Power of Advertising

In class this past week, we were assigned to analyze three advertisements of our choice. This assignment help me to understand why advertisers choose to add certain aspects to their ads. It is important to realize that everything in an ad was placed in the ad for a reason or purpose. Every detail is important from color and shadows to objects and people. Advertising persuades individuals to buy a certain product. Advertising is found everywhere in billboards, in magazines, on television, and on the radio. One might not realize how powerful and effective ads are. Many ads in todays society deal with sexism. The ads portray women as objects. The women have thin body features and have barely any clothing on. Advertisements not only persuade people to buy their products but it also makes people want to have the same body type as the models in the ads. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves so that they loose weight and look thin. It is important to realize that the advertising agencies use computers to make the models look perfect by using applications such as photoshop. No one is perfect. Advertisements should use everyday  people to sell their products because the everyday people are the ones purchasing the products.

Why WSU?

My senior year hit me hard, I wasn't really prepared for college. I didn't know where I wanted to go or what I wanted to major in. I applied to Wright State University (WSU) because it seemed convenient due to being close to home. Growing up, I always told myself that I would never go to Wright State. I wanted to move away and start a life far away from home. But as I got older the relationships grew stronger in my family and I wanted to stay close to home. I also thought WSU would be a good choice because it is difficult for me to meet new people. Most of the students from my high school further their education at Wright State. My brother, a sophomore at Wright State University, enjoyed his freshman year and convinced me that WSU was a good school. I also chose WSU because I enjoy playing tennis. I talked to the coach and he said I could participate on the team. I was extremely happy to hear that I would be able to play division one tennis. I am really glad I decided to go to WSU, I love everything about it. My favorite part is being a part of the tennis team. I get along with all of the players and they have become my really close friends. So far, I am very pleased with Wright State and I am looking forward to my four years here. 

"What a Wonderful World"

During my last elementary school music concert, my fifth grade class sang a song that has left an impact on my life. The song we performed was What a Wonderful World sang by Louis Armstrong. As we sang the song I looked out in the audience and saw the faces of crying parents. At that point it hit me that that was my last performance in elementary school and that the next year I would be entering a whole new school, I was growing up. Junior High was a big jump for me, it was a big change. I made all new friends and learned how to be more independent. I barely talk to my friends from fifth grade but I will always remember the song What a Wonderful World. Although the song is 43 years old, I believe that it targets people of all ages. The genre of the song could be classified as jazz. I believe that the song has many purposes. The song is cheery, entertaining, and influential. What a Wonderful World has been played in multiple movies including: Madeline, Freaky Friday, What a Girl Wants, and Son of the Mask. It can be heard on television, on the radio, and even on the internet. The stance of the song is about how the world is wonderful and how every little thing is beautiful." This song is very inspiring when I'm upset, it brings me up when I'm down. And I think to myself...What a wonderful world."

No "I" in Team

I am a freshman and participate on the WSU tennis team. On the first day of practice everyone seemed to form into cliques making it difficult to meet one another. This past Saturday, the WSU Women's Raider Tennis team participated in a challenge course for team building. We woke up early to make it to the challenge course by 9am. None of us seemed thrilled with the whole waking up early and playing in nature for the five hours idea. We got to the challenge course and everyone was still hanging around who they knew. For our first assignment, we were told to write our goals for the day and the season. We all shared common goals. Our goal for the day was to build friendships, while our goal for the season was to have a successful winning record. The day was filled with different activities and challenges that were impossible to accomplish as individuals, forcing us to work together as a team. The challenge course instructor left us with a famous quote by Plato. The quote stated, "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." We learned a lot from each other that day and by the end of the day the cliques divided. We ate dinner at our coach's house as a team. It felt as if we were having a family dinner. In the beginning of the day we were just individuals but by the end of the day we were a team.