little brothers, shes always caring for them, and tries to keep them on a good track. On a Saturday they went to visit their family out in Virginia. Katherine's little brothers started acting out, they were play fighting and hitting their cousins, Katherine immediately told them to stop but they ignored her, their family members commented and whispered and sad to Katherine that she has no control over the kids. Katherine got mad and left because just because shes the oldest they expect her to always control her brothers.

Having sibling can be very fun but at the same time it can also be a challenge that is very hard, younger siblings always want your help and can be very bratty, while the older ones can be mean sometimes and act like they know it all.

Blog 9: Hero

Growing up there was a lot of heroes and super heroes around, like Batman, Superman and many more. But in reality is there a Superman that is going to save us? I think so. Even though they might not have super powers that can make them fly, have super strength, or anything like that. There are people in our everyday lives that can help us with our everyday things and can still be called a hero. When people say the word hero, what automatically comes to mind would someone from a comic book or the television, but the difference between the television/movies and real life is that in real life you won’t see monsters attacking the city or villains hurting the civilians, you would mostly always see a calm city basically boring compare to the ones in the movies. What makes up a hero is not someone who comes from outer space with super powers, is the people everyday policemen or firefighters that risk their lives to help us have a safer neighborhood. A hero can also be your mother or father, those are human beings that have helped you and have watched over you since you were born, and they keep away from harm while giving you a warm loving home.

Being a hero is not just about fitting the hero’s character, being a hero is about doing heroic acts that are selfless and that will not always get you rewarded physically but mentally and in your heart you know you did a good thing so you are pleased with that. In example there are many policemen that I’ve seen that are not the nicest person I’ve known but they get their job done right. They would risk their lives to capture a criminal or risk their lives to save a civilian in need; I believe that is the true definition of a hero.

It doesn’t always have be someone who is a policemen or a firefighter it can also be close family, because close family or your parents will always care for you and keep you safe from any harm they have caring, selfless and loving traits that many heroes that we see in the movies have. Our parents would never let us go anywhere that they don’t think would be safe for or anywhere that we would be placed in any harm; I believe that most of the parents are heroes because they would protect their children with their lives and not care much about what happens to them, and if you see all the hero movies and all the characters that children look up they do the same thing for the civilians.

The definition of hero isn’t someone who has superpowers and can fly around saving the world from giant monsters, a hero is somebody who you can count on to be there whenever you need help, someone who will lend you a hand and keep out of any trouble, and In this day and age we have a lot of people that we can classify as heroes.

Blog 8: Revise CATW Practice 1

Growing up there was a lot of music around me. My family enjoy to play the radio very loud and dance/sing along to the songs that played. Now as a young adult I listen to music everyday, music plays a very important part in my life and I don't think that I can go a day without listening to music. Listening to your favorite song can help you lower your stress tremendously while working, help your work performance while keeping a smile on your face. Research shows that music can help cure many illnesses like depression. In the article "Is music a good tool for health by Elizabeth Scott" it states that many hospitals are using music to treat people with pain and help patients to calm down. I agree with the statement "music has a profound effect on your body and mind" because music has helped me coped with many daily stresses that I may encounter.

An example of this is when my boyfriend and I had a argument and ended up breaking up, I was devastated. I didn't know what to do or how to deal with the pain that I was having, but when I started to listen to music everything seemed to be better and I wasn't in any pain anymore. Another example is when when I watched a movie called lemonade mouth, a group of students that barely knew each other came together to form a group and every time they preformed a song a crowd that seem lifeless and dead, suddenly changed, they got up to dance sing along and the atmosphere at that place changed, everything was very hyped. One last example is an episode of supernatural that I watched on Netflix were Sam and Dean were arguing about something silly, they ended up being mad at each other and the car ride was tensed and awkward until Dean turned on the radio and started singing along to "You shook me all night long by AC/DC", then Sam joined in and the awkwardness was instantly gone and they weren't mad at each other anymore.

When I was about 12 years old my mom got a call saying that my grandmother had passed away, I was in shock, I felt responsible because my mom had asked me several times to go downstairs and buy her a phone card so she could call and check to see how my grandmother was doing, but I kept procrastinating and I didn't do it. After my mom got the call she broke down crying and I did the same, she blamed me saying I should of gotten her the phone call when she had asked me too, that made me feel so much worse. As the time when on I didn't get better, I was very depressed, I went from a A- average in school to a C because I didn't want to do my work and I didn't care about anything. My mom was mourning so she didn't turn on the radio or listened to any type of music whatsoever for the about a whole year, I tried to do the same. One day though I was sleeping over my best friend's house and she had the radio turned on. This one song came on that I knew and before long I was singing and dancing to it, I didn't noticed it till after 15 minutes of singing and dancing but I had felt so much better. My depression had gone away for that bit of the time that I was enjoying myself, since that day on I listen to music everyday because my mood just goes up by like 101%.

Music can be a very powerful thing, it can change the mood your in. You can go from being sad to being happy, from being mad to being calm. Music is even used in hospitals to treat many illnesses and I believe that it help us heal physically and emotionally by making our mind sharper and making us more alert to our surroundings.

Blog 7: CATW Practice 2

 When you are hanging out with your friends, you tend to behave differently then when you are alone. In the article "In groups we shrink by Carol Tavris", she states that when a person is in a group their mindset and actions are different than how the are when they are by themselves, she also states that this has more to do with the way the group was brought up, more than the way the in the individuals were. This is called "Diffusion of responsibility" meaning that the bigger the groups are the lazier each person in the group is. The people often think that they don't need to do anything because someone else is already doing it. I agree with the statement that the writer says "when they are in a group they think and act differently than they would on their own. Some examples of this would be, when I'm with my friends I tend to get out of my shell and I'm more open and willing to talk to everyone, another one is an episode of gossip girl that I watched on Netflix one of the girls was in a clique and while she was in that clique she was very mean and snobbish and when she got kicked out of her clique she became very quiet and conservative, one last example of this is once on the news i watched two sisters get beat up by a girl and her group of friends because they used to tease one of the girl in the group and when the girls friends came she acted out and became a totally different person.

 When I'm hanging out with my best friends I always feel very comfortable, I always talk to everyone and i'm very open, we are always the loudest ones on the block because we are very hyper. One day my best friends decided to stay home from school and I was all alone, my whole personality changed. I was very quiet that day, I didn't talk to anyone, I kept to myself a lot. But the next day when my best friends came back I was back to my old self, because when Im in a group I feel more comfortable being myself.

 In the news recently in channel 1, I watched a video of two sisters that teased this girl, she ever said anything back until she got fed up with it and brought a group of her friends after school to confront the girls. It was as if the girl was a totally different person she talked a lot and insulted the two sisters a lot, then the girls friends started hitting the two sisters and the girl also joined it. A girl that looked like she was of such a gentle nature  changed so much once her friends were around.

 When people are place in a group of people or friends they changed completely, they act out of their nature because they are so comfortable with the people around them. 

Blog 6: Type CATW practice 1

Music is good for your body and your mind. Listening to your favorite song can relax  you and distress you. Music is used in hospitals to treat many patients with depression, how to manage pain calm the patients and many more benefits. In the article "Is music a good tool for health by Elizabeth Scott" It states that "Music has a profound effect on your body and mind." I agree wit this statement because if I ever feel stress or mad I go and listen to same calm music and I feel better almost instantly.
My best friend Marta was suffering from depression because both of her parents had passed away in a car accident. Marta was taking several pills per day to reduce her depression but they didn't seem to e working. One day while I was checking my e-mail I saw this pop up that said that music therapy has successfully helped a lot of people with their depression. I suggested to Marta that she should go and after just a few sections Marta seemed to be back to her old self before the accident.
My boyfriend I had an argument and ended up breaking up. I was feeling really sad afterwards, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to take my mind off the break up but I couldn't.I tried watching tv but all I kept thinking about was my boyfriend and the break up, then I started to listening to my iPod and slowly started to feel better and forget just for a second about the break up. Now every-time I feel mad or sad, I listen to music and I feel better right away.
It is said that music can help heal us physically and emotionally. Music theraphy is used on children with attention problems, cancer patients and many more. Music can make your mind sharper or relax you, I think music can really help people.

Blog 5:“Historical and Personal Illusions.”

I used to live in a cave, my cave was my country in Caribbean  called Dominican Republic.
Before I moved to NYC at the age of 7, I used to believe that New York was the best state ever. I thought that in New York the streets were made of gold, and everyone here was rich, there was a lot of food and everything was free in my head, no one ever had to pay for anything or do anymore work. In my country there was a lot of poor people and  a lot of people starving for food. I guess everyone in New York never starved for food and always had money with them. My family that lives in the Dominican Republic always kept telling "Oh when you move the New York you wont have to do anymore work, you wont ever be hungry, you can always eat whatever you want and your going to grow up to be so big." Since they kept saying that to me I believed it. Once the plane landed and I saw what New York was really like I was in shock, I never thought that something that I thought was so magical,in the end it was completely opposite to what I had in my head.
I believe that if you do your work ahead of time you will do best.
I used to believe that my parents would never age and that they won't ever ever die and I would stay little forever.
I believe in karma, that if you do something bad now later on you'll end up paying for it.
I believe that hard work get you the best.
I used to believe that if I wished for something to happen really badly, it would.
I used to believe that adults never lied to kids.
I used to believe that kids actually came in a stork.
Many people believe that if you are always nice to someone that they will be nice back or that if you respect your elders they will respect you back. I don't believe in that because not everyone in the world is nice, even if you are nice to them they will still be mean to you and even if u respect them they will disrespect you in many ways. For example I always respected the elders and I never said anything rude to them, but one day I was in the bus with my friends and it was really crowded. I had to stay in the front when this old lady came on the bus, I was kind of annoyed because she kept leaning on me, so I kindly asked her to please scoot over because her jacket was itching me(It literally was) and she didn't move. She just ignored me, so I end up asking her again because at the same time she was heavy and was starting to hurt me, so I kindly ask her again can she move over or let me move over, so when it was my time to get of the bus I pushed her out my way and said a lot of not so kind of words to her because she kept ignoring me, she said a lot of   inappropriate words to me. This is an example of how even though you respect your elders and you try to be nice to them they end up disrespecting you and being not so nice back.

Blog 4: The Allegory of the Cave Summary

 The story will check to see if humans know the truth about the world. There are humans kept chained in a cave. They believed in images that passed by created by the sun behind them, that they called the fire. All day long they would gaze at the shadows and believe that the shadows talked back because of the echo created. A prisoner freed was hurt by the sunlight; it took him time to slowly get adjusted to the light. He then learns how the real world and wants to share it with his friends. They reject him because he no longer sees the world the way they do. This tale is an allegory of how damaging awareness is.

Blog 3: Revise the Diagnostic

According to the essay "Hype" by Kallen Lasn, it states that advertisement have been rising little by little,

Ads are not limited to the typical places anymore like buses, billboards, stadiums. Kalle Lasn also says that there is nowhere to run from the ads because they stick with you due to the fact that there is so many appearing in the media.

Billions of ads are displayed everyday, ads have become part of our daily lives. Everywhere we go there's and ad, every channel on the TV advertises something. Ads can be seen anywhere from buses to train to billboards to stadiums. I believe that advertisement is negative because its taking over and no one seems to mind it. In the passage "Hype" excerpted from Kallen Lasn It states that "Advertisement are the most prevalent and toxic of all the metal pollutants".
  Carlos is a college student who is very crammed with school with essays. Carlos was behind on two essay and was planning of finishing one that was due the next day. Carlos went to check his email and there was an advertisement of some sneakers that he wanted at a cheaper price, Carlos clicked it and forgot about the essay because he kept scrolling for thing he didn't need. Carlos ended up failing the class because of all his late work.
 I was watching the TV and this commercial about the Muppets came on, I thought the commercial was really cool, it had a very catchy song that I kept humming to. As the day progressed the Muppets commercial kept coming on and playing that same song over and over again. The commercial that I once thought was cool turned into a living nightmare, the Muppet's song just kept repeating itself over and over again in my head and I couldn't seem to get it out. I decided to stop watching TV for the rest of the day because everywhere I went it seemed like that commercial was on. It took me about a day to get the song out of my head, but sometimes when I'm alone I can still hear that Muppet singing "Am I man or a puppet".
Ads are everywhere from Google to Facebook to Hotmail. I don't think that people should stop advertisement, I just think that they should limit them to less ads per day.

Blog 2:Summary of Hype

According to the essay "Hype" by Kallen Lasn, it states that advertisement have been rising little by little,

Ads are not limited to the typical places anymore like buses, billboards, stadiums. Kalle Lasn also says that there is nowhere to run from the ads because they stick with you due to the fact that there is so many appearing in the media.

Blog 1: Diagnostic

Billions of ads are displayed everyday, ads have become part of our daily lives. Everywhere we go theres and ad, every channel on the TV advertises something. Ads can be seen anywhere from buses to train to billboards to stadiums. I believe that advertisement is negative because its taking over and no one seems to mind it. In the passage "Hype excerpted from Kallen Lasn" It startes that " Advertisement are the most prevalent and toxic of all the metal pollutants".
Calos is a college stdent who is very cramed with school with essays. Calos was behinde on two essay and was planning of finishing one that was due the next day. Carlos went to check his email and there was an advertisement of some sneakers that he wanted at a cheaper price, calors clicked it and forgot about the essay because he kept scrolling for thing he didn't need. Carlos ended up failing the class because of all his late work.
Maria works with an advertisement company, and she has to see millions of advertisements everyday. Maria was getting sick of all the ads that she had to see everyday and decided to take a break from themby going to the country side. To was many ads there too. Maia was very annoyed at the gack that she couldn't relax like she wanted because of all the ads.
Ads are everywhere from google to facebook to hotmail. I dont think that people should stop advertisement, I just think that they should limit them to less ads per day.

Blog 7: Revise Practice Test 2 or 3

Around the world there are people getting sick  everyday. They depend on the hospital to make them feel better, but what if you get rejected because you don't have any financial way of paying the hospital back? What if you don't get the attention you need because you don't have any heath care. More public hospitals should open so more people can get the care and attention they need, because we don't want another incident happening like what happened to Esmin Green in "The women who died in the waiting room" by Jeneen Interlandi. 
   Daisy is an immigrant in the united states, she has no documents or heath insurance whatsoever. Daisy's daughter Angelique had an asthma attack and daisy immediately rushed her to the hospital. The hospital was packed with people and none of the doctors payed any attention to Angelique because she was uninsured.All Angelique needed was an asthma pump but they denied her that because she didn't have any health insurance and her mom couldn't pay for it. Eventually Angelique died in the waiting room because of the ignorance and neglect of the hospital.
John is an U.S. resident, he is a very healthy man and he thought that he didn't need health insurance so he never got it. John, is a single man with no kids and no wife and he's a very hard working man.  A few months later got a tumor in his stomach, they had to do a surgery on him to get it removed, since John didn't have any health insurance he had to pay for the surgery with his own money, the surgery was  very expensive and left John almost broke. John couldn't go back to work for a while so he wasn't getting any money. John needed medicine to ease the pain from the surgery and to keep the tumor away, since John wasn't working he couldn't afford to buy what he needed, the tumor eventually came back and John couldn't afford another surgery so john ended up not being able to eat because of the tumor and pain and died.
This should be allowed to go on any further.What happened to our human rights? should we not receive proper care just because we don't any way of paying it back. Since when did health care become something that you should pay for, it should be free. No one should be denied the right to see a doctor if they are ill.

Blog 6: Personal Directions for The CATW

1. On the day of the test I need to sleep for about 9 hours.
I will drink some coffee
In the test I will start by reading the article and then after I read it I will read it again and on the second time I will start underlining or high lighting the main Idea of the article, important ideas, and words and anything else I don't understand. After that I will start free writing anything that comes to my mind about the article. After I finish free writing I will then read everything I wrote and pick out anything that might help me write the essay. I will then after I do that I will begin the write the essay on a scrap piece of paper, so if I have any mistakes or If I want to change anything I can change it and it won't look sloppy on my final essay. During the essay I will remember to include name of the article as well as the name of the author, I need to have the paragraphs well developed There needs to be an opening paragraph and 2 body paragraphs and a conclusion. When I fishing writing the essay and I read it and see that everything I want is in there, check if there is any miss spelled words. After I finish checking my essay I will then start writing the final essay, making sure not to make any mistakes so It can look nice and clear. My hand writing needs to very clear and people need to able to understand it. When I finish writing the final essay I will review it to see if everything is correct and to see that I didn't miss anything, or didn't miss spell any words. If all Is good I will be the with the essay and I will give it in to the professor. 
2. During the test I need to be careful with  no copying anything from the article because I end up doing that and then I get my opening paragraph wrong. I also need to make sure I don't miss spell any words like writing, I usually end up spelling it like this "Writting". I need to also make sure I put in the name of the article and the name of the author too, because people need to see where I am getting all of this information from, I also need to put if I agree or disagree with what the article is saying. I also I have problems developing the essay, like I use the same example twice but slightly different but it still ends up being the same thing. 
3. What I plan to do to help myself overcome these problems that I have during the test, is that I am going to write more essays and see if the problem is still there, I will also have a dictionary with me so I can see how to spell the words that I always end up miss spelling.

CATW Practice 2

         There are thousands of people that get sick everyday. They depend on public hospitals to threat them and make them feel better. Most of the time the hospital is packed with so many people that have no money, documents or health care, have to wait to get treated. Since the early 1960's hospitals started to pick people  with money over the people undocumented and the poor ones, when large mental institutions began to close. I believe that more public hospitals should open and threat everyone equally, we don't want another incident like what happened to Esmin Green in "The women who died in the waiting room" by Jeneen Interlandi.
         Daisy is an immigrant in the united states, she has no documents or heath insurance whatsoever. Daisy's daughter Angelique had an asthma attack and daisy immediately rushed her to the hospital. The hospital was packed with people and none of the doctors payed any attention to Angelique because she was uninsured.All Angelique needed was an asthma pump but they denied her that because she didn't have any health insurance and her mom couldn't pay for it. Eventually Angelique died in the waiting room because of the ignorance and neglect of the hospital.
    A bum was found in the streets of New York, half dead. The bum was beaten by a bunch of teenagers that were just looking for trouble. The bum was found laying on the floor covered in blood by a women that was passing by, she immediately called  911 and the ambulance rushed to his aid. When they got to the hospital the bum was put on hold because he was poor and had no way of paying the hospital for making him better. The bum bled in a chair in the waiting room but no one seemed to care about him, eventually the bum died in the waiting room  , waiting to be treated.
This should be allowed to go on any further.What happened to our human rights? should we not receive proper care just because we don't any way of paying it back. Since when did health care become something that you should pay for, it should be free. No one should be denied the right to see a doctor if they are ill.

Revision of CATW 1

Allowing U.S students to go to school from pre-k till 12th grade for free and then charging them it's unjust,  but allowing illegal citizens to pay less than a student that came to the country legal is just wrong. The Illinois House recently passed a bill that allows illegal citizens in the U.S. to pay the same amount that legal citizens do. I don't believe this is fair because illegal citizens don't pay taxes and they didn't come to the country the right way, and a legal citizen who obeys the law should not be charged more.

The tuition rate for an U.S. citizen that is out of the state and wants to attent college in Illinois is 13,906 and the tuition rate for a illegal citizen in Illinois is $5,302. Pablo and Maria both want to go to college in the U.S. Pablo is in the U.S. Illegaly and Maria is both a U.S. citizen and resident. Pablo only pays 5,302 for his tuition in the school while Maria who is out-of-state has to pay 13,906. Maria shouldn't have to pay a tuition that high because she always payed her taxes, she's never disturbed anyone and is a good person. So why does pablo get to pay less than her, when he isn't even an U.S. resident and doesn't pay taxes.

There are many students in the U.S. who pay cheat tuition for some colleges, even though they are not U.S. citizens. The Illegal students still get tuition benefits just like every other student who's parents pay taxes and have been citizen of the U.S. for a very long time. Rosio who is an U.S. immigrant living in Illinois didn't even need to try and become a citizen to attent college there because she still payed less money that Justin who was coming from Texas. I don't think any student should be deprived from their education, I believe everyone deserves a chance to learn and persue their career, but I don't believe that U.S. immigrants should be allow in to college, and worse, but allow to pay the same amount as a resident of Illinois.

I believe that the bill that was passed down should be removed because U.S. Immigrants break the law by entering the wrong way, should not be allow the same treatment as a U.S. citizen.

Blog 4: CATW Practice 1

Allowing young people that are illegal in the u.s. the right to pay in-state tution in illionois colleges and universities. In "An Education citizenship" By chicago tribune it says that the illinois house recently passed a bill that allows non- U.S. citizens to pay for in-state tuition in illioois colleges and universities. I don't agree with "Will we chanrge legal from other states more tuition than we charge the non-citizen citizens"
Freshman at the university of illinois in Urbana-Champaign the difference is between $5,302 the amount instate tuition and the 13,906 out-of-state rate. It's not fair that the immigrants get to pay less than a U.S. citizen that wants to go to college in Illinois.
Another student from another state might not want to come to illinois to study because is not fair that they have to pay more.
The practice is troubling because it dreprives citizens -of the nation and states- of what they have a reasonable right to expect. Many U.S. citizens expect the same rights and respect as the next person, but now that  the bill has been passed down, they will be upset to find out that they dont get the same right as every other person there.
The bill that Illions house recently passes that states " That Young people that are in the U.S. Illegally are allow to pay the istate tuition rate in Illinois", It's not fair for every other citizen out there that wants to join a college/university in Illinous.

Blog 3: Response to "Hype"

      Advertisements are everywhere you can see, they are becoming very toxic and polutant  in north America.
      Now a days we see around 3 billion ads that are displayed, and 3 million radio commercials, and 200, 00 tv commercials are showed daily.

People don't seem to notice the ads because they are so used to them being there, so they usually just ignore them.
 Everytime you walk out of ur house or just sulf the internet there are ads everywhere you look, or in every page of the internet that you go to. They have ads on your phone, they have ads on the gas pump, they have ads when you drive by to visit grandma, they even have ads on the popular pages like facebook, google, etc..
 I feel like ads are taking over and people don't seem to notice because they just walk by them or drive pass them and just ignore them. They don't do anything about them. For example me and my friends were walking by to the mall and there was so many ads everywhere, Like in the buildboards and inside the stores, and people walked by them like it was nothing, like they didn't even seen them.
Ads are also in like very popular pages, like facebook, and people still ignore them. For example I was with my bestfriend and we where going on facebook and there was so many ads inbetween the news feed, and on the sides there are ads that people can click to like, and some people do like them, it's crazy how people just don't seem to notice all the ads around us.
 About 12 billion or more ads are seen and displayed 3 million commercials on the radio are heard and 200, 000 tv coomericals are showed daily.

Summary of The Allegory of The Cave

In the allegory of the cave, people are chained

and they are kept in a cave. They have never

been outside, they never seen each others faces

Just the shadows that each other has.

One of the prisoners was set free and he saw the outside world

He liked it so much he wanted to show his other friends

but his friends where afraid of leaving the cage because

they where so used to being in there, and accustomed to

the darkness in there.

In the end Glaucon was able to understand what Socrates was saying

about we all having a cave that we don't like to leave

but we need to go out and see what else is there outside of our cave.

Blog 1 : Hype.

      Advertisements have become the most pervaltent and mind pollutan in north america.
     Everyday about 12 billion ads are displayed, 3 million radio commercials, and more than 200,000 tv commercials are showed.
     Adverticements are wverywhere your eyes can see or you can hear.
    I agree with the statemement " You can fill your car with gass, and theres an ad on the nozzle" , Because there are ads everywhere, you can drive from your home to the local market and you will see about 100 ads or more on your way there. And Walking to the park you will see many ads.
 Surfing the web you will have so many popups and many ads in every page you go to like Facebook and google are full of ads.
         Ads are taking over but the people don't sseem to notice because they are so used to having them around, so people usually ignore the ads or jsut close the page where the ad was in.
      Adverticements are everywhere you can hear or see, and in north america about 12 billion of ads are being displayed, 3 million radio commercials, and more than 200,000 tv commercials are viewed daily.