Kids, Guns, and Television

My general impression of the picture on page 293 named Kids, Guns, and Television was that violence on television is bad for children.  After viewing the picture, the image that I focused on the most in the picture was the gun on the television.  I focused on that image in the picture because it seemed like it stuck out the most in the picture. 

            The picture suggests that children who watch violence on television can act like the actors and actresses that act on the violent television shows.  The bad behavior they get from the violent television shows could get them in trouble at school.  Also, children who watch violence on television could get the thought that guns are fun to play with or shoot people.  With that, children could easily try and bring a gun to school, maybe even try shooting people. 

            The way the boy is standing, with his arms crossed over his chest and standing up straight signifies that he is trying to be or act tough like the actors and actresses act on the violent television shows.  Also, the way the boy is posing in the picture could also lead to him thinking it is okay to act up or be disrespectful at school or home because they do it on television. 

            I believe the claim or thesis of this picture is to show that children watching violence on television shows are a bad idea because it could lead to awful things.  Some of the awful things that could happen if children watched violent television shows are children wanting to act up or be disrespectful in classrooms, to their teachers, friends, and their parents.  Also, if children watch violent television shows while they are young it can influence their attitude towards everything when they get older.    

On Facebook, Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You

I read the article “On Facebook, Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You” by Jacquielynn Floyd.  Floyd starts off by saying she does not want to be poked, friended, or super-poked which are all Facebook terms.  After reading that the reader will assume that this article is going to be talked about how dangerous Facebook is.  The main idea I got after reading this article was that people do not understand how to keep their private life out of their public life for everyone to see. 

            Basically, what Floyd states is that your Facebook is public for everyone to see and read about your life and day to day routine.  Some people go overboard and post the exact times they have to be somewhere.  Angry critics stated that “Facebook owns you!” which means anything you post or what your friends tag you in is public and Facebook owns it.  On Facebook some people will post their life story for you to read and know about, while others post absolutely nothing.  I think this article is working because Floyd gives examples to help her argument that Facebook is a dangerous place to post your private life for the public to see. 

            I agree with Floyd that Facebook is not a place to post your personal life on for everyone to see.  Posting everything and anything on your Facebook can be very harmful to you and your future.  Posting inappropriate pictures, comments, statuses can affect you on getting into college or getting hired for a new job.  Also, I agree that you should not just “friend” someone if you barely know them or have not even seen or spoken to them in years.  Facebook is just not the place to post your life on.     

Arizona vs. Illinois

Between Arizona and Illinois, Arizona is the place to be!  Arizona is such a beautiful place to be.  The scenery is awesome, with the big blue sky, tall palm trees, and mountains in the distance.  Arizona is mostly warm weather all year round except if you are up in the northern part of Arizona during winter.  For more than half the year Illinois is cold, snowy, and rainy.  Also, in the summer Illinois is so humid outside it is hard to enjoy being outside or going for a nice run.  In the summer with so much humidity it is just gross to be outside.  Being in Arizona in the summer is great, yes it does get in the 100’s but there is absolutely no humidity, which makes it seem not so hot!  In Arizona you can go jeepin’ in the mountains which you cannot do here in Illinois.  Jeepin’ is so much fun; you can also take a four wheeler up there too! It is so cool to go up in the mountains and look at all the different kind of rocks and all the markings on the rocks. Also, out west there are a lot of stores and restaurants that Illinois does not have.  For example, the best place to have a burger and fries is a place called In n’ Out!  In n’ Out is a little fast food restaurant out west that only sells burgers and fries.  After you order you can watch them make the fries by slicing real potatoes.  Basically, Arizona is a better place to live in than Illinois.