Tuesday, November 30, 2010

My Day

I arrived at school pretty dam Early .I got in at 2:15 for math classes.I got cheese fries from the cafeteria around 4:45 and finished the fries at 5 o clock.I got to the room for 5:15  everybody seem worried,I saw people camped outside the door like it was sneaker release date at footlocker.At 5:30 Professor Smith came into class  as if i was a star wars classic ,like if  he was was Yoda or Obi wan Kenobi,he was passing us the knowledge to beat CAT exam .We counted down in awe waiting for the Procter to come and he wasn't what i excepted  he was man wearing a Metallica shirt with acids wash jeans and some converse.At 4:45 He gave us a Speech about the test and how he was going to to let us begin right away.Thank I remember to use the bathroom before took the test.So we started I open up the book and when open up the book my face lighten up as if i was a child opening up a present on Christmas,the article was on the media.I begin think about a claim but then i skipped because i didn't want to waste  time.I skip 3 lines  and start summarizing the article.I wrote and from the article then i begin use personal experience. I finished up the conclusion and passed the test.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

CAT 6 :Is google making us stupid

I believe the internet and technology are half way responsible for making people stupid but people are also responsible for a great dependency  on technology . In the article The Shallow: What the Internet Is doing to our Brains by Nicholas Carr. He basically goes into an idea that technology is bad for the human brain. He first goes into a talk about how Google is bad for us because of its conveniences. Also that people don’t really pick up information because of  brain  and thoughts being so comfortable that we don’t use concentration enough .Lack of concentration comes from  our abilities  not being executed  right, we begin losing  the idea of  deep thinking  and having a calm and attentive mind. He also thinks, that where too distracted that why we retain less understand, remember less, and learn less.
To be honest speaking from my point of view, before I had a cell phone I could remember cell numbers and house number from beginning to end. Basically now it’s hard to remember any number sometimes I forget  area code numbers ,but thanks to my phone I don’t have to remember anything. One time I lost my phone and I lost all the information for my phone, it took pretty long to find and retrieve all the missing numbers and Aol instant massagers friends. My point is that information can’t be retain because can’t even get the simplest thing like numbers down so how are going to physic? Also another Example is that people when their texting they use their phones so much they begin to start texting people on their phone the same they would for write an essay or professional job. My little cousin who’s in the fourth grade doesn’t even write paragraphs from scratch anymore at school, but she has type up a paragraph on the computer because her teachers think it easier for kids to write on a computer or laptop.
People aren’t the ones to blame it’s an half and half with text knowledge. Most genius do not spend with computer texting each other or usually watching television. Most Genius are usually more touch with nature  or reading  book about Philosophy and different studies of interested .People are going a everlasting cycle of laziness thanks to technology but  technology can only teach up so much. People aren’t into hard work and dedication anymore. My generation is known for being the most suave with the computer but was also the first generation to have a short life span then is previous ancestors, is it our lack of laziness or lack of dependency on technology or some strange combination.
To conclude Google and technology aren’t solely responsible for people getting dumb but were also responds able for making ourselves dumb. Like earlier in passage I said I believe the internet and technology are half way responsible for making people stupid but people are also responsible for a great dependency  on technology. We evolved enough to make technology but were devolving in intelligent due to the lack of retaining information and pure unadulterated laziness.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

CAT 4 3.5

As American we eat very Unhealthy because we don’t have the money to buy healthy food “The main idea was unhealthy for the youth of our nation, worker and people of poverty. The cheap meals consumption of people who fuel companies like McDonald. The cheapness of the product is ruining half of these kids healthy and calories are jacked up to more than 1,340 calories. People who are dietarians  say that the U.S dietary guide lines, have kids in the U.S have calories jacked up to 1340 meaning that more than half teenagers who are recommended daily .
                From my Personal Experiences I agree with this Article, whenever I’m taking a walk in my neighborhood I only see maybe two fast food establishment in my neighborhood. The main reasoning the why the establishment are their because of my location and I live in Saint Albans it’s not a subareas but it’s not a harsh ghetto either.  The fast-food establishments McDonalds and KFC are always near a bus stop or a busy street. It basically good marketing because ever body who works in the morning in the evening time who’s in a rush can grabs something quick to eat. The people who come home from work between the hours 5-12 o’clock at night, the buses are always crowded and people logically get tired from work, you can sit down in the establishment and logically you begin to buy cheap food.

                The rich and Wealthy people don’t really have to worry about eating McDonald because their rarely have to worry about McDonalds because their rarely at McDonald. Their Currency has them advantage where they don’t have to worry about their pockets. Their employees most likely have to eat Fast-food because they usually have to worry about their pockets. People with a lot of currency usually don’t worry about McDonald but worry about investments or more corporation issues. As human being were kind of brain washed to always buy at McDonalds by commercials and gimmicks like” Supersize Me” Which was quoted from this article. They also trick people up with an idea of getting something for free like supersize. If they don’t recommend it you get for free and to super size it is so cheap that anyone would buy because the price is so cheap. Thus creating a win a win situation.

                To conclude as inner city worker, students, people who suffer from poverty and American who live fast pace lifestyle, we eat fast-food because it fast the hint in the name and food secondly. We live in such an unhealthy lifestyle because are currency which is our pocket, doesn’t allow us to free a healthy life style .Just another harsh reality in American Society