Gender Issues

 I think gender differences are created through nature and nurture. Clearly there are chemical differences between girls and guys that make men a bit more aggressive. However, boys are trained to be tough and strong, and not to show emotion. they are taught not to show pain or weakness. When boys show any type of femininity, they're called sexist and homophobic terms. That creates a bigger issue. Why are girls and gay people considered weak and used as an insult? We just need to totally adjust the way we deal with gender.

technology changed over the years, it is beginning to control our life. Now everybody have a cell phone, a computer, internet, nobody can live without those anymore. but back in the days, it wasn't necessary to have a cell phone or a computer. I think every year technology is influencing younger kids more and more. For example, when I was a kid, I didn't have an IPod or an Xbox, but now, all of the 3rd and 4th graders have those technologies and they act like it is normal for them to have it. I don't know if the influence of technology is good or bad for us, will it make people smarter or dumber, will it make life good or bad. Technology is getting better and better, will technology make human skills useless, will we have  robot teacher not a human one, will we have cars driving by themselves? all of this questions are very important.

Learning The Future

There has been a lot of changes in the past century like how laptops have touch screen and some can detached from the keyboard and can be used as a tablet.  There are also TV's that if you speak to them then they will do what ever it is you tell it to do.  Also there have been changes in school, there are no more chalk boards there are Promethean boards.  

Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11

I think that Michael Moore's documentary was extremely slanted and it is clear that the whole documentary is to make George Bush look bad. Moore continuously shows many times of Bush staring in space to make Bush seem like he has no idea what to do. Also Moore uses other techniques, for example voicing over interviews with Bush and putting his opinion in the documentary instead of the actual interviews. From the Spinsanity review of the amount of actual facts within the documentary, the writer looked into a Late Show with David Letterman episode in which Michael Moore claims "You can't refute what's said in the film. It's all there, the facts are all there, the footage is all there." The author then goes onto say that "Sadly, as with most of Moore's work, this is simply not true." The author then goes on to prove many points brought up in the film inaccurate.

Toys for Tots

The holiday season is a wonderful time for people to receive and give gifts and spend quality time with family and friends. Everyone has an idea for the perfect gift whether it’s a new designer accessory, clothing, or a toy for a child. Every child loves the concept of receiving gifts. It brings a great amount of joy to a child’s life. Since not every child is fortunate to receive gifts, people want to bring that kind of joy to them in a possible way.

This way is called Toys for Tots. This organization’s mission is to “collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.” The objectives of Toys for Tots are to “help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.”

This organization teaches kids to be thankful and positive. It is a message of hope leading them into the world of growing up with a mindset of being responsible, productive people of the US.I think that this is a great program to have. It allows for more privileged individuals to bring happiness to children with nothing to lose. I think this also teaches people not to take everything they have for granted.

 http://toysfortots.org/default.aspx

On Native Soil

The “On Native soil” video was a very interesting video.  It was really interesting to hear the radio calls of the F.A.A. I learned that the United States wasn’t prepared at all, they knew that there was a threat that airplanes could be used as weapons, and also they knew that there were unusual people trying to learn how to fly planes, and they still weren’t prepared.  The families were so disappointed because they thought that the terrorist attack could’ve been prevented but the government argued that they did their best.  9/11 impacted the USA’s government and culture. After the Commission, the U .S added a director for the C.I.A. and they repaired a lot of things that caused the failure of the prevention of the attack, for example they paired up the police and the fire department, increased airport security and many other things. I learned a lot from this video because it went deep into 9/11, it showed everything step by step which made the video stand out from others.

9/11

I think after the events of 9/11/2001 many things changed in America, specifically things regarding airport security, communications between airports, military, and the airplane.
 After viewing On Native Soil I learned that communications at the time were awful. During the crisis, through hearing the recordings, the flight operators had no idea what to do in the situation and clearly weren't trained for handling a hijacking. Today that has changed drastically, those operators are highly trained and would know what to do in a situation like that today. Airport security was probably the most scrutinized in On Native Soil, and probably changed most drastically. Since then there have been many improvements in airport security and the TSA has become much more alert and much stricter since 9/11.
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