Haiku

Deserted

Cold, Alone, Broken
Silent screams, in howling winds
Frosted bodies lay

Escape

Escape

The wind gently caressed his face
In the calming meadows
He was finally at peace
This was his escape, his world
But the skies turned black
As the wind howled in agony
His eyes opened as he jolted back
Into the nightmare that was reality
The pain. The tears. The loneliness.
All he had wanted, was to escape.

Q.O.D #2

Hey guys! So I was planning to give you guys like a short story, but I couldn't finish it in time. So I guess I'll ask another question. 'If you had to sell a product how would you go about advertising it?'

Persuasive Strategies and Advertisements

Hey guys! So today our assignment was to choose an advertisement and write about the persuasive strategies used in that advertisement. I chose to so an advertisement for the Australian Childhood Foundation's campaign against child abuse. First I'd like to share a little about this ad. The agency used child sized mannequins and covered half of the mannequin in the billboard in order to show the neglect often shown to abused children. After some time the mannequin was removed, which then revealed the message "Thank you for seeing me." So the claim for this advertisement was obviously to stop child abuse. This ad uses persuasive strategies such as pathos, the image of a child being smothered and how it ironically ties into the saying on the billboard creates sympathy and sadness within the audience. I believe that this ad is targeted to everyone, because this is an ad that addresses an issue that involves people of all ages and ethnicities. Although it does not say it directly I also think that kairos is used in this ad, due to the strong emotions that the nature of the ad brings out gives us a sense of urgency and a need to do something. Things such as ethos and logos are not shown directly on the billboard, however through the link on the ad, more can be learned about ad and the campaign itself. I thought that this was such a creative and heartbreaking way to advertise the cause that the campaign was for, and that it certainly gained a lot of attention for the cause.

Q.O.D #1

Hey everyone! Today's question of the day is 'If you were to witness soneone being bullied would you go in and help or just walk away? Why or why not and how?' Reply in the comments below!

Bullying- It's Never Okay

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/19/nation/la-na-illinois-cyber-bully-20131020

So this article is about a dad in Illinois, who tries to find justice for his son, who committed suicide after being bullied.

It's never okay to bully someone, you don't know them, you don't know how they live, and you have no right to judge and harass a person just because they look, act, or believe differently than you do. This isn't directly related to the article, well kinda, but I just wanted to let you all know.

It's A New Year!

Hey Guys! As you all know 2013 has ended, as well as our first semester. That means a new year and a new semester filled with exciting adventures to experience and goals to accomplish. For this year in general I really want to become more neat and organized, because to be honest, I am a mess! This also ties into my second semester goal to study harder and keep all my papers nice and neat. I feel that I really slacked off first semester and I am determined to change that (insert eyes filled with flames of determination). I realize that most us come up with a goal/resolution at the beginning of each year and in almost no time at all we completely forget that goal. I don't know why we do this, maybe we are truly to comfortable to change old habits. Anyway I am absolutely bent on accomplishing my new years resolution as well as my second semester goal. I hope that you'll help me stay on track. I also hope that I can help some of you accomplish your goals/resolutions! Let's work hard together this year!