...Television gives children bad role models that they are likely to follow. The television shows that our children watch can contain characters that are in the role of protagonist and looked up to by kids that teach them bad values, morals, and what is normal behavior. With a merging of mature content and animation Family Guy shows us a prime example of bad role models. The main character Peter Griffin is a mindless, disrespectful, and shameful dad whose escapades get his family, himself and others into dangerous situations. Peter Griffin has no respect for authority and throughout the series writers of the show use his characters to trash other show and people with little respect for anyone. The bad examples continue into shows like Breaking Bad a television show watched by millions upon millions in which the main character Walter White is a science teacher with a small family who goes from suburban life to leading a life in the drug game after getting diagnosed with cancer. Walter White teaches bad morals to people and even if children don't watch it directly, the message has gotten in to pop culture so much so that children are being dressed up in Walter White halloween costumes. An example of a childrens show format merging into adult content is in the show Brickleberry created by a comedian who strategy is to shock by any way possible, he turns a lovable looking animate bear and cast of other harmless looking characters and insults to insult. This comedy sends the wrong message...
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...The Characteristics that make a good student. Whether or not, yet you think it is important to be a good student. The things that you have done or will do to become a good student. What are you willing to sacrafice to be a good student. In life as I went through the education system, I realized that there were three kinds of students. There were the good students, the average students and the bad students. Many people strive to be in the category of the good student, many settle for the category of the average student and some just don’t care so they end up being placed in the category of the bad student. I find that the most important of those categories is the category of the good student. I feel this way because the good student usually accomplish a lot in life and they are usually the successful ones. The average students do what they do, slide by under the radar, and the bad students don’t care, so the just relax for the rest of their lives. I constantly strive to be a good student. Many people have asked me what are the characteristics of a good student, whether I think being a good student is important or not, the things I have done or will do to become a good student, and what will I sacrafice to become a good student. For a while I was puzzled as to what are the characteristics of a good student, but as I sat back, I realized that I was a good student, and that every student has there own mode of operation. They tend to have the same patterns though. First a good...
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...Imagine being told you can’t do something based on something your grandma or grandpa did, or people judging you based on family history. This is how thousands of pit bulls feel every day. Pitbulls all over America are being mistreated because of the bad reputation they have, but not all pitbulls are this aggressive. Pitbulls can make a wonderful pet. They are not any more dangerous than any other dog, they can actually improve your household, Since the 1800s pit bulls have held the name as the most dangerous dog. As the 1930s, they became known as the fighting dog. People would breed the dog intentionally for dog fights. It takes an average dog two and a half weeks to get adopted, for a pitbull it will take an average of seven and a half...
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...In the article, it was discovered that the average person’s attention span is becoming shorter and shorter. It has gone to the point that our attention span is now around 8 seconds, which is shorter than the average goldfish. As a college student, this impacts us in a negative way because a good focus is needed to do well in school. Although it was stated that our ability to multitask has improved, this is not as important as a good focus in college. There is no benefit to multitasking while studying or doing homework since that should be the only thing you focus on at the time. Also, the typical multitasking that students do while studying is to watch videos or listen to music. I do not think there is little that college students can...
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...Some of his strengths include being able to work alone and ability to do different things at times, as well as the freedom to use his own judgment. | Weaknesses include keeping busy, how a boss handles the employees and the company practices and policies. Lack of pay and working conditions also negative. | What’s My Affect Intensity? | Eric scored a 24, which is average between the ranges of 10-50. | Eric tends to understand himself and seldom gets emotional. He does not suffer from emotional intensity. | He does not seem to be passionate about causes. He also lacks emotional intensity. | How Are You Feeling Right Now? | Eric scored a 42, which is higher in the range of 10-50. | Eric is a happy person. He tends to keep a positive attitude toward life, and is not sad or fearful. | While he is happy, he did not seem to be cheerful or excited about anything. | Am I Engaged? | Eric scored a 31, which is higher in the range of 9-45. | Eric is engaged and looks forward to class/work. He is enthusiastic and finds meaning and purpose in his studies. | He cannot continue to study for long periods of time. He also gets frustrated if the results are not the best. | What’s My Emotional Intelligence Score? | Eric scored a 22. | He excelled in bouncing back from setbacks, as well as handling himself well in social situations. He is good at putting things in perspective, and being able to understand a person’s problems. He also tries to make bad situations and/or moods better...
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...Case : This story is of my very close friend . We knew each other since our childhood days. He was a brilliant student . Everything was going well . It all started when my best friend started to mix with the wrong crowd. With new mates and bad company he started focusing much less into studies and moved into spending time hanging out with people with no conduct. I valued his friendship much more than just a company at school . His father used to live away in different state and used to come very rarely due to some work . It was very evident that his new lifestyle was paving way to trouble but it was still very hard for me to hurt his feelings . I thought that if I will tell him to stay away from those bad guys then he might have thought that I am jealous of...
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...very intrigued in since I was about 12 or 13 years old. Although my parents told me one day when I was in kindergarten, they went in for a parent teacher conference and learned some very interesting news. It seemed my kindergarten teacher had already decided on an area of careers that I was going to pursue. When they began talking the first thing that she told them was, “ I can already tell just by watching Dylan this year so far that he will have a career with hands on social activity. He is not afraid to talk to anyone and always helps everyone when they are sad. He’s also very importunate as well.” I was repressed this story until I was about 16 because that was about the age I told my parents I want to do something with Psychology. I feel as though I am someone who’s very accost. I also watch a lot of criminal investigation shows as well, which helps with the forensic part of my pursued career. I usually can guess why the assumed killer committed the crime he or she convicted. I already know a decent amount of knowledge about...
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...video’s in module three cover the different types of Biases and the hidden power of smiling. The articles which I found very interesting cover two things that are very important to me, how to stop swearing and if political correctness is bad for society. In the first video – What is a Cognitive Bias? It seems that a basic description of cognitive bias is the coming to know or knowing an inclination of the human mind. Included in this was our shortcut mechanism from making decisions, which is known as Heuristics. The Self Serving Bias is the tittle of video two; which describes a tendency of people to attribute success to themselves, and failures to outside factors. Which means they don’t learn from their mistakes and do things for years without bettering themselves. Video three Assertiveness; covers assertiveness and...
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...wages, raises in taxes, etc. This leaves the average American without enough money to support them selves. So what does that mean for pets and animal care? A pet is something a person has to take care of. Most of the time an individual must clean, feed and wash the pet they have. This means that because of the bad economy, vet costs are increasing; pets are being neglected and are also being abandoned. In the United States, about 63% of American families own a pet. Even if money is tight, it is immoral to let animals suffer the negative consequences of a falling economy. Why are pets necessary for one’s life? First off pets can improve someone’s mood. When something is giving constant love, it is unlikely to put you in a bad mood and even if you’re in a bad mood already they’ll put you in a better one! Pets are also stress relievers and make you feel less lonely. According to an article about health benefits of pets, “A recent study found that men with AIDS were less likely to suffer from depression if they owned a pet.” A person who lives for something else is much happier than if they were just living for themselves! A few weeks ago I lost my cat because someone took him and left him on the side of a road 15 minutes away from where I lived. He got hit by a car and had broken his leg. The total bill to release my cat from the animal shelter, to get surgery and to buy medicine all came down to around $3000 dollars. The average person, with the economy situation we're in now...
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...officers). Nothing is black-and-white, there are many different ways to view a situation. Juries are selected to be a group of peers – this is what our justice system is based off of. If an objective peer would do the same thing in the same situation, perhaps you’ll be acquitted. However, the peer-based system is flawed. The first reason is because it can be hard to find a peer for some groups. The more educated a person is, the less likely it is that their jury will be intellectual equals. On the flip side, with an extremely under-educated person, the same principle applies. The juried system works best with an average person sitting before an average group of peers. However, this same idea – of average juries for average citizens – can skew the trial in an unfair direction. Legal studies professor Hiroshi Fukurai wrote about the peer trial being a detriment to justice, giving the example of Ku Klux Klansman trials shortly after the Civil War. These men were tried for murder and torture of abolitionists and escaped slaves, and many were found not-guilty by a jury of white Republican males (Fukurai 1999). The social construction of the era said that slaves (even newly freed) were no better than animals – certainly not intelligent human beings like the former plantation owners. Therefore, murdering a black man was not considered serious by a jury of peers. In much the same vein, other social constructions can make an allegation not appear as...
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...There are many things people say about global warming and how it affects earth. There are many ways that people try to define the way it works are what it really is. Way back in the ages were people was just starting to realize what this huge rock was and what we called earth and how it work. There some that try to break down or really understand the ways that global warming work and how they can stop the dangerous affect that it cause on earth. Then there some that thinks it a man-made myth that people try to escape to when being ask the problem with our clement. Global warming is also known as the green house effect, is a topic that has received much attention, in recent years; yet our Climate change is not a recent problem. Every year, almost 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by human activity. Global warming is in the earth's upper atmosphere directly caused by human burning of fossil, fuels, industrial, farming, and deforestation. Every year we see natural disasters that are extremely powerful for example, In April of 2011, the country of Japan was hard hit by an earthquake that took the lives of thousands of people. If we ignore the fact now the result could be big . The problem on Global warming has been unsolvable in the last 30 years, but today researchers have found various things that may cause or seem to be the problem that we as humans have inflicted on the earth. A phenomenon which is known as 'Climate change of the green house...
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...definitions I define it as comprehension. When someone can comprehend things they were not taught it signifies high intelligence, therefore, when someone like Charlie Gordon cannot comprehend anything they are of low intelligence. However, here is no way to measure it. It is not concrete, and it cannot simply be put on a rubric. A doctor cannot just examine you and say, “You are a 4.5 intelligence.” It is way too complicated for that. It is a part of people that while it can be nurtured you cannot force it. People want others to accede and change to make themselves feel better, but it does not work like that. My main points are intelligence as a tool, how does extremely high or low intelligence affects a person, and what level of intelligence should a person strive for. In movies it is not unusual to see someone use cleverness as a way out of a bad...
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...APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics, which studies what features make something good/bad, an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious - or metaethics, which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words, or the nature of ethical facts 2. Applied ethics is a distinct category of ethical philosophy A. What is applied ethics? 3. Deals with difficult moral questions and controversial moral issues that people actually face in their lives Examples: the moral issues regarding… abortion euthanasia giving to the poor sex before marriage the death penalty gay/lesbian marriage (or other rights) war tactics censorship so-called “white lies” etc. A. What is applied ethics? 4. Given the time we have left in the semester, we’re going to focus on only two example issues: • Whether or not we are morally obligated to help the less fortunate (especially those in other nations) • Whether or not abortion is morally wrong 5. Why we haven’t spent more time on this: • Often results in gridlocked or endless discussions • Having some prior knowledge of some normative theories helps give a framework for discussion • Brings in issues that are not philosophical E.g., a discussion about whether or not the death penalty is morally OK may require sociological information about its effectiveness, etc. B. Suggestions for having good discussions 1. Abortion is a very emotional and charged issue - Students are bound...
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...Have you ever had a dream that you could not stop thinking about, something that you wanted so bad, you would do anything to get it? Jay Gatsby also had this ambition for his dream to come true. His ambitions were matched with greed and money which in the end won. Gatsby has pushed through obstacles and difficulties in order to become a wealthy person. For the average person that would be the American dream, but for Gatsby it was more than just money, it was love. Gatsby’s American dream was to be with Daisy, in any and all capacities- no matter what, he didn't care what it took, he wanted to be with her. Gatsby loved Daisy and would do anything for her, he fell in love with her 5 years earlier and never seen her again until just recently. All Gatsby wanted to do was be with Daisy he would give up all of his wealth for her, his loved blinded him and this eventually led to his downfall. He does things he normally would not do and if it weren't for Daisy Myrtle would still be alive. I do not think Daisy cares about Gatsby the way he cares for her because she did not attend his funeral and she did not run away with him. Daisy did not know what to say when she first saw him which is a bad sign she did not really show any excitement, this is shown when it says,...
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...Obesity Today Page 1 Ryan Psych-106-016RN 4 February 2015 Unit 1 Obesity Today Obesity Today Page 3 In the society that we live in today obesity has become one of the most detrimental things we have dealt with and continue to deal with in the twenty-first century. There are many contributing factors to produce overweight individuals. The most common are that we as Americans don’t get enough sleep and that most of us live a sedentary lifestyle. For many people to get away from these things is difficult. Their jobs entail sitting at a computer all day and sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. These are only two of the more prominent causes of obesity. In 2011-2012 about 32 percent of adults 20 years and older were obese. At the same time about 17 percent of children aged 2 through 19 were obese. (Ogden, Caroll, Kit, Flegal, 2014 ) This is proof that obesity isn’t just effecting the adults of America it is also effecting the youth and future of this country. The first problem beyond the obesity is the lack of sleep which coincides. Without adequate sleep the hunger-related hormones leptin and ghrelin are disrupted. (Hockenbury, Hockenbury, pg. 328 2012) When sleep...
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