Blog 12

The most interesting concept of the importance of play would have to be how it can affect the development of a child. Play is very crucial and needed within every child's life, they cannot physically, socially and mentally develop as well without it. Play also creates imagination and inventiveness in children, thus creating smart and true-thinking adults. The importance of play allows children to release energy and after play they are able to focus more.

Blog Post 11 (free choice)

My free choice blog is going to be about what has been concerning me lately. I know we all have seen these new zombie movies and shows and some people believe that someday there really will be zombies. I have been doing some research and I know that there are many places that have been doing chemical tests on people and animals. It scares me to know that we are capable of creating almost superhuman...humans! The army tried to get a law passed for a certain drugs that makes the people that fight for our country, stronger. They would have been able to last 2-3 more days of fighting with a bullet wound, whereas now, you could die immediatley. In addition to that, I have been worried about the blackout and social unrest that could possibly happen. Will we all be prepared if that happens? Don't get me wrong, I am not into all that scientific stuff but let's be real. I am not sure how I would react to something like that if it were to happen. It is not neccesarily going to happen but it is up in the air and I think that everyone should be prepared in their own way. We should also beware of Obamacare's plan to put a microchip in everyone with their identies on that chip. We will get rid of credit cards and our information will be on that. I don't believe that will ever pass in congress but as we can see, our government is forgetting that we are supposed to be the "land of the free" Do we really have freedom?

Blog Post 10

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others.. he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of opression and resistance." -Robert Kennedy Page 141








This quote is very meaningful and is effective because it is showing how if there is just one person who can go after something, it can create a ripple effect. When you can gather one person, who gathers someone else, the group keeps growing and this can be useful when you're trying to make a difference and improve the world. America needs more of these types of people who do those types of things. I believe if our people stood up to our government that way, we would be a better country. If we can all come together as one and create a mighty current, the idea might succeed. The idea of creating hope is incredible and can bring so much effort.

Blog Post 9

My first memory of play in Elementary school was very exciting. I wasn't too sure what to expect because I was becoming older and everything was new to me. I do remember looking around at all the equipment in the play area and having no idea where to start. My plan was to make sure I tried everything to see what I liked best. I witnessed kids on the swings, sliding down slides and climbing up ladders. What caught my eye was these bars that were horizontal and you're supposed to swing from bar to bar to get to the end. So I decided to ask my teacher what it was before I went to go investigate for myself. She told me they were called monkey bars! I immediatley ran over to them and started going. I loved the monkey bars because I had such great balance and good arm strength. This became my first amazing memory of play in Elementary school.

Blog 8 What makes a really good bad guy?

The article "What makes a really good bad guy," explains how in certain movies there may be villans but have good motives. An example of one would be like Bane in Batman, he covers himself up and keeps a mask on to hide his weakest spot. But it turns out that he had a weakness for Talia and he had no fear of dying. Bane had a purpose as well as The Joker and The Joker's purpose was to keep humans from reaching a destructive depth in life. The theme of this article is to show how bad can be mixed in with good. I was surprised about the Bane/Joker analysis because I never looked at those villans that way. I didn't disagree with any statments made in the article and I thought it gave me a new perspective on how bad can be portrayed.

Post 7 Gender and Social Media

With both readings on gender, they both talk about how there are female/ male stereotypical roles. Gender changes over time and what people think about each. Johanna Blakely is very passionate about studying the impact of mass media on society with the seperation of genders. In her video she talks about how women are portrayed in social media and always made out to look better, more defined and more sexual. This is common because it's the way people want to see the female gender. The other author, Brian Hardison talks about how games and technology are created to show a more appealing utopia. This leads to the seperation of real world and gaming world. The creation of these games shows genders "jazzed up" meaning men are muscular and women are curvy, tall and skinny. Most people strive to be this way so it makes it more  of fantasy. The paired readings go hand in hand in talking about the pushed idea of sexuality within genders.

Post 6- Video Games

In the pair two readings its really incredible how both women using video games and gaming as a subject for promoting playing. Usually most people look down upon video games saying they do nothing but fry kids brains. Well both women have valid points in each article on how gaming can improve life skills and can help us solve world problems. I was skeptical about starting to read these because I am not a video game supporter myself. I personally think video games have no real-world relation whatsoever. It is simply solving a problem in a utopia, which is not the real world and in the real world you must step outside of your element. Video games not being one, in my opinion. I did enjoy intaking the knowledge from both though..