Connection :
The connection I make with the, "Child Soldier" video and the, "Teaching Kids to Kill" passage is that both were unexpected situation, that resulted in surprising outcomes. When we look at the video, Ishmael Beah was faced with a situation were there was no running. He had a peaceful and decent life, that was attacked by war and soon his life changed. Similarly, Michael Carneal a 14 year old boy who had never held a pistol in his life changed his life drastically as well. Both of their lives were changed by the one concept of violence. The connection I make with the text, "Teaching to Kill" is the statement, "Where does a 14-year-old boy who never fired a gun before get the skill and the will to kill?
Video games and media violence." In my child days, my brother, a friend and I, used to play a game called GTA on the X-box. Our mother would always yell saying, "Why are you playing these games? " "They only going to make you a more angry and violent person!" I feel that what my mother was trying to say applies to Micheal Carneal's situation. Maybe he played to many video games that portrayed and displayed violence. It may have made this young child think of the world differently, and make him a angrier, violent person. This may have been the build up toward this young mans actions. Although he wasn't necessarily raised to kill or shoot, the different scenarios of video games he may have been exposed to this violent thinking. Therefore, the text to self that I make is my mothers words to the moral of this story.
Challenge:
Do these specific scenarios, that people "believe" are triggered by video games, have a negetive impact on violent video game businesses?
Will the video game selling decrease or increase? Will parents allow for their children to by such video games based on these true stories of other young children?
Concepts:
The key concept or idea I think are worth holding on too are:
- Video games may or may not have a negative impact on young children.
- Other events or things that may impact a child, could result in how they are in the future
- Reminds me of the quote: "expect the unexpected"
Changes:
The different changes or ideas that are convoyed in the text are not to make us have a negative idea on video games, but just to have public thinking that maybe, because of these video games is why this child may have done certain things he shouldn't have
Monday, 16 February 2015
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
War and Conflict : Srilanka News Article
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11999611
S U M M A R Y:
This article talks about the ethnic (religious, cultural, Nation) tension between the Sinhalese and the Tamil population. The conflict and war between these two nations ended in May, 2009, but government took away the area that was last captured by the Tamils. (Tamil Tigers) It also talks about, Ceylon, a place in Sri Lanka where tea is produced (Ceylon is also known as the tea state) . The Sinhalese brought up the fact that the Tamils were gaining British favoritism from this. Later another conflict started between the Sinhalese and the Tamils to see who can determine the ethnic division and also the ruling of the country independently (triggered by the tea production). Many devastating occurrences had taken place after this conflict. Many lost there lives and much damage was done. Later, the conflict became known to the public as they worried about the Sri Lankan's and the crime against the civilians who lived there. It also said in this article that the UN was informed of war crimes against civilians. Lastly, the article covers the threat of army intimidation voters. To this day, there will always be the friction between whose land Sri Lanka will actually be. The Sinhalese ? Or the Tamils?
C O N N E C T I O N :
The connection I make with this news article is that I sometimes feel this tension between a Sinhalese and a Tamil. Me, being a Tamil, I feel that although we are millions of miles away from the War and Conflict, many of the Sinhalese still look at you as if your their enemy. One day, in grade 8 , a new girl walked in.She happened to be Sinhalese. My mother told me not to get to close to them cause they're evil. But why must we name these people evil just because back in our home village there is war and conflict between our two nations? What sense does that make to attack each individual who may or may not want to be involved in this particular problem? Although, I strongly believe this is wrong. Many Sri Lankan's to this day believe that the opposite ethnic is evil and therefore there is tension between us people wherever we go. This connection helps me further understand my knowledge on this article because the whole problem is the tension between these two nationalities. It helps me understand what type of hate the people would be facing as there the ones in the situation. Us being so far away, feel so much tension from each other, how would the people feel if they see them every single day, everywhere? Therefore, the self to text connection I make is that I feel the same tension that is faced in Sri Lanka between Sinhalese and Tamils.
S U M M A R Y:
This article talks about the ethnic (religious, cultural, Nation) tension between the Sinhalese and the Tamil population. The conflict and war between these two nations ended in May, 2009, but government took away the area that was last captured by the Tamils. (Tamil Tigers) It also talks about, Ceylon, a place in Sri Lanka where tea is produced (Ceylon is also known as the tea state) . The Sinhalese brought up the fact that the Tamils were gaining British favoritism from this. Later another conflict started between the Sinhalese and the Tamils to see who can determine the ethnic division and also the ruling of the country independently (triggered by the tea production). Many devastating occurrences had taken place after this conflict. Many lost there lives and much damage was done. Later, the conflict became known to the public as they worried about the Sri Lankan's and the crime against the civilians who lived there. It also said in this article that the UN was informed of war crimes against civilians. Lastly, the article covers the threat of army intimidation voters. To this day, there will always be the friction between whose land Sri Lanka will actually be. The Sinhalese ? Or the Tamils?
C O N N E C T I O N :
The connection I make with this news article is that I sometimes feel this tension between a Sinhalese and a Tamil. Me, being a Tamil, I feel that although we are millions of miles away from the War and Conflict, many of the Sinhalese still look at you as if your their enemy. One day, in grade 8 , a new girl walked in.She happened to be Sinhalese. My mother told me not to get to close to them cause they're evil. But why must we name these people evil just because back in our home village there is war and conflict between our two nations? What sense does that make to attack each individual who may or may not want to be involved in this particular problem? Although, I strongly believe this is wrong. Many Sri Lankan's to this day believe that the opposite ethnic is evil and therefore there is tension between us people wherever we go. This connection helps me further understand my knowledge on this article because the whole problem is the tension between these two nationalities. It helps me understand what type of hate the people would be facing as there the ones in the situation. Us being so far away, feel so much tension from each other, how would the people feel if they see them every single day, everywhere? Therefore, the self to text connection I make is that I feel the same tension that is faced in Sri Lanka between Sinhalese and Tamils.
Monday, 9 February 2015
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