final research paper

I am going to write my final paper on sweatshops. The piece we read in class about sweatshops in other countries really made me interested. I never realized that about half of the clothes I own could have been made in another country by someone getting paid tremendously lower than minimum wage. I think that sweatshops should be shut down. This could also help increase poverty in the US because these jobs are being done in other countries. People should not be slaving for 16 hours or more and not even get enough money to live in a place with a roof over thier head.
In my paper I will discuss the pros and cons of sweatshops and why I truly feel that they should be no longer. I will relate information to the artile we read by Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan. I will also use two other sources that I found most helpful.


http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/
http://www.nmass.org/nmass/index.html

Picture Essay.

This picture is of Lance Armstrong carrying the American flag after winning the dour de France. He proudly displays his countries flag as he is riding over the streets to celebrate his victory. Lance bike riding career looked as if it might end early when he was diagnosed with a very dangerous cancer that spread throughout his entire body. After some long hard years he made it past the though times. He got back onto his bike and started to ride again. He became the best through hard work, dedication, and determination. He proved to the world that he was the best not just once, but seven times. He wasn’t afraid of the competition or the pressure his country placed on him to be number one. America is Lance Armstrong. With each war we have had to slowly build ourselves back up again, and in a sense we are the best. We are always competing against other countries and there is so much pressure for use to come out on top and be number one.

Annotated Bibliography

Well I know its supposed to go Last name, First name "Title of Article." City: Publisher, Date. I wasn't able to locate all that information right now. I just switched my topic and got all my sources, plus its late. So I hope this will do.

http://www.azcentral.com/families/education/articles/0201collegeskills-ON.html
This is basically about how for all kids college is talked about and they all know that you want to go there to be successful. Kids also know that college means more school. Its kind of like they think they are moving on to the next grade. What they aren't ready for is all the work and deadlines and time management. It also says that wealthier kids that went to private schools tend to do better then kids from poorer families that went to public schools. Its also about how kids are told that they can make it in college but not given what they need to do it.

http://dadtalk.typepad.com/dadtalk/2004/10/high_schools_ma.html
This is a blog based on what researches from ACT researchers that offer college entrance exams. They basically say that kids aren't doing good and what classes they should be required to take. They recommend kids being introduced to college entrance exams to get a better feel for what college is about. Dads post to the blog and gave their feedback and things that they tried.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/august24/colleges-082405/html
This is how the US used to be first in people graduating with BA in college. Now we are falling behind. The weird thing is that we have more college bound students then ever. The majority of them go to community colleges. It talks about how a lot of students will get upset because they don't know what they are getting into so they end up getting overwhelmed and drop out. High schools and colleges need to work together so that high schools can better prepare their students for college.

Final research paper

For my reasearch paper I'm asking the question, does high school properly prepare kids for college. This relates to what we discussed in class because we talked a lot about poverty. If high schools arent properly preparing kids then all they are doing is setting them up for poverty. I decided to use this as my topic because I remember one of my friends who graduated with 13 credits. I remember when I found this out I couldn't possibly understand how he could of passed because our high school required 28 credits. It turned out my friend was one of the special needs students. Some how this made it ok for him to graduate with only 13 credits. Another this was when I first got to college it took me a while to adjust. I had a hard first semester and I even took advanced classes senior year. I felt that my high school didn't really prepare me at all.

http://www.azcentral.com/failies/education/articles/0201collegeskills-html
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/dadtalk/2004/10/high_schools_ma.html

These two sites both talk about how high schools need to step it up. They both talk about how there are more college bound students then ever but also more drop outs then ever. This is a problem that needs to be fixed. I'm intrested to see what else I can find on this topic

2 resources and topic

I'm planning on doing my final research paper on Mental disorders and job offers and education. It relates to many things that we've talked about in class including jobs, money, homelessness and others. I'm hoping to find out through research on the internet and through personal interviews with psychiatrists and employers about what they recommend and who they hire and where they can get hired. Also, i hope to find out what kind of education they are allowed to recieve and if college is available for some. Hopefully more idea's for information will crop up while i do my research.
so far i've found a few sites that might be able to help me with information.

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/reg3a.html#Anchor-Appendix-52467

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/ADAq&a.html

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19646441&site=ehost&scope=site

each of these links either says something about ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) or some government jobs that are available and other stuff. Hopefully these will help me.
If you have any advice, PLEASE, tell me.. lol

Picture essay

I chose the picture of the Hollywood sign because I think for many people in the world who have never been to America, Hollywood is one of the main sources of information about US. Movies create many different images about the States, many of them are true and many of them are not. I watch American movies my whole life even before I moved here. I would watch action movies, comedies, horror movies, dramas and all kind of other different movies. I thought that whatever I saw in the movie, that's how it is in reality(to the certain extend of course). Then when I came to States I realized that many things are different from what they were shown in movies. I think that on international level of representation of America Hollywood is number one. It creates images that many people see and for them its the only source of information about America.

2 research sites

Like I had mentioned before in classy I am interested in researching how the advertisement world is obsessed with skinny models and the idea of being thin. I was looking up the big named magazines such as vogue and I came across the web site style.com. On this site I found and article on mythic proportions, basically it was saying how there is no perfect body type but then you flip to the next page and what do you see a picture of a gorgeous model with the title "thin" above her. So how can they say the there is no 1 body type that is perfect but then you turn the page and you see an anorxic chic wearing a high named fashion brand?

as i have been researching i have found that more and more people are trying to fight back all of the medias advertisments with their own visual statement towards this idea of what a perfect body is. One of the major contributers to this wave of fighting the media is Jean Kilbourne. She has many articles, books, and even videos on this subject. I have also found that artist are another major contributer as well. Larry kirkwood has created the Body Image Project and this has to deal with casting female bodies to show the viewer that it is alright to look the way that they do, natural. Cheryl-Ann Webster also has a show that is similar to larry's but it is called the Beautiful Women Project. Her project came about when her 13 year old daughter told her that her friend was saving up for breast augmintation. this disterbed her to the core when she found out that the main reason for this was to get a better boyfriend as her daughter put it. Cheryl-Ann Webster has come up with the idea to cast females from ages 19 to 91 to show young girls that they are beautiful no matter what size or shape but that natural beauty is what they all have. for the media to make young girls feel that they need to be someting that they are not is what i am trying to make this essay about, to show thtas the models that they see in magazines are only a small percentage of what "real" women look like.

2 sources for Research Topic

I finally decided on a topic that I was going to do for my research paper. Although I am not too sure how its exactly relating to the readings but I just got done reading two very interesting articles. The first article I read was in a magazine called Adbusters. Inside, was a magazine investigating the use of torture upon Detainees while in American Custody in Guanama Bay during 2002. I then read a paper on U.S. Reservations , declarations, and other understandings, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment , Cong Rec. S174860, and it was very interesting seeing what the our Senate advised and consented to within International laws. I think the topic of "what is torture" is a topic that one does not ask themselves very often, but where do you draw the line in torture? Could that possibly be something every our Japanese internment Camps did? I definitely want to read up more on these 2 sources and maybe find a way to relate it more to our class discussions. Any ideas?

Topic and Two Sources

For my paper, I'm interested in going in depth on why the price of a college education is too high. I believe it's a very important issue because we discussed how low wage working makes it hard to get by in America, and if society is going to enforce a college education in order to get a good job, it needs to be more affordable. I believe many people out there really want an education which can lead to being well off, however many reasons including those that are inevitable makes it hard to afford it. As a result a good amount of our population are left with the jobs that they don't want or like, regardless if they're smart or overqualified.

I found both of my sources on CQ researcher. This is actually a very good, and reliable search engine that most of you might be familiar with. You can find it right in the Library section of Kutztown's website. It has a lot of topics, ideas, and current events that can help with putting your paper together properly, with reliable information.

1. Cooper, M. H. (1992, November 19). Paying for college. The CQ researcher, 2. Retrieved
April 20, 2006, from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre1992112000.
Document ID: cqresrre1992112000.

2. Price, T. (2003, December 4). Rising college costs. The CQ researcher, 13, 1013-1044.
Retrieved April 20, 2006, from
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2003120500.
Document ID: cqresrre2003120500.

two sources for paper

What I want to talk about in my paper is how this country is full of nothing but advertisements everywhere you go. And it isn't only for the purpose of selling the products, but for the purpose of building corporate reputations. And it has been since the 1920's that American advertising has grown massivley and the demand for new products continues to increase. But why is it that literally every direction you look in, someone has something being advertised? If someones shirt says Abercrombie and Fitch, then they are therefore advertising for that company without even realizing it. Advertising exists everywhere but is it really that important? One source I will use can be checked out at this website. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/Ads/amadv.html. It gives a brief history of how advertisment has developed over the years.

Another concern of mine when it comes to advertising is why it is necessary for such ridiculous ads and campaigns. Isn't it possible to just get the word out for your product without going through all these obsurd campaigns and wasting millions of dollars? It is as if these companies and corporations are batteling one another to put themselves on top. Like generic goods don't recieve as much recognition as brand name products. And because it is brand name the consumer right away thinks that it is better. But is it truly? But nutritionally speaking, there is no difference. Here is another source i will use. http://frugalliving.about.com/cs/buyingfood/a/090903.htm

2 sources for paper

I have decided that I want to do my paper on poverty. I know its kind of a broad topic but it will be interesting i promise...anyways, I have found some great books in the library to help me back up my paper. I want to go into absolut vs. relative poverty, the categories of people who are most at risk for poverty, and peoples views. Thats when it will get intersting because when we had the class discussion people had opposing viewpoints on if people in poverty can better themselves or they choose not to and that how they end up that way.
I found a book called Persistant Poverty: The American Dream Turned Nightmare by Richard H. Ropers. I thought this title was really catchy but the information and the things it has inside have provoked so much thought from myself. So hopefully it will help with the conversation in my paper. It explains who makes up the poor and the feminization of poverty. It evens talks about the homeless and welfare programs (mainly if they are helping to encourage poverty or not) . Also how should be blamed in society for the increasing problem of poverty.
There is another book I found that is called Reducing Poverty in America. It is mainly a collection of works by various writers. In this book they each give their own perspective on ways to rid America on poverty. I liked some of the writings that gave strategies to decrease welfare by increasing work. The viewpoints were really interesting which made me think of things differently.

Sources for my paper

I'm, for the most part, sure that im going to do my essay on immigration and the connection it has with low wadge workers in our society. Often times you hear that the immigrants in our country are the people that take the worst jobs. Basically the jobs us "Americans" dont want to do. I found some good sources and some bad sources, but for the most part the topic of immigration has so many aspects to it that talking just on one topic wont justify the whole conversation. I only plan to add to this conversation and i found some very interesting topics when reasearching.

The ironic this about my first source is that it's another blog site that people post thoughts and comments to. This particular blog is written by Dean Baker and is his "commentary on economic reporting. http://http://beatthepress.blogspot.com/2006/04/immigrants-and-low-wage-jobs.html. Haha thats a long link but there it is!! His blog talks about many of the issues and problems that are wong with our economy today. He states the fact that our problem now adays is not a shortage in low-wage workers, its the fact that employers do not want to keep raiseing wages along with the riseing products in our society. He also talks about how the considered "low wage jobs" that are present today (meat packers, construction workers, etc.) were not low wage jobs a mere 30 years ago. So its easy to see that because employers want to keep wages at the same level, more and more low wage jobs are continuing to pop up in our economy. This is happening by hireing not only immigrants but other people that will work the same job for less pay. Dean states that this is "simple part" of the problem to understand. What really intrigued was the issue that he broght up next. He argues that maybe instead of bringing in immigrats that are oviously less skilled, we should turn to those immigrants that are well skilled in their fields. The doctors and lawers that practice in other countries. This would have a crippling affect on our "blue collar" works, due to the surplus of skilled workers. This would then lower the prices that lawers and doctors charge to a price that could be very reasonable for the population. He then goes on to talk about how this plan would work in his eyes, and makes a comment about how the goverment has never even persued this plan. Others then comment on his work either agreeing with his theory or opposing it.

Dos resources...

I am pretty sure that I am going to do my research paper on "Indigo Children" and tie in the progressive schooling and teaching methods that were talked about in our earlier readings of our text book. My first resource is a book entitled "The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived" by two authors, Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. This book was published in 1999 by Hay House. I'll start out with the definition of an Indigo Child---one who displays a new and unusual set of pscyhological attributes and shows a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before. Their behavioral patterns have unique factors that suggest that people who interact with them (usually parents), have to change their treatment and upbringing of them in order to achieve balance. Indigo Children share common traits such as a feeling of "deserving to be here", difficulty with absolute authority, noncomforming to any system, often see better ways of doing things both at home and in school. Kids that are considered to have ADD or ADHD, could actually just be Indigo's but their parents and doctors are too blind to 'see' that and just shove Ritalin down their throats until they become mindless robots by the time they get out of high school. I have just started reading this book but it has tons of reliable sources such as doctors, psychologists, and other people who share their experiences and views on this "new breed" of children. This book was not only created to get the word out on Indigo's but to also give parents a guide to better understand their child if he/she is an Indigo. I'm excited to further my knowledge on this topic and research to write a paper.

The second source I have is the website, http://indigochild.com. This site is the main "home" page for the Indigo Children and it complements the book that I mentioned earlier. It's a really great site to first start learning about Indigo's. It's actually the first site I saw regarding the Indigo Children when my brother referred it to me some years back. There are links to schools all around the country that are progressive and specialize in helping children learn, grow, and stimulate their mind to the fullest potential. I will be using these links to research different schools. I actually found one that is right near my hometown, which is something I'll keep in mind when my nephew and soon-to-be niece are getting ready for schooling.

Picture essay

My picture is a representation of America. Americans like everything bigger and better and McDonald's represents that. Those young boys most likely do not need a super sized meal to fill them up. Little kids have happy meals with a portion of food that is better for younger kids. Younger kids have a hard time seeing how there actions will affect them in the future. With out there parents to there to help monitor how much they eat the kids will just keep eating. I read this picture as McDonald's being America. Americans like to indulge in lots of things and this picture shows McDonald's profiting off of people with out the control to say when enough is enough. Americans like to make money, McDonald's likes to make money even at the expense of others health.

Picture Essay thing...

What I interpreted as the message of this picture is, through all of the horrible things we went through on 9/11 as it says in the National Anthem “our flag was still there,” meaning that we are still standing strong through all we’ve been through in the past and the future. It’s common because America is “United” and as are all of the people, buildings, and symbols within this picture. It’s familiar because all of the things, people, and symbols in this picture are ones that we know and everyone knows what it all means. For example, the Eagle is a symbol that most people recognize of America and as our Nations bird, and the flag. I guess it shows all power and dominance in America. It shows Bush, firefighters, policemen; basically all the people that have power in this country can make a difference. It has the Affect of unity and strength in the picture as a message. It can influence the viewers’ feelings about America as a whole and many other aspects of the past few years. I noticed that although this is a representation of America and all the things important to us, I don't believe it covered hardly everything that is a symbol of America or a representation of America because I noticed there are no other races other than the white race. I understand that there are a lot of symbols and people that are important to us as Americans, but also "we the people" are a representation of America, and that includes all other races, not just the white people. The other message in this picture was taken from the National Anthem, which is another representation of America. We are still strong and as we did in past wars, we prevailed and will still prevail even though we've been through so much.

This is a picture of the Switchback Railroad in the early 1800's. It is located in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (which is my hometown) and was built just a few decades after the American Revolution. It was designed to haul anthracite a 9 mile distance from the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Mines in Summit Hill to coal chutes above the lehigh river in Mauch Chunk which is now Jim Thorpe. These loaded cars of coal took approximately one half-hour rolling dowhill by gravity to reach its destination. The uphill trip took 3 - 4 hours. After about 50 years of operation, the railroad was sold and opened to be a tourist attraction to give people the joy of letting gravity give them a nice relaxing fun ride down the side of a mountain. It wasn't long after this that it was declared the worlds first rollercoaster and the idea of amuzment parks was brought about. It was in operation for over 100 years until in 1932 when it fell victim to the Great Depression. It is now a historical site and to this day attracts many and many of tourists from all over the world.I chose this picture because it not only represents america, but also the town where i grew up. The picture shows what it was like for american workers before technology developed and how hard life was living in that era. Everything consisted of hard physical labor for hours a day which is not what this country developed to. Today everything is more diverse and less hard labor jobs. This picture just goes to show what things were like in the 18 and early 1900's and how much things have changed and developed in the past 100 years.

post about the picture!!

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I chose this image by Dorthea Lange, because i feel that it says alot about america and how times can be rough but people still pull through. i feel that this woman has had many hard times in her life and it doesn't seem to be getting any better but she still is holding up strong for her kids. The great depression was a very difficult time for the United States and this woman and her family were a few of the millions that were affected by it but to see the pain in her face makes it real to us, and this is why i think that this picture really hits home because it makes the feeling real.

This picture is of course of a nuclear explosion. The reason I chose to use this picture is to show just exactly what extent man, will go to show power and superiority. This particular nuclear explosion was tested on a small chain of islands in the south pacific. The United States performed these tests, after going to the islands, which were our "territories," and telling all of the islands inhabitants they had to leave and find somewhere else to live. They then built a base on the island which was then inhabited by soldiers, and then evacuated. This was to give the bomb the oppurtnity to show off what it would do to structures and the surrounding area. Bsiacally the unoccupied base was to simulate towns and villages, and what damage would be done to them.

I have always found this interesting, not just because of the "bomb" but the lengths a government, such as ourselves, will go to show off, which is really what they were doing. It intrigues me that they would even concieve this. The ultimate weapon, armageddon, the end of man. The U.S. started creating bombs after hearing that the Russians had developed the ability to make a bomb. This information was obtained through Albert Einstein, who in turn helped the U.S. develope its first atomic bombs. I have always believed that if nuclear power was never saught after, we wouldn't be in such terror. Yes there are rules and regulations controlling nuclear power, and also the usage of nuclear warheads, which are listed under the guidlines from the Geneva Convention. But, who is to stop them from being used, just becasue someone said no, there are many nations with the capability of producing and launchin nuclear warheads and other weapons of mass destruction. And, if some nation gets pissed off, whose to tell them no. I just hope I'm dead before this happens, because to me that would be hell on Earth, and I do not want to be around to see that or live that, because that is one slow and painful death.

I chose this picture because I wanted to find a picture that would represent what other countries view America as. Even though this picture is just a body builder with a Eagles head and an American flag speed-o I think there is a lot of symbolism here. I think the big muscles symbolize power, but the fact that they are unnecessarily large says arrogance to me. The name of this picture is the Global Bully. I think this picture could say to certain countries that America is the bully trying to police the globe. Other countries that are our allies could view this as that's there friend who will protect them. The muscles could also show that America has the power to help and take care of all the problems. This picture is made up of two of America's most defining symbols, the bald eagle, and American flag. When we were looking at this picture in class someone pointed out that it could be taken as deformities of our symbols. Like the whole eagle and whole American flag symbolizes what we were and this new picture symbolizes what we became. We could say that we changed so much that all that's left of us is a little speed-o and the head of the eagle. Now we are turning into some power hungry creature. We could view the unnecessarily large muscles as us being power hungry. Then again we could view it as safety. Like the America is a super hero that can save the world. In reality this picture is just a body builder with an eagles head and an American flag speed-o on. Symbols like the Bald Eagle and the American flag are what give pictures like this power and make them speak to people. They speak to different people in different ways but what the picture says to you could depend on your feeling about America.

When I think of America, I think of diversity. In this drawing there are children raising the American flag. For me this picture represents the future of America. The children are representing the future of this country, because they are all diverse, and yet they are also united. Each child seems as if they all come from different backgrounds. In this drawing each one of them seem happy to be helping on raising the united States flag. The children are working together for a better country. They seem proud of their country. They children want to raise the flag of the ground as if they want the flag to grow just like a flower would grow, big and beautiful.

Picture w/ Essay

I decided to use the picture "Kissing the War Goodbye" for my "picture project." This photo features a young soldier kissing a woman. We can tell by the opther soilders as well as the title that this is a day for celebratipon and that the men are home from war. I have yet to see this photo in color and am pretty positive that it was designed to be in black and white. The black and white distortion adds dramatic effect because it adds a realistic aspect to the picture. Since this photo was taken in 1945 after Germany surrendered, the expression of the people in the background allows the viewer to share the joy of a soilder returning home. This photo tells a story itself by the overwhelming affection showed in the picture. This displays American culture because loved ones are always so happy to see their loved ones return home. The saylor to the left of the picutre (which may not be displayed in this verison) shows great pride in himself by standing tall and smiling. Overall I feel this picture is an awesome display of American culture and attitude during that time. By the couple being the center of the picture we can tell that the photographer may have wanted the over emotion to be the message of the picture.

I used the famous picture taken on September 11th, 2003, of the three firemen raising up the American flag. The picture was taken after the twin towers fell to the ground; the exhausted firemen raised the flag right on top of ground zero. I think this picture represents the United States in many ways. One was is the Americans are proud to be American. Even after the disaster, the heroes still kept their heads held high and proudly raised the flag. Also the picture shows that the firemen were tired, and sweaty, however that didn’t stop them for doing what they believe in, which shows a lot of Americans don’t quit and achieve their goals.

Picture

The picture that I decided to write about was the picture that I showed in class. This was the one with all different men dressed to thier own profession. This picture depicted America for me as soon as I saw it. These are the people that make America what it is. They work hard everyday to make it better for others. I feel that there are jobs out there that people take for granted or oversee. The person who drives the bus to get you to work, the person who stays up all night to meet a deadline so you can read a magizine, the person that helps make the vehicle that keeps families safe everyday; these are the people that help make the United States a better place to live. They are hard working and strive to make others happy everyday. These people are America.

Pic

"This illustration from the July 2, 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper reads: "Welcome to the land of freedom -- an ocean steamer passing the statue of liberty: scene on the steerage deck." For many immigrants who sailed to Ellis Island after 1886, the Statue of Liberty represented their introduction to the American continent, and all it entailed"

--Caption taken directly from the website below--

-http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/

I decided to post this picture because it reminds me of how lucky we are to be here. So many people from different countries wanted to come to the "land of opportunity". America was the place to be back then, and still is. Many people are still coming to the U.S. today because there are so many opportunities to succeed here, and they believe that their dreams can really come true. The picture shows the immigrants watching the Statue of Liberty coming closer to the boat. I can only imagine the excitement in their eyes and the look on their face as they wait to put one foot on the soil of America. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America itselt. It's what everyone looks for, other than the flag and the eagle, to represent that America is within your grasp.

symbolic pictures...

This is a picture taken by a brilliant photographer by the name of Mike Wilkinson. This picture was taken on a subway of random people. I chose this picture because as soon as you look at it, there is so much symbolism behind it all. Here you have your average white collar business man, probably coming home from a day at the office, sitting next to an African-American woman who doesn't appear to be a business woman. If you look at each of their faces, you can sense so much prejudice between the two. First off, they are both looking the other way, and if you look at the man's face, it's almost as if he is raising his chin (symbolizing that he thinks he is better than her). The woman is just looking the other way thinking "this guy is so typical, he has no idea about life." haha...If you look at their body positions too, you can tell that the man is sort of sitting crooked in his chair, so that he is not directly next to the woman. It's kind of sad that is how the world works. Two totally different people should be able to sit next to eachother on the subway and be able to look at eachother...smile, and understand that they're both from different backgrounds but have similarities in some way.

I like Mike Wilkinson's style of photography. He has a whole set of pictures from subway's that represent different emotions of humans.

picture

Can there be only one word that best represents America? What word would you describe America as? Diversity is the first word that comes to my mind when I think of representing America. The picture I have chosen is a great example of diversity. It has six college students sitting in the grass studying/working together. The scenic background makes it seem like a calm and peaceful place. The sun is shining down on them to emphasize their togetherness and cooperation. The picture was taken at ground level, showing that we are on the same level as the people in the photo. I believe this picture represents America because years ago African Americans and Whites were segregated in almost everything. And now this picture depicts students of all different races working together. This just shows how much America has changed, meaning that the blending of races and cultural backgrounds are now much more common today, than they were before.
I feel that this picture is dominant and resistant at the same time. The photo is dominant in the sense that it is not unusual or considered wrong to see people of different races or cultural backgrounds together. People can choose who they want to be around and I think that this picture is great because it not only shows Blacks and Whites, but other races as well. Because if you look at America's culture and races there is not one single race, it is very diverse and considered a "melting pot". In my opinion I think that this picture is resistant too. This is because most people only look at the denotation of things and not at the connotation. Meaning that it can be denoted that people are sitting in the grass studying, but to say that these students make up our future is the connotation. I feel that this aspect is hidden in the picture.
I believe the affect of this photo demonstrates how it doesn't matter what size, shape, or color your skin is, we are all the same people. I feel that prejudice and discrimination has decreased but it needs to completely stop. There is no one race in the world and everyone needs to get used to it. An underlying message in this picture makes me think of the phrase "the children are our future." Because the people who are in college now (like the ones in the photo) are the ones getting an education so they can become part of the work force and are America's future for better or worse. We are the ones who will raise children eventually and teach them our morals and values to keep representing America.

Picutre

Well I decided to use the photograph "Kissing the War Goodbye" its a pretty famous photograph but I think it does an excellent job describing the feelings towards America during this time. It was a time of rejoice and happiness. Every time I look at this picture it makes me smile and I wish it was me in the picutre. I think it describes a time before terrorism and a time when Soilders were respected more than anything.