Style

This week I discovered that alot of people have different styles. It may be how they talk or maybe even how they walk but one style that stickes out to me the most is clothing. Me and my mother when shopping today and each time she picked up an outfit for me I squenched my face an nodded no. (giggle) Me and my motheres taste of clothing is totally different but if you look at it everybody is different in their on natural way. I was walking the other day and I saw this women wearing green pants a red belt yellow shoes with a cream blouse. My friend thought it was cute but I though it a hobble choice in colors but im not the one wearing it so I cant judge. Either it dont matter if you wear rain boots on a sunny day, your style is how you are personally because it express you. Thats my pop culture for this week.

This year I have just been working hard to be better than last year because last year I was very unfocused. I have been studying more and trying to find different programs that could help me reach my goal. For english I've made sure that went to the writing center at least three times before the paper is done and I hope it have shown in my paper. For all my other classes I have signed up for tutoring and I have made sure that I studied twice as hard for each exam. I have been very focused on my goal and my goal is to graduate with a g.p.a higher than a 3.5 and I know I will get there. This class has taught me about organizing papers and addressing my point in an argument. Now its time for me to agree with both sides. Im a little nerves for this one and thats because I have to explain two totally different points. But I know with my hard work and dedication, it will be done.

After reading those articles about tv and how people are so into watching their favorite shows that they miss out on for half of their lives; it makes me realize that tv is the main pop culture. Everyday I come home and the first thing I grab it the tv remote. Its kind of like a habit that I don't choose to break. Many people are addicted to tv and don't even realize it. Its kind of like a cell phone because most people cant live right without it. I know when I am away from my phone for more than 10 minutes I would lose my head. Tv is taking over. It is starting to change the world because whatever people see on tv they will think its true and will try to live their lives like the shows the see. For instance Barney, the kids show, every child believes in him and thinks that dinosaurs still exsist. Same for other shows like law and order, people would think that the world is crazy and unsafe because of the crimes they see on the show. Tv is everything and people will live their entire lives through it without even trying.

This topic really tickled me because both Johnson and Stevens article were convicing. johnson claimed that intelligence is all through TV and that it takes alot of brain work to keep up with a show. Steven explained that even in the old days we had better since then to watch tv and get some knowlede. She went on saying that Johnson article had made no sense. She went on talking bout "social relationships" saying that it represent foil. I was a little confused by that statement but I later relized that she argues that even though tv so serious its still hilarious. Overall both articles gave good point like narrative theads and nd paying attention to the plots. Basically Steven article was to argue that tv is for entertainment and fun and not just to "manage resources".If I can choose a side I would chove Steven's because tv isn't that serious.

Today I woke up rushing because I had to go to majorette try-outs. As I got dress I couldnt help to think about what happen the night before. The night before we threw a party at my apartment for some student at MTSU and everybody was dancing and having a gud time like usual but this specific night I relized everybody had their own dance. These people were coming up with dance moves I have never seen before. I noticed that it was all because of their background and where they came from. Back in Africa they dance in a tradional way to show appreciation for their land, Indians dance in a circle together to chat to spiritual gods, and we dance to show our background and how "we get down" haha.I relized that everybody have their own style of dancing and it really don't matter where you come from because at the end of the day we all dance as one. That was my pop culture dor today--the different style of dance.

When  I first saw "shitty first drafts" I cracked up laughing because the title to me tells it all. It shows that everyones first draft is the worst in everyway. I know when I draft for the first time I do exactly how she explained it because I would roll my sleeves up and shake my head just to verify that I was ready to create a master piece. Unfortunatly, I was lying to myself because when the paper was done it looked like a child wrote it or that my thoughts should have stayed in my head. In the first draft about the TV, I felt the writer left alot of their opinion in question. they gave enough evidence but not enough character. I just wish they added themselves into the paper more because I easily became bored but thats just my opinion.

pop culture today

Yesterday I was driving with my mother to go back to nashville to see my family. She began to dance to this song on the radio and I remember asking her "what do you know about this song?" She giggle and told me that it was her new favorite song. Then I realized that new has became the new old. Older people are beggining to listen to younger people music and enjoy it. It use to be the older folks asking the younger kids what do the know about their music, but now its the other way around. The pop culture of this week is music. Music is starting to stimulate older peoples minds. Our music is also starting to reverse the staticstis of older traditions. I've learned that in todays society we are all living the same lives but at different times.

For class

When I wake up in the morning I get dressed, brush my teeth, do my hair, then grab all my books for each class and pack them up in my book bag. I wake up with a goal to accomplish so everytime I set out to class I plan my day around that goal hoping that I will suceed it before the day is finished. When im in class I stay to myself most of the time because when im learning I have to stay at attention or I will miss something. In class discussions I engage in the conversation sometimes but I am a very shy person when I am not comfortable in a eviorment yet so I dont speak out loud in class unless the teacher ask me too personally. I know that its important to my grade and important for me because it helps me know and understand what I learn better. One day I will beat my shyness but until then Im going to work on it and hope that it will get better.

In Steve Johnson's Article

In Steve Johnson's article "Watching Tv Makes You Smarter" he talks about how in certain television shows there are different hints in those shows that help people get the message or the important plots. He points out different shows like Hill street blue to Scream. In Scream he showed how it give you hints on where the killer was present or where it would be present like in Scream they used  arrows to the unlocked door: showing that the killer will go through that door. I agree with Johnson in his article because he believed that in this pop culture tday people see what they want to see or what they want to be seen. In many tv shows they might have many topics but it's always going to be a main topicand  its just up to the audience to identify what it really is. It's the same in art, you see what you feel in the painting that may be the true meaning. Whatever the meaning might be is only up to the minds of the viewer. Johnson believes that people can visualize whats hot and whats not in their generation by finding the right show that draws their attention. Tv is just entertainment to the mind and a way to expand its different point of views and that is what Johnson wanted to get across.What can you bring out of a tv show and how do it relate to your world?

Pop Culture can be many things from hip hop music to the hotest shoes in fashion history. Pop culture is whatever that is in;hip,in style. My pop culture would be soul music. U can never it tired of soul music ad most people enjoy it. It sets the mood and it travels through generation to generation. This culture today is interest in many things so anything could stick out as bein pop. Pop comes from the whole word popular so when you think of popular culture you will began to weigh out what is hot and what is not. Soul music will never go out of still unlike fur boots or certain dance moves. Pop culture is in anybody and whatever that person feel is popular then that will be pop culture. What do you see being your pop culture?