Super size me

I think that fast food is not to blame for obesity, it definitly affects the amount of obesity but in all honestly people need to learn self control and learn not to eat bad foods. In super size me he went on a 1 month mcdonalds spree. i personally could not do this because it would destroy me on the inside and i would gain a lot of noticable weight which is not something i want. I enjoy fast food on occasion but i rarely eat it because i know its bad for me and i want to be healthy and live a long, good life, that cannot be achieved if i eat fast food all the time so i choose not to.

I think that what Morgan Spurlock did in exposing the horrible truth of fast food was an eye opener to the American public but to truly hammer down on stopping obesity starts at the schools. A few years ago I watched a tv series called Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Jamie went to Huntington,WV (Most obese city in America) to try and institute healthy eating across town. One place he visited was the schools. One of the schools in the area wouldn't allow him in while the other was very open minded. While he was there, he made healthy eating enjoyable for the plump kids there. As a result they preformed better in the classroom but overtime, parents became outraged with Jamie and forced him out. If this trend of unhealthy eating habits continues at a young age, we're really going to be facing a major problem.

Props to the man in "Supersize Me" for trying this obscene diet.  I wouldn't last a day on Mcdonald's alone.  I am not surprised that he is at a very unhealthy date by the 21 day mark.  He went from eating very healthy to eating fried foods each meal.  In my opinion Mcdonald's does try to manipulate their customers.  Yesterday I saw a McDonald's commercial and I just about wanted to throw up.  I watched and thought to myself "That is not a good representation of what McDonald's does to their customers!"  it is strange what a different perspective can do to you.

Below is an example of how companies can manipulate the way in which we look at their product:

McDonald's is trying to portray their product as healthy whereas it was proved to not be a healthy diet in the film "Supersize Me".

I think that Mr. Spurlock presented his opinion in a very strong way. He can really hurt himself more than he thought before starting this whole thing. He is still messed up to this day today. I think that he really went a little more over board than he needed to. Not a lot of people eat McDonalds everyday. But I think that the stuff and problems he has is good to see because they do happen to people. Of course not everyone is going to see this documentary and change the way they live. I think that he talks to a lot of people and gets a lot of helpful information to back him up. I think that his documentary effectively identifies the problem. I that that he really shows the major downfalls of eating fast food. I think he uses music a lot to manipulate the moment. He cuts out things that people say when he is talking to them like Michael Moore does.  I think that people like him changed the way that McDonalds does things. For example, they have to put calories on the menu. I once asked for a nutrition booklet and it took them 30 minutes. I wanted to see if it was really like he said. I think that he has guts for putting himself in danger.

I believe that it is an insane idea to eat McDonald's for a month straight, 3x a day. All of the health problems that were developed by Morgan shows the severity of the obesity problem in this country. People should not eat fast food for more and 2x a week, and doing it more than that puts you at risk to develop weight gain and bodily problems. I believe that this video was needed to show how severe fast food consumption is in our society, and to expose the flaws of the "bigger is better" mantra adopted by America.

The key to a good advertisement inside everyday media is to have the consumer think subconsciously about buying the product. When obviously stating the product such as in shark tank, the humans mind almost bypasses that product and looks at the attempted advertisement as almost a joke. In American Idol, all of the judges drink out of Coca-Cola glasses to symbolize that they all enjoy coke. To the normal fan of American Idol, if you see the judges drinking coke, you too would want to drink coke because the people you look up to drink coke too.

Regardless for the advertisement to be a big hit, it just needs to be talked about by the everyday person. Even if that means the pr is good or bad.

A policy that I disagree with at this school is one regarding swimming in gym class.  Girls are required to either wear a one-piece or wear a shirt over their bikini.  I think that this is unfair considering the boys are allowed to be shirtless at almost any point in time during this class.  I don't see how it is much different.  My freshman year I had to wear a one-piece during swimming and it made me more self-conscious than a two piece would've.  I did not like the lack of support that a one-piece provides in the breast region.  I feel that developing teens should be able to wear whatever they would like during their swimming portion of gym class as long as what they are wearing does not show an immense amount of cleavage. 

I believe that students should be able to use technology in classrooms. If a student is going on their phone to check their grades on power school, then they should not be penalized by getting a Saturday detention, or having their phone taken by their teacher. Likewise, if a student is charging their phone and not using it, a teacher should not be able to take it simply because the phone is out.

I believe that the call on second and goal during the Superbowl was one of the dumbest things that i have ever been witness to. When you have a guy with the nickname "beast mode" in the backfield with 20 seconds left you run the football. Its as simple as that. The offensive coordinator lost the Seahawks the football game, and i feel as though he should be fired. Not only because of the play call, but because the offense has been mediocre all season.