In an article called "Mentoring from the bottom up" they talked about a specific situation about how the younger business workers teaching their bosses and superiors how to use the social networking sights for business. We know sites like facebook as a way to stay connected, share pictures, and funny other gadgets with our friends. Or to procrastinate on homework...sometimes for hours with mindless activities...
Well anyway, now the next generation of workers are coming into business with knowledge that their bosses don't have yet. Using these tech skills to incorporate them and help businesses move with the times. Social networking sites, twitter, and even texting are new for the older generation who are running many of the companies that now want to learn how to use these technologies.
The teachers and mentors are now becoming the students, "She has like 500 friends. It's so cute" one quote from the article that the younger teacher tells us about her older student. It's kinda funny, and its alittle funny that the teacher is half the students age.
In this economy when there are so many job cuts the older generations are trying to find jobs with the younger generation just out of college etc. Are they at a disadvantage, or is their life experience enough to put them ahead?
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Airbrushed to Perfection
The need to be skinny has trickled down through magazines, TV shows, and movies all the way down to the minds of the common public. Really hitting home with adolescent girls. In magazines we see the models who have been airbrushed to perfection. However, not only do we see their bodies being mutilated but any blemish or undesirable mark is removed. Recently there has been controversy over this Ralph Lauren add. Before even reading the article I was shocked by the picture. They explain how the models waist appears smaller than her head, a wildly unrealistic feature in any person. I know that the article gets into stuff about copyrights with the picture but honestly it doesn't matter what way you look at this its wrong to have that up for whatever reason they may have. Some of the links on the article are surprising to see, one compares Beyonce in a commercial showing how they've lighted her skin and hair for TV. And people quoted in the article wonder was that really necessary? What's really the point of all this?
Many programs such as Tyra Bank's, America's Next Top Model have recognized the issue of what's "dangerously skinny" by allowing "plus sized" models on the show, never more than one or two but at least those that want to model have a chance. One of which actually won a few seasons back. You also hear her tell some contenstents that they should watch their diets because they look too skinny. Also TLC's What Not to Wear helps people change their wardrobe to fit their lifestyle more appropriately and help flatter their indivdual body type. However, they make the clothes fit to them, you never hear Stacy or Clinton (show hosts) tell someone they should lose weight.
It's obvious that some worry about what kind of media people are being exposed to. Children and teens are always being told about healthy diets and the dangers of eating disorders. We talked in class about why certain laws are put into place because something must have triggered this need. Well our media has triggered this need to discuss body image in schools' helath classes.
So if we all recognize this, why are our models super skinny and our celebrities all made up constantly? Can our society move away from this or is this just how our world has evolved? Do our fashion industries, magazines etc really care about how what we see affects us, or are they just trying to hypnotize us with this unrealistic image of what we want to be so they can make the big bucks?
Many programs such as Tyra Bank's, America's Next Top Model have recognized the issue of what's "dangerously skinny" by allowing "plus sized" models on the show, never more than one or two but at least those that want to model have a chance. One of which actually won a few seasons back. You also hear her tell some contenstents that they should watch their diets because they look too skinny. Also TLC's What Not to Wear helps people change their wardrobe to fit their lifestyle more appropriately and help flatter their indivdual body type. However, they make the clothes fit to them, you never hear Stacy or Clinton (show hosts) tell someone they should lose weight.
It's obvious that some worry about what kind of media people are being exposed to. Children and teens are always being told about healthy diets and the dangers of eating disorders. We talked in class about why certain laws are put into place because something must have triggered this need. Well our media has triggered this need to discuss body image in schools' helath classes.
So if we all recognize this, why are our models super skinny and our celebrities all made up constantly? Can our society move away from this or is this just how our world has evolved? Do our fashion industries, magazines etc really care about how what we see affects us, or are they just trying to hypnotize us with this unrealistic image of what we want to be so they can make the big bucks?
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I'ma get on this TV, momma...
An earlier post I had discussed Kanye's outburst at the VMA's. This article I saw online seems to show that maybe we have some closure with this topic. But at the end Kanye has been said to have "declared he was taking time away from the public eye to "analyze how I'm gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve." It was also announced that his upcoming tour was cancelled. He has apologized so what is there to analyze?
By coincidence I was listening to "School Spirit" one of Kanye's hits from his 2004 album "The College Dropout". In this song the first verse he makes references to his Mother saying he's "gonna get on TV" and he refers to "light skinned blacks" saying he'll make sure they don't come back in style. I wonder what he means come back in style? Is it possible he believes that blacks should stay with blacks so there aren't "mixed" children? What does he mean by style, that maybe he is being swept up in the spotless of being famous and everything is now about "style". If he is talking to his Mother are those his believes or hers? Also, does he owe this song to his Mother? Is he going to do something great for her even though he didn't stay in school?
This album also came out in 2004, since then his Mother has passed away and this past summer he held a charity concert for kids to stay in school. Now he is "taking time from the public eye...". Is it possible that he has not been acting the way his Mother would have wanted him to? The day after he was on Jay Leno (skip forward alittle in this clip to see the actual footage from the show) and was left speechless after being asked what his Mother would think of the VMA's incident. Is it possible that this event made him think about his Mother, his charity to keep kids in school, and maybe even back to his old song? He tried to please his Mother telling her he'd be famous bring "true black" back in style while she was alive, and now he feels he has not done what she would have wanted, clearly shown on Leno, even those she is dead.
If your not really interested in Kanye, one could ask do we feel worse about not pleasing loved ones that have passed more than those who are still with us?
By coincidence I was listening to "School Spirit" one of Kanye's hits from his 2004 album "The College Dropout". In this song the first verse he makes references to his Mother saying he's "gonna get on TV" and he refers to "light skinned blacks" saying he'll make sure they don't come back in style. I wonder what he means come back in style? Is it possible he believes that blacks should stay with blacks so there aren't "mixed" children? What does he mean by style, that maybe he is being swept up in the spotless of being famous and everything is now about "style". If he is talking to his Mother are those his believes or hers? Also, does he owe this song to his Mother? Is he going to do something great for her even though he didn't stay in school?
This album also came out in 2004, since then his Mother has passed away and this past summer he held a charity concert for kids to stay in school. Now he is "taking time from the public eye...". Is it possible that he has not been acting the way his Mother would have wanted him to? The day after he was on Jay Leno (skip forward alittle in this clip to see the actual footage from the show) and was left speechless after being asked what his Mother would think of the VMA's incident. Is it possible that this event made him think about his Mother, his charity to keep kids in school, and maybe even back to his old song? He tried to please his Mother telling her he'd be famous bring "true black" back in style while she was alive, and now he feels he has not done what she would have wanted, clearly shown on Leno, even those she is dead.
If your not really interested in Kanye, one could ask do we feel worse about not pleasing loved ones that have passed more than those who are still with us?
Monday, October 5, 2009
This is just for fun, any fans of Jake and Amir?
To take a break from homework I was watching some Jake and Amir. Check out this clip, its just a funny connection to the race conversation we had in class today
It's the dating service one on the website, scroll down the page of the link its the last one.
If you don't want to watch the whole thing skip to 1 minute 50 seconds it gets you a lot closer without missing anything. Except its super funny so I recommend it.
Enjoy!
It's the dating service one on the website, scroll down the page of the link its the last one.
If you don't want to watch the whole thing skip to 1 minute 50 seconds it gets you a lot closer without missing anything. Except its super funny so I recommend it.
Enjoy!
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