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Violence and its effects

- April 27, 2024

This week we analyzed Videotape by Don DeLillo. Reading this piece made me realize how much violence we see every day, especially through social media apps like Instagram, and what its effects really are. Instagram is arguably one of the most addictive and popular social media platforms. It is through this app that we see so many events being played out, events ranging from sports to death of individuals (like in the Videotape). Me personally, I see at least 5 car crashes daily. In fact, I see something like this so often that it feels weird to go a couple of days without seeing an Insta reel where someone is dying. Looking at this, we see that violence is becoming an increasingly common thing to be witnessed in our daily lives. The effect of this is not people becoming scared, but rather them underestimating the precariousness of life. It is human nature that when you see something every day, you consider it to be normal and not of significant importance. This is exactly

Rewilding and Food

- April 13, 2024

This week we wrote a synthesis essay on urban rewilding. As much as I dislike writing essays, I have to admit that this topic was somewhat interesting to write about. Mainly because this got me thinking about food. How is urban rewilding related to the food industry? Urban rewilding is the process of bringing back and introducing nature into urban environments. In the increasingly progressive world that we are living in right now, bringing back nature into our environment is extremely important. Common arguments against this are the lack of space or the high maintenance, which do make sense. But the benefits here simply outweigh basically all the cons. Singapore is a big example of the effects of urban rewilding. As an urban city, Singapore at one time was suffering with extreme biodiversity loss. With rewilding, not only was the biodiversity improved in Singapore, but it also enhanced ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, water filtration, and resulting in more rec

Language and It's Effects

- March 09, 2024

This week we read a couple of pieces that focused on language and how it affects peoples' lives. This really interested me because I myself have seen and experienced how much language can impact someone's life. Language and English in general is by far my favorite class!! (no sarcasm whatsoever). I just love walking into a classroom and seeing an inner circle and outer circle of desks. But I have to admit, English did teach me the importance of language in everyday life. This made me research more on language and its effects on people. Firstly, what are the possible downsides in not having good literacy skills? Well biologically speaking, literacy skills are directly related to a various number of skills such as visual memory, visuomotor skills, visuospatial skills, and etc. So, the downside of not trying to develop literacy skills? All these parts of the brain not being activated. I used to just "like" writing because I wanted a good grade. But the mo

Onion Blog

- March 02, 2024

For this week, we needed to do a blog on a satire article from The Onion. I chose the article on Norway hiding its standard of living from other countries. This article talks about Norway downplaying its standard of living in order to make the other nations to not feel too bad. The amount of irony this article has is absolutely insane. It starts of by saying "Norway did not wish to rub it in" while proceeding to give a completely rundown on why it's better than every single country. But to be honest, this does reflect many countries, mainly the US. While yes, it is true that US has a pretty developed economy compared to probably every other country, that does not necessarily make it THE BEST country. But guess how the media portrays America? As the utopia of everyone's dreams. It has become so prevalent that statistics show hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to this country in hopes for a better life. This is pretty much what the article is trying to

The Talent of Ridicule

- February 24, 2024

This week one of the prompts that we discussed was about the "talent of ridicule". This so-called "talent" in my opinion can bring many benefits to society as long as a certain line is not crossed. This talent comes in many forms, namely bullying, be it over technology or just plain in person bullying. Bullying is taught from a young age as a very improper and impolite thing to do, and for good reason of course. But bullying can be, and is in many situations, used as a form of motivating or inspiring people out of their troubles, misery, or any bad habit they might have. The only way for this to help people though, is only when this "constructive" bullying does not cross the line into actual physical and mental abuse. The problem is that many people do not understand this and knowingly or unknowingly cause consequences from causing trauma all the way to even suicide. Statistics have shown that 27% of bullied students have said that it lowered th

"Our Barbies, Ourselves" Journal Prompt

- February 10, 2024

For this prompt, I chose to talk about probably my favorite toy I used to play with growing up: Legos. I was a huge fan of the lego movies and shows - shows like lego ninjago - growing up, and when I saw that there were toys made that resembled my favorite characters and everyone also had them, I knew I had to get them. Funny enough, legos helped me meet new people and make new friends. Since I had a toy what was "popular", I was able to talk about it to everyone, including people I did not know. This allowed me to make new friends, who I still talk to many years later. Looking back though, I see that maybe these toys that are defined as "popular" are probably not liked by everyone. Speaking from my own experience, I remember how so many toys that I had my parents buy for me, such as the pokemon cards and yu-gi-oh cards, were mainly because everyone else had them and I had a sense of being left out. I think this might be a case for many people, as years pass

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