Comment on Cindy's post

Hey Cindy, I think your primary source is very interesting, because it goes with our topic very well. I felt also deeply moved when I read the story of that source. The school decided definitely in the right way because nothing could be worse than letting poorer pupils feel inferior to the rich pupils. School and nearly every other community is based on the principle of mutual solidarity. So, everyone should be treated equally and should feel equally to everybody. If the "rich" children accept and understand that principle they would have learned a lot for their further lifes.

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There is a piece of blog attracting my attention few days ago when I was browsing my blog. This is not a news announced by government or a part of those famous books. Instead, it is only a phenomenon in New York, and one blogger kept it down to show us through Internet. The content of this blog is: tell a story, New York is very cold in winter, and the snow is so heavy. But public elementary school is always having classes as usual. So some of the children’s parents asked the school why their children have to attend school during such cold days. The school said because a lot of the poor classes children can not possess heating and free lunch, and if they stayed at home they would bear the starvation and coldness. Then those parents said you can only told those poor children to attend school. School said: “no, we can't help children while their dignity will be trampled.” I am deeply moved by the school’s decision which make me think of the policy about wearing uniform when I was in middle school and high school.
That also a policy to protect those low-class children’s dignity. Although in school, there are upper class students, middle class students and low class students, they should be treated as the same. If the school only asked those poor students to have class, they would feel they are lower tho those rich students who can stay at home to enjoy their warm winter. They may think they are different or inferior to others. Besides, as we wear the same cloths in school, we do not need to worry about what cloths I should wear and feel uncomfortable when other rich students wear the luxury brand cloths.

Primary Sources

Source 1

Outcasts United by Warren St. John(published April 21, 2009) is a book about foreign refugees living in a small town in Georgia. Almost all of these refugees were very poor, and in a lower class than the other residents of the town. The book examines the interactions between the refugees and the other residents. Most of the time, the refugees get unfair treatment because they don’t speak proper English, don’t have money, or don’t know the American customs. For example, one refugee man was severely beaten by a police officer because he reached out to shake his hand, not knowing that he was not supposed to touch the officer.



Source 2

Source 2 is a photo advertisement for Levis jeans. It shows a woman wearing nothing but jeans walking through a grass field. It says “All I need is all I’ve got”. In the photo, all she has is her jeans. This shows that she is most likely working class and she is content with living a simple life. The advertisement appeals to the average, simple American, not the members of the upper-class. An upper-class person would not be satisfied with just a pair of jeans, they are used to a more lavish lifestyle in which they have many more posessions.

MaximilianMogg Blog#3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_CyeNhUUU

“CK One”. This is an advertising short film for a special perfume by Calvin Klein. It was published in New York for the Spring/Summer Season 2009. The main purpose of this advertisement is to sell “CK One” perfume to a special audience. Calvin Klein uses not only a film in this advertisement to sell its product. Music and particularly the lyrics of the song by Jamie Burke are very important to create and convey its messages. So the advertisement is speaking to our visual and listening sense. The story of that film is that a guy with long black hair is starting to sing the song “We are one” and after a while a blond girl joins his song and it’s getting more and more young people singing that song. At the end of the 1:02 min long film there is a flacon of the product shown and a women’s voice says: “CK One. Calvin Klein. For all…forever.” To go over to the messages which are conveyed by Calvin Klein’s advertisement: the implicit message is the purpose to buy at least one of the flacons by Calvin Klein’s perfume “One” and the explicit messages are that we (which means all humans) are all the same, so that there are no differences between races, classes and genders and that we are all beautiful. So whether you are a woman or a man, whether you are black or white you can always wear that perfume because we are all the same and we are all beautiful.

Post #2

After reading Outcasts United, the book that all freshmen were required to read this year, I have become interested in migrant workers. It is very difficult for someone to live in a new country and learn a new language, let alone work at a new job. In the book, almost all of the immigrants were lower class, aside from one who had been living in America for a few years and started an insurance company. All worked for low pay, many for very long hours. Some were single parents and also had to take care of their children, resulting in very little time for rest or recreation. Personally, I cannot imagine a life like that. My father has always had a high-paying job, and has plenty of free time, while my mother has always stayed at home to take care of my younger sister and me. Although my father makes more money than the lower class immigrant workers, in some ways, they work just as hard. The big difference is education. Since my father grew up in America, and had the money to afford a college education. This says a lot about the gap in quality of education between the United States and some other countries. If Immigrants could afford to work shorter hours, they could take classes at night, at least in English, and be able to work a better job and improve their quality of life. However, since most are always working, they cannot become educated and they are stuck as a member of the lower class.

Group Blog Post Prompt #2

At the first glance of class warfare, I can almost come up with nothing. Like most international student from China, I have had a much better chance than others who will never have the chance to study abroad. Studying abroad means a lot of money which is difficult to be realized by those people in low wealth. But I think it does not means the students who can study abroad is in the upper class. And government should help those great students who want to study abroad but can not afford it. Everyone have the right to get the education he wants no matter he is poor or rich. Another thing similar to the education is health care. I was moved by American health service when I just came. People can be saved in the hospital even if they do not have enough money at that time. On the contrary, no doctor will treat the person who can not afford the medical fee. They called those people lower class. It is ridiculous to treat lives unequal. Besides, I can hardly agree with the policy that some places are not allowed those people so-called lower class entered in. Everyone should get the same respect and politeness. I feel there is no reason to look down on those "lower class" people, because there have been no upper and lower in my mind. If some people stray in the street, we should think of the government duty more instead of avoiding those poor people.

Group Blog Post Prompt #2 MaxMogg

Hey groupmembers, I already talked about my opinion about social classes on carmen (if you want to read that you just have to go on carmen.osu.edu and look for "First Day Writing"). Taking that little essay into consideration I never thought about typical social class structure. So I would say that my interests don't depend on the social class everybody expects. For example I am a fencer. I know that many people think that fencing is a "high class" sport, but It might be because of the amount of fencers that have a good family background is higher than, for example, soccer. But I love to play soccer as well as I love to fence. I would say that my personality is strong enough to escape from the peer presure that the society's places upon many people. I'll put the last sentence in easier words: You don't have to be a member of a Country Club, to be in a high social class! That's my very personal opinion. Do what you want, do what is the most fun for you! Don't think about society's opinion about it. That's a very important rule of a country which says that freedom is its most important value. But actually the American society as far as I know it doesn't really care about that value. The society thinks that a guy who works at McDonald's is not high-educated and/or has no wealthy family background. In most of the cases that might be right but there might also be exceptions. These exceptions actually just prove that you cannot base your life on prejudices. If the guys just reads comics that doesn't have to mean that he couldn't read Shakespear's Hamlet. Maybe he just loves to laugh about Mickey Mouse. I love to read Goethe for maybe once year as much as I love to read my magazines.

MaxMogg's

Hi,

My name is Maximilian Mogg. I am from Germany and arrived in Columbus last Monday (so I am not that used to the American system of studying yet). I am 19 years old and a Freshman. My hobbies are fencing, music, movies and my dog, which I had to leave in Germany. Sad, but true. Fencing is not only my hobby. As I am part of the Ohio State Fencing Team and part of the German national team, it’s kind of my job to be fencer. I mean training for about nearly 20 hours a week, makes me think so. I hope to have a great time in Columbus and in English 110.01.

Max

Cindy's

Hello, everyone. My name is Cindy. I am a transfer student from China. My major is logistics management. This is my third quarter in OSU. I like travelling, swimming and sleeping. Eating different food is my favorite. Although I choose business when I entered in University, my dream is becoming a doctor who caer’s life. As english is my second language, I have some troubles dealing with it. So I hope I can get a significant improvement after taking this class.

Caleb Williams

Goals - Although I would be very happy to earn an A, the main focus of the course is to improve my writing skills. I have not always been the strongest writer throughout school, and I know improving my writing will be very beneficial as I continue through classes at Ohio State, and my job after graduation. I am a business major and I understand that writing is very important in the business world.



Introduction - My name is Caleb Williams, I’m a freshman business major from Worthington, Ohio, about 15 minutes away from Ohio State. I came to Ohio State because I wanted to attend a large university and stay close to home. My interests are sports(especially soccer, football, and baseball), music, and video games. I’m a Columbus Crew season ticket holder and am very involved in a supporters’ group called Crew Union. I try to bring new people to games whenever I can to teach them about the sport and the MLS. I am also a huge fan of the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers, since my parents are both from Detroit.