Sunday, November 3, 2013
On the Dangers of Reading Fiction
In his short piece entitled, "On the Dangers of Reading Fiction," Thomas Jefferson depicts his ruthless thoughts about fiction. He describes fiction literature as poison which affects ones mind rejecting all the logos as there would be in nonfiction. He also views fiction as time lost and poor judgment in reading that should be instructively employed in what he calls "wholesome reading". Although, this passage was well written and interesting I do not agree with Jefferson's opinion about fiction. I feel that it is a great form of imagination that helps paints pictures in our heads as well as a needed interest in the life of literature.
Friday, October 18, 2013
On the Differences between Poetry and Prose
In his poem, “ On the
Differences between Poetry and Prose”, T.E. Hulme differentiate the distinctive
aspects about poetry and prose. To convey a defined meaning of prose, he used Algebra
as an example. He explains that Algebra (prose) convey concrete things without any imagery or visualization in the process. He undergoes poetry differently making poetry more flexible and free to use style. With poetry, it delivers a physical image and decorates the poem with metamorphic language. In contrast, prose is straightforward and just ordinary words without the artistic form. For example, "He inquisitively searched for the answer" can be example of poetry. Instead of saying, "he discovered the answer" which is prose, I used it in a more poetic way.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
In his piece entitled, "Figuring Out Metaphors," John S. Searle, exploits how metaphors can sometimes be difficult to comprehend.Instead of saying exactly what one mean, authors and poets use metamorphic statements that have people wondering exactly what they are trying to say. Although metaphors might be hard for some and even myself to understand, I feel that it is a essential element that enhance the meaning of poetry. Think about it, if we just say what exactly what we mean, there wouldn't be any figurative language or imagery for one to grasp on and think about. "She is a beautiful flower blooming in the spring." Now doesn't this gives you an insight of imagery while it miraculously embellish poetry.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
On the Words to Poetry
Dylan Thomas's "On the Words to Poetry", is a very interesting piece. He discusses his relationship with words and what they really mean to him. He explains how he had fallen in love with words just when he was a little boy listening to nursery rhymes. Though he didn't understand exactly what was being said in the nursery rhymes, Thomas express his enjoyment with the sound of the words. Through the text he highly praised words describing them to be beautiful, precious and valuable to his life and this is clarifies why he begin to write poetry. In all, Dylan's true feelings about words were phenomenal and interesting to hear about a person who truly adores words.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Intoduction to Poetry
"I want them to water ski across the surface of a poem waving at the author's name on the shore." This is quoted from Bill Collins's poem entitled "Introduction to Poetry." I enjoyed reading this poem as he grazed on teaching students how to analyze poetry. It was simple and short but yet engaging, meaningful and full of personification. His goal of explaining students to better comprehend poetry was well accomplished as he fluently used poetic devices as well. In all this poem was wonderful.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a film released August 15, 1985. The influence of a man accomplishing the American dream lead to this film. This movie belongs to the Drama genre. One idea that I will like to define from this movie is that one's American dream may be different or doesn't fit for the other. This movie was adapted from another work, it came from a book with the same title and author. It was received pretty well considering the fact that it received a Broadway revival in 1999 and 2012. When viewing the title, Death of a Salesman, I thought that it was going to involved death in an important and significant family.
In the introductory scene, it begins with a man driving a car. As a viewer, it made me ponder about where he is going. There are three scenes in this movie that were important and served a purpose. The first scene was when Willy the main character picks up an old photo and shows his wife. In this photo was a red chevy that he explains was a remarkable thing. This is an important scene because Willy seems to find happiness when he thinks about this car. Another important scene is when Willy gets loses his job at a salesman. Willy walks in to ask to stay in New York to sale but instead he gets fired. This is important scene because his family depends on his income and now he has no job to go to. The last important scene is when Willy's friend, Charley gives Willy money after losing his job and offers him a job where Charley's work. Willy denies the offer. This important because it shows how stubborn Willy is to take the job and is jealous of Charley's success. The climax of the movie scene is when Biff, Willy's son sets him straight by telling him that he is a farmer not a salesman. This illustrates the main idea because Willy's dream of his son becoming a salesman was not pursuing because Biff had dreams of his own that he must follow to define himself. The film did not leave any disunities at the end. It concluded at Willy's funeral and his wife talking to his grave.
The characters of this movie is developed in many ways. Willy character is developed through his actions and sayings. His purpose was to show that some people dreams don't always come true. Biff character is developed by his doings and sayings also. Biff served as a wake up call to his dad Willy. Happ is also Willy's son but didn't get much attention. Happ character was developed by his doings because his sayings and opinions was rather much ignored. Happ served as pleasing Willy rather then helping him. Linda, Willy's wife was characterized through her doing and what she wore. Linda never wore business clothes or casual clothes it was always a house dress showing that she is a house wife. Also her doings showed that she tried to please Willy the best way she could. Linda purpose was to try to keep the family together.
Overall the director's purpose was to give an interesting movie to entertain. The message sent through the movie was that being liked will get you no where but being educated will get you to be successful. The role that Biff played was the high school jock that everyone liked but he was failing in math. Willy wasn't concern for Biff's grades just for his accomplishments in sports and how many fans he had. Biff and Willy's character relates to this message because Biff grown to be not successful as he should and confused about what he wanted to do for a living. There is one symbol in this movie and it is the red automobile that Willy has flashbacks to. This red car served as happiness to the family.
In the introductory scene, it begins with a man driving a car. As a viewer, it made me ponder about where he is going. There are three scenes in this movie that were important and served a purpose. The first scene was when Willy the main character picks up an old photo and shows his wife. In this photo was a red chevy that he explains was a remarkable thing. This is an important scene because Willy seems to find happiness when he thinks about this car. Another important scene is when Willy gets loses his job at a salesman. Willy walks in to ask to stay in New York to sale but instead he gets fired. This is important scene because his family depends on his income and now he has no job to go to. The last important scene is when Willy's friend, Charley gives Willy money after losing his job and offers him a job where Charley's work. Willy denies the offer. This important because it shows how stubborn Willy is to take the job and is jealous of Charley's success. The climax of the movie scene is when Biff, Willy's son sets him straight by telling him that he is a farmer not a salesman. This illustrates the main idea because Willy's dream of his son becoming a salesman was not pursuing because Biff had dreams of his own that he must follow to define himself. The film did not leave any disunities at the end. It concluded at Willy's funeral and his wife talking to his grave.
The characters of this movie is developed in many ways. Willy character is developed through his actions and sayings. His purpose was to show that some people dreams don't always come true. Biff character is developed by his doings and sayings also. Biff served as a wake up call to his dad Willy. Happ is also Willy's son but didn't get much attention. Happ character was developed by his doings because his sayings and opinions was rather much ignored. Happ served as pleasing Willy rather then helping him. Linda, Willy's wife was characterized through her doing and what she wore. Linda never wore business clothes or casual clothes it was always a house dress showing that she is a house wife. Also her doings showed that she tried to please Willy the best way she could. Linda purpose was to try to keep the family together.
Overall the director's purpose was to give an interesting movie to entertain. The message sent through the movie was that being liked will get you no where but being educated will get you to be successful. The role that Biff played was the high school jock that everyone liked but he was failing in math. Willy wasn't concern for Biff's grades just for his accomplishments in sports and how many fans he had. Biff and Willy's character relates to this message because Biff grown to be not successful as he should and confused about what he wanted to do for a living. There is one symbol in this movie and it is the red automobile that Willy has flashbacks to. This red car served as happiness to the family.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is an old film released September 5, 1941. There are no known events or philosophies that influence this film. It belongs to the drama and mystery genre. One idea that I will like to define from this movie is that money, fame and material things cannot buy love. In this movie Charles Kane tried to buy his last wife instead of actually showing love to her. This film did not originate from any other work. It was received quite well due to the fact that it was an nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories and won one for the best writing and original screenplay.
By viewing the title "Citizen Kane" I interpret the title was given to show a regular citizen of the U.S. being recognized. I expected that this movie was going to be about an ordinary person being recognized for a remarkable act that he/she has done. When the film first starts there is strange music playing then it introduces the audience to a man with a mustache that says "Rosebud" then suddenly dropped a snow globe as if something horrifying had occurred. As a viewer of this scene my intentions were to ask, "who was this man, what is rosebud and what has happened?"
Throughout this movie there were many interesting scenes but there were three most important ones. The first significant scene is when Mr. Kane was taken away from his parents as a young boy by a man name Mr. Thatcher. This was an important scene because it was the onset of Mr. Kane's journey of life as of how he came about being the person he was. The second most important scene is when Mr. Kane signs the Declaration of Principles to be over the newspaper company called The Inquirer. By signing this he agreed to the citizens to provide daily news that's accurate and honest. This is an important scene because he took the newspaper business serious and promise to keep his citizens informed in every paper. The last important scene is when Mr. Kane's third wife leaves him because she did not the lifestyle that she was living with him. This is an important scene because this was the first time she stood up to him making him understand what type of person he was and how selfish he was towards her. Also this is important because right after she stormed out, he destroys her room, walks out and dies. The climax of the movie occurs when Susan, Kane's third wife, breaks up with him. This is the highest point of the movie because he was left miserable after this. This illustrates the main idea because it shows that Mr. Kane can not always have his way in life. There were no loose ends in the movie because what was rosebud was finally answered at the end of the movie.
There were three most important characters in this movie. Those were Charles Kane, Jedediah and Susan Alexander. Charles Kane was develop through his actions throughout the movie. His purpose in the movie was to show how one can have all the fame and money and still be unhappy when things aren't going as they should. Jedediah is one of Kane's close friend. He plays an important role because he got fired from the newspaper business after telling the truth about his wife performance at an show. Jedediah serves a purpose of honesty in the movie that Mr. Kane could not handle. Last important character is Susan, Charles Kane's wife. She serves a purpose of happiness to Mr. Kane but a wake up call to him also. Susan helped Charles Kane realize how selfish and unconcerned he was about others. The purpose of the movie is to entertain with an interesting movie about a man who had it all but lost it all at the end. There is one symbol in this movie and it was the sled. The sled was named Rosebud from Kane's childhood. This symbolized his childhood.
By viewing the title "Citizen Kane" I interpret the title was given to show a regular citizen of the U.S. being recognized. I expected that this movie was going to be about an ordinary person being recognized for a remarkable act that he/she has done. When the film first starts there is strange music playing then it introduces the audience to a man with a mustache that says "Rosebud" then suddenly dropped a snow globe as if something horrifying had occurred. As a viewer of this scene my intentions were to ask, "who was this man, what is rosebud and what has happened?"
Throughout this movie there were many interesting scenes but there were three most important ones. The first significant scene is when Mr. Kane was taken away from his parents as a young boy by a man name Mr. Thatcher. This was an important scene because it was the onset of Mr. Kane's journey of life as of how he came about being the person he was. The second most important scene is when Mr. Kane signs the Declaration of Principles to be over the newspaper company called The Inquirer. By signing this he agreed to the citizens to provide daily news that's accurate and honest. This is an important scene because he took the newspaper business serious and promise to keep his citizens informed in every paper. The last important scene is when Mr. Kane's third wife leaves him because she did not the lifestyle that she was living with him. This is an important scene because this was the first time she stood up to him making him understand what type of person he was and how selfish he was towards her. Also this is important because right after she stormed out, he destroys her room, walks out and dies. The climax of the movie occurs when Susan, Kane's third wife, breaks up with him. This is the highest point of the movie because he was left miserable after this. This illustrates the main idea because it shows that Mr. Kane can not always have his way in life. There were no loose ends in the movie because what was rosebud was finally answered at the end of the movie.
There were three most important characters in this movie. Those were Charles Kane, Jedediah and Susan Alexander. Charles Kane was develop through his actions throughout the movie. His purpose in the movie was to show how one can have all the fame and money and still be unhappy when things aren't going as they should. Jedediah is one of Kane's close friend. He plays an important role because he got fired from the newspaper business after telling the truth about his wife performance at an show. Jedediah serves a purpose of honesty in the movie that Mr. Kane could not handle. Last important character is Susan, Charles Kane's wife. She serves a purpose of happiness to Mr. Kane but a wake up call to him also. Susan helped Charles Kane realize how selfish and unconcerned he was about others. The purpose of the movie is to entertain with an interesting movie about a man who had it all but lost it all at the end. There is one symbol in this movie and it was the sled. The sled was named Rosebud from Kane's childhood. This symbolized his childhood.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a movie released on March 16, 2005. There is no particular influence on how this movie came about, but it was adopted from the novel entitled with the same name as the film written by Zora Neale Hurston. This film belongs to the genre of Romance and Drama. In this work, there was an idea or theme that was sent out through the movie and it was never let anyone define your identity. One must be true to themselves and define themselves first. When the movie was first released, it had a great outcome. It received two awards awarding the actress and was rated 4 stars.
By looking at the title of this film, I predicted that the movie was going to be about a holyful couple who always turn to God in their many circumstances. In this first begining of the movie, it starts with actress Halle Berry walking into town with filty beat down overalls and no shoes.As a viewer of this scene, it left me cutious as to where is she coming from, why doesn't she have on shoes and what happened?
There are three vital scenes in this movie that serves to significant meaning. The first scene is when Janie(Halle Berry) dives in the lake and floats over water on her back staring at the sky announcing that she is watching God. This is significant because it shows that this was her most tranquil and peaceful moment where she is able to look at God. The second important scene is when Janie explains to her second husband with a assertive tone saying that he shouldnt mix her doings with her looks. This is significant because she finally stands up for herself and doesnt let her husband define her. She is more than just the mayor's pretty wife and feels that she should be recognized for her other doings and works. The last vital scene is when Tea Cake (Micheal Ealy) took Janie to pick cucumbers with hi. She was so happy and thrilled to go out and do work with him because both of her other husbands refused to let her do work with them. This is an important scene because she was finally elated to do something she wanted with the one she loved and didn't have to be told otherwise.
The climax of the movie is when Janie had to kill her lover, Tea Cake, because he was diagnosed with rabies after a rabid dog has bitten him. Janie had to kill him before he killed her because angered sickness. There was no loose ends in the movie, every detail was told and explained. The movie was concluded when Janie floats backwards across the lake because this was her get a way and care free environment.
Throughout this movie, we were introduced to many characters. These characters served various roles in the movie and were characterized through their actions and words towards Janie. Logan Killicks was Janie first husband. She was forced by her nanny to marry him because he had money and acres to provide for her. Logan Hillicks was a good provider to her but she was not happy nor in love with him. Killicks served a purpose of unhappiness in a marriage that Janie doesnt want to be in and makes her want to go out and find love on her own. Another character is Joe Starks, Janie second husband. Janie meets him and he offers her to run a way with him for a better living. She was excited and took the offer leaving her first husband. Starks in this movie served a purpose of
happiness for Janie but only for a short amount of time until she realizes that living the life of Joe Starks is not what she wanted. Another character in the movie is Tea Cake. This was Janie's true lover. Tea Cake served a purpose of true love and affection to Janie. The last character is Janie's friend, Pheoby. In the first beginning of the movie Phoeby was concerned about Janie and why she looked so dragged down but Janie explained her whole story. In this case, Phoeby served as a vent for Janie to express her life story.
There is a motif in this movie and it is when Janie float on water and looks in the sky stating that she is watching God. This occurs like 3 times in the movie, once in the beginning, the middle and the end. This motif shows it significance by showing us her relaxed mode and escape place when she wants to be alone. The central theme of this movie was one must find love and their identity on their own. There was one symbol in this movie and it was the rag that Janie's second husband Joe Starks made her wear. He made her wear it so that her pretty hair was not shown for others to see and admire. It was only for him and her to view. This symbolized a part of Janie that was blocked from her because of her husband. But when he died, she had stop wearing the rag and was eager to let her down once again.
By looking at the title of this film, I predicted that the movie was going to be about a holyful couple who always turn to God in their many circumstances. In this first begining of the movie, it starts with actress Halle Berry walking into town with filty beat down overalls and no shoes.As a viewer of this scene, it left me cutious as to where is she coming from, why doesn't she have on shoes and what happened?
There are three vital scenes in this movie that serves to significant meaning. The first scene is when Janie(Halle Berry) dives in the lake and floats over water on her back staring at the sky announcing that she is watching God. This is significant because it shows that this was her most tranquil and peaceful moment where she is able to look at God. The second important scene is when Janie explains to her second husband with a assertive tone saying that he shouldnt mix her doings with her looks. This is significant because she finally stands up for herself and doesnt let her husband define her. She is more than just the mayor's pretty wife and feels that she should be recognized for her other doings and works. The last vital scene is when Tea Cake (Micheal Ealy) took Janie to pick cucumbers with hi. She was so happy and thrilled to go out and do work with him because both of her other husbands refused to let her do work with them. This is an important scene because she was finally elated to do something she wanted with the one she loved and didn't have to be told otherwise.
The climax of the movie is when Janie had to kill her lover, Tea Cake, because he was diagnosed with rabies after a rabid dog has bitten him. Janie had to kill him before he killed her because angered sickness. There was no loose ends in the movie, every detail was told and explained. The movie was concluded when Janie floats backwards across the lake because this was her get a way and care free environment.
Throughout this movie, we were introduced to many characters. These characters served various roles in the movie and were characterized through their actions and words towards Janie. Logan Killicks was Janie first husband. She was forced by her nanny to marry him because he had money and acres to provide for her. Logan Hillicks was a good provider to her but she was not happy nor in love with him. Killicks served a purpose of unhappiness in a marriage that Janie doesnt want to be in and makes her want to go out and find love on her own. Another character is Joe Starks, Janie second husband. Janie meets him and he offers her to run a way with him for a better living. She was excited and took the offer leaving her first husband. Starks in this movie served a purpose of
happiness for Janie but only for a short amount of time until she realizes that living the life of Joe Starks is not what she wanted. Another character in the movie is Tea Cake. This was Janie's true lover. Tea Cake served a purpose of true love and affection to Janie. The last character is Janie's friend, Pheoby. In the first beginning of the movie Phoeby was concerned about Janie and why she looked so dragged down but Janie explained her whole story. In this case, Phoeby served as a vent for Janie to express her life story.
There is a motif in this movie and it is when Janie float on water and looks in the sky stating that she is watching God. This occurs like 3 times in the movie, once in the beginning, the middle and the end. This motif shows it significance by showing us her relaxed mode and escape place when she wants to be alone. The central theme of this movie was one must find love and their identity on their own. There was one symbol in this movie and it was the rag that Janie's second husband Joe Starks made her wear. He made her wear it so that her pretty hair was not shown for others to see and admire. It was only for him and her to view. This symbolized a part of Janie that was blocked from her because of her husband. But when he died, she had stop wearing the rag and was eager to let her down once again.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Reflection
As many people would say, every good thing has to come to an end and sadly to say it is the end of my A.P. Language class of 2013. With so many new things that I have learned, I can absolutely say that my teacher, Mrs. Day, has really got me through this year. While attending this class, she has helped me improved my writing and also enhance my vocabulary. There are so many things that she has done to prepare me for college. At first, when I got a writing assignment I would hesitate before doing it, but now it’s a piece cake due to the diligence of her. She has done more than just teach about Language, but also a little bit of history along the way. We read great books from Invisible Man to Huck Finn and a bit of Malcom X. Mrs. Day have really gone above and beyond to teach us and even though I felt as if some of the assignments were ridiculous; I was able to get them complete with her help. Earlier in the year I was unsure about taking her class, but now I am thankful I did. I can not wait to experienece a class with her all over again next year for A.P. Literature.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Memphis Tigers
I am an absolute proud fan of my hometown basketball team, Memphis Tigers. With the starting players of Joe Jackson, Tarik Black, Adonis Thomas, D.J. Stephens and “The Clutch”, Chris Crawford, I get enthusiastic watching them play every game. With their overall record of 31-5 the Tigers entered into the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament as the 6 seed. They then advanced to the second round and later defeated Saint Mary’s Gaels with the close score of 54 to 52. Unfortunately, when the Tigers arrived in the third round against Michigan State, they could not pull through. They lost badly with the score of 70 to 48. Their biggest problem was making their shots. Everything was so fast paced and in a rush that they couldn’t manage to control the ball and defeat Michigan.
Although, their season is over for the year of 2013-2013, I can honestly say that I am still proud of them. They still had a good season and maybe then they will play more dominate teams during their season to better help them prepare for the tournament next year. With their brilliant head coach, Coach Pastner, I am bound to see what the Tigers going to bring next year.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Raising The Minimum Wage
Just recently, about a week ago, Barack Obama proposed a plan to raise the minimum wage from 7.25 to 9 dollars an hour. As you can see in this political cartoon, Obama's minimum wage increase is being advertised as a type of prescribed medicine. This is somewhat a comparison between a doctor and Barack Obama. A doctor prescribes medicines and drugs to save patients from their illness; in comparison, Barack raises the minimum wage to save his people from poverty.
Moreover, like all drugs there are some kinds of side effect along with it. As shown, Obama's Minimum Wage Increase may kill jobs, weaken the economy, and increase poverty and government dependency. This is actually ironic because these effects are the exact opposite of Obama's thought of an outcome. He finds more positive effects out of making the minimum wage $9/hour than what the medicine bottle has displayed.
I personally believe that Barack's proposal of raising the minimum wage is a great idea. It will help people who are currently working full time take a step out of poverty. There shouldn't be any reason why a person who work a full time job receiving minimum wage of 7.25 but yet still struggle with their expenses. By Barack's plan of increasing the minimum wage to 9, it will give citizens more opportunities and monies to buy things they desire as well as need. I salute Obama for this proposal and disagree with this political cartoon.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Racial Issues
Racial issues are matters that I thought our society overcame a long time ago, but according to the event that happen in Mississippi, I can evidently see that it didn’t. On November 11, 2012 near midnight, Ole Miss police officers came across a large crowd of students "shouting racial slurs and taunting other students with chants" about the recent presidential election.Just minutes after President Obama was re-elected Tuesday, a crowd of 550 "agitated and angry" students and spectators gathered to not only attack his policies, but shout about race."
Now hearing about this situation, I have the opportunity to go to Ole Miss for a summer college program, but should I be scared to do so? My very own mother was frightened for me attend just because of this incident. I don’t know much about politics, but I can say that I was happy that Obama was re-elected. If I was to go down there and say I support Obama, with my black face, will they start a riot with me too? After all, I am a young African American scholar and there was nothing but whites complaining about the re-election of Barack Obama, a “black” president. I am not afraid to attend the summer college because of this, but it is something that I must keep in mind while I am down there to protect myself from these racial issues.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/11/10/racial-slurs-at-colleges-show-progress-still-needed/1696475/
Now hearing about this situation, I have the opportunity to go to Ole Miss for a summer college program, but should I be scared to do so? My very own mother was frightened for me attend just because of this incident. I don’t know much about politics, but I can say that I was happy that Obama was re-elected. If I was to go down there and say I support Obama, with my black face, will they start a riot with me too? After all, I am a young African American scholar and there was nothing but whites complaining about the re-election of Barack Obama, a “black” president. I am not afraid to attend the summer college because of this, but it is something that I must keep in mind while I am down there to protect myself from these racial issues.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/11/10/racial-slurs-at-colleges-show-progress-still-needed/1696475/
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Teens and Facebook
As I strolled down my timeline to view what is going on in the lives of my fellow friends and family, I saw and read things that I wish I wouldn’t have ever seen before. Saying this, teenagers these days do not know how to use social media sites properly. Sites like Facebook are used to socialize and to keep up with your friends and family, but the way teenagers use Facebook today is unacceptable.
Primarily, teenagers do not use Facebook properly mainly because of the pictures they have upload on it. For example, teen girls will upload pictures of themselves being half naked, breast out, and butt showing or even wearing tremendously tight clothes just to get likes. This shows how young and dumb a teenage girl can be. Don't these girls understand that when they upload a picture to a site like this; any and everybody can view it? This is where maturity stands out. Maybe if they realize that they don’t have to show their goodies to get likes, but simply give a nice smile and pose then it can go a lot further than exposing your body to the world.
Furthermore, teenagers use Facebook for the wrong reasons. I noticed that for some of my teen friends that I have added do not even update their status for whats going on in their life but for negativity such as gang activities. They would constantly represent their gang in their statuses while some may call it "dissing" the others. They also would upload pictures throwing up their gang signs. This an ultimate problem and shows how teens do not use the social media websites ethically and properly.
In all, teens use social media websites such as Facebook incorrectly and are constantly practicing these bad habits every day. Not all teenagers use Facebook wrong but some that I have seen has really gotten to me. Their activities on these sites and inappropiate pitures should be seen and be given parental control over their page. Maybe then their negative statuses and photos may decrease.
Primarily, teenagers do not use Facebook properly mainly because of the pictures they have upload on it. For example, teen girls will upload pictures of themselves being half naked, breast out, and butt showing or even wearing tremendously tight clothes just to get likes. This shows how young and dumb a teenage girl can be. Don't these girls understand that when they upload a picture to a site like this; any and everybody can view it? This is where maturity stands out. Maybe if they realize that they don’t have to show their goodies to get likes, but simply give a nice smile and pose then it can go a lot further than exposing your body to the world.
Furthermore, teenagers use Facebook for the wrong reasons. I noticed that for some of my teen friends that I have added do not even update their status for whats going on in their life but for negativity such as gang activities. They would constantly represent their gang in their statuses while some may call it "dissing" the others. They also would upload pictures throwing up their gang signs. This an ultimate problem and shows how teens do not use the social media websites ethically and properly.
In all, teens use social media websites such as Facebook incorrectly and are constantly practicing these bad habits every day. Not all teenagers use Facebook wrong but some that I have seen has really gotten to me. Their activities on these sites and inappropiate pitures should be seen and be given parental control over their page. Maybe then their negative statuses and photos may decrease.
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