Sunday, 27 November 2011

Wikileaks comment on a comment.

Jul 28 2011: Change the educational system to accomodate fostering creativity aside from intelligence like Sir Ken Robinson suggested.
This is not just about education... by stressing on creativity it focus on what the student like.. passionate about... when what you want and passionate about is channeled.. you WILL BE happy. Happiness brings out the best of people.



Someone by the name of Judge Pau shared this comment on behalf of answering directly the question at hand (Name ONE idea that you think has the potential to make your city/state/country/ 'our
world' a better place?). I decided to comment on this comment (and yes, I did have a hard time debating if I should answer another comment) because it's a topic that I have thought about, as a student, for a long time. In general I feel confident to say that I enjoy learning, that is, about the topics which I am passionate about. To me it feels like there are many topics which I learn at school which should be optional. I end up spending hours craming information which I frankly do not care about and eventually making me unhappy. If I were to focus on what I am really passionate about I could get a deeper understanding of what is interesting to me and be happy at the same time. There is a down side to this, what constitutes a mandatory educational topic? Who gets to decide this?

Sunday, 13 November 2011

News Analysis 2 (Norris 5)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060977/UK-weather-Britain-basks-sunny-weekend-mild-weather-temperatures-hit-18C.html

Informative
Accurate and Truthful
Objective
Insular
Weighted

Content Analysis for Community

After breaking down the characters from one of my favorite shows, Community, I noticed the trend of stereotypes the media conveys including that blondes are clumsy, old people are old fashioned, and that African American men are good at sports. This variety of a character mix makes for a range of different angles of humour, whether it be dark humour, stereotypical humour or slapstic comedy.



ame of Character
Jeff Winger
Britta Perry
Pierce Hawthorne
Shirley Bennett
Troy Barnes
Gender
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Was this character the main..
Yes, one of the main ones
Yes, one of the main ones
Yes, one of the main ones
Yes, one of the main ones
Yes, one of the main ones
Occupation
Student at Community College/ Ex Lawyer
Student at Community College/ Active Protestor
Student at Community College/ Family Inheritance
Student at Community College/ Single Mother
Student at Community College/ The Jock
Level of education
Community College
Community College
Community College
Community College
Community College
Race
White
White
White
African American
African American
Marital status
Single
Single
Divorced 7 times
Divorced
Single
Age
Mid 20s
Mid 20s
Mid 60s-70s I assume
Mid 40s I assume
Low 20s
Number of children
0
0
0
3
0
Appearance
Smooth Talking, Brunette, Good Looking, 
Blonde, skinny, pretty, 
Old, well dressed, 
Old fashioned, 
Handsome,
Body type
skinny, tall, muscular
skinny,
A little overweight, wide,
A little overweight, short
Skinny, muscular, athletic
Personal Characteristics
Smooth talking, witty, pompous
Not very clever,  clumsy
Racist, out of style, bad sense of humour
Very religious, unwelcoming of other faiths, old fashioned, 
Not very clever, 
Role of the character
One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group
One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group
One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group
One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group
One of the main characters, part of the Spanish study group