Ted talk video

http://youtu.be/KM4Xe6Dlp0Y


In this Ted talk, Cameron talked about how beauty isn't just about the looks, but being a model is a choice. In the beginning of the speech, she changed her clothes. At first she was wearing a tight dress with heels on but then she changed into an old fashioned outfit, long skirt, a sweater, and flat casual shoes. She did this because towards the end of the talk, she talks about how she wasn't pretty. Throughout the talk she talked about how she was talked into modeling and such. But then after she showed all of her pictures she got asked if the pictures were edited. After that question, she showed all of her pictures that we taken the same day of the photo that was taken during the shot, and you could tell that they were edited because of how much different she looked. In each photo she looks twice her age, especially when she first started modeling. This Ted talk inspired me the most because somewhere in the speech she said that the women who model, are insecure about themselves and she said that no one should ever be insecure about themselves.

blog #9

On both debates my team had good points, and the points that each of us created a good argument with the other team. The first debate was our first one debating against something that wasn't a big conflict towards most the people in the United States, but it was still an argument for the young teens about violence in video games. In that argument we had good points, but we did make a valid point to what we wanted to argue exactly because our points had good information, but not really experiencing the fact of video games (me) it was kind of hard to argue about. The second debate, I also had the same situation, I did not have any experience with the topic, but my partner did coming from a 18 age limit drinking age. During that debate we did better because of the advice that was given after the first debate. We had stories and more valid point that we could relate to the real world today.

In the first debate I was nervous because I didn't really know what I was exactly talking about because I have never played violent video games and I didn't know what they were all about, but I was all for that violence in video games need to stop because of what happened in the world today, so I was able to argue a little bit, but I didn't have valid points that proved our point. During the second debate, I was much confident even though I was on the side of keeping the drinking age at 21. I was more confident because I knew what to do, what to look up, how to argue against them, and more.

The other team was majority over us because they had three people and we had two. During each debate they had valid points that we were able to argue against, which was good. And also there closing and beginning statement were very detailed in life today and also facts that were valid enough so we could relate back to them.

In my opinion each debate was even, but the first one the other group won it and the second one we won it. The first group won it because they acted more confident in what they were saying, and had valid points that were hard to argue back to because it's either you didn't find anything that was against it, or you couldn't because you knew that it was true. In the second argument, we won it because we had valid points, and when we made them it was hard for them to argue back. And we could relate more to the drinking age being set at 18 years old.

Pros: Lowering drinking age to 18

Lowering the drinking age in the United States to 18 has always been a conflict. Before 1987 the drinking age was 18, which did not change anything. The crashes that have been reported were between the age of 21-24 years old, which has nothing to do with changing the drinking age and lowering it down to 18 years old. Lowering the drinking age wouldn't be a controversial thing because most of the countries around the world has their drinking age set at age 18, and none of them have changed it due to the possible things that would happen including more crashes, alcohol poisening, and none responsible teenagers that would be drinking and driving or providing it to younger kids. But also, 29 states in the United States allow underage drinking as long as it occurs on private premises and is done with parental permission. And half the states allows underage drinking if it is for religious purposes. And then another 11 states allows underage drinking if it is for educational purposes. Making the drinking age 21 years old, young people are still drinking even though its illegal. The fear of being caught creates converts drinking such as secretive drinking and that makes it hard for parents and adults because they don't know what's happening and if they have a problem to help them out. "Pre-gaming" is another big issue. When teenagers go out and they are not allowed to drink because they are under age, they do such thing as pre-gaming which is drinking alcohol in short period of time, which can cause alcohol poisoning which can lead into many bad things including death based on how bad it is. When your under the age of 18, you tend to drink more because you don't know when's the next time you'll be able to drink again. You might say that tolerance comes with age, but in reality it does not, it comes with realization and responsibility. If 18 year olds are able to vote, get married, and go to war, why can't the drinking age be lowered to 18 years old?




- Many states already allowed underage drinking to occur

   - In 29 states in the U.S, drinking is allowed at the age of 18 as long as it, occurs on private premises and is done with parental permission 

   - 50% of the U.S allows for underage alcohol consumption if it is done for a religious purpose 

   - Another 11 states allow underage drinking if it is for educational purposes 

- Traffic accidents and fatalities due to drinking come from new drinkers of any age

   - 2009 dats, the age group with the highest percent of drivers with an illegal blood alcohol content level was the 21-24 age demographic

   - Although there would be increases in the 18-20 age group in these statistics these would be offset by reductions in older age groups

- No evidence that a 21 year old drinking age reduces accidents 

   - When the legal age of drinking was set in 1984, the rate of traffic fatalities/accidents decreased less in the U.S

- An 18 year old has the right to vote and serve in the military

   - If an 18 year old can make up their mind of who's going to be the next leader and take a bullet for their country they should be able to buy alcohol. 

- Says that 18 year olds has less tolerance compared to a 21 year old 

   - MIGHT be true- but you won't know until you find out

   - Tolerance doesn't come with age- comes with relization of responsibility 

- "Forbidden Fruit" 

   - Curiosity leads to more people under the age of 21 drinking anyways

   - 18+ "forbidden fruit" not used anymore

- People under the age of 21 tend to drink more when they get alcohol because of the uncertainty as to when they will be able to drink again

- 22% of all students under 21 compared to 18 over 21 years are healthy drinkers

   - 32% underage are compared to 24% of legal are heavy drinkers

- Young peopale are still drinking despite the fact that this behavior is illegal; teens and many adults are ignoring the law

- The law and fear of being caught creates convert drinking, such as secretive drinking makes it difficult for adults to know what's happening and help those with a problem

- The fear of being caught, limits on the ability to get alcohol 

   - Not able to drink at a club or party ables to have teens drinking large amounts in a short period of time in private (pre-gaming)

   - Putting kids at risk for alcohol poisening 

- If youth are allowed to make other choices (voting, going to war, getting married) they should be able to consume alcohol and they can face the consequences 

Pros - video games are good!

Pros- violent video games are good!

       Playing violent video games boosts children's learning, health, and learning skills according to American Psycoholgist research. According to Isabella Granic, PhD at Radbound University says that "important research has already been conducted for decades on the negative effects of gaming, including addiction, depression, and aggression, and we are certainly not suggesting that this should be ignored...however, to understand the impact of video games on children's and adolescents' development, a more balanced perspective is needed." Playing video games may strengthen a range of cognitive skills such as navigation, reasoning, memory and perception skills. A 2013 meta-analysis found that playing video games improved a players capacity to think about objects in three dimensions just as well as academic courses designed to enhance these same skills. Also playing video games may also help children develop problem solving skills. The more adolescents reported playing strategic videos games, such as role-playing games, the more they improved in problem solving and school grades the following year according to a long-term study published in 2013. When playing video games, the youth allows themselves to learn about the possible consequences of their harmful actions. Since the kids are able to see the results of particular violence with their enemies in the game, they would think that it should not be done in real life. It also teaches them how to accept defeat especially when they loose to someone better than them in a game.


Facts:
- The authors of angry birds also highlighted the possibility that video games are effective tools for learning resilience in the face of failure
- By learning to cope with ongoing failures in games, the authors suggest that children build emotional resilience they can also rely upon their everyday lives
- Multiplayer games become viral social communities where decisions need to be made quickly about whom to trust or reject and how to lead a group
- People who play video games even if they are violent that encourage cooperation that are more likely to be helpful to others while gaming than those who play the same games competitively a 2011 study found

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/02/video-game.aspx


-Helps in expressing aggression and establishing their peer group
- Able to release whatever aggression they have through a game
- Allows themselves to learn about the possible consequences of their harmful actions; since the kids are able to see the results of particular violence with their enemies in the game, they would likely think that it should not be done in real life
- Learns how to accept defeat especially when they lost to someone better than them in the game

http://healthresearchfunding.org/video-game-violence-pros-cons/

- Video games are therapeutic for children with chronic illness
   - University of Utah released a study that examined the effects of regular gaming on children diagnosed with illnesses like autism, depression, and Parkinson's disease
   - Kids who play certain games shows signs of improvement in many fields
   - Researchers believed the games' ability to act on neuronal mechanisms that activate positive emotions and the reward system and that helped improve kids' demeanors as they faced the daily challenges of their illness
- Video games reduce stress and depression
   - 2009's Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedince included a study that found that gamers who suffered from mental health issues such as stress and depression were able to vent their frustration and aggression by playing video games
   - Hypothesized that games give a certain "type A" personalities
   - Time to relax in "a state of relative mindlessness"
- Video games provide pain relief
  - Not only provides relief from emotional pain but also physical pain
  - Psychologists at University of Washington developed a game that helps hospital patients suffering from immense physical pain by using an age-old trick; distraction
- Video games improve your decision-making skills
   - Most video games require fast reaction and slip-second decisions that can mean the difference between virtual life and virtual death
   - Cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Rochester in New York found that these games give players' brains plenty of practice for making decisions in the real world

http://theweek.com/articles/466852/7-health-benefits-playing-video-games

Rainstorm Poem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xLvLX8tZuk

I chose this poem because it meant something. The meaning of the poem is meaningful to me because the poem is about beauty and how the rain storm can get away the sadness and everything that bothers you in the world. When the rainstorm leaves it shows brighter days and happier days so that the bad days were gone away with the wind. The poem was very hard to get to concept of memorizing the poem, but it was easier than memorizing the monologue. When I was memorizing the poem it went with the flow once you get to concept. The only problem with memorizing the poem was the length and some of the words repeated itself, and the lines sounded the same just because it was poem. The techniques that I used while memorizing with separting each section into four stanzas so they would have the pair that rhymed with the previous line. So by separating into sections I could just focus on one section at a time. As I separated them into sections I color coded them so that I could remember was color was after a certain color. Since that was my first time trying that, I was nervous because I don't know how long it would take, or if it was even effective. Doing that was a struggle for me because it took it twice as long as it usually would for me when it comes to memorizing. When I realized that wasn't working for me, I had to tried another situation that I've used in the past, but this technique is very useful but very time consuming, but I had to use it. When memorizing and using the technique, I had to write down each stanza down many times so that I would memorize it. Doing that made it easy because I wrote it many times, then I can read it multiple times so that it would stay in my head. It took many days to get the concept and memorize it, but by the end of the day, it was worth it because I was able to perform in front of the class (even though it took about 20 tries)

Blog #4

All of the poems that were performed in class were all different, in many ways. We each had our different styles of picking a poem, so they were all neat and interesting. My poem was about the rain and beauty, Lauren's was about time and change and all the other ones were about change about a catipiller. This project is many forms of public speaking because you can do a poem about anything, make a beat to it, do some hand gestures and many other things to make the poem interesting to the audience.

Since only two poems were performed, I can't really talk much about each of the poems, but I can talk about Lauren's and my poem because they were the only ones that were performed.

When hearing Lauren's, her poem was very interesting. It was all about time, but the words that were put together in a poem showed a true meaning. The poem showed meaning about time, and that time puts your day together and makes it complete. I liked her poem because it was original, and the words were put together which made the poem interesting. Also I liked how Lauren performed because she used hand motions while performing the poem, and her hand motions went with the poem. While she was doing hand motions, it wasn't too much, but it wasn't too little so it wasn't overwhelming.

Performing my poem, was never racking but I got it done. I liked how my poem just went with the flow and was easy to remember because each line had a pair to go along with and rhymed. The music went along with it and the starting of the poem was just right. It took many tries but towards the end of the class, but I finally got there.

Debate topics

1.) Sport stars should be positive role models

2.) Sharing music online should be allowed 

3.) Video games are too violent 

4.) Smoking should be illegal 

5.) Same sex marriage should be allowed 

6.) Frades should be abolished