wip (week 23)
Based on my persuasive essay on fairness and equality in allowing the top gymnasts to compete for medals in Olympic Gymnastics, I plan on making an advocacy video entitled, “The Quest for the Best.”...
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It’s a No Win Situation A few weeks ago, Fox News and others published articles about a middle school principal in Massachusetts who cancelled the school’s Honors Night because he believed it would...
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Unmasking the Media (week 23)
Anyone who has been on Facebook in the past two days has seen the LGTB activist group Human Rights Campaign’s red equal sign symbol. This symbol is meant to promote equality for marriage and to...
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I do not plan on posting my passion blog this week, APRIL FOOLS! Many companies have shown they are anything but fools, by deciding to use April Fool’s Day as a marketing tactic. Marketers put...
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Recently the media has been playing a trick on you that you might not have noticed. Television networks have been trying out a tactic in which they allow programs to run overtime in order to increase...
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Script for Movie Last summer world champion Jordan Wieber’s dream of competing to be the All-Around champion in Olympic gymnastics was crushed by being banned from the finals, despite easily qualifying...
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The purpose of my e-portfolio will be to show my progress as a communicator throughout this course. I plan on displaying my best work and showing my audience that this course has made me more aware as...
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Is smoking cool? Ask the media. Smoking in popular films is back on the rise. For the past ten years the amount of casual smoking depicted in movies has greatly decreased. The Center for Disease...
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The last education topic that I discussed was the “Race to the Top” policy and some of the problems caused by competing for limited government funds for education. This blog will discuss a disturbing...
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My e-portfolio Welcome to my e-portfolio! My name is Katie Carpenter. I am a vocal performance and music education double major at the Schreyer Honors College of Pennsylvania State University. This...
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