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Imagine the Impossible

     I believe that this movie was to try to make the viewer buy the product by trying to make it seem like the impossible is possible when they buy this product. The producer(s) of this movie do this by making everyone seem like the young girl is insane when she mentions all of the features on the phone. The producer(s) also put in an emotional scene where the mother of the girl cries because she believes that there is something wrong with her daughter. This immediately draws the viewer in and grabs their attention because they want to see what is wrong with the girl. This scene in the short commercial may make the viewer think that the commercial is part of a movie, so the viewer will not automatically change the channel, or in this case, go to another site.  

         I interpreted the main theme in this movie as being that if you think outside of the box then almost anything is possible. I believe that this theme makes the viewer want to buy this product because it amazes the viewer when they see how many features are available on this phone.   the-essay.wmv

Why should students come to class?

I recently finished reading a blog called Why Should Students Come to Class? One of the questions that they asked was what should we learn in a classroom? Well I obviously believe that we should learn the four standard subjects (math, science, language arts, and social studies) along with world language and students should learn how to play an instrument of their choice. I think that it’s important to learn these subjects because you need to know them to be successful in your job, and any language is essential to learn because if you travel to another country then you may one of the few people that speaks English. The second question asked “what are the things you think are so essential in the classroom that they can’t be produced in a virtual space?” Well I found this question difficult at first, but then I thought back to my previous experiences when I have been on an online tutoring service and have found it very helpful because they use a whiteboard to teach you step by step how to solve math equations. Although I believe that a student would be able to get a decent education without having to leave their house, there are some things that students would not be able to learn. For instance, social interaction with the student’s peers and teachers play an important role in becoming successful in the future. If a student did not go to school then they would not gain the needed social skills needed because they would not meet nearly half of the people that they would meet at school. They would not be able to learn about this because physical and or emotional gestures such as tone of voice, attitude, physical gestures, and laughter would be difficult to transmit via the computer.