tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178127610555965152024-03-08T01:22:09.927-08:00The Wild Wolf's ContemplationsWhere the world is nothing but a mirror of glory.Mushkikizouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017421664729386597noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217812761055596515.post-1069487493096452452009-11-19T11:42:00.000-08:002009-11-19T12:08:14.784-08:00"Using Quotes" Article Response~A) What was this article about...?<br /><br />This article was about how this one high school, Dalton, had a newspaper that needed approval before publishing an article about a speech given by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who was supposed to be "one of the court's most vigilant defenders of First Amendment values". When the high school journalists sent a draft in to the justice's office, they got it back with "minor tweaks" to make sure the point the justice intended to make was accurate. Some people said that this was a good thing and others said it was not a good thing.<br /><br />~B) How does all the content of this article apply to the profession of journalism along with the conduct and production of our own newspaper, the <em>Tiger Rag</em>...?<br /><br />If something like this can happen to Dalton's school newspaper, then it could happen to the <em>Tiger Rag</em> as well. Of course, something like this would only happen on a rare occurrence if we ever happened to have a speaker of that much power come speak at our school. But of course it can happen, and I think that if it does happen, then we as journalists should take it as a way to show people in 'higher up" positions what high schools can do. I mean, we can be pretty smart if we really wanted to be. If we ever get the chance to publish an article about some big speech that some big man made at our school, then it simply is a way to represent high school journalists.<br /><br />~C) Questions??<br /><br />I was just wondering if anyone else noticed how ironic it is to have this Justice guy be "one of the most vigilant defenders of First Amendment values" and yet there were people taking the article draft and "tweaking" it. Or maybe it's just me. And I also, was wondering how Kennedy was really thinking as all this was going about. Was it really <em>his</em> idea to have the article tweaked or someone else? Maybe that was just a confusing part for me to read in the article.Mushkikizouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017421664729386597noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217812761055596515.post-29688165963526712632009-10-28T15:08:00.000-07:002009-10-28T18:59:43.198-07:00The Mismeasure of Women Article ResponseI liked this article, I had some agreements and some disagreements. But I wouldn't like to read it again, because I usually get very heated when thinking about racial/gender discrimination, and that kind of anger ain't so good.<br /><br />~A) The article, in the most basic terms, was about how women have suffered in and out of the workplace because of the position they have been placed in the minds of others. They are looked down upon and considered lower than men in the most obvious ways, even though people surprisingly don't see that. And even in journalism are they looked down on, which surprised me.<br /><br />~B) Apparently, there <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span><span> discrimination in the journalism workplace, but of course there is a sense in every job a woman gets because of their reduced pay. But it's obvious that women are just as good as men in the sense that they can work. I mean, our journalism class is composed of women only. How cool is that? As a plus, I think that its really cool that a journalist can write an article about gender discrimination. Most people don't even think about how racist the world is and they all just let it slide, like I usually do. So it's good to know that you don't have to choke down vulgar comments about your feminism like a horse pill. This article does encourage women to fight for their rights in a sense. Which is what I liked about it.<br /><br />~C) However, I do wonder about some of the writer's comments and what she really meant about them. Most of the comments at the end about how women see things differently were vague and ambiguous. And also, how long is it going to take, really, for people to stop looking down on others and just admit they are equal? I just wrote an essay on this today too, wow how relevant. But I already know, that it'll never happen because the world isn't perfect and to strive for equality is to strive for perfection.<br /></span>Mushkikizouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017421664729386597noreply@blogger.com10