Dont Blame the Eater...But I Do.

   The essay that I decided to write about was the “Don’t Blame The Eater” article. This argumentative essay talks about how there are children who are suing McDonalds for “making them fat” or having them gain weight. The author, believes that it is fast food restaurants fault for not providing nutrition facts on their products. They don’t give a clear warning about their products negative sides, such as the obese rate increasing as well as diabetes because this food is so bad for your body if eaten multiple times per day.
Not once does he blame the eater, being as he was in that position as well growing up. His parents were split, and didn’t have enough time to make food, therefore he went to all the fast food restaurants available just to get something in his system. He compares these problems to tobacco, leading thoughts to conclude that this food is as well as addicting and bad for your body, like nicotine that is put in cigarettes. Overall, he talks about how he believes that they shouldn’t be blamed, and that it is not the eaters fault.
   I was very much interested in this essay, because unlike the writer, I do blame the eaters. Yes, you can have fast food once in a while, but not all the time. Its someone’s own personal responsibility to make themselves a healthy snack before their day so they don’t have to eat all the fatty junk that they are complaining about. If someone was really passionate about their weight, they would make time for themselves as well as their children if they are too young to make food for themselves. Restaurants are there to make money, as bleak as that sounds, but they don’t care about the health of individuals. Even if they put nutrition facts on their products, people will still eat it knowing the risks. As well as cigarettes; people know it causes cancer and kills the lungs, but still the cigarette companies are making money like there is no tomorrow. I am personally interested in this topic, because I find it redundant that the person is blaming products when themselves are personally doing it. Like the writer had said something along the lines of, its like blaming a fast car for getting a speeding ticket. The car didn’t push the gas on its own, as well as the food doesn’t jump in someone’s mouth. People just try and blame others for their mistakes, and not take responsibility for their actions.

Assignment 2

The Allstate TV ad, “Pink SUV Mayhem” starts off with a grown man driving in a pink SUV pretending he is a teenage girl. The “girl” finds out from a text that her best friend kissed a boy she liked, causing the driver to be in an “emotional compromise” which is causing his driving to spiral out of control and hit a parked car a couple feet away. Driving off, the man talks of the terror of having to pay for the damage of your parked car yourself if you have other “cut rate insurance” instead of Allstate. He then states his signature line, of “Get Allstate and better protect yourself from Mayhem, like me.”

The “Pink SUV Mayhem” commercial depicts slight sexism and teenage attention span while the crash is happening. The man begins to talk in slang texting terms, such as O-M-G, oh my God, to show that the person driving isn’t focused entirely on the crash. They are using the O-M-G phrase to talk about the friend kissing the boy, without even blinking an eye to the accident. The sexism essence is given when you notice he is in fact playing a teenage girl, after he himself points it out, and is also driving a pink SUV complete with a blinged out phone and sunglasses a top his head. Also, the way the teenage responds to the text is obvious that it is a girl, by the way he talks and responds. This commercial is aimed towards both sexes, that they need to get Allstate, because there are drivers out there that are emotionally unstable at times, mostly during their teen years, and if they are women. I personally like the Allstate commercials, because they do point out the real problems people face, unlike other ones such as Geico, just showing that it’ll take only 15 minutes to sign up with them. Although there is sexism towards women in this segment, its still entertaining and enjoyable to watch, which Allstate aims for, so that the person watching remembers the entertainment and actuality of the commercial that they immediately sign up.

First Blog For English 102

I have decided to take English 102 because I am majoring in Education to teach English for high school students. I then later on want to teach in elementary schools. Teaching is what I would like to do for the rest of my life, and is also my dream. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to teach and help others in educating them, so this is very exciting for me. English and writing in general has always been my strength when it came to other subjects in high school, and hence me wanting to teach English to other students after I get my degree. This class will help me to advance my writing and reading skills as well as help me learn to teach lessons that will educate my future students about this subject. I plan on taking more English classes, and to never stop learning this type of material as I continue my education even after I start my career. I am often a person who talks during discussions about the material that we have read, but not as a know it all, but as someone who has a lot of questions. Even if I understand something, I like to get all the concepts right so that I gain the most out of everything. Since teaching English is my passion, I know that I must learn all there is to know, before teaching. I know that that is impossible, so I will be learning for the rest of my life. A person can never know too much about anything, and that’s how I feel when it comes to English in general. (: