Period 1 12 English Mrs. Miller Has Reality TV Overrun Television? Thirteen years ago‚ the most popular television shows were Frasier‚ Friends‚ and E.R: fun loving sitcoms. The top rating shows currently on primetime television are American Idol and The Voice: reality shows (Fahner‚ par. 3). Television has become overrun by reality television‚ pushing sitcoms and other programs to the side. Reality television is infamous for its questionable depictions of life‚ and it id debated upon whether
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Popular culture expresses the personality within the individual. We as people observe the actions of the environment around us through television‚ social media‚ and the behaviors of celebrities. A huge proponent within pop culture is the influence of music. I believe music influences our actions and how we see the society around us. Everyone has different taste in music and individuals are categorized to a general population that has people of the same interest. The more popular a song is‚ it will
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Nur Fajrianti Review Journal : Is pop culture dumbing us down or smartening us up? This journal is telling us about the fact that American people are getting smarter. That statement is based on American people’s I.Q. tests results which are rising about three points per decade by using the same standard score of I.Q. test that has been kept for years. This fact is uncovered by a political philosopher named James Flynn. Meanwhile‚ other people over the developed world also get better I.Q. test
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four contemporary play in one price and it is for the fourth times that they will perform it. The first play was entitled “Stars”. It is about 2 neighborhood which has different idols. The one idolizes Nora Aunor and the second idolizes Vilma Santos. Because of their different interest‚ they always fight about their idols. Without knowing the son of these two neighborhood unintentionally fell in love with each other. The story was quite shocking especially to the part that their sons are both in love
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Mackenzie Eggleston English 1010 Dr. Bruce 8 October 2014 The American Dream: It’s Your Choice Americans have the opportunity to make our own decisions. The dictionary defines the American Dream as the ideals of freedom‚ equality and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. With this definition in mind‚ a person should not base their American Dream on the ideas of others. The American Dream is a flexible concept that can fit the individual expectations of many different
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WORLD WITHOUT TELVISION I dream of a world of higher intellects‚ where people read much more than they do and participate in intellectual debates and other activities that require more thinking and less zombifying in front of an electronic device that does not always produce high-quality intellectual programming. I think with the passing time and the increase of more and more television viewing over the years our culture loses some things‚ and while I do not think that all television programming
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Mom and Pop met in high school. She was the beautiful cheerleader‚ and he was the scruffy‚ skinny kid that knew what to do with his fists. He got rough that way for having to carry a garbage pail home from the school cafeteria to feed his mother’s backyard rabbits and chickens. He carried the bucket of scraps with one hand and used his fist with the other. Sometimes he had to set the garbage pail on the ground and use both fists. By high school‚ everyone knew to leave Pop alone. He might look small
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November 30‚ 2012 Soda Pop More and more young people are experiencing hypertension and childhood obesity‚ and because of which are seemingly becoming more prone to various diseases (Should Government Tax Sugary Drinks?). Many take a stand on the issue‚ as New York for example no longer allows the use of trans fats in their restaurants. Still the cost of unhealthy food has remained nearly the same‚ while the cost of a high yield diet has soared beyond that of the rate of inflation (Should Government
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Pop Culture Popular culture is your friend. Popular culture is good for you. Today consumers are the dictators. The people have spoken and we wish to be satisfied with something more substantial than "Perfect Strangers" and The Monkees. And we have that now‚ for the most part. In his article "Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚" Steven Johnson argues that culture today is far different from that of the glory days of the 1970s. Culture today is more demanding cognitively. He introduces what he calls
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How To Make Cake Pops What is a cake pop? A cake pop is basically a cake in lollipop form. They can be shaped into any desired form‚ such as a flower‚heart‚ or round. Nowadays‚ they are more popular than the conventional cupcake. There are several steps needed to make cake pops. The first step is to gather all the ingredients. One of the most important items is to buy cake mix and
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