Final Class Reflection
From this course I learn more and I started to think deeply over some important things. Whole course we had learned about reality and how people become the reason of this reality. A lot of ads help the products to be sellable. People have been buying the all ads stuffs that increase to produce customer goods. At the end, people become suffer about their health because these customer goods are unhealthy and producing these stuffs can be a reason the increasing huge numbers of cancer, diabetic, obesity and so on people. However, we can little a bit help own self to avoid some diseases; we just have to choose the health lifestyle. Therefore when I reread all my blogs and I think some of them like “Truman and Me,” “Bottled Water,” and “Meatrix, and food additives” are best examples of my critical thinking. I’ve been continuing to think about truth and reality we live in. I was learned more about bottled water and food additives, and now I carefully learn the ingredients before I think to buy some stuff.
During this course we used writing online and I think it’s different than I had before. Writing online is better because it’s paperless and we can see and read the writing’s other students that allow us to make up proper imagine how to write essay and improve our writing ability. I liked to read other students blogs and I was glad that some students read my blog. Some of them left some comments that allow me to correct my mistakes and achieve some improvement in writing.
From this class I like the themes what we learned whole semester and I cognized more about our reality life and I will take these lessons to my future. I can completely say that I am leaving this class with a basic understanding of writing strategies, but I know I still have some problem with grammar and this up to me. The most memorable moment is thinking about reality. It’s touched my soul. We are living in the time where rhythm of life so fast that we sometime even doesn’t have time to think about some simple things. I will recommend taking this class because they can learn more about writing essay, and other skills like critical thinking.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Blog 17
Planned Obsolescence/Perceived Obsolescence
In “The Story of Stuff” Annie Leonard states us how the whole system of stuffs have arranged. “The stuffs move through a system from extraction to production, to distribution, to consumption, to disposal.” The author mentions Victor Lebow’s statement, which was retailing analyst, who said that to increase economy of country need to create a lot of consumer goods. For this thing needs two main strategies are “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence.”
“Planned obsolescence” is for creating stuffs that we can use them short time and throw away, is another word bad-quality things. These goods will fast become unusable, and people can buy others to substitute them. If many things will frequently destroyed, and people will spent a lot of money that allow increasing economy. For example, most of the cell phones are an imperfect quality. Every one or two years I have to change my cell phone because battery of it becomes obsolescent.
“Perceived obsolescence” is condition when things that we bought a couple years ago looks like so old generation, or so ugly not fashion. For instance, last year, a fashionable color was yellow, and people started to buy clothes of that particular color, but in this year are gray so, people shop clothes of this color.
I think the government of the country responsible for these marketing strategies because a government works, thinks, and cares of their nation or citizenships. People from a government must to control whole market, and don’t allow to production a bad-quality goods that have created for people. Of course, some people get benefits from these marketing strategies, like producers of these goods, and government exchequer that filled with taxes. Each year, of these strategies are run out of natural resources; increased numbers of production of goods, that raised air pollution; and people get so many and different diseases like asthma, diabetic, cancer, and so on. These reasons are after-effect of those marketing strategies. Who can say that these strategies for people, for our healthy generation? I don’t say that these strategies are right. Every year our generation becomes sicker than a year ago. The reason is the air pollution, and food that content a lot of chemical substances like fast-food, junk food and so on. I try do not eat these food, but nowadays, we face with difficulties to find healthy and proper food. I never had allergy before; but current days, my doctor found out by me the kind of allergy that resists any treatment. He couldn’t say a definite reason of this allergy, besides as the air pollution and nowadays’ food.
In short, “planned obsolescence” and “received obsolescence” advanced the economy of the country, that is an important thing for well-being country, but these both strategies make the people or generation to be sick and unhealthy that also a big problem for suffering.
In “The Story of Stuff” Annie Leonard states us how the whole system of stuffs have arranged. “The stuffs move through a system from extraction to production, to distribution, to consumption, to disposal.” The author mentions Victor Lebow’s statement, which was retailing analyst, who said that to increase economy of country need to create a lot of consumer goods. For this thing needs two main strategies are “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence.”
“Planned obsolescence” is for creating stuffs that we can use them short time and throw away, is another word bad-quality things. These goods will fast become unusable, and people can buy others to substitute them. If many things will frequently destroyed, and people will spent a lot of money that allow increasing economy. For example, most of the cell phones are an imperfect quality. Every one or two years I have to change my cell phone because battery of it becomes obsolescent.
“Perceived obsolescence” is condition when things that we bought a couple years ago looks like so old generation, or so ugly not fashion. For instance, last year, a fashionable color was yellow, and people started to buy clothes of that particular color, but in this year are gray so, people shop clothes of this color.
I think the government of the country responsible for these marketing strategies because a government works, thinks, and cares of their nation or citizenships. People from a government must to control whole market, and don’t allow to production a bad-quality goods that have created for people. Of course, some people get benefits from these marketing strategies, like producers of these goods, and government exchequer that filled with taxes. Each year, of these strategies are run out of natural resources; increased numbers of production of goods, that raised air pollution; and people get so many and different diseases like asthma, diabetic, cancer, and so on. These reasons are after-effect of those marketing strategies. Who can say that these strategies for people, for our healthy generation? I don’t say that these strategies are right. Every year our generation becomes sicker than a year ago. The reason is the air pollution, and food that content a lot of chemical substances like fast-food, junk food and so on. I try do not eat these food, but nowadays, we face with difficulties to find healthy and proper food. I never had allergy before; but current days, my doctor found out by me the kind of allergy that resists any treatment. He couldn’t say a definite reason of this allergy, besides as the air pollution and nowadays’ food.
In short, “planned obsolescence” and “received obsolescence” advanced the economy of the country, that is an important thing for well-being country, but these both strategies make the people or generation to be sick and unhealthy that also a big problem for suffering.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Blog 16
Let Them Eat Fat
In “Let Them Eat Fat” Greg Critser, the author states that fast-food has been criticized by specialists who responsible for nutrition. Nevertheless, the fast-food restaurants continue their existence. Moreover, they appear more in poor communities, and offer to their costumers extra meal for free by “supersizing.” The author explains to us how the body gets a metabolism after eating fast-food every day. Also, how dangerous it is for teenagers because they get more than twice the calories that they need. I believe that Greg Critser is right that fast-food restaurants allow their customers to eat fat because they seduce them with “supersizing” meal, and increasing calories in the body destroys metabolism that make body to be dependent on fast-food.
Fast-food restaurants chains is business organization that wants only to earn a lot of money. They don’t care about their customers. Obviously, they started to propose “supersizing” even after numerous critical articles about fast-food. “Supersizing” is a seductive product especially for poor people because according the G. Critser “…the supersize is free.” Once, one homeless man told me that he knew what the result would be after eating fast-food, but that he doesn’t have a choice because he doesn’t have enough money. Also, he feels full when he eats a ‘supersize” meal. This show us that fast-food meal occupies at first, people with low income, so their company try to grow in poor communities.
Almost all people know that fast-food is not healthy food. We can see it from “Supersize me,” from articles, or from scholars studies. If we would eat fast-food every day we can get metabolic disease that destroy whole our body. I read about one research that took place in one of the New-York school. Nearby that school a fast-food restaurant was located for few years. Those students were investigated by medical specialists. After two years they compared how students’ healths were changed, and so numerous students were discovered with some different diseases compared to students from other schools. This example said us that fast-food companies also want to hit another layer of society, our children.
Some of additives that contain in fast-food may make people addicted to fast-food like drug or cigarette addiction. People who always eat fat, high-calorie and unhealthy food at soon can discover that them so difficult to refuse of these meals. The brains of those people require the fat food, or other case appears negative emotions when they eat food that dissatisfies them. For instance, one of my daughter’s friends loves to eat fast and junk food all the time. Every time she craves to eat them, and she can’t stop eating this food. I can say that she became addicted. This summer I sent my daughter at a camp with that her friend. I was surprised when I saw how many boxes with junk food were sent by her parents. I couldn’t keep my curiosity and I expressed my surprising by question. Whereat, her parents answered that she doesn’t eat any food besides fast and junk food.
In brief, fast-food companies don’t think and care about healthy their customers. Therefore, it’s up to us. We have to think what we do and what we eat. Fast food, like drug and cigarette addiction, and we have to fight with these “enemies” our health.
In “Let Them Eat Fat” Greg Critser, the author states that fast-food has been criticized by specialists who responsible for nutrition. Nevertheless, the fast-food restaurants continue their existence. Moreover, they appear more in poor communities, and offer to their costumers extra meal for free by “supersizing.” The author explains to us how the body gets a metabolism after eating fast-food every day. Also, how dangerous it is for teenagers because they get more than twice the calories that they need. I believe that Greg Critser is right that fast-food restaurants allow their customers to eat fat because they seduce them with “supersizing” meal, and increasing calories in the body destroys metabolism that make body to be dependent on fast-food.
Fast-food restaurants chains is business organization that wants only to earn a lot of money. They don’t care about their customers. Obviously, they started to propose “supersizing” even after numerous critical articles about fast-food. “Supersizing” is a seductive product especially for poor people because according the G. Critser “…the supersize is free.” Once, one homeless man told me that he knew what the result would be after eating fast-food, but that he doesn’t have a choice because he doesn’t have enough money. Also, he feels full when he eats a ‘supersize” meal. This show us that fast-food meal occupies at first, people with low income, so their company try to grow in poor communities.
Almost all people know that fast-food is not healthy food. We can see it from “Supersize me,” from articles, or from scholars studies. If we would eat fast-food every day we can get metabolic disease that destroy whole our body. I read about one research that took place in one of the New-York school. Nearby that school a fast-food restaurant was located for few years. Those students were investigated by medical specialists. After two years they compared how students’ healths were changed, and so numerous students were discovered with some different diseases compared to students from other schools. This example said us that fast-food companies also want to hit another layer of society, our children.
Some of additives that contain in fast-food may make people addicted to fast-food like drug or cigarette addiction. People who always eat fat, high-calorie and unhealthy food at soon can discover that them so difficult to refuse of these meals. The brains of those people require the fat food, or other case appears negative emotions when they eat food that dissatisfies them. For instance, one of my daughter’s friends loves to eat fast and junk food all the time. Every time she craves to eat them, and she can’t stop eating this food. I can say that she became addicted. This summer I sent my daughter at a camp with that her friend. I was surprised when I saw how many boxes with junk food were sent by her parents. I couldn’t keep my curiosity and I expressed my surprising by question. Whereat, her parents answered that she doesn’t eat any food besides fast and junk food.
In brief, fast-food companies don’t think and care about healthy their customers. Therefore, it’s up to us. We have to think what we do and what we eat. Fast food, like drug and cigarette addiction, and we have to fight with these “enemies” our health.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Blog 15
Part I
In “The new industrial migrants (part I)” from Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser states that in the beginning 80 years 20 century a lot of people arrived to Colorado to get job at slaughterhouse from Mexico, Central America, and Southeast Asia. According the article, during one and half year was employed more than five thousand employments at the Greeley Beef plant, and some of them were fired every three months. Author said that an annual turnover rate was about 400 percent. Nowadays, despite of some adjustments regarding salary, insurances, benefits, and so on the situation with hire and fire remains same. Eric Schlosser mentioned Arden Walker’s explanation about having such turnover rate. The reason is because the employers don’t want to pay any benefits that workers can accept after six months such as medical insurance, sick days, or vacation after one year.
Part II
In “The new industrial migrants (part II) Eric Schlosser state that IBP was interested to hire immigrants for meatpacking works because immigrants agree to work for lower money then American citizens, and they don’t require some benefits. Therefore, the company sends their recruiters throughout the United States, and they try to recruit people among immigrants and homelessness.
I agree with these both articles and I also can always observe how employers hire immigrants especially undocumented because they agree to work even for less money that employers can save their money. Undocumented immigrants are usually people, who force to come to another country for earning money for their families who are living in difficult financial conditions. They are satisfied just with money, they don’t ask any benefits. I know most of them have been living in terrible conditions. They are used to sleeping a covered floor by mattress in the room where sleep more than enough people, that room they can use for preparing the meal, and for using a toilet. It’s really an insanitary condition. All of them work on hard job like construction, slaughterhouse, and so on, and get scanty money. Moreover, native people don’t want to get these low paying hard works, so many employers hire immigrants at those position. In addition, the employers don’t need spend money to buy them medical or life insurances. These clauses are convenient for them.
Sometimes, some of employers follow the “rule” that describe in the first article that also allows them to save money. I remember one my friend experienced same situation. She was hired in not small company and fired after three months. She didn’t have any bad commends during these months. So, she was surprised by that case. After few months she found out that her friend, which she had made her friend when she came to that company, also was fired from that company after three months her arriving. Then, they both learned that their demission connected with medical insurance that the company has to provide workers after three months. They both didn’t think about it because they both are young ladies and at first, they didn’t care it.
In short, I think the companies have to be honest and to warm people that they need workers only for three months.
In “The new industrial migrants (part I)” from Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser states that in the beginning 80 years 20 century a lot of people arrived to Colorado to get job at slaughterhouse from Mexico, Central America, and Southeast Asia. According the article, during one and half year was employed more than five thousand employments at the Greeley Beef plant, and some of them were fired every three months. Author said that an annual turnover rate was about 400 percent. Nowadays, despite of some adjustments regarding salary, insurances, benefits, and so on the situation with hire and fire remains same. Eric Schlosser mentioned Arden Walker’s explanation about having such turnover rate. The reason is because the employers don’t want to pay any benefits that workers can accept after six months such as medical insurance, sick days, or vacation after one year.
Part II
In “The new industrial migrants (part II) Eric Schlosser state that IBP was interested to hire immigrants for meatpacking works because immigrants agree to work for lower money then American citizens, and they don’t require some benefits. Therefore, the company sends their recruiters throughout the United States, and they try to recruit people among immigrants and homelessness.
I agree with these both articles and I also can always observe how employers hire immigrants especially undocumented because they agree to work even for less money that employers can save their money. Undocumented immigrants are usually people, who force to come to another country for earning money for their families who are living in difficult financial conditions. They are satisfied just with money, they don’t ask any benefits. I know most of them have been living in terrible conditions. They are used to sleeping a covered floor by mattress in the room where sleep more than enough people, that room they can use for preparing the meal, and for using a toilet. It’s really an insanitary condition. All of them work on hard job like construction, slaughterhouse, and so on, and get scanty money. Moreover, native people don’t want to get these low paying hard works, so many employers hire immigrants at those position. In addition, the employers don’t need spend money to buy them medical or life insurances. These clauses are convenient for them.
Sometimes, some of employers follow the “rule” that describe in the first article that also allows them to save money. I remember one my friend experienced same situation. She was hired in not small company and fired after three months. She didn’t have any bad commends during these months. So, she was surprised by that case. After few months she found out that her friend, which she had made her friend when she came to that company, also was fired from that company after three months her arriving. Then, they both learned that their demission connected with medical insurance that the company has to provide workers after three months. They both didn’t think about it because they both are young ladies and at first, they didn’t care it.
In short, I think the companies have to be honest and to warm people that they need workers only for three months.
Blog 14
Cyborg Life
In movie “Sleep Dealer” shows us how people force to work for helping and realizing their dream. All main characters are Memo, Liz, and Rudy work in different fields, but each of them has some goals. Memo wants to work in high-tech company to help his family which remained without provider, Liz works as writer and dreams to become well-being writer; Rudy wants to be good pilot, so he accomplished all orders that his command officer gives to him.
All of them are cyborg workers. I think this type of job should not be illegal because this job really dangerous. I can compare this job with soldiers or officers who participate on wars or military fighting. These workers have to have better benefits like officers in the US. In the movie “Sleep Dealer” main character Memo was looking job to earn money and then to help his family. I consider that this action is normal. Each person wants to get any job when his or her family assays some financial difficulties. I know even some school students in the US have frequently left the school because they force to get job to help, or support their family if they face some difficulty situations. Also, I can understand Rudy who just executed the order that was given by commander, and what he felt when he found out the man which was killed by him had not been a terrorist. He was so upset and couldn’t be calm down because he conscientious, honest and high-hearted man. Only such men like Rudy can admit fault and try to change something what he did. The perverse was that cyborg workers don’t have any benefits. If they died on the hard job such as we were shown in the movie, they were trough away. Their family has double suffering because they lost a member and a sponsor of family.
Another cyborg being is Liz who sold her memories in cyberspace. I think it is ethical because it was her job like journalists have sold articles, photos. However, an unethical was that that she becomes close friend and she even felt in love at Memo and nothing says him. Actually, what she did, it made happy Memo and his neighbors. Russian people usually say “Whatever you do, it will be for the best” at same situation. In fact, if Liz didn’t sell the memories to Rudy, Memo would never meet him and maybe Memo would never realize his father’s dream.
In conclusion, cyborg life that shows us from movie is not really easy. It more seems on exploitation person by person. So, it is never should be illegal.
In movie “Sleep Dealer” shows us how people force to work for helping and realizing their dream. All main characters are Memo, Liz, and Rudy work in different fields, but each of them has some goals. Memo wants to work in high-tech company to help his family which remained without provider, Liz works as writer and dreams to become well-being writer; Rudy wants to be good pilot, so he accomplished all orders that his command officer gives to him.
All of them are cyborg workers. I think this type of job should not be illegal because this job really dangerous. I can compare this job with soldiers or officers who participate on wars or military fighting. These workers have to have better benefits like officers in the US. In the movie “Sleep Dealer” main character Memo was looking job to earn money and then to help his family. I consider that this action is normal. Each person wants to get any job when his or her family assays some financial difficulties. I know even some school students in the US have frequently left the school because they force to get job to help, or support their family if they face some difficulty situations. Also, I can understand Rudy who just executed the order that was given by commander, and what he felt when he found out the man which was killed by him had not been a terrorist. He was so upset and couldn’t be calm down because he conscientious, honest and high-hearted man. Only such men like Rudy can admit fault and try to change something what he did. The perverse was that cyborg workers don’t have any benefits. If they died on the hard job such as we were shown in the movie, they were trough away. Their family has double suffering because they lost a member and a sponsor of family.
Another cyborg being is Liz who sold her memories in cyberspace. I think it is ethical because it was her job like journalists have sold articles, photos. However, an unethical was that that she becomes close friend and she even felt in love at Memo and nothing says him. Actually, what she did, it made happy Memo and his neighbors. Russian people usually say “Whatever you do, it will be for the best” at same situation. In fact, if Liz didn’t sell the memories to Rudy, Memo would never meet him and maybe Memo would never realize his father’s dream.
In conclusion, cyborg life that shows us from movie is not really easy. It more seems on exploitation person by person. So, it is never should be illegal.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Blog 13
I am really glad that I have been studying in this class. Since I started to study here I have gotten a lot of “meal” for thinking. I like this way because we are reasonable existences and we have the ability to think. Earlier, I thought that we are under control by someone. This is God and I didn’t before think about it deeply. However, a few years ago I saw the Peter Joseph’s movie “Zeitgeist.” This movie pushed me to think about real and unreal world. In that movie, the author criticized the version of the act of terrorism World Trade Center. Also, I was wondered about the system of credit; all our money is in the hands of a few people, and how they created the financial crisis. After that movie I found out that we have been living not just under God’s control, but also under other people’s control like in “The Allegory of the Cave,” “The Truman Show,” “Brave New World” and “Matrix.” Part of the people is interesting to earn a lot of money or to reach a high position, and they don’t care about tragic outcomes. Many wars had been placed because of money. Some of people merely get a great amount of money like show maker from “The Truman Show,” or all businessmen who have created and sold junk food, when others suffer and die like the prisoner of the cave who suffered when he reached the real world, or Neo had outdid all obstacles, John, from “Brave New World” was died because he couldn’t live in illusion world, where had been lived impassible people and people who have bought junk food then they feel sore about diseases. The cartoon “Meatrix” clearly explains us what sort of meat we are eaten every day. The maker of “Meatrix” took the base of the movie “Matrix” because there he vividly shows us two different worlds like in the “Matrix,” but there he relate where the meat food from. All these movie give us to find out that we have two worlds. These are real and illusion worlds. In addition, all people should decide by themselves what to do and what to prefer. Aldous Huxley’s characters of the “Brave New World,” Bernard and Lenina, chose the real world despite it was a terrible place where they can to love, and assay all senses. Everything is up to us.
I think all Food Unit items I did satisfyingly. I understood all concepts of this unit and I took some things for reflection such us “The Meatrix” and even I changed my mind regarding bottled water and I started to drink tap water. However, I am still resent about all junk food. Why the Food and Drug Administration allowed them to be sold? I know, in some countries certain organization accepted an appropriate arrangement like to increase the price for food has contained a fat. Consequently, the people won’t try to buy that expensive food. Altogether, I learn enough about food.
For my improvement I need to learn more grammar and to practice to write essay for one hour. About CAT W #3, I didn’t finish again; obviously I couldn’t organize my writing time. I will try my best in next time.
I think all Food Unit items I did satisfyingly. I understood all concepts of this unit and I took some things for reflection such us “The Meatrix” and even I changed my mind regarding bottled water and I started to drink tap water. However, I am still resent about all junk food. Why the Food and Drug Administration allowed them to be sold? I know, in some countries certain organization accepted an appropriate arrangement like to increase the price for food has contained a fat. Consequently, the people won’t try to buy that expensive food. Altogether, I learn enough about food.
For my improvement I need to learn more grammar and to practice to write essay for one hour. About CAT W #3, I didn’t finish again; obviously I couldn’t organize my writing time. I will try my best in next time.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Blog 12
In “Happy Meal” Michael Pollan gives us some suggestions for eating better and healthier. I completely agree with all of the recommendations because the health is most important thing for people. We have to learn to find a proper way to stay always healthy. In addition, we have to teach our children to obtain right behavior for their healthy style of life.
I can totally do-able some ideas that Pollan advice such as “avoid food products containing ingredients that are unfamiliar”, “incapable of rotting”, “avoid food products that make health claims”, “eat mostly plants…”, and “cook…” All of these are what I have to do every time. I don’t buy the products that I don’t know including the food that consist unknown ingredients. These are preservative food, the juices that contain additives and flavorings, food with color additives and food like Twinkies. All of these products make me to be sick, fat, and suffering. So, why I have to pay money for harmful food? Well-known philosopher, Omar Khayyam wrote “Better be hungry than eat whatever food…” Nowadays, we have a lot of chemical products so; we must carefully when we choose food. According the example that gives Pollan about margarine, he is right because in these later days, the margarine contain the palm oil that makes it to be harmful. However, if the margarine without the palm oil, how did a few years ago, it’s helpful for our body. Most of the useful products are plants; therefore, we can substitute all harmful food on plants that of course can’t hurt our health. In addition, better Pollan’s suggest is cooking because when we cook ourselves we exactly know that we don’t add any harmful things like additives, or any chemical things. Therefore, I prefer to eat only home prepared meal.
I may be able to follow another idea like “pay more, and eat less.” If I haven’t bought any harmful food, why I can’t buy the organic food on saved money? For me, I always follow Omar Khayyam’s suggest; I don’t assay any difficulties to be hungry, so, I will eat less, but expensive food.
Last, I can’t follow Pollan’s idea like “don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Of course, our great-grandparents used to eat natural food because at that time, they didn’t have additives, flavorings, preservatives, and any chemical things. However, nowadays, almost all of this food disappeared. For example, our ancestors liked to eat a honey. A honey is helpful and healthful product. Our ancestors used it to treat many diseases like gastritis, headache, sclerosis, and so on. But, these days, honey doesn’t have those qualities that were before. The reason is scientific and technological progress. Unfortunately, it regards any other food, too.
In conclusion, I want say that everybody must to think about our and our generation health, and decide what we have to consider happy meals.
I can totally do-able some ideas that Pollan advice such as “avoid food products containing ingredients that are unfamiliar”, “incapable of rotting”, “avoid food products that make health claims”, “eat mostly plants…”, and “cook…” All of these are what I have to do every time. I don’t buy the products that I don’t know including the food that consist unknown ingredients. These are preservative food, the juices that contain additives and flavorings, food with color additives and food like Twinkies. All of these products make me to be sick, fat, and suffering. So, why I have to pay money for harmful food? Well-known philosopher, Omar Khayyam wrote “Better be hungry than eat whatever food…” Nowadays, we have a lot of chemical products so; we must carefully when we choose food. According the example that gives Pollan about margarine, he is right because in these later days, the margarine contain the palm oil that makes it to be harmful. However, if the margarine without the palm oil, how did a few years ago, it’s helpful for our body. Most of the useful products are plants; therefore, we can substitute all harmful food on plants that of course can’t hurt our health. In addition, better Pollan’s suggest is cooking because when we cook ourselves we exactly know that we don’t add any harmful things like additives, or any chemical things. Therefore, I prefer to eat only home prepared meal.
I may be able to follow another idea like “pay more, and eat less.” If I haven’t bought any harmful food, why I can’t buy the organic food on saved money? For me, I always follow Omar Khayyam’s suggest; I don’t assay any difficulties to be hungry, so, I will eat less, but expensive food.
Last, I can’t follow Pollan’s idea like “don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Of course, our great-grandparents used to eat natural food because at that time, they didn’t have additives, flavorings, preservatives, and any chemical things. However, nowadays, almost all of this food disappeared. For example, our ancestors liked to eat a honey. A honey is helpful and healthful product. Our ancestors used it to treat many diseases like gastritis, headache, sclerosis, and so on. But, these days, honey doesn’t have those qualities that were before. The reason is scientific and technological progress. Unfortunately, it regards any other food, too.
In conclusion, I want say that everybody must to think about our and our generation health, and decide what we have to consider happy meals.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Blog 11
In “The Story of Bottled Water” states that bottle water was created by businessmen who want to earn money. In the reality, the bottle water is filled from tap water. 10-15 percent of the price of the money goes to cover commercial cost. These commercials seduce us to buy tap water inside the bottle. I think the author of this story is right because some people want to earn money to sell the bottles water and some of the people want to believe in the all advertisements.
The people who have created that business, they don’t care about people who would buy the bottle water. They pay money for advertisements to seduce as many as possible people to buy them that increase consumer demand of bottle water. The ads make a lot of myths such as “bottled water tastes better than tap water”, “tap water is still susceptible to germs….”, or “bottled water is convenient” that make people to believe in them. I wasn’t surprise by this reality of water because when I taste the bottle water I can define the tasted of water. Sometime when I drink the bottle water I can feel a taste of the plastic that keeps the water. So, it can be more dangerous than tap water.
I think this reality can be different if people will take proper decision about waste money for bottled water. I believe if TV will show us many things of reality of water, it helps people to open the eyes and don’t believe in all these myths. For instance, I have always preferred to drink the bottled water instead tap water, but since today I will stop to drink bottle water.
In short, the choice of the bottle water is up to us. Just only we own should decide what we have to choose the bottle water or tap water. If many people will decide to choose tap water, the manufactured costumer demand of bottle water will decrease.
The people who have created that business, they don’t care about people who would buy the bottle water. They pay money for advertisements to seduce as many as possible people to buy them that increase consumer demand of bottle water. The ads make a lot of myths such as “bottled water tastes better than tap water”, “tap water is still susceptible to germs….”, or “bottled water is convenient” that make people to believe in them. I wasn’t surprise by this reality of water because when I taste the bottle water I can define the tasted of water. Sometime when I drink the bottle water I can feel a taste of the plastic that keeps the water. So, it can be more dangerous than tap water.
I think this reality can be different if people will take proper decision about waste money for bottled water. I believe if TV will show us many things of reality of water, it helps people to open the eyes and don’t believe in all these myths. For instance, I have always preferred to drink the bottled water instead tap water, but since today I will stop to drink bottle water.
In short, the choice of the bottle water is up to us. Just only we own should decide what we have to choose the bottle water or tap water. If many people will decide to choose tap water, the manufactured costumer demand of bottle water will decrease.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Blog 10
In “Imitation of Film: Here’s Smoking at you, Kid” Nicholas Balakar states that many ten-fourteen-year-children begin smoking after seeing the movies to imitate famous actors. Also, Dr. James D. Sargent’s study shows that children have double risk of begin smoking after seeing R-rated movies. However, Dr. James said truth that the study regarded only young adolescents because other who is oldest might be to start smoking before they watching the investigated movies. I think Nicholas Balakar is right that most of the children start smoking because they want to imitate the famous people from R-rated movies; they believe that they have to take example from those protagonists, and recently cigarettes TV advertisements affected on teens smoking.
Younger teenagers spend a lot of time front the television and in the cinema. Especially they don’t want miss any celebrated or well-known movies. At that time, the teens want to imitate their favorite actors, especially simple things such as smoking. I know even in cartoons we can observe the episodes of the smoking; for example, in “Texas Tom”, in well-known cartoon “Tom and Jerry” Tom trippingly began to smoke when he seduced a beautiful kitty. Thus, any teen that spends a lot of time to view movies or cartoons where his/her favorite actor or characters smokes can exposure to become smokers.
For some teens is important to take example from their favorite protagonists because at that time, in their minds occur fast changes that confused them of everything. They have some psychological obstacles such as conversation with peers and parents and they want to do everything themselves, but they don’t know how do it. Therefore, they always try to find someone who can be their favorites to take example by them. For instance, recently I was waiting the bus at the bus station and saw one teen who smoked near to me. We made small talk with each other. When I asked him why he started smoking, he said that his favorite actor, whom I unfortunately forget, smokes unusual not like always. He started to display me what he had learned. The teen said that he spent a lot of time and many cigarettes to learn that type of smoking, and he wants to be like his actor. As a result, teens find out someone to imitate him or her.
Next, a few years ago, we could observe ads of cigarettes on TV. Sometime, the cigarettes were advertised by famous people. The children spent a lot of time front of the TV how I said above; so, they could see and take up smoking because of curiosity, or to look like adults. I remember the story how my close friend started to smoke. She started smoking at 14 just for curiosity. She said that at that time the smoking was so cool. So, her peers were delighted by her because she looked a modern. In addition, she bought and tried all of the commercial cigarettes that showed on TV. Therefore, the first reason for smoking was caused by advertisements. At that time, many teens had the greatest exposure to smoking because of commercials.
In short, the famous movies influenced to take up children smoking because of they want to imitate the well-know actors. Also, smoking increased by reason of commercials that children can see everywhere. Last few years cigarettes were prohibited to show on TV. It caused to reduce number of teen’s smoking. I think if our society will seriously take care about children antismoking we can make away of this problem.
Younger teenagers spend a lot of time front the television and in the cinema. Especially they don’t want miss any celebrated or well-known movies. At that time, the teens want to imitate their favorite actors, especially simple things such as smoking. I know even in cartoons we can observe the episodes of the smoking; for example, in “Texas Tom”, in well-known cartoon “Tom and Jerry” Tom trippingly began to smoke when he seduced a beautiful kitty. Thus, any teen that spends a lot of time to view movies or cartoons where his/her favorite actor or characters smokes can exposure to become smokers.
For some teens is important to take example from their favorite protagonists because at that time, in their minds occur fast changes that confused them of everything. They have some psychological obstacles such as conversation with peers and parents and they want to do everything themselves, but they don’t know how do it. Therefore, they always try to find someone who can be their favorites to take example by them. For instance, recently I was waiting the bus at the bus station and saw one teen who smoked near to me. We made small talk with each other. When I asked him why he started smoking, he said that his favorite actor, whom I unfortunately forget, smokes unusual not like always. He started to display me what he had learned. The teen said that he spent a lot of time and many cigarettes to learn that type of smoking, and he wants to be like his actor. As a result, teens find out someone to imitate him or her.
Next, a few years ago, we could observe ads of cigarettes on TV. Sometime, the cigarettes were advertised by famous people. The children spent a lot of time front of the TV how I said above; so, they could see and take up smoking because of curiosity, or to look like adults. I remember the story how my close friend started to smoke. She started smoking at 14 just for curiosity. She said that at that time the smoking was so cool. So, her peers were delighted by her because she looked a modern. In addition, she bought and tried all of the commercial cigarettes that showed on TV. Therefore, the first reason for smoking was caused by advertisements. At that time, many teens had the greatest exposure to smoking because of commercials.
In short, the famous movies influenced to take up children smoking because of they want to imitate the well-know actors. Also, smoking increased by reason of commercials that children can see everywhere. Last few years cigarettes were prohibited to show on TV. It caused to reduce number of teen’s smoking. I think if our society will seriously take care about children antismoking we can make away of this problem.
Blog 9
Part I
In “Meatrix” filmmaker shows us the world where meat products come from. Leo is the young pig who lived in fantasy farm and was wondered to recognize about real world which was recalled by Moopheus, the cow who wants to save family farm. Moopheus offered Leo to take one of the pills to learn about real world, or to take other one to stay in that fantasy world. When Leo found out all of them he wants to destroy Meatrix because animals become sick in there. So, workers-agents added to their feed antibiotics for animals.
In the “Meatrix II” Moopheus continue to explain Leo about real world and what they did past 2 years, they saved over 10 million animals from Meatrix, and now people who want to be healthier can used them every day. However cow said that Leo is one who can save more animals. When they came back in fantasy world, Leo was fascinated by it, but Moorpheus immediately showed him what the real is. The cows and chickens located in unpleasant place with awful condition. Agents of Meatrix are pumping the animals an artificial growth hormone that was banned by Europe and Canada. Calves are being feed with milk and cow’s blood. Leo fought with agents, but agents got Moopheus and took away him. Leo and Chickity salvaged him and stopped the dairy factories, and ended with Meatrix.
In “Meatrix II ½” the agent from Meatrix informed Moopheus about factory that feed all fast food nations. Meatrix doesn’t care about their workers who work in dangerous working condition when they manure the meat because their workers are expendable.
Part II
Food Additives
I agree that food additives can cause many dangerous diseases that we can meet in the United States because “the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently has approved more than 3,000 food additives for use in the United States,” and people are used a lot of “Indirect Food Additives" such as plastic, cardboard and paper dishes, containers and cups for packaging food.
Nowadays, FDA allowed using many additives that added in great number in different food. These are preservative food, flavoring that change the food taste, and coloring. People in the United States are busy, so they often use the preservatives food for their convenience. However, all preservative food contain some additives “…to prevent bacterial or fungal growth.” Or flavoring that gives our food some taste that agitates our appetite. We can get it everywhere such as processed food, cookies, cakes, juice, gum, candies, and so on. Also, coloring that gives the food pleasant looks that also can grow up our appetite. I understand the people who see and smell delicious food they so hard to passed them. I’ve so often heard when people said “It looks so nice. I will buy it.” But, all of these additives are chemical, so they threaten our health.
According the FDA, other additives that threaten our health is indirect food additives. I see people use a lot of plastic, paper, and cardboard cups and containers to carrier their lunch, snack, and hot tea, or coffee every day. These staffs also were created from chemical formulation that harms our health because when plastic or cardboard contacts with hot food there pass chemical reaction that then we’ve been eating not useful meal but chemical food. This chemical food becomes cause of many different diseases like diabetes, cancer, allergy, and so on.
In “Meatrix” filmmaker shows us the world where meat products come from. Leo is the young pig who lived in fantasy farm and was wondered to recognize about real world which was recalled by Moopheus, the cow who wants to save family farm. Moopheus offered Leo to take one of the pills to learn about real world, or to take other one to stay in that fantasy world. When Leo found out all of them he wants to destroy Meatrix because animals become sick in there. So, workers-agents added to their feed antibiotics for animals.
In the “Meatrix II” Moopheus continue to explain Leo about real world and what they did past 2 years, they saved over 10 million animals from Meatrix, and now people who want to be healthier can used them every day. However cow said that Leo is one who can save more animals. When they came back in fantasy world, Leo was fascinated by it, but Moorpheus immediately showed him what the real is. The cows and chickens located in unpleasant place with awful condition. Agents of Meatrix are pumping the animals an artificial growth hormone that was banned by Europe and Canada. Calves are being feed with milk and cow’s blood. Leo fought with agents, but agents got Moopheus and took away him. Leo and Chickity salvaged him and stopped the dairy factories, and ended with Meatrix.
In “Meatrix II ½” the agent from Meatrix informed Moopheus about factory that feed all fast food nations. Meatrix doesn’t care about their workers who work in dangerous working condition when they manure the meat because their workers are expendable.
Part II
Food Additives
I agree that food additives can cause many dangerous diseases that we can meet in the United States because “the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently has approved more than 3,000 food additives for use in the United States,” and people are used a lot of “Indirect Food Additives" such as plastic, cardboard and paper dishes, containers and cups for packaging food.
Nowadays, FDA allowed using many additives that added in great number in different food. These are preservative food, flavoring that change the food taste, and coloring. People in the United States are busy, so they often use the preservatives food for their convenience. However, all preservative food contain some additives “…to prevent bacterial or fungal growth.” Or flavoring that gives our food some taste that agitates our appetite. We can get it everywhere such as processed food, cookies, cakes, juice, gum, candies, and so on. Also, coloring that gives the food pleasant looks that also can grow up our appetite. I understand the people who see and smell delicious food they so hard to passed them. I’ve so often heard when people said “It looks so nice. I will buy it.” But, all of these additives are chemical, so they threaten our health.
According the FDA, other additives that threaten our health is indirect food additives. I see people use a lot of plastic, paper, and cardboard cups and containers to carrier their lunch, snack, and hot tea, or coffee every day. These staffs also were created from chemical formulation that harms our health because when plastic or cardboard contacts with hot food there pass chemical reaction that then we’ve been eating not useful meal but chemical food. This chemical food becomes cause of many different diseases like diabetes, cancer, allergy, and so on.
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