1st Amendment Rights

So the first amendment gives us the rights to freedom of religion, speech, press, assemble peaceably, and the right to petition the government. This amendment is limited in schools. I agree that it should be limited to schools. I agree because if you voice your religious opinion in school and others don't agree with you then there would be a big argument which would harm the school environment as well as your ability to learn. I do think that school newspapers should be able to report on any issues they want to, just as long as the article is unbiased and doesn't offend anybody. I think this because if the newspaper wishes to report on real news then they should have the right to do so. This is a right whether it is in school or in the media. Although I don't believe that people should voice personal opinions in school I think they should have the right to have those rights. For example if a kid practices Islam then he shouldn't have to dissect a cow heart if he doesn't want to. This doesn't bring unnecessary conflict to the school area, but the kid still has the right to practice his religion. So in conclusion people should have the ability to practice their ideas so long as it does not offend or hurt other students ability to learn.

War Propaganda Remix

When we analyzed war propaganda I analyzed the one with a navy man riding a torpedo. In this poster it is appealing because it looks exciting and fun. The slogan; "The service for fighting men", makes it seem like only tough guys would join the Navy. If I was changing the message of this poster I would first change the color scheme of the poster. I would change it from a light, fun blue to a grey or black dark color scheme. This would make it look like war is not a fun, exciting thing, but a dark, scary one. i would also change the color of the torpedo from gold to black and make it look more menacing looking. The next thing I would change would be that I wouldn't have the guy riding a torpedo, but a torpedo chasing him. Then I would change his facial expression from a laughing, happy expression to a scared, yelling one. These changes would all show that war is not something to be taken lightly. Finally I would change the slogan from "The service for fighting men" to "The Service for No Man." This would represent that no man should have to go to war because there should not be any war. I feel like this poster could really be switched around to support anti-war as well as it did support war.

Johnny Got His Gun Questions

For this assignment we had to say if we agreed or disagreed with various statements. The two statements that I chose to write about are #4 and #9. #4 asks if you believe communication is essential to forming relationships. I agree that it is essential. I don’t know if you can form deep relationships without communication. I’m sure that you could form minor or small relationships without communication, but I think that if you want to form a trustworthy, major relationship you need communication. Communication is essential for forming trust. If you don’t talk to people about a lot of stuff I don’t think you can trust them. Communication is also essential for finding similarities between you and another person. You need to find things you have in common with other people to make friends. Lastly, communication is important for talking about everyday things. I believe that every good relationship has to talk about a lot of things, even if those things aren’t the most important. Talking helps build comfort ability between people. So you need communication to form trust, find similarities, and get comfortable with someone. When you add all those factors together you get a healthy, trustworthy relationship.

            The second question I’m going to write about is #9. This question asks if war is a necessary evil in our world. I agree that it is. I wish it wasn’t, but I have to say that it is. War has been around since the first humans walked the earth. It’s in human nature to want to fight for something you believe in or against something you don’t. The world is a cold, hard place; it’s not all just rainbows and butterflies. If war wasn’t present in our world no country would ever be able to protect itself from another country’s ideas. Also if there was no war no country would ever to be able to take down another evil in this world, such as a dictator or an evil country. Sometimes you have to fight a greater evil with evil I guess.