Op-ed on Education

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/opinion/occupy-the-classroom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

This was a persuasive article about a different way to approach the poverty in America. He porposed that instead of trying to fix the gaps that already exist between the lower and upper classes, more money should be spent on preventing such a gap. He believed thst America should porvide more money to early education programs for the less advantaged children of lower classes. He believed that this money should be put into educational programs such as Head Start to stop economic gaps before they happen.

I found the article very pursuasive mainly because of the logic that it propossed. If every child is given an equal opportunity to succeed, then logically there would be less of a divide between the country. Start young so that everyone is given the skills to be able to survive above the poverty line. He presented facts as well of how educational programs, such as Head Start, are already making a difference in lower classes. I hope that such programs are implicated soon in America to hopefully save our future generations.

Film Directions

I thought that the film director did a great job of presenting the story. He included  many little aspects of the story that one usually wouldn't think to add. Some of these things were the little childish ways that Heather portrayed. He documented little conversations of hers and her childish thoughts. It really made the story much more believable and enjoyable, and set up the scene for the one of the main purposes of the story: Heather. He often added many scenes of her playing with the children, and really interacting with them. It made the viewers more emotional about the story and more passionate about their stance on the topic.

He also did not hesitate to record the many arguments of the family and their view on the Cochlear implant. Showing how emotionally involved the whole family was in each family's decision made the story much more realistic and gave a greater depth to the issue of deafness. I personally did not know about how avid deaf people were about their culture before watching this film; I thought they would all want to get the implant. It showed how passionate they were about preserving their identity, and this would not have been possible if such arguments were not inlcuded.

The documentary was very ineteresting and well made, and I hope it all worked out well for the families.

Fear of Being Stabbed

I think it is a pretty legit fear, no one wants to be stabbed. I have no story or anything to relate to my seemingly normal fear. It may have sprouted from my viewing of multiple horror movies and crime television shows. The thing is, this would be the worst way to die. If I am going to die, I would rather hands down be shot, drown, sufficated, anything but stabbed. It would cause so much suffering on my part, that I would never want to face. The long agony of laying there, blood gushes from my fresh wounds, just makes me squirm. I want to die quickly and as painlessly as possible, and being stabbed is not the way. It makes me cringe just thinking about it.