Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution response!!!!!

I think this episode really illustrates how stubborn people are when it comes to the way their business is ran. Even though Dino himself thought Jamie's patty tasted better, he didn't want it. When Dino's chef said he liked it, Dino agreed to use it. I feel like this shows how Dino was fixed on the original patty before even trying Jamie's. Changing the meat used is a relatively small change. If it was such a struggle to change that, I don't see fast food chains getting healthier anytime soon. Another thing is this was just one small resteraunt, not a large chain. People love to stay where they are comfortable. They like what they get from fast food resteraunts for the price they pay. I don't think many people even want to pay a little extra for slightly healthier food. They are content and the business owners know that. I personally don't see Jamie's movement making the strides it needs to anytime soon.

Mmmmmmmmpossible research topic? :)

One topic I would be very interested in is the Fast Food Industry. It  has grown to an amazing level of popularity. Millions of people are trying to stop them, yet many more are continuing to eat it. I personally eat it quite often but realize it could be very bad for me in the long run. This is why I want to research the topic. I want to realize the specific effects my decisions will have on my body.

Blog for snops #6

Recently we watched The Social Network in class. While watching it I was able to make a few connections to both the marxist and feminist critical approaches.
From the marxist standpoint, I think some obvious factors were the character's social class and their connections. Having a bunch of Harvard students and their money working together isn't a bad situation. Many people come up with good ideas, but don't always have surrounding brain power or the money to make it possible like Mark did.
One power struggle I noticed was the twins. When their Facebook idea was "stolen", they figured they could use the power within their own family name to have the problem solved in their favor. After being made a joke of by the Dean, they realized they can't always get everything they want because they come from a powerful family.
From the feminist standpoint I noticed that women really were not a large part of this movie at all. The few were Mark's ex-girlfriend, the Standford girl that slept with Sean, the lady that works with Mark for Facebook, and Eduardo's crazy girlfriend. I would say besides the lady working for Facebook, women were not represented very well at all. They were seen as obscene or crazy or something to rate on appearence.

Blog 4 :D georgia peaches

We recently watched an episode of House in class and now we have to answer a question!!!!!The question I want to answer is "How do the morals of the story differ from your own morals?"
One thing that stood out to me was that Dr. House was willing to test out a new and unproved treatment on one of his patients. This is something I would strongly object to if I was in his situation. I feel like unless the patient has no other options, you need to try what is most trusted and reliable. Someone's life is not something to just experiment with whether you know them or not!
Another question is "which character do you sympathize with the least based on values/morals/beliefs?" and I would sypmathize the least with the girl doctor. She is all upset because she found out that House hired her because of her looks and not her medical abilities. I don't think she should see it as such a bad thing. If she wasn't a good doctor, she'd be fired. Just because she was hired over others for her looks doesn't mean she's not a talented doctor.

Blog 5!!!! time flies dont it :)

In the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris often uses Cameron in a way. He makes him make a phony phone call to his principal when it could've gotten him in a lot of trouble. After this, he takes Cameron's father's prized Ferrari. This is obviously not something to mess around with especially if you don't have permission! Ferris really has no respect for what Cameron wants and really just uses him.

One connection I made is to The Lion King. Scar uses the hyenas to gain power as king. Once he is king he does nothing for them at all. He even blames them for the condition of Pride Rock when in a pressure situation. Another similarity in these two stories is how both Cameron and the hyenas come to a realization. Cameron realizes that he needs to take a stand against his father; the hyenas realize that Scar is not their friend and rebel against him.

I think this means that really looking at your life situation and self reflecting will teach you a lot about yourself. Cameron needed to realize that he needs to take a stand against his father. He didn't realize this until he had a reality check. The hyenas didn't realize that Scar was using them and wasn't on their side until Scar was in a moment of weakness. Before a dire situation comes to us, we can just take a moment to self reflect and try to see what is really going on in our lives!

Blog 3 :)

I think the lesson of this story is that nature doesn't need us to keep going on. All of the animals and robots kept going on doing what they normally do even though the humans all died. A lot of the time we become so connected to our electronics when in reality they really don't give us anything of importance back. They don't depend on us to work, but we depend on them sometimes. We need to stop being so addicted to technology and interact with each other like it used to be!

Moral Philosophy mmmmyeeeees yeeees

My moral philosophy consists of the values of hard work, honesty, and respect. Hard work first of all, because you need to earn what you're working for and simply can't succeed without it. With hard work comes dedication and persistance. If someone doesn't want to work hard at whatever they're doing, they don't deserve to be there!
Honesty is very important to me because without it something eventually goes wrong. You can only go on with dishonesty so long before it catches up to you. If somebody is contstantly lying about themselves, nobody truly knows who they are. Being honest also speaks a lot about one's character.