Beauty and body Images in the Media

1) The main idea of this article is how women and their beauty are being portrayed by the media ....to become something they are not.

3) What types of information are used to support the main points of the article?
The type of information that are used to support the main points of this article are statistics such as that 35 percent of children from 6-12 have been on atleast one diet. This shows that dieting is very big in the media which is shown also with research groups such as " the American Research Group ... Anorexia Nervosa & related Eating Disorders" They use examples from magazines such as saying how they only use the "skinny" models in women ads and they are promoting weight loss more then men magazines are . The article also states how tv actors are usually skinny because the heavier ones recieve negative messages and comments from other actors.




4)Why did researchers generate a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions?
The reason why researchers generated a computer model of a women barbie - doll was to show all women that there is no such thing as an "ideal" women.... No women can survive being Ultra skinny because that can cause many disorders to the body along with devastating health conseguences . For example, the article states that " her back would be to weak to support the weight of her upper body and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver......." (561)


5)Write a paragraph describing the way YOU think women should be portrayed in the media.
Personally, i think that the way women are being portrayed in the media is totally wrong. First off the media shows ads for those dieting pills which are not one the least bit good for you. Second off, showing models that have less than 5 percent body weight is not attractive. Those women have no meat on their bones and they also give men the wrong idea for the "perfect " woman. Not all women are the same, and men usually go for the "skinny " type because that is what the media is showing. ( by the way i'm not saying all men ) I think that there is different ways to dieting, exerising, and losing weight. Eat healthy ( no fast food) and exercise 3 times a week.

Campus sercurity.

The topic of this article is Violence prevention. The main idea of this article is Learing from past experiences on how to make campuses more sercure.The author has used Columbine incident, Virginia Tech shooting and The Clery Act as details to support the main idea. In this article, the author shows us 4 warning signs of someone who could have the possiblity of having harm to the campus. The three of four warning signs are the student being iscolated, Low self worth, and the student making comments on their blogs and watching their writing styles that leads some thinking they are indanger. I think the security measures that I have notcied on this campus is the "help" phones with out the campus which are their for students to call or press if in need and help. I think that even though sercurity is driving around its more safer.

PSA : driving while texting

This PSA was very graphic and intense. It made me feel like I was part of it watching it all happen at once. Though, I am still keeping my views on texting ( that it shouldnt be allowed). But I also think that regardless people will still continue to text while driving. Sometimes PSA or commercials do not have the affect on some people because it has never happened to them. I think no matter how one feels, every one should view this video only because it will get you thinking . Such as ... What if that was me? ... How would my parents react?. . . How many people am I risking to get hurt just over a simple text message that can definatly hold off until i stop driving?. While viewing this video i felt as though, the girl did not realize how many people she had actually hurt. She took the parents of two children along with her friends. Everyone should at least view the video, to get the experience of what could happen. Did you ever realize that the person who causes the accident is the one that always lives? Just think of the guilt you might feel afterwards

Texting Ban

.1) Write a short response to the above statement on how you feel about the ban. Do you agree with it or not and why. Also, do you think their should be an age limitation on the ban ?

I personally agree that texting should be banned while driving. I feel as though teenagers and adults have time aside to do their texting during the day that they should not be texting while they are driving. Driving is a big responsibility to up hold ( thats why they have us take road test ) to see if we are capable of driving. Knowing that we have this test of course no one is gonna text and drive but i guarentee that if everyone who texts and drive that maybe 2 out of every 10 people would get their license because the instructors would fail them. Even though you get those people who master texting while driving, its still unsafe either way you look at it. Also, I think that their should be no limitation on the age of text it doesnt matter if your an adult or child, you still with get distracted from the text messages. And adults should know better than to be a infulence to teenagers and show them its okay to drive like that. I also think that it doesnt matter on the amount of experience that you have driving either because one text message that could make you really upset or mad, can lead into a car accident.









2) How does this connect to the article on cell phone use and the comparison to driving under the influence?



This is connected to the article on cellphone use and the comparison to driving under the influence by showing us that there are other distractions to driving. I think that they actions people do such as slugging, driving slow, not having as fast of refelexes as you would if you were paying attention are all similar. And if in the article they show that talking on the cell phone causes more accidents, than it would surely be texting to be the number one trigger for accidents because you have people reading their cellphones other than the road

Cell Phones and Driving safety

Driving while talking on a cell phone can be a very intense topic to talk about. Some people think that they can handle talking on the cellphone while driving and others may say that they think talking on the cell phone causes accidents and traffic. Though I've seen both sides talking on the cell phone is very dangerous from my persepective. I know when i'm driving on the LIE I've past drivers who are slowing down, swerving, and not paying attention and mean while they are talking on their cellphones not aware that they almost hit me. In the article Cell phones and Driving Safety the author presents facts about how driving while on the cell phone is worse than driving while intoxicated. The main idea of this article is the saftey risk of driving while talking on a celluar device wether it be an hand held or hands free device. According to the Utah Study, the reactions of drunk drivers differed from the reactions of drivers using cell phones because people who talked on the cell phone tended to be more sluggish and the people who were drunk tended to be more agressive. They also found out they have reduced reation time while talking on the phone Some of the signal words that help me locate my answer were " In addition " ,and " while". The response of the cell phone industry was that its not the cell phones that cause the accidents the people do. They believe on educating the drivers on how to best handle all of the possibilites of distractions while they are behind the wheel.

Should People Be Allowed to Smoke at Home??

In Daniel B. Wood's article " Should People Be Allowed to Smoke at Home? " states two different views on smoking. The first view is how people should not be able to smoke at home, and the second view is if people are not allowed to smoke at home, where are they allowed to smoke?
I think the author's main point of this article is basically how places are trying to limit the amount of smokers and up hold smoke free policies because some citizens do not smoke. On the other hand, if the smoke free policies are finialized, where would all the smokers be allowed to smoke? Personally, I'm not a big fan of smoking, but if other people choose to smoke it is their choice. I think in this article, U.S citizens who smoke are victims of dicrimination because they are being limited from spaces that they would be able to smoke non the less their own home . " If smokers are banned from apartments and condos, parks, and other public spaces, the only space left for them to smoke will be single-family homes, a place where children reside." Everyone states that the worst thing to do is to smoke in front of a child so why would they limit it to just this? In my opinion, they should make seperate bulidings for people who do smoke and don't, and restricted areas that are only for smoking. This way non- smokers will be no where in contact with the smoke and smokers will be able to still have their freedom.

Learning Techniques

Hi, My name is Nancy Rello. I believe that the best learning style for me is Visual learning. I would use this technique in my Writing/english class. How would I use it? Good question. In english, there are many definitions and notes. I would use the visual learning by drawing maps of all the information that I need to know. I also use the index card method to understand and learn definitions more clear. This learning techinque is very helpful to me in all of my classes!