assigned reading

The reading that was assigned, was quite interesting. I learned that advertising takes up much more money, and time the people normally notice. In my opinion, I feel that it is very important. Some people would contradict my opinion, but that is their opinion. People want what the latest fashions are. They look around at the people surrounding them, and they see that they are wearing the newest Coach high top shoes, or the new purse that Dolce & Gabbana just created. People are addicted to the "new." I understand that, because I personally, am the exact same way. I can never walk through the mall and not stop in Guess, or in Coach. It is almost like an addiction! Advertising is important, because it shows people what the "new" is. It is rediculous how expensive everything is, but people truely stop at nothing to have the image of someone who has money. When you see an advertisement for a store such as Gucci, and you see the prices, then you see someoen walking down the street with the expensive item, of course you will envy them, because you know they have money. When it comes to fashion, everyone wants people to notice what they have.

The other part of the reading was also interesting. When we see advertisements such as "Help these starving children" it catches our eyes. We see that someone is desperate for help, so we run to them. At least a lot of people do. For example, I myself, am a vegetarian, and when I see PETA advertisements, I always read them. Certain interests that people have will immediately catch their eye. Its amazing how some people could see an advertisement for something that does not involve them what so ever, yet when they see something that does, and is asking specifically for their attention, they will help. Its crazy the play on words that some advertisements have.

crash refective essay

My essay on Crash, I felt was written well. That was at first though. After I had reviewed it with Mrs. Horak, I had noticed all of the mistakes that I often make. While reviewing my essay I realized that I use helping verbs too much. I think that my essay was well written, but I realized that I need to work on my grammar.
The essay was, I feel, an easy essay to write. I felt that it was an easy topic. Once we found our topic or thesis it was fairly easy to follow the topic. The part that I did find difficult though, was summarizing. It is sometimes for me to discuss my opinion on something without summarizing what I was referring to.
I would like to improve on my writing skills, when it comes to my wording. Hopefully my next essay will be better.

Marijuana Paper Response

The essay that I had written on legalizing and taxing Marijuana was not one of my best writings. I think that my paper was persuasive, and had detail as to how it coud truely help our country, but i felt that I needed more back up information. People need to see the importance of Marijuana. Not only Marijuana, but Hemp as well. The entire Cannabis plant could help save our world. Hemp has well over fifty thousand uses. I wisht that I would have talked about Hemp more in my paper. I should have discussed the importances of both of the substances.
I felt that the most important part of my paper was when I discussed how much money our country could save by not having to deal with the punishment expenses. I felt as if that part was a real eye opener. All of the facts that I had stated actually make people re-think the situation. I also feel as if my conclusion was pretty strong. People are going to do what they want, when they want, and how they want. I do, however feel that I could have made my paper a lot better. I wish I would have added more detail and facts, becuase though I did present a lot of facts, I don't feel as if I had persuaded people enough.

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I hope I did this right!