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Do Video Games Make People More Violent In Real Life?

-          I can understand why some people may see violence as a result of video games, but I for one do not believe that violence derives from video games. If that was to be true, we would be seeing millions upon millions of cases regarding violence seeing as how millions of these games are sold. Violence has been around since biblical times – a time where video games didn’t exist – and we see that around that time, there were immense amounts of violence. The methods of torture, murdering, war, etc, were all extremely violent, much more violent than many of the things we see today in our society – and at this time video games weren’t around, so to accuse video games of being the reason why we have violence would be absolutely ridiculous.

Would You Want To Grow Up in the Public Eye?

-          I wouldn’t want to be the public eye, especially growing up. I feel as though constantly being exposed to millions of people that have millions of opinions could mould me into someone I’m not or don’t want to be. I rather live a simple life away from the paparazzi so I as a sole person could better develop my character.

Would You Feel Safer With Armed Guards Patrolling Your School?

-          I would feel safer but at the same time I wouldn’t. It’s strange. I would feel safe in the sense that we’d have trained professionals making sure that my school is a safe haven. Also we’d have more security and less chances of something terrible happening. However, I wouldn’t feel safe seeing as how it’d give me the feeling of being on lock down, or simply shut out from the outside world.

Does Reality TV Promote Dangerous Stereotypes?

-          Reality television definitely promotes dangerous stereotypes. Yes, I strongly agree that reality television shows promote stereotypes. There is typically violence or other stereotypes portrayed in the shows to keep people interested and that gives the viewers the idea that those “type” of people are violent. It really makes people judge others by the way some people from that area are, which we see on television.

Do You Think A Longer School Calendar Is A Good Idea?

-          I most definitely do not think that prolonging the school calendar will in any way benefit anyone. First of all, we’ve all grown accustomed to the way the school calendar is set up and if they were to alter the school calendar that would create a huge disturbance in everyone else’s regular schedule. As it is, students spend majority of their time in school or doing schoolwork so there wouldn’t be a need to extend the schools’ calendar.


Summary:
I read several articles from the New York Times newspaper. There was an article about how video games may be linked to the violence we see today in society, another article was dealing with the idea of children growing up being the center of media attention, they provided examples of several celebrity children and how fame could have possibly impacted their lives. The other article was about safety in schools and if students would feel safer if schools had officers patrolling school grounds during school hours. There was another article that dealt with reality television shows promoting stereotypes, it provided examples such as The Jersey Shore and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and how the viewers may get the wrong impression of a specific group of people solely based off of what they had seen on television. The last article spoke about the idea of making the school calendar longer and the possible effects it may have on not only the students but also the parents.

Style of Notes:
For these articles I'd probably use a double-entry journal for note taking so that I can choose what I find to be important and add my own personal reaction to it so that I may have a better understanding of the topic being discussed.

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Do Video Games Make People More Violent In Real Life?

-          I can understand why some people may see violence as a result of video games, but I for one do not believe that violence derives from video games. If that were to be true, we would be seeing millions upon millions of cases regarding violence seeing as how millions of these games are sold. Violence has been around since biblical times – a time where video games didn’t exist – and we see that around that time, there were immense amounts of violence. The methods of torture, murder, war, etc, were all extremely violent, much more violent than many of the things we see today in our society – and at this time video games weren’t around, so to accuse video games of being the reason why we have violence would be absolutely ridiculous.

Would You Want To Grow Up in the Public Eye?

-          I wouldn’t want to be the public eye, especially growing up. I feel as though constantly being exposed to millions of people that have millions of opinions could mould me into someone I’m not or don’t want to be. I rather live a simple life away from the paparazzi so I as a sole person could better develop my character.

Would You Feel Safer With Armed Guards Patrolling Your School?

-          I would feel safer but at the same time I wouldn’t. It’s strange. I would feel safe in the sense that we’d have trained professionals making sure that my school is a safe haven. Also we’d have more security and less chances of something terrible happening. However, I wouldn’t feel safe seeing as how it’d give me the feeling of being on lock down, or simply shut out from the outside world.

Does Reality TV Promote Dangerous Stereotypes?

-          Reality television definitely promotes dangerous stereotypes. There is typically violence or other stereotypes portrayed in these shows to keep people interested and that gives the viewers the idea that those “type” of people are violent or whatever else the reality television show is showing. It really makes people judge others by the way some people from that area are, which we see on television.

Do You Think A Longer School Calendar Is A Good Idea?

-          I most definitely do not think that prolonging the school calendar will in any way benefit anyone. First of all, we’ve all grown accustomed to the way the school calendar is set up and if they were to alter the school calendar that would create a huge disturbance in everyone else’s regular schedule. As it is, students spend majority of their time in school or doing schoolwork so there wouldn’t be a need to extend the schools’ calendar.