Entry 21: Blog series 3

During the whole semester in ENG099 class, I posted all my work in the blog “Living in The Matrix”.  My personal blog is composted by 21 entries including this one . I considerate that number 13, 8 and 1 were my best results.  Number 13 was a revision to a CAT practice in which I think I gave a strong supporter evidence.  Number 8 is also one of my favorites, perhaps because the example of a book that I had read, The Giver. And my entry number one, looking back to my entire process, I feel very proud of because it is a decent job with less of the experience that I have now. I did not know how the relation between the claim and the thesis statement works.

Writing online in this class, was different than my previous ESl099, where I used black-board,  because here all my post were not only a re-writing. The blog entry was able to improve my skills as a writer. One because the number of words that I could write in an essay are much more now. Another one, that I was able compare My previous work with the one in present. I used to read other students work when I wanted to make sure that I was on the right track. I also knew when other read my because we discuss it in class.

I think That all the lesion given were necessaries to accomplish the goal of the class. There for, I wont take anything out of the program . What I would suggest is to have a litter more  interaction between the students. Maybe because it is to mush technology for me. I remember  seen a student in our seventh day of lab and I did not know he was in our class. The most remarkable moment for me was watching the Truman Sow. I was amassed by the theme of this film. I remember that the 4-5 days after I saw the movie, I was could not stop thinking about the movie and all the possibilities for this to happen in the real world.

My advised to any one who is planning to take this class in the future is, first of all to do all the work. Even if you feel is to easy you must get it done and you wont regrets to do so.  A second one is that if you made to the end, made the day of the CAT the most important day of  that moth for you. Two minutes late could cost you another semester of class.

Blog 20: Expanding on one topic in Sleep Dealer

Second group

“Fight”

I believe Memo says “fight” as the last word in the film because is one of the message that the author is sending to the world. During the film, Memo had one perception that the people of his town did not have and he fought for it. His father never trusted him about his theory that there was a better world out of Santa Ana. Tragically, his father had to die in order the door could get open to him. So, fight and believe in his dreams, was  the first battle that Memo had to overcome.

 The second one was not to be added as one more of people that are slave of the capitalism system.  Like Lijun Zhou says “Is not just a fight, it is a notification that can awake people up”. Memo, after exploring the American dream, understood that the dream was no more than an illusion. He saw an opportunity in what he had learned from his father; and he adopted his background to become an independent thinker.

Blog entry 19: The Story of Stuff and Labor

The History of Stuff

Topic # 3.

The History of Stuff, another poke to our memory about what we are really doing to the world.  Annie Leonard state that 200,000 people are moving to the cities because they don’t have another option more the be part of the capitalism system.

The reason why people leave their home tow for a worst condition is because the decrease of natural resources. As a result they are the more affected and the corporation are the biggest winners.

I personally remember in my home tow in the early nineties when people were disposing food produces from their lands in stead to growing tobacco. The Dominican Republic had the world attention in the production of cigars. It was perfect at the time for the people at the country side because they had two sources of income. One was the labor in the manufactory  process in the cities, and second one for the owner of the lands growing or renting the land to grow the raw material. Bout generating more revenue the ever. Then not just cigarettes were bad for health, cigars as well. So investors run away, and the local people looked it as humiliate to go bad and work in the natural food industry. That is what the consumerism could do to  generations of tradition of living in a single decade. 

Blog Entry 18: Sleep Dealer

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In the movie "sleep Dealer" there are different topics that the author is trying to predict as problems in our up-coming future base on the events of nowadays. Perhaps some of them we are already dealing with as the case of the privacy of internet age.

 I chose the image above because is a reflection of the issue that Luz had with her computer software. She had to be completely honest to the computer; otherwise, the computer wont record her journal. That is what this picture is saying to me. It wants more then what we really want to give it. Why can’t we set limits about our privacy using the web? It is the abstinence the only way?

It seems to me like in the same case of Luz that the “E-world” ( I mean the cosmos of the technology) is raping us. It doesn’t do it physically, but it does it morally.  They can harass you with recommendations just base on your history use. What is more their analysis of your persona is transfer from company to company with commercial purpose. And they can so easily get away with the cheap excuse that is on our favor.

Going back to other example from the movie about this matter is when Ramirez, the pilot, is willing to help Memo opening the dam to his people. He is attacked because the machine could identify what was his intention.

My claim is not that we can’t get way lying to computer, what I would like have is to be able to do a purchase online for mother’s day and not to get a e-mail on May next year for a special offer. 

Blog entry 17: Reflection The food industry.

The food industry was the third section of this ENG class which has being very interesting for me. Maybe because this is a topic that anyone could personally be related with it, and I did find myself on it. We started with the Meatxit, a sort series of cartoon films, that start on our 14^th day of class; and end the 18^th day we the suggestion of Michael Pollen’d in his book “In defense of Food”. I think I am more concerned about my nutrition now, and enriching my knowledge about good and healthy food.

I was amazed after Watching the Meatrix.  Not just because the creativity of the producers to make that connection with the original movie, it was because how logical the message was.  We live cheated about the consumption of products that are not really what are sold to us.  Like Pollen’d says, the more difficult is to pronounce the name of a product the less close we should get to it.  There could be tens of classifications in a single line of product. 

This section is another example that goes with the philosophy with this class. To become aware about our surround, how much is out there that I don’t know? Or maybe somthing I’d being exposed to, but I ignore the facts.

We also had a CAT practice in which I felt very comfortable writing it. The example in the passage is not something that is only happening on the west coast of the country, we can see it nationally. As I said, I’m eager to keep open my eyes on this matter. I don’t know how this could save my live, or how I could help others to save them. So far, I’m leaning a terrific lection for modern life, and at the same time I’m improving my skill as a CAT writer.

Blog Entry 16:CAT-W practice

            Greg Critser, The author of “let them eat fat” explain some of the problems that the fast food industry is bringing to certain sectors in the nation. He says that for the last two decades they have targeted poor neighborhoods with the strategy “get more for a few cents extra”. With this tentative offer the number of calories could get double in a single meal while the obesity in young people is increasing in the country. I believe that we should give a strong support to the negative image of the fast food restaurants. Doing so, they will be forced to change their menu for a healthier one and we will reduce problems to our government agencies.

            Everyone knows that the products of fast food restaurants are not the best friend for our health. They only make us fatter.  As long as we keep purchase them, they would still appearing in the first page of the menu. For their cost of production  is very low and their marge of profit considerable.  We have to stop buying them, and persuade others to do the same thing. The better people are informed about the effects of these ingredients; they will have less interest in eating them. A couple years ago, the mayor of New York City passed a law where all fast food restaurants had to present on their menu the number of calories offers in each item. This rise a lot of controversy especially for the owner of the business who were scare of the impact this could create to their customers. Consumers were awake about the matter and business owner had to be more creators. Such as the case of Mac Donald’s who with his four types of salads, is one the bigger vendor globally of the garden’s food. They never went out of business, and they considerate the benefit of the people.

            As Critser states that the number of physical activity over teenagers has dropped; at the same time the work for some of the authorities of the city increases.  Agencies like the health department and the education seem have to do more because this cause. When kinds get obese they have a high possibility to develop diabetic. Also they are less active and productive; therefore, teachers have to do a bigger effort in order to teach the lection.  At the end the state budget will be affected, and fallowing the line will be all of us, the tax payers, who suffer more.

            So the next time that someone in inviting you to a fast food restaurant, deny the invitation. Then give him the reasons why and convenes him not to go neither. I know he would understand, or if he wants to go by himself tell him that just to ask for a single side.

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    “The Meatrix” is a shorts series of animated film that is illustrated base on the original movie “The Matrix”. Morpheus, Lio and Trinity, are replaced by three different species of animals farm. Morpheus, the cow, goes with Trinity, the chicken, to show, Nilo, the pig, the reality of the agribusiness.  Lio after being exposed to the cruelty to these animals, is revealed in destroying the agricultural industry. I think that the messages that” The matrix” is bringing to us should be considerate. Therefore, I think we should stop supporting the big industries of the agricultural business as in order to preserve our health and the health of the animal as well.

  Animal cruelty is very often presented in the agribusiness. The abuse on their feeding, treatment and even mental health is unknown by the consumers, who are still dreaming on the idea of the quality of their food.  These animals are grouped in critical limited spaces where they can’t even see their tails. What is more, they receive all kind of medications; some to prevent their illness and others to make them grow fast in order to satisfy the demand of the market. They are resistant to death thanks to the huge amount of antibiotics they receive.

  When we choose to get the products of the big meat industry, we are getting more for less, but at the same time putting on the side the importance of our health. The condition of how these animals are process is a ugly true. We as the consumer are literary blind about the sources of our alimentation. We are extremely considered in reading the Nutrition’s Facts that are given on the pocket, but there is not enough information to tell us the whole process of life of the animal that we are eating. Why not stop supporting them? If protein is the excuse, we an get it from other sources such as rice, oat or beans.  They are even cheaper and definitely cleaner then those agric-meat product.

  In short, if we care about the our health and the health of those defenseless animals, is time to stop putting in the shopping car  the eggs, cheeses and meat of the national brands. There are still some local family who offer more decent food.