Assignment #2

Ben (http://spencerripps.blogspot.com/): I like the way you decided to approach this project. I don't think I would have ever thought of doing it this way. This video was pretty cool and it really shows how simple our (as in Americans) everyday lives are.

Russell (http://awolrussell.blogspot.com/): Good job Russell, the video really shows every important aspect of your life. While I was watching this, I was thinking, "this is definitely very American- tivo, football, baseball..."---not really sure if that's a good thing. But the slide show is good.

Ali Jo (http://alijojojo.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-way-of-life.html); I agree with you that most Americans take the things that we have for granted. Most people of those people do not even know that they're spoiled. Also I think your video (along with your analysis write-up) shows the viewers who you really are and what you believe in.

Maggie (http://historyawol.blogspot.com/): It is true that people have grown to rely on the internet. Playing video games and browsing the net has become a way of life. Sometimes you have to wonder how the people now would have lived in a time where internet still didn't exist. Your video doesn't show a whole lot about your life, but I think it represents a lot.

Esther (http://whatsthateclare.blogspot.com/):GO KINGDOM HEARTS
Alright serious now: I've been thinking about the same question you wrote for number 8. I don't really know if being labeled as a "typical American" is a good thing or bad thing. I guess it's a little of both since Americans are portrayed as being lazy, but we do have a very diverse groups of people with very different cultures.
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- By watching these videos, I realized that there really isn't one American Way of Life. Every individual have their own way of life. Everyone treasures different things and have different aspects of life.

- When you think of the big picture, Americans do take many things for granted. For most of us we do not have to worry about our necessities. For example, rather than thinking about WHETHER or not we're going to have dinner, we worry about WHAT we're going to have for dinner. We, Americans complain a lot about our wants, whereas many other people in the world do not even know if they're going to get their needs. (This idea came to me mainly from Ali Jo's video).

- Many of us know exactly what our problems are, but we choose not to solve it. Some of us (including myself, kind of) know that our way of life is not the best way of life, but we decide to continue living the same way. Although the issues found in our way of life is very vivid, we still revolve our lives around those issues.