Facebook World

We all know that Facebook has become the most famous social networking site in America and even in the world. I enjoy using Facebook because it lets me easily connect with friends and family. I have a lot of relatives who live in Minnesota and Facebook enables me to talk to them and know what is going on in their lives. I like knowing what my friends are up too and Facebook has helped me stay in contact with my friends from high school.
I have about two-hundred and fifty friends on Facebook and I only talk to a couple dozen of them on a regular basis. I know all of my friends on Facebook and I don’t accept friend requests from random people. I thin that people can get obsessed with Facebook, but Facebook itself isn’t a negative thing. Facebook in moderation is good, but when people overdo it, then there can be a potential problem.
I don’t really have a problem with potential employers looking at my Facebook page to see if I would be a good employee. If I’m dumb enough to put something detrimental to myself out in a place where everyone can see it, then I shouldn’t be hired. I think that Facebook can be an effective hiring tool for employers.

Criminal Justice

Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved the wail of sirens and the flashing of red and blue lights as a police cruiser speeds down the highway. When I was thirteen I got to go on a patrol with a police officer, Sgt. Lane. I got to see that officer in action and how he treated people with respect and used his authority to help people. I watched Sgt. Lane arrest a man for driving without a license and we had to take him to the Fairborn jail. I loved riding in the squad car and from that moment, I have wanted to become a police officer.
I enjoy helping people and I have good social skills. I don’t like sitting at a desk all day and I want a job that allows me to get out on the streets and physically do work. I am good at talking to people and diffusing tension between people. I volunteer for middle school youth group at my church and most of the kids I deal with come from broken and dysfunctional homes. I think it is vital to know what kind of situation the people you deal with come from, and I have found that even though the kids are sometimes disrespectful, they are really good kids at heart. I want to use my experience as a youth leader when I become a police officer.
When I graduate from Wright State I would like to stay in the Dayton area. My family lives here and I have come to know this area really well and I understand the mindset of the people who live here. I want to stay close to my family and I really enjoy living in Ohio. Some people think Ohio is boring, but I love it!  

America Free of TV

If we could unplug all the tv's and electronic devices in America, I believe that our children would be healthier, better educated, and more independant. Children today don't get enough exercise, are slipping academically, and are showing less and less self motivation.  

            Firstly, the lack of television would potentially increase physical activity among children. On average, kids today spend at least three hours a day watching tv, and seldom get any kind of exercise. Ever since tv became main stream kids have spent less and less time outside. It used to be common for kids all around the neighbor hood to get together and play a game of baseball, basket ball, or football. However, now kids get together for video game parties where they spend hours upon hours sitting in front of a tv. This prolonged exposure to video games can be damaging to a child's eye sight and prevents the child from being physically active. Childhood obesity has become a major problem in America and I don't think it's mear coincidence that kids are watching more and more tv these days.

            Secondly, grades of American children are slipping and falling behind compared to other countries. Tv is one of the causes to this downword trend in education. When kids get home from school they want to sit on the couch and just watch tv instead of doing home work. Granted, no one wants to do home work right after they get home from school but tv isn't the best choice. Kids have spent all day sitting in a desk and staring at a white board or computer screen and they need to get some physical activity, instead they watch tv. It is not healthy physically or mentally to be sitting and staring all day. Also, it is so easy for kids to get distracted by tv, when trying to study or do home work. Just one push of the tv remote can derail an entire evening of studying.

           Lastly, the epademic of tv watching has made kids less independant. Children today are sruggling with interacting socially because their main model for daily living are fictional characters on tv. Tv show's create unrealistic situations and some kids don't realise that these situations are unprobable and ridiculous. Kids today would rather sit in front of a tv than go out into the world and explore. They stay in their for most of the day and this trend is producing kids who are more timid and don't know what to do when they enter the real world.

         Overall, I think America would benefit from the lack of tv's. This is not because tv's themselves are bad, but because kids don't use self-control. Tv in moderation is fine and can even help develop creativity, but kids have become to dependant on this electronic baby sitter.                                                                                                                                       

        

 

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Lautrec would paint advertisements for pubs and businesses that he liked to frequent. His purpose in creating this painting is to advertise a business that is most likely a pub. Even though Lautrec came from a wealthy family he liked to spend his time in the shadier parts of the city, and he wanted to support his favorite places by painting advertisements for them. His audience was most likely the lower class citizens of Paris. This advertisement would be seen on the street by many people and so Lautrec threw some red and yellow into his painting in order to catch people's attention. This painting would have stood out against the dark streets of Paris's red light district. The genre is a painting and so is the medium. This painting appears to be done in oils and standard paint. The stance of this piece of art is very bold. The man in the painting looks very confident and imposing. The splash of colors gives the painting the element of being bold and easily seen. The painting seems unremarkable, but it is memorable and would the people who saw it would have been able to relate to it.