Research paper Topic

     First, I decided to do my paper on a topic that interested me because researching a writing it would me much more fascinating to me.  First, just from prior history classes I decided I would write my paper on some sort of governmental conspiracy theory. I then looked at this webite and began exploring some of the most well known conspiracies.  http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/.  I then began looking into the JFk assassination and found it very interesting.  After reading several different theories several websites such as http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1861003,00.html,  and began learning more and more. 

      Then, I became curious if there was any even close to my lifetime that I could research.  I read through the Watergate Scandal with Nixon and then the moon landing, however, soon I found one that was much more intriguing to me.  After reading though several of the stories on this website, http://www.alternet.org/news/147851/top_10_right-wing_conspiracy_theories?page=entire, I found the September 11, 2001 to be the most interesting. 

     After researching more facts on September 11^th, I realized that what the media put on TV was not ALL the facts of this tragic day so I began to realize what exactly I wanted to write my paper on.  As, Americans, we should question our government and keep it in check.  Just trusting them gives it to much power and relying on the media to convey the information only allows some of the real facts to become not only skewed but lost.  I will use facts of September 11, 2001 to prove that the media has a strong hold on the facts that are escaped to the general public. 

My thesis statement: The government of the United States of America should be blamed for the masking of facts that were released through the media to the public regarding the exact details of September 11, 2001.  

"How do the clothes in your closet make an argument for who you are?"

The clothes in your closet help define who you are.  When you get dressed everyday, you are deciding the image that the world will see you before people have the opportunity to meet you.  There are millions of different ways that people can dress.  If a teach walks into a classroom everyday with gym shorts and a t-shirt everyday, then taking the class serious would be much harder than if they dressed professional.  For instance, girls that dress very revealing, show a little bit of their personality in which people often times will think is provocative.  On the other hand, girls that dress more conservative will not be labeled as promiscuous right away.  Also, the way you dress shows the world your style and how comfortable you are with yourself.  People that have low self-esteem will not wear things that aren’t “cool.”  However, people that are confident in themselves have no problem straying from the ordinary and having their own style instead of following the crowd.  

Reflection on picture for 9/12/11

 The picture that best represents our generation is one in which a computer has a mouse cord seemingly stretching around the world. Our age band is one where technology has soared.  From cell phones to computers, Internet to IPods, everything seems to change so rapidly.  When asking people from our generation what life would be like without cell phones, computers and the Internet, very few could come up with an answer, or even imagine living in such a way.  The mouse in the picture is linked at far as we can see, symbolizing that in our generation we are united and linked with people all over the world, even father than we are able to see at the click of a button from our keyboard.  The advances in technology seem to change overnight.   Keeping up with the trend seems difficult in a world spinning faster than never before.  There is nothing more iconic in our generation than the conveniences and advances of the Internet.  

Reflection for 9/5/11

When you are creating an argument weather it is for a paper or simply to ask your mom if you are allowed to go to the movies with your friends, a lot of thought goes into your approach whether you do it consciously or not.   Your brain thinks up the stated that is most likely to get you exactly what you want.  Therefore, commercials, advertisements, and other everyday objects are approaching you in the best way that they think you will buy their product.  Also, they might use a strategy in which they mask the truth and only give you part of the facts.  Looking further into products, candidates, and agencies is a smart idea before you invest in them because they might not be exactly as they were advertised on the TV or in a magazine.  The same is true for images.  After reading these sections, I began to look more closely at advertisements and pictures in the paper and in pamphlets, and soon realized that pictures can display whatever it is the photographer or editor wants them to.  Therefore, make sure to question the real situation-taking place before trusting the picture in the newspaper sent in by the relief squad.