homework#11

Bucky Bothell

Eng 101

“PENNYWISE, BADGE OF PRIDE”

 

All the bullshit that I see so much I can’t believe grown man just tryin’ to be true to myself impossibly I may not ever get rich might wind up diggin’ a ditch I won’t cry no I won’t bitch I won’t back down and I’ll never quit It is my badge of pride -hardcore ’til the day I die just tryin’ to survive I won’t back down or apologize Say what you wanna say I’m not listening anyway I’ll believe what I wanna believe true to myself that’s how it’s gotta be. All the methods that I use all the things I use and abuse it all leaves me confused I’ve been torn up, beat down and bruised but somehow I was saved and I’m standing here today, now I do things my own way cause I’m never going back again.

This song holds very true for me in many aspects. At the age of 18 I was in-between a rock and a hard place. The two things that were holding me down were going to play baseball at basically any college I wanted to and going to the Marine Corps as I wanted to.  My dad was the one that wanted me to pursue a career in baseball, but it just wasn’t any fun for me anymore. Once you get to certain levels of sports it doesn’t seem fun anymore, for me anyways.  After making the choice to join uncle Sams misguided children my eyes were suddenly opened to a whole new world of craziness. A couple of years into it I got sent over to Iraq, I did and saw some very bad things over there that have changed my life forever. This has hardened me to no end, emotionally, physically and most definitely mentally. But even before that I was very different from most people, I don’t care what people think about me if you don’t like the way I do things that’s fine but I’m going to continue to do them my way. I would love to be successful in my life and I most definitely will but I don’t have too much pride that I won’t be a ditch digger. As my dad always told me “if you’re gonna be a ditch digger be the best one there is”, these words have stuck with me since I was tiny. In an essence I always try to do good for people and to people but I really don’t want any help from others.  Everything that I get in life I would like to achieve by myself, this song has always stuck out to me and been one of my favorites, now you see why.

homework#10

Bucky Bothell

eng 101

4/8/12

 

As two of my friends and I were strolling through the oak grove, we came apon a mutual friend of ours. Right before we came into contact with the individual we were having a conversation on cars, we were deeply involed in the conversation. I personally thought it was going to be a quick hi and bye to the mutual friend but no, that wasnt the case, he wanted to stand and talk about the most boring things. This bothered me in a way because we were in conversation, and were disrupted. This is very typical in our culture due to the fact that its considred normal to interrupt, but i consider it rude. My friends and I listen to the same genre of music and share the same intrests of motorcross, and cars. We as a group tend to listen and let each other talk and try not to interrupt each other as a common courtesy. The norm for our culture constantly interrups people to put their two cents into the conversation, those people dont’t stick around very long. Many times friends and i have gone out for drinks and enggage in deep conversations, but only certain friends can i speak on the topic of religion, in which I personally like talking about. My friend Eric is that person, only certain individuals can sustain those types of topics to discuss, this is based on individualism and the reactions, and perceptions that only certain people can demonstrate. This took place last week, I consider these types of engagements very sentimental and important on a personal level.

homework #9

1.) American’s especially detest many things that asked of them, but three things stand out in the reading. one thing is personal life, americans perceive this as their own business and no one elses. Other cultures seem to be more lenient on asking questions based on personal life. Our income as American’s seems to be rather secretive as well, we do not like the question,”how much do you make” due to the fact that if another person makes more it will make us feel inferior to that person. Thirdly, there are certain etiquette’s that households in america find paramount, one of them being do not reach across the table in order to scoop food on your plate. In other countries they tend to eat off each others plate and reach all over the table, but here in america that is considered taboo.

2.) In contrast to american standards, the people in Thailand have their parents/grandparents move in with them if they have a long-term illness. The children, and the grandchildren alternate personal care for the elderly. Living together strengthens moral support for an extended family. In Thailand it is considered greedy to want to be famous or rich, morals are based off a buddhist culture as well as their norms. As per americans we tend to worry about ourselves instead of the elderly, we also want to be rich and famous as a whole.

3.) Some experiences that i have had that would put a strain on other cultures would probably have to be sarcasm. sarcasm to me and many other americans is a way of joking around. i have been to many different countries and they most definitely could not pick up on the sarcasm, totally over their head. They perceived sarcasm as being rude.

homework 8

1.)  A couple of things that could be touched upon when dealing with international students visiting IUP?  Well first off they would notice very soon that the level of obesity is large on campus, compared to the typical physical traits that are portrayed on the television.  Also the attire that is worn by most college students is very different than what is worn on t.v.  Most of the kids here at IUP wear sweat pants and gym shorts, this doesn’t fit the norm of attire worn in other countries.  The reason that certain things are portrayed on t.v to be so glamorous is to add a type of accent to the person of glamour and glitz, simply stating that most Americans look this way all the time.

2.) The basic view of time in the pamphlet describes the views of time as being contagious.  This meaning that the basic concept of time in a work place will be universal in a manner.  Influence in perception are the basic views of how time will be conceived.  Reason being that people are easily influenced in how they view things, this example being time.

3.) Americans really do not like to be interrupted due to the fact that they cannot get their pint across to the person that they are conversing with. Once a person is interrupted they tend to lose track of the subject in which they are discussing, and by being interrupted they cannot get their point across to the individual to which the conversation is being held with.  I personally hate being interrupted, its rude and conflicts with the point that i am conversing with.  Everyone has their own opinions but they need to wait their turn to voice it.

4.) ” In the United States,It is extremely important to extend the same courtesies and respect to all individuals”.  This is obviously not the case in modern day America, people are very rude these days due to the fact of being so very selfish.  This cold be contributed to upbringing mainly in my eyes, children at a young age should be taught to be courteous, and caring of all individuals, also treating others as equals.

Homework#7

evaluating the text #1

People become preoccupied with money being solely dependent on monetary statues as a way of life and of lifestyles.  By the new economy and the way that it works cuts people off from the earth and the relationship that they once had with it, by mainly depending on money-based economies people tend to distance themselves from one another and mostly focus themselves on materialistic things.  Capitalism seems to play a part in this as well, at one time people would grow their crops for a sustenance type of survival and anything that was left over would be bartered, or people would help each other to meet the basics of survival.  But with changing economies this type of lifestyle has been stifled.  Now a new type of farming has arisen called cash cropping developed to force the developement on a type of market economy.  The dependency on things that can’t be seen by the people producing the labor itself can play a hard toll on the individual, due to the fact of seeing is believing, work produced with no visual benefit can be considered a ghostly benefit.

extending viewpoints#2

I wholeheartedly think so due to the fact that they had a tight bond between the people and treated each other as they would want to be treated.  They were happy with what they had, and developed the skills to live on sustenance and adapted to their surroundings as needed.

Question#1

“Kids in Perth and Prague and New Delhi are all tuning into Jersey Shore on tv and pulling on their Nike’s while singing along to Lady Gaga’s latest in english”.  To me this is outstanding, I believe that broadcasting our culture can lead to vast benefits for the United States both economically and culturally.  Having other countries want to be like us is one of the biggest compliments we could get as a whole.

Question#2

Two pros in my opinion could be that people from other countries can enjoy our music,food, and culture to expand their own, the other being that it sets aside a racial and cultural barrier when other countries are allowed to experience our ways compared to their own ex…schools, sporting events and different types of musical innuendos.

Two cons would be that countries  will not be as distinguished as they once were for their certain ways that they once had due to the influence of a multi-cultural globalized world. 2  Many countries to become the minority due to the vast immigration of other cultures in their own native region.  This could somehow cause a type of colonization factor if things got out of hand, possibly a type of civil war between cultures.

hw 6

!.) As a society many of our own personal opinions on our selves are based on cultural influences.  As basing facts on appearance preferences one tends to base and form their own personal preference on what society itself thinks is beautiful.  Many teens have fell victim to eating disorders to fit in with the celebs on tv, and by doing so have harmed themselves and many of the family members and friends that surround them.  But, for the shaping of my personal image i tend to stay in good physical shape for health reasons, and to stay attractive.  That’s one of the main reasons for staying in shape aside from health reasons is to be attractive for the opposite sex, or whatever sex Ur trying to attract.  As being a marine for four years that has also help mold what type of physical shape that i like to stay in.

2.) To answer this question honestly I don’t anymore, I don’t think that for example; a woman has to be more in shape or more skinny than a man does. Those old traditional values are pretty much gone, but it also depends on your status quo, and what type of group one would classify themselves to be in . In Hollywood you pretty much have to stay skinny and “hot” to fit in because there are so many celebrities there, and people just have to fit in with their surroundings and stay at the top of the totem pole in the standard of appearance.

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homework#3

1)  Theres always an opportunity for failure and devastating events to take place.  Dealing with robots there are far too many variables in the equation, really robots making moral and ethical decisions for us as human beings….bolderdash.  Any moral or ethical decision programmed in a robots software has already been created by a human being to make that judgement call itself.  Robotic error is inevitable!  I think that it’s a horrible idea to propose a theory of robotic counseling and decision-making when human lives are at stake, and yes I think something catastrophic will happen in our lifetimes if this theory would escalate into a finished product.  As for a public reaction its an obvious outcome, there will be sheer chaos.  Just like Arnold said “I’ll be back” exactly , people will be back with automatic weapons destroying the evil that they created themselves.

2)  The only thing that a robot can typically recreate is what has already been installed in the robot itself.  Robots don’t have souls, they are robots, please people.  The people of this country are so lazy that they want robots to think and make moral decisions for others in everyday life is atrocious.  Robots will always need human help, what happens when one malfunctions? Can they fix themselves answer that question.  Pretty sure robots will always need the help of humans to correct their imperfections.  As human identities are concerned they will be lost with the replacement of robotics to recreate human emotion and rationalization to ethical inquiries.

3)  Some of the pro’s of AI would be assistance in hazardous environments in which human lives are at stake, basically anything that would harm a human being should if possibility occurs be replaced with a robot.  Certain medical procedures, in which a robotic hand is more steady than a human’s, decision making dealing mainly with extensive numerical values ex: stock trading, certain calculations that have extensive numerical values.  Cons, basically anything that has a human life at stake, or moral and ethical values that are in the task.  Robots will be taking human jobs,  thus sinking our economy drastically.

4)  My experiences dealing with failure associated with machines or computers are at a minimum compared to modern society.  I personally do not like modern technology as a whole.  I have had internet access fail while typing papers for my favorite professor Dr. Dories ”brownie point” or while performing research, and having certain documents being lost.  And who hasn’t had their car or motorcycle fail them.  Pretty sure we have all dealt with these dilemmas, personally I detest the thought of any robot counseling me or making moral decisions for humans at all, im sorry but I’m old school baby, I keep it real and don’t personally think the good lord wants robots thinking in a “moral” way for the children he has created.

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