Week Eight Assignment

2. The main idea of the article is how women are portrayed in the media.
3. Some of the information the author used to support the main points of the article was that how the woman's magazine is a way for them to lose weight.
4. The researchers generate a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions because they wanted to prove its very harmful and also to show that woman who look like Barbie dolls die from malnutrition and other different diseases.
5. I don't think women should be portrayed in the media as a Barbie doll. the media shows ads for dieting pills which are not good for your health. i think if the woman wants to be skinny the best way is to exercise instead of taking dieting pills in my opinion. also eat healthy food no matter what because health must come first!!

Week Six Assignment

1. The Topic of the Article is Campus Violence.
2. The Main idea of the article was Violence on college campuses,
3. The author used many different types of Supporting details the support the article 4. some of the ways are there should be security cameras in the schools, students needs to learn about signs of violence, and also close the the buildings that are not used.
5. Three characteristics that can be early warning signs of a student's potential to become violent are Socially isolated, low self worth, and doesn't take criticism well.
6. Security car patrolling and sometimes brook ville police drive around on the campus.

Week Five Assignment

My reaction to the PSA was that to tell everyone texting while driving is very dangerous. This video made me very sad and upset at the same time because the girl who was texting basically killed her own friends. Texting while driving is really dangerous it distracts the driver when you should be focusing on the road specially on highways and windy roads. Watching this video taught me a lesson that i should stop texting too while i am driving. it was a signal for me to learn which i did. i think this video must be viewed by all ages.

Week 4 Assignment

1. i agree with the statement. i also think texting while driving should be ban in all states. people must focus on the road instead of texting because its just not safe anything could happen. if its an emergency i think the best thing to do is stop driving and text if you can't control yourself.

2. it relates to the article because it states texting while driving is worse than drunk driving believe it or not.

Cell Phones and Driving Safey

1. Driving while talking on the phone at the same time is not a good idea. people must focus on the road instead of talking on the phone having conversations. also several studies show cell phones are a leading cause of car crashes.
2. The evidence presented by the author was based on facts from the studies.
3. The main idea of the article was not to use cell phones while driving.
4. According to the Utah study, the reactions of drunk drivers was different from the reactions of drivers using cell phones. that drunk drivers were more aggressive than drivers on the phone, and that the drivers talking on the phone were sluggish.
5. The signal words that helped me with my answer was between, commas, quotation marks, and in addition.
6. The response of the cell phone industry was that people causes the accidents not the cellphones.

Smoker's Rights

The authors main purpose is to tell people that you shouldn't smoke near people and he wants to inform people that it harms other who don't smoke. i don't think people who smoke are victims of discrimination because they could stop whenever they want. Also people who smokes at home they harm their own families in many different ways.

I am a Visual learner. For my class i need to have the teacher to write on the board, make charts, and graphs. i would pick my Business management class because the teacher writes on the board everyday and he also makes charts on the board to make it easy.

Hassan

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