Growing Up Without Television

If we could unplug all the televisions in America, our children would grow up in a completely different world. While allowing your child to watch TV for hours on end can be directly related to weight issues in younger ages. Some shows can be educational and even helpful for children in lower grades or even infants and toddlers that do not yet attend school. Moderation here is the key. By monitoring what the children watch, and how often they watch the shows we can more or less improve their personalities and minds. I believe the kids that watch shows that teach manners and other social behaviors have a good foundation and have it easier when they enter schooling. I know that I learned almost all my social mannerisms as well as how to properly brush my teeth and other tasks from Barney and Baby Bop. As an only child with two parents that work full-time, I did get some (but not all) of my cooking and cleaning skills from shows. These shows often portrayed aroutine "clean up time" which put a fun song to an ordinarily boring chore. However, I do believe that if the televisions were taken away, more kids would play outside, something that is lacking in our society today. Kids channels such as Nickelodeon and Disney are constantly running commercials that outright say, get outside and play. If the advertising on those channels can say this, I must assume that it is a problem that they would like to fix (also going along with moderation in the child's life).In saying this, the child's health would most likely improve with the loss of the TV. I can only give my opinion, and based on the television shows I watched, I do believe that children should be allowed (in moderation) towatch shows that will ultimately begin to shape them at an age that only allows a few options for brain stimulation.

Rhetorical Situation

This is a piece done by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I chose this artwork first, because I love things that are black and white figuratively and literally. And secondly, it draws my attention and gives me questions that cannot be answered. It is done in pencil which is interesting to me because he uses shading and fading to capture the image in a most unique way. He emphasizes on her face and the veil in the back, but not the front. He allows the veil to fade out so the viewers may see the woman's face and also fades toward the bottom of the piece, putting less emphasis on her body. Obviously the artist found the woman appealing and portrayed her that way in the painting while leaving it somewhat of a mystery.  The woman appears to be looking into the distance and she has a smirk on her face; however, the audience does not have the ability to know what is making her smile. I believe that he knew the woman and he portrayed her in a very attractive manner. He made her look very dainty and sophisticated while keeping her appealing and classy to all types of viewers. No one would look at this piece and assume the woman was lower class and would even go as far as assuming she lived a very fair, maybe even wealthy lifestyle. artist may have painted this to catch this woman in the essence of the moment, but I do not see a specific reason why (other than personal) that he would have wanted to create this piece.

Why I Decided Wright State Was Right For Me

Wright State University was the last application I filled out, simply because I was dead set on attending Miami University with my best friend. My plans completely changed the night my deposit was due to Miami; something just didn't feel right. It was a little late to put down a deposit on the other schools I had applied to so I decided to go to Wright State for a year to see how I liked it, and if all else failed I was perfectly fine with transferring for my sophomore year. The things that became appealing to me about the campus and the University were all things that would have drawn me to the college had I done the research that I completed for the other colleges that had accepted me.
I began recruitment in the fall for Kappa Delta, as I had always been interested in joining a sorority. This has been one of my best decisions in college. Coming from a small town, and trying to adapt to this huge campus was a major change for me, one that I wasn't sure was possible. It was like starting over and it was hard enough worrying about school, but now I had to try and make friends as well. It was so nice to find these girls with which I had so much in common. They took me in as their sister and it has been a blessing ever since. I also love the size of the classes and how comfortable I seem to be in a lecture setting, while still having some classes with very few. The campus is very nice and feels safe to me, something I was very concerned about at first. I love many things about Wright State, but mostly I love the effort that I have seen from every one of my professors to do their absolute best to pass every student.    Them giving so much time and energy into making the courses possible means a lot to me and I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with each of them.
As my freshman year continued at Wright State, things began to fall together and soon I decided this was the college for me and I couldn't imagine myself anywhere else. I guess to say the least, I didn't choose Wright State from the beginning, but all the opportunities it has proven to have for me the past three quarters make me extremely happy that I did end up choosing this University.