What's wrong with Cinderalla

This story for me is very hard to comprehend because I grew up with a brother and the only thing we both wanted to do was play sports outside and come home dirty to the point where my mom would make us change in the garage. I've never had to face the whole princess phase because it never came up in my life, but in the past few years, when my cousin got married and had kids, I came to realize what the princess phase is. My cousin had a girl about 4 years ago and right when she was born, she instantly became a princess. Then, two months later, my other cousin had a baby girl who was instantly a princess. As they went from infant to small child, they fell in love with princess and barbies and it's only because that's what they were attracted to. Now, one of the 4 years olds doesn't take crap from her older brother, who is 6. Now, I don't think that because she likes princesses that she's automatically a prissy girl. Little girls might like something like princesses or barbies, but that shouldn't decide their futures. I have come to realize that I don't have much say in this topic, but from my observation with my cousin's little girl, that is something she likes and that's it.

One or Two Lives

The Internet for me is a place I go to and look at my fantasy sports teams, facebook, the weather, and my e-mail. Its very easy to also write a research paper without leaving your house, but besides the point, the Internet has become to much of a way to meet people. Now, I know that facebook has that appearance to it but you can choose to make it private and accept the friends you want to look at your personal information and pictures of you. Now the whole digital or cyberspace that goes on I feel has bad news written all over it. I know that everyone on those sites aren't all stalkers or bad people because a lot of people will say they met their husband or wive on them. What bothers me is the people that do use it to create false identity and lure people into traps. It's amazing that things like Second Life can exist because it really shows how technology has grown in the past years. It's just a very touchy subject for me because if you want to be the person you are in Second life, then why not make it real in your own life.

The effects Plagiarism have on kids

Plagiarism is a very serious thing in high and college these days because of computers and search engines. Today, you can find anything on the Internet with just a click of a button and that brings into the account that kids will do anything to get done a paper or an article in seconds. The rules are pretty cut and dry in most place because you cannot steal from anyone without providing them with the credit of writing it. Yet, the person who wrote that statement may have heard it from someone else and just simply posted it on the Internet as an information resource. Needless to say, kids are pressured to come up with facts and site them accordingly, but there are certain things where you may not even know you are plagiarizing. All and all, the guidelines have to be followed so give the credit to those that deserve it and the rest should come from you strictly because you are the one interpreting the situation.

Cultural changes from the past to the future

The descriptions of the 1950s in the minds of young people today are viewed as the old way of life. We view things today as the new, beneficial way of life, but do we know what we were missing during the time our parents were young. In the readings, they speak of how art was viewed as a group experience and not just personal things that comes from inside you. When my Dad talks about things he did when he was younger, like listen to music with his friends or play baseball everyday for fun, that was his art. He surrounded himself with people and shared their talents together. Today it seems like everyone wants art to themselves and share it with no one. Artists, athletes, musicians, etc. all want to keep their greatness inside and only reveal it when it counts. We might have advanced technology these days to get things done faster, but are we missing out on the opinions of others all around the world. In, the 1950s and 1960s, people used to listen to other people on the radio and in newspapers together and gather an over all fact of what the world was, but today, we want nothing to do with the opinions that might one day make us better. Our culture might have changed technologically, but it might not have been for the good because the world is becoming more and more personal to everyone.