Grad 2013

So this is it? This is the year we have been building up to our whole school careers? I always thought it would be more then this, maybe more fun, or exciting. And now we are suppose to know exactly what we want to do with the rest of our lives ? Well what if we don't know.. what are we suppose to do then? And when we graduate it's just over, high school is over, thats kinda a big deal and we are suppose to be alright with that? Well I dont know if I can be. And we just have one ceremony and get a single piece of paper and thats all we have to remember our school career, a single piece of paper?  School has been way more important then to just have a piece of paper to remember it bye. Not being able to see all the friends I have grown up with and gotten so close with over the past thirteen years will be so difficult. Everything will be so different.

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The Bronswik Affair

This week we watched a videoin class that was a mocumentary about a television that supposably tricked your brain into thinking you needed abnormaly large amounts of a product at once. I never clued in that the video we were watching could be fake because I've never questioned what I see on tv before (which I should probably start doing) so I completely believed the story.

Now that I see how easily the media can be telling false stories I am going to have to look deeper into the story and not always believe what I see. The media makes it almost impossible to even know when not to believe it because everything seems so real ! How am I ever suppose to know !? Well they could have fooled me..

http://www.dvdlink.ca/films/detail/97444/movie/Citizen-Kane/

Citizen Kane

If some of you are unaware of the movie "Citizen Cane" it was driected by Orson Welles. It was about a very rich man named Charles Foster Kane's who was unhappy with his life although he could have anything he wanted all he really wanted was his childhood back. He couldn't find love or keep a wife and lived miserably even though he was very successfull.

What I enjoyed about the story was the message that it portrayed, that money doesn't buy happiness. You can buy all the fancy things in the world but you cant buy love or friendship and this movie showed that exactly. Citizen Kane spent loads of money on fancy things, but was miserable because he had no true friends or no love in his life. At some points in the movie you can't help but feel sorry for him ,although he was a huge jerk, everyone deserves love and friendships.
 
Something that was very interesting about the movie was that the man who made the movie, Orson Welles, lived a very similar life. They both grew up with rough childhoods, and grew up tp become very rich and successfull, but could never find love or friendship and ended up living lonely lives. I think Orson Welles tried to recreate his life through this movie.

http://www.dvdlink.ca/films/detail/97444/movie/Citizen-Kane/

Question The Media

I never really put much thought into questioning what I hear or see through the media until this week during class when we talked about not always being able to believe what we learn through the media. We looked at many different questions on media and it got us thinking whether or not to believe what we hear and see.

Most of the time I would never think to question what I see on tv or hear on the radio or read because I am a very believable person, but after this week I am not to sure about anything anymore ! How are we suppose to know when we read a book whether the author is just speaking their own opinion or telling facts !?

Bias opinions happen through all sorts of media, but it happens all the time on television through product placement. Have you ever noticed the weird shots of objects that seem like they don't belong, yaa that's product placement !

Most people don't think to question what they see through the media but it's good too so that you have your own opinion on things and not just someone else's.

March Break

Unfortunately I was unable to do anything exciting or go anywheres exciting over the break, but I was completely fine with just being done with school for a week. I spent my time mostly just hanging out with my friends and having fun .. :) Not that I'm saying that I wouldn't want to go somewheres warm and exciting but were not all that lucky! (Honestly id probably chew my arm off to go somewheres warm right about now ). While all of you were off having a grand old time I was home watching all nine seasons of One Three Hill, can't complain there. So ya that's my March Break !