Sam's English Blog

Gender In Advertising  1. The advertisements have different images and are laid out slightly different from one another, the picture switches sides from the left on the boy's ad to the right on the girl's ad. The position and expression of the children in the ad change from a more active or dynamic expression for the boy to a calm expression for the girl. The text and advertising points are also different and appeal to how the child is expected to behave. 2. I personally never had an opinion about the GAP but this ad comparison shows the different expectations the company has for boys and girls. The company is trying to appeal to what it believes are the character traits of the 2 genders at this age regardless of their accuracy. 3. I think that the portrayal of boys and girls is very stereotypical for kids that age. Girls are expected to become social butterflies and be outgoing and friendly while boys are expected to be smart and active with lots of energy a

I think that like most people, doing what I like makes me happiest. Working on projects or building something that interests me without the stress of deadlines or work I don't want to do. I think that a national happiness index would be an interesting thing to try.the results however I don't think should affect national policy because people's definitions of happiness can be very different. Some people's happiness could even be the exact opposite of happiness for others. This could lead to conflict in terms of actual policy but it still would be an interesting study to do. I think that because of this there is also no one way to measure happiness. Happiness is relative to what makes you unhappy. Some persons definition of perfection could still be below the definition of someone else's unhappiness. Kurt Vonnegut's article, I've Been Called A Luddite, talks about how he remembers  time before technology was involved in all that we do. He talks about the