mental illness is a huge issue not only in the U.S but all over the world. there are doctors that own clinics to mental illness and it does help. the video " A beautiful mind"  perfectly  showed the difficulty of someone's life with mental illness. if only we could have better ways of treating it. would life be better or worse? how would you handle mental illness?

the song company was beginning to drown in the economy that they were in. They were not looking at what people wanted. what they were looking at was what they think would be sufficient for a modern air plane. what would they have to do to make there company successful? how would they go about it? what you do about it?

It's very interesting to look beyond a commercial and see what the company is really trying to persuade us to buy. Smarter companies will create catchy commercials that stay with us for a few days to maybe even a week. When we see these products in stores, we think of the commercials we saw and decide to purchase these items. In my example that I found, ShamWow created a very catchy commercial that everyone knew about. These commercials push "reptilian hot buttons" in our brain that alter our decision-making. This specific ad tells a lot about the target market. The people who buy things similar to ShamWow, could be passionate about cleaning and like to take things the easy way, such as college students or lazy mothers. Reply your thoughts on commercials and how companies create unique ways to push these reptilian hot buttons in our mind.

Racism

What are your personal feelings about racism? do you think that things today are better or worse today than they use to be 20 years ago and explain why you think what you think. Back yourself up with evidence and maybe even a link if your feeling crazy.

In my opinion, people should not categorize all cops as bad people. The man who shot and killed two cops to create an attempt at "revenge" for the deaths of the African Americans in Staten Island and Ferguson did the complete wrong thing. Categorizing all policemen as bad people and creating a bias against all cops is the wrong thing to do. Just because the actions of certain cops you can not form opinions because that will lead to even more brutality. I'm interested in your opinions about this racial topic and what you guys think about the issue of many people categorizing bad and good cops together.
Also this is an interesting piece I found about cops and racism.

 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice

The movie mean girls makes girls think bad about themselves. every thing is based upon makeing people feel bad about there bodies. what would happen if these types of problems went away? would people start feeling better about themselves? hopefully they will!

From Curtis D.

Shooting in Oregon

Do you think Gender has anything to do with why men are stereo typically shooters instead of women? Or is this just a big coincidence? Is there some sort of physical difference that men have or is there some type of mental illness that men a predisposed too and women are not? Even if you think gender doesn't play a difference, please explain why.