Obama last term

as we all know are first African American president term is coming to an end. Even thought the congress fought him on everything he still was an great president and got things done. My views on the president are all good for the first black president. he improve the unemployment rate which help a lot of people. he also was a role model to all African american kids and his family was the best first family this country has ever seen. He showed kids a world the world who are African Americans that you can be anything in this world even thought the system is not necessarily on your side that nothing can stop you and that's the best influence anyone can give as an president . He also gave the African american people Hope that change will come.

Race

Race divides people in ways it shouldn't. Race is basically the difference in skin color, features and behaviors according to people i have talked to about race. But indeed there is only one race. The HUMAN race. And thought people think they are so different from other people outside there so called race, we biologically are not that different. So how can there really be multiple races? honestly there might not be an actual reason or answer.

Video Project

Our video project was about race. And in light of some of the other things that have been having in the country such as the University of Missouri race protest I want to ask the questions:

1. What does race mean to you?

2. Do you think that Groves is a colorblind school?

Because I think that race is a defining thing for all of us. It helps us with our individuality and for us to be able to get along with others because we are all different, I mean if we were all the same then the world would not be a very diverse place. And the race is something that is just what is past down from your parents not that only certain people are inferior to others. I also think that Groves is not a colorblind school because some people only hang out with people of that color and only feel comfortable with those people and I feel like we can get there. If we take the issue of people interacting with others and then actually working together on things to make all of us feel welcome them I think that Groves will be colorblind.     

Graphs

IN one of the graphs from the chart website, the one on weather strikes me as interesting. this is because i observed that basically west coast states west of Rockies are more predictable while east of Rockies are less predictable. It shows that an accurate graph can show information better than numbers.

Gun violence

In America, gun violence is a common crime. Many unfortunate mass shootings have happened because of it. Some ways of reducing gun crime is not giving guns to crazy people who don't deserve it. Also get all thugs of the street as Wayne La Pierre says. The 2nd Amendment does give the right for sane people to bear arms.

SuperSize Me

In Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, he binges on eating fatty foods at McDonalds for a month and shows us the extreme effects of the food industry on American society. This documentary does show a problem with the food industry. That is that Americans eat too much fast food and are developing health problems because of this. It doesn't really offer much solutions other than the obvious eat healthy and exercise a lot.He treats the obesity issue with some source of seriousness but with a humor-like tone. His method does compare to Michael Moore in that advertising does appeal to younger people like through the use of clowns, toys, kids meals, etc.

In this Cadillac Escalade commercial, some questions about this product set our minds off to buy it. Like driving in the city doesn't need a big car. It just shows off style of the car and that it get 20 mpg. Its main purpose is to sell the car and prove that despite it being a gas-guzzling machine, it still gets decent mpg for that car. It shows that American culture is about being big and flashy just like the car is.