When people act obnoxious and disrespectful, I would just like to go up to them and say “I was at about six there. Don’t make me go to ten”, a quote said by Dale in Step Brothers. My pet peeves involve the disrespectful actions of high school students. It really irks me when people in band just don’t play their music correctly or march properly. If we have been practicing the same song for a short amount of time, then I understand if most don’t pick up the notes right away.…
When I first heard that we were going to be doing another speech I honestly was not happy about it at all because like many of you I was ready for school to be done for the summer. I began to think about it though and instantly I had three books that popped into my head and I thought that this assignment was not going to be hard. The three books that came to mind was: Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity written by Drew Brees, Friday Night Lights written by Buzz Bissinger, and the last one was Through My Eyes: A Quarterback’s Journey written by Tim Tebow.…
Standing underneath the Friday night lights is always nerve-wracking, but this time it was even more so than normal. It was the first time I have ever performed on the football field as a majorette; which is a very big accomplishment for me. As the drum major calls the band to attention, I pose and try to calm myself down. When the band starts playing, I start performing, but the thing is that it was nothing like doing during practice. This time I was not even thinking.…
The Outsiders -Epilogue About 5 years later and I am a senior in high school. I want to go to college but darry lost his job so we could never afford it. Soda is back in highschool now working full time and attending school everyday. Darry found a job at General Motors and Soda has a job at a construction site. “ Hey darry” I yelled across the room when he walked in.…
There is a moment for everyone where they realize their goals and aspirations. Once they do, nothing will stop that person from achieving their goals. For me, my whole life has led up to me pursuing a filmmaking career, and nothing is going to stop me. Film is one of many influences that made me the man I am today. In my pursuit to becoming a filmmaker, I have been blessed with friends that shared similar interest in filmmaking, opportunities to work on independent film productions as well as other short film documentaries, and motivations to be a smarter and better person.…
To the ones who believe asking, “What are you?” is a valid conversation starter, I am multiracial and proud, but to simplify my ethnicities to others when asked, I identify myself as Asian. I was stereotyped because of how we are perceived in media and society. I spent years cowering in my own skin because others made me believe I was not Asian because of the size of my eyes, the color of my hair, and my personal interests. I was ashamed of what I looked like since I was convinced it embodied who I am as a person.…
People tried to blame the shooting on the video games Dylan and Eric used to play. The two were very into a game by the name of ‘Doom.’ Many tried to so that doom was the cause, but there is no way it can be, in doom you aren’t killing other humans, you are killing aliens and things not even on our planet! If the two can’t tell the difference between the real world and the virtual world, that in itself is a much bigger problem than the game. Once again future shootings would lead to more people protesting shooting or violent…
As a society, we have become desensitized to how the violence in video games and television plays apart into shootings. Many people that have been affected by video games and do not know it. Some are affected more than others, but it’s starting to spiral out of control. Many families are being affected by these shooters that are getting out of control. People like Chris Harper-Mercer, who said “I’ve been waiting to do this for years” right before he killed and injured 17 people, including himself (Fletcher).…
Intro: For years the media has expressed that the root of extreme school shootings, violent stabbings, and brutal mass murder is violent media. However, violent media does not correlate with the violent crime rate or the murder rate. In fact, the FBI’s violent crime statistics have dropped by 50% from 1992 to 2011, and the murder rate decreased by 54% from the same years. Notice that violent video games have been around since the late eighties and have only been increasing in violent and realistic content since then. It is very clear, violent media has little to no correlation with violent crimes.…
People get too focused on one thing, and once they do, they won’t care for the other side, they’ll always believe that they’re right. This is what has happened in today’s society. The media presents video games as being the main reason for youth violence and then people's perspectives get set on one point of view. It’s like trying to talk to a brick wall. When school shootings are committed, the person usually turns the gun on themselves, in video games with simulated violence this usually doesn’t happen.…
The advantages of movies can teach people about history that once happened or how history repeats itself with crimes, gangs, and violence that some people might have experienced in their life. Some films that people have viewed are about the "hardship that people in other countries endure in their day to day lives" ("Influence of Films…"). People who accept the given information presented to them as the truth may form baseless facts from what they see. In addition, most "movies have the capacity to influence society ……
Sociological theories are broad and can often be applied to all different aspects of a society. TV shows, books, movies, holidays, sports, they can all be looked at through the lens of a sociologist. The popular TV show Survivor can be examined through multiple theories such as structural functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. These theories allow one to view the manifest and latent functions of the show, and see how it fits into and interacts with society. Structural functionalism can be traced back to the roots of sociology.…
The most common idea that was broadcasted consistently by the media about video games is that video games is the cause of violence. The media believe that people have difficulty to distinguish between real and fictional violent action. And yet, in a thought…
The sickness that I live with is one that some would find excessively appalling, making it impossible to talk about; so I kept it to a whisper. This sickness I thought was to embarrassing to talk about, making it impossible to seek help, left me feeling alone in the dark. This sickness ruined friendships, without me realizing it. This sickness that made getting out of bed a struggle for me. This sickness made it impossible for me to see a positive future, until the day I stopped calling myself “crazy” and began to grow from what we all call, depression.…
“The Message” is a 1976 film that is directed by a man named Mustapha Akkad. This film is related to the life and times of the prophet of Islam, which is Muhammad. Mecca, is the city where Islam begun, also this is the place where most altercations took place. Mecca is the place in which the Muslims were also persecuted. After the persecutions the Muslims had to flee for their safety.…