Censorship in the English language has become a controversial discussion regarding whether some language should actually be censored or not. Censorship is in language is the suppression of any words or phrases that seem offensive, offensive meaning anything that seems controversial, harmful or vulgar. Everything from art, television, music, media, books, and movies can be censored, where either certain words or phrases or cut out, or entirely replaced with new ones by similar but clean words.…
Controlled Chaos The internet has a dominating influence over todays world, because it acts as a central source of information, entertainment, and communication. Essentially the internet is vital for performing everyday tasks, but there are also negative sides to the internet. On a good note, almost anything can be researched on the web because it stores ample amounts of data. For example, students prefer to search the internet over searching through library books to find data while conducting…
The Renaissance It is incredibly hard to wrap my head around how a time period, so long ago, can have such a substantial impact on humanity today. The impact of historical events has forever stamped their significance in everyday life in the present. With all of the technology and devices we use in this ever-changing society today, some things, however, manage to remain the same. Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “revival”, describes exactly what happened in Italy during the 14th century and…
The invention of printing/ press by Johann Gutenberg in the XV century was one of the events that completely changed the history of reading and the circulation of ideas worldwide. Gutenberg made his dream come true. After years of research and hard work, he took his hands assets in book form, printed with a unique and impressive technique, the press with movable type. The printing mold was not a new technique because of China and its gravure printing, but now, with the creation of Gutenberg…
Science In the 2nd through 8th century AD, the emperor of china had demanded that the six china confucianism classics be engraved in stone so that the people of China would have a real version of the china confucianism stories. As a result of the engraved texts, Confucian scholars placed black pieces of paper on the engraved sculptures and rub charcoal or graphite on the paper to have white texts against a dark paper and the emperors carved texts in a raised form before applying ink to the…
Thank you, Dr. C. Moorer's book for sharing your personal life experiences, wisdom, and knowledge. From Failure to Promise was an incredible, inspirational resource (Moorer, 2014). Many of the examples referenced in your book resonated in my past and present life. In fact, many of them reminded me of my personal path. When individuals can articulate and apply their faith and knowledge with others, we begin to grow personally and as a community. Life Lessons: On Track Upon review of Dr. C.…
In the world of printmaking, the relief print is the most well known and commonly used form throughout the centuries. In relief printmaking, the parts of the printing surface that carry ink are raised while the remaining areas are cut away. The oldest kind of relief prints are woodcuts, where a (smooth) block of wood is used as the medium. Woodcut does not offers very little in the way of color, so most artists have to work in black and white only. If an artist wants to add color, he/she needs…
Should music lyrics be really censored? This is just one of the questions that make us wonder and think. Music censorship is the official prohibition or restriction of any type of music believed to threaten the political, social or moral order. There are two sides for this issue; there are people who agree for music censorship while there are also people who are against the censorship of the music. Imagine our world without music or imagine our world where we are dictated what to play and what…
Zero, zero is the number of push-ups I could do at the beginning of the year. It was really pathetic and I was really embarrassed that I couldn’t even do one. I went home and looked at what the average push-ups a 13 year old boy should be able to do, it was 13, a lot more than I could do obviously. Now I can do 13 without collapsing. That is why I feel I grew in upper body muscular endurance this year in Wellness & Fitness. Something that showed my growth was the 30 Day Challenge. We did the 30…
Censorship and freedom of expression have been, and still are, controversial topics. While some may think censorship is a necessity, others are outraged that information and/or images are cut from different media outlets, such as FaceBook, Twitter, or DeviantArt. There are many types of censorship: moral, political, book, film, music, and internet censorship (Harishrustic). Before one can take a stand on the issue of censorship, questions must be asked. What should be censored? Most would answer…