BLOG Comments-mine didnt go sooo well by the way :(

I attempted to comment on Meredith Haas' blog but my acct kept saying it couldnt acess any of the other accounts using mine! So I'll jst post it here til we get things straight! http://wecanbeheroestoo.blogspot.com/2011/09/news-anchor-uses-negative-stereotype-as.html-I couldnt agree with u more! Its crazy what people will do just to make the headlines! A good writer is more than just being able to create a rumor or dress up a lie! Writing is "powerful" and should be treated as such!

I also attemted to comment on Guy Levantes "Response to the Hidden Curriculm"
I luv this! Most people that are fortunate enough to just barely meet the "high Class" or high "middel class" automatically assume that those beneath them (social class) automatically will have a bad future. Ones circum stances does not neccesairly have to determine theyre outcome in life, regardless of race, color, or creed!

"If the Shoe Fits Wear it"

1) What were all the articles in your group's packet attempting to frame? That is, what was "common" among these documents?

2) How were 2 or more of the articles attempting to frame the "truth" differently? In what ways

3) How do these different frames "make sense"? That is, how is it possible for these very different perspectives to work? What narratives do they fit?

4) How do these different articles/frames/narratives reflect differences in power.

This past Monday, we had a group assignment and the discussion got soooooo good that it turned into an assignment. and the questions above are asked to give us a general idea about what our blog should be about. Unfortunately I'm not sure that most journalist or reporters would like me very much after this! Anyway, my groups articles were attempting to frame "Violence." In all of the documents they attempted to show violence amongst the youth within the lower class! Somehow It always seems as though Journalist will do and say anything to make a story a headline including "dress" or "fabricate" the truth! Ironically in every document, the minorities were the "offenders." Or were they? I say this because in one article a Hispanic male in his mid thirties with a family and a career as a paralegal, got arrested for a havng an unregistered gun in his home. His neighbors called th e police on hime saying theyre where weapons in his home. They approached him saying"wear are the guns" without hesitation he immediately showed the police where it was, they then proceeded to areest him. This was in the pile of "ViOLENCE."  Reading it repulsed me among the other articles Ive read. The media  has been gulitiy of this for many years. I have yet to read a source that didnt fabricate or tweek the truth just a "little bit" to fit the situation. That is where power comes in. As long as you have a pen, a mouth to speak, and ur "socially relevant" Your Socially Pwerful!!! I could talk all day about this a turn one frame into another and make millions more but I'll stop here and leave you with an assignment! Close your eyes and think about the word violence..."dont think about minorities" Whats the first thing you think aboutt? Go!!!!!!!

"all work and no play"

What is work? Realistically. there are more than 10 actal definitions to the term "work." But, there was one that stuck out to me the most. Work; the labor, task, or duty that is one's accustomed means of livelihood. Not to say any of the others are wrong, but this is twhat I think of when i hear the term work. it apllies to mein so many forms and fashion. At an early age i heard "work' all day. Growing up my father wasnt around so I my mother was the primary care taker of my home. She went to school and worked two jobs. So i understood what it meant to be worked. I was taught that nothing would ever be handed to you. Nothing is free in this world not even education. So one must work for it all! work was an assignment given to me when i was old enough to comprehend it. Not a an actual job.  It all started with school! I was told that I was gonna have to work my whole life. Rather it be in school, a career, houshold work, etc. But without proper education I could never have a career or be able to actually be happy while working. So it all started with school. Then when I got old enough to grasp the concept of working a job, and understanding what it means to actually get something out of it at the end. I got one immediately!!! This term "work" began having broader meanings shortly after this. I started hearing it every where from everyone. From family. to counselors, from preachers, to teachers. Work started to become defined; an activity with an objective or goal to obtain a prize. For me, that meant working towards a bright future, a career, a family, buying my own house, a business, etc. Im constantly reminded of "work." when hearing the word, I dont just think about hard laborerr. I think about life...I think that life is just one big work place waiting for us to clock in and out. Everyone must figure out how to work in it!