Welcome to this week's blog topic. Watch this video on how to write satire. You will then write a 200 word blog based on the instructions given in the video. Good luck.
Satire Video
Do not forget to comment on the entries of your classmates.
And no satires of President Obama please.
Is it not just the most precious thing to see children in society looking up to complete idiots? Famous people in pop culture get way too much attention and crack up. Take Justin Beiber for instance. He now lives in the beautiful country of Canada because over-hormonal teenage girls and their supportive parents cannot get over the fact that the once, tear-jerking sweetheart is now in jail for drug and alcohol abuse. Now, we can't run away from our problems, but we can sign petitions to dispose of them if we are not satisfied with what effect they are having on our already-blinded generation. These kinds of people are ridiculous and would get more money for putting a video on the Internet of themselves coughing than I am worth altogether. I honestly feel bad for celebrities and all the kids who aspire to be like them because they have the wrong idea. Another real charmer is Miley Cyrus. She has been making all kinds of great decisions lately, and as a mother, I would want my kids dressing/acting like her. Wether or not you have eyebrows, make sure to keep it simple and aspire to be your mom or dad. Life's a lot easier that way!
ReplyDeleteGrace, your topic was very easy to relate to, and you picked good examples to support your ideas. Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are definitely two celebrities who made the wrong decisions concerning their lifestyle. Your description of these people as "complete idiots" was perfect. You included just the right amount of irony when you described their fans as well. The description of the girls and their parents was well written. Another part of your piece that I liked was the humor you included at the end with your reference about eyebrows.
DeleteGrace, this is so true! So many children look up to these people and "want to be just like them when they grow up". But, as these stars become more and more popular, things change, and they are no longer good role models. I think you chose two great examples to support your satire because these two stars definitely went down the wrong roads.
DeleteGrace, it actually terrifies my to think that people like Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber not only serve as role models for children, but also that they are seen as a representation of our generation. I feel like a great deal of what we get blamed for as teenagers comes from what adults read about celebrities that drown away their problems with drugs and alcohol. They don't see kids in small towns that don't even know how most drugs are ingested. We fall to blame for the actions of complete morons.
DeleteCigarette smoking is one of the best possible things you can do to improve your life! The benefits that come from these slim sticks of toxic leaves could not be better. In addition to rotting teeth, lungs carefully coated with tar, and lovely yellow fingers, you can enjoy all the stereotypes that come with cigarette smoking. As if this were not enough, if you smoke cigarettes, you are practically assured of your imminent cause of death: cigarettes! This peace of mind eliminates any fears you have of living to a ripe old age and dying peacefully in your sleep. Enough about such minor matters. Let's discuss lifestyle. Smoking makes people cooler, and helps them make new friends. An added bonus is that these new friends will all be smokers too! They will have many of the same characteristics you have, and this makes it easy for you to get along. In fact, these new friends will probably have many great ideas about other activities you can do together instead of going to school or work. These activities are sure to be a good time, and should take priority in your life. I cannot wait to be old enough to purchase my first pack of cigarettes and unlock their true potential. Once I find myself addicted to nicotine, I can throw away my health with no regrets!
ReplyDeleteThis is really well done. You pointed out a variety of downfalls that come with smoking, and you made them sound ironically glamorous. I loved the reference "slim sticks of toxic leaves," and how you assured the audience that cigarettes will guarantee that their death is not a surprise. You included the perfect use of exaggeration, and you did not go overboard with your explanations. You made it sound like "throwing your life away" is a something that one desires in their life. Very satirical! Nice job.
DeleteAshley you literally made me laugh out loud! I can really relate with this cigarette topic because I have to sell them where I work and almost everyone comes in with rotten teeth. It's actually really disgusting. Can I just say that I loved how you said "sticks of toxic leaves." It really made my day. I thought it was hilarious. You used satire really well. I know that you are really good at sarcasm so that must have really helped you with this because it is really fantastic.
DeleteOverpopulation is a very serious problem in our world today. After all, people who eat too much may have to actually give some of that food to other people who may or may not be starving. This seems like an atrocity. So as you can see, overpopulation needs to be dealt with immediately. Some possible ideas will be to throw people who cannot afford food into a gladiator type dual to the death. The winner can then munch on some bread and drink some water. Excellent motivation to win I think. Or we can take the sick and starving people and put them on their own continent to die of starvation. This would be great, because on that continent we can also put a bunch of dangerous animals to pick them off one by one. In addition to that, we can put a bunch of deserts there so it will be difficult to farm unless they're by a river of some sort. I particularly like this idea, because then we don't have to look at them and feel bad. One more thing we can do is give them our scraps of food. All that food we throw away, just think of it. We should load all the starving people up on to trucks and drive them out to the local junkyard and let them run wild. It'll be a grand time. Whatever ends up happening, at least I won't have to deal with them.
ReplyDeleteNick, this was a great topic. The way you presented overpopulation made it seem as though the only reason it was a problem was because it would take food away from people who had enough of it. The ridiculous solutions you presented reinforced the absurdity of the problem. In addition, you used many phrases that contributed to the irony of your piece. "Munch some bread" and "it'll be a grand time" are two that stood out to me. Your piece was very well written and made me laugh.
DeleteI can't wait until I grow up and I can tell my kids about all the time I spent on my cell phone. They'll get to hear about all the memories I missed out on because I was stalking through someone's Facebook. It is so great that kids now spend so much time looking at selfies of people they have never met before. It teaches them so many great life lessons and they truly get to enjoy other people's company. They also get to miss all the time they could be spending with their loved ones, but who cares about grandma anyway? I hope that one day my children will never speak to me and will play video games instead. I am completely comfortable in placing the future of the world into the hands of a generation who is usually holding an iPhone. Most kids can operate an iPad now before they can even walk, that's great! Technology is giving the youth so many opportunities to explore new things, because every five year old needs to know what twerking is. If for some reason teenagers are not prepared for the future, at least they can take a good selfie.
ReplyDeleteAbbey, this is hilarious. Everything you said makes the reader really step back and think about technology in a new way. It seems that no one really realizes the overwhelming impact technology is having on our world, especially on the youth. This was a great topic! Your tone was the perfect balance between critical and humorous. You didn't overdo it, but you achieved your purpose. You used some great examples to support your overall topic - most of them made me laugh out loud. I loved the references to twerking, selfies, and the fact that most children can operate an iPad before they can walk. This is so true! Awesome job.
DeleteAbbey, you really picked a fantastic topic! It really makes technology look like a burden. I could not help but to laugh when reading it. Just look at the way you used satire. It is written so magnificently. You have picked up this technique really well.
DeleteAbbey, I really liked your topic because kids these days are so reliant on technology. I look at our school, and I feel that a majority of the kids could not survive the day without their iPad. Think about on update days, students are constantly checking yo see if theirs is done and if it isn't they throw some sort of a temper tantrum. I also like how you said kids can use an iPad before they can walk. I feel this is very true because they can be used for educaional purposes. It can teach children to read, talk, and interact effectively. But let's be honest, all they do are the games like Candy Crush and Minecrat. So...not very helpful. But I would have to say that yours was very well written as I found myself feeling very amused while reading yours. Well done,
DeleteDo you want to be beautiful? Well then you're in luck, because I'm about to give you all of society's secrets that will make you the most envied woman on the planet. No, seriously, I've got the whole list right here. They've got it all spelled out in black and white. Convenient, huh? Firstly, it's imperative that you master the art of photoshop. Every girl wants blemish-free skin, big eyes, and perfectly contoured cheekbones. Well now you can have it with the click of a button. Literally! Secondly, you've got to ditch those frivolous "meals" that seem to be the new fad. If you want to be beautiful, you can't be held back by petty things such as food. If you want someone to look to as an example, check out Mrs. Bones in the back of your anatomy classroom. Can't you just picture the men swooning over her? There's nothing sexier than a skeleton, am I right? Oh, and tell your thighs to wave goodbye, because every girl knows you're not pretty unless you've got a thigh gap! Above all, you should embrace your natural beauty, and don't try too hard to look attractive. Give off the impression that you don't care how you look, and just be yourself. Just make sure you look as pretty as possible while doing it.
ReplyDeleteMary, you diffently hit the nail on the head with this one. It differently showed the points that society is bringing apon girls these days. This reminds me of the pictures you see on Twitter where it goes "me in middle school" with a black and white selfie with clip art posted all around it. Then it has "girls now in middle school" wearing short shorts, tank tops, and a load of makeup. Oh and don't forget that thigh gap! Those comparisons are so true though! Society is making girls these days think makeup is the answer for beauty when it reality, boys hate when girls wear all the make up and then in return they make fun of the girl wearing it all. Society makes so much sense.
DeleteThis made me sad, Mary, even though it is very funny. It is so hard to be beautiful or perfect when everyone else is wrecking the standards with apps, filters, and whatever else they use. Almost every girl is sensitive about how much they weigh, what their hair and makeup look like, or how popular they are. Then, after they fix their problems, they try to hide their effort to make it look natural. I love how you presented this issue though, and even though this is a short assignment, I feel as if it proves the point in the exact amount of words.
DeleteSociety does put a lot of pressure on girls to look perfect. But in fact, I think that so many people are so hypocritical when it comes to this, and you said it perfectly Mary. If your too skinny, your anorexic. But if you a little heavier, then you are fat. In terms of society, sexy comes in all shapes and sizes. As Maddie said above, so much has changed since we were in middle school! All of sudden, all girls wear are yoga pants and heavy makeup. They try to grow up to fast, and they want to get to high school and skip to the part where everything is perfect, which is the exact opposite of what life is. But since Hollywood and the media portray it as such, they think it is true, and that is sad. I think a lot of girls need to hear your satire!
DeleteMary, I love the topic you chose because this is a situation many of us are aware of. Society wants every one to be a "Barbie Doll", when in fact that is not naturally possible. I loved your comparisons and thought that you told this truth in a very humorous way. I think you did very well and I think the topic you chose could not have been even more perfect because that is what society wants, along with perfect skin, hair, teeth, and that thigh gap!
DeleteMary, this was a great topic. Also, it is such an important issue in our society today. Everyday on Facebook there is a post talking about discrimination between fat people and skinny people, or sexism. Honestly, I'm extremely tired of it. Who cares anymore? If everyone would stop complaining about how they're discriminated against, maybe they can go out there and live their life. Anyway, I'm done ranting. I think you did a great job with the amount of irony you used in this. You didn't overdo and you presented some really interesting points. This was a very good topic to use for a satire because it effects each one of us every day. There is such a skewed vision of perfection in today's society and it makes me very sad.
DeleteMary, I. LOVE. THIS. Society is so condescending about what they want from us as girls. They want us to be flawless, but if we look flawless we are fake. They want us to be unique, but if we are too unique we are weird. They want us to live up to their standard of what is right, but then get mad when we don't want to. I want to be me, not who you think I'm suppose to be. I'm happy with who I am and I don't want to fit some stupid mold that consist of perfect hair, long legs, and nice eyebrows. You knocked it out of the park with this satire and I love it.
DeleteCheating: a way lazy students can get away a with a great grade. Studying for a test is pointless when you can just as easily cheat and get a better grade. Why even try on the test? Just look up the answers on Google and miss a few questions here and there to make it look not so obvious. You found the answers to the whole packet on line? Great, send it to all your friends so you all can have the same exact answers as the teachers key. That's not obvious at all. When you get caught, make sure you learn your lesson to make it in your own words this time. Now that is definitely not cheating. It is in your own words. That you copied. From the answer key. Still not cheating. You will end up with a better grade than the students who do not copy their work. I guess they should have been smart like you to look up all the answers on line. Maybe you can teach them how you do it without getting caught. Great idea. What is it called when people do not cheat anymore? Oh well, it is just grades right?
ReplyDeleteMadison, I particularly enjoyed your blog. The reason is that I know many people who do these exact things. The way you present it though makes it seem almost lighthearted and just not really a big deal. But people in our school are all stealthy about it. I found that to be rather humorous. I also like how at the end you said, "it's just grades right?" This was another relation to people who cheat in our school because they say they do not care about their grades. But if they don't care, why do they cheat? It makes no sense to me. If they didn't care, they should just fail. The last thing I enjoyed was when you said people had to miss a few questions here and a few questions there just to make it look right. And you are so right. I rember Mrs. A. busted a cheating ring in her HAP class three years ago because complete morons were getting 100%'s on their daily quizzes. They should've come to you for advice on how to cheat better. But all in all, I say well done
DeleteMaddie, this is so true! Seeing all the cheating I have in the past, people really do try to justify their actions on this. In the experience I have had seeing other people do it, I have never seen them get caught by a teacher. But other students have caught them. People who put in effort for their school work always feel this way. I think Nick is right, people should have came to you for some advice! (:
DeleteOf course I want to go to an overpriced amusement park, such as Delgroso's, with kiddy rides and annoying children! I mean who would not want to ride a Ferris Wheel that goes two miles an hour, especially when we have pending work to do? The free fall that goes up only fifty feet really gets my adrenalin pumping. I especially enjoy the germy railings and walkways and the gross bathrooms that look as if they have not been cleaned in a year. Did I forget to mention how I am looking forward to seeing the lovely screaming children that complain the whole time? Amusement parks are also great places for dates. All of the loud people and children running around really set the mood. How about that amusement park food? After a long day of all the thrilling rides and disgusting bathrooms, the food really puts the icing on the cake. The greasy pizza and fries that could not possibly be up to health code definitely satisfy my hunger. Who would not want to get a heart attack from this food? Amusement parks are the place to be, of course I would love to waste my time at an amusement park this weekend!
ReplyDeleteRasAnn, I was laughing so hard at this. I actually love all the things you hate about amusement parks, except wooden and upside down roller coasters. Those make me cry. I'm being serious I'll tell you the story some time if you would like. Anyways, the crying kids and gross bathrooms really do get to you after a long hot day. The bathrooms make me cringe and I refuse to go in them. I usually stay away from the kiddy rides becuase of the childern crying issue, but some how even when I'm on the other side of the park, the sounds still overtake my mind. But all in all, food is food and I like food.
DeleteI love amusement parks, RaeAnn! They make me so happy, depending on who I go with, of course! Delgrosos is fun if you go with your friends, even though it is small. I went with my cousins one time and we rode the super shot for a whole forty five minutes without getting off except for one time when a kid peed because he got nervous. In that case, the whole amusement park is the bathroom, but as long as you wash your hands before you eat your overpriced meal, you should be fine!
DeleteRaeAnn, this was hilarious. I loved your description of screaming children. I thought that you were able to pick a unique topic that really made this funny. I have a feeling you may have had some bad experiences with amusement parks. The use of questions in your satire adds to the humor of the piece. I think you did a great job because you picked apart all the elements of amusement park, some of which I would not have thought of.
DeleteI know how to get people to buy something! Put it on an infomercial. There is nothing people like better than infomercials. First, you have to put on some really peppy lady, or a guy with a really deep voice. Next, have them dress in outdated clothes; you know, like something someone from the 80s would wear. After that, make sure that when they talk about the product, they have a really fake smile on their face. Don’t forget the loud voice or talking about you could not live without the product! Oh, and throw in that free gift! It makes me really, really happy when I get two Shamwows for the price of nineteen ninety-nine. But don’t tell me that shipping is like, twenty dollars. If you tell me that, then I will know that it is really not a good deal. Remember to repeat how LOW the price is, and what a GREAT deal it is. That will really get the people to trust what you are selling. If that doesn’t work, then have some celebrity come and endorse the product. Because, you know how much of an authority Kim Kardashian is when it comes to making money. Also, she knows so much about the Shamwow. She probably uses it everyday to clean her billion dollar mansion. Put all that on the infomercial, and I am sold American!
ReplyDeleteOlder and wiser? What! Is this even true? Hunched over, peering slightly over the dash and racing at a whopping twenty-five miles an hour... EVERYWHERE... Wow, now that, that is living. Sitting, drinking coffee, an elderly women is busy creating a MOST IMPORTANT to do list. Shuffling around, in search of Tibbles, the cat, the list is lost.. Or so it was thought, since the list was still laying untouched at the table. Frantically searching for the long list (two items) for the next forty-five minuets, when it is mysteriously found on the table. Huh, now how did that get there? Well... Time to leave, but where did I place those keys? Oh, there they are, right next to Tibble's food bowl. Finally, after two hours it is time to officially leave, good thing it is only SEVEN in the morning. On the road rushing, twenty MPH, to my hair appointment, cars keep passing me, don't they know I have an important, once a week appointment? A green light... well I better slow down just to be safe. Hey look! Ester is crossing the street. *BEEP*BEEP (Gets out of car) Sir, can I help you with something?
ReplyDeleteDoes it not make you so happy to know that after staying up until three A.M. every night for four years, crying at least once a month because of your anxiety in school, and having the stress levels of a mental health patient, you will finally be rewarded with a piece of paper?! I know that I am personally esthetic to not only receive that 8x11 piece of paper, but also to spend over one hundred thousand dollars to further my education! Then, when I get out of college, I get the opportunity to slave away for the rest of my life trying to get enough money to play off my debts! Then, do not forget that in order to get to my job, I will need a car. Look at that! Another sixteen-hundred dollars out of my pocket! I am just so happy to know that for my entire life I am going to be completely broke! All this is because I chose to pursue an education that I was almost demanded to receive because if I did not get it, I would spend the rest of my life flipping patty's at McDonalds. I think that my future looks so very exciting!
ReplyDeleteI really love your satire, Jenna, because it is a very common subject. It is very parhetic to think of how many hours and how much money will be invested in our lives just to earn it. Money is a circle where we give it to get it. It is crazy to think how reliant the world is on education that in fact many kids do end up with psychological disorder. Money and diplomas are all paper. We are here on Earth constantly chasing paper.
DeleteIt would just be better for both of us if you put down that book and homework and cut right to the underage drinking. Come on! It is impossible to get caught! If you do get caught, it will not affect your future career or school. That is just a myth adults say to keep you caged up in the restraining shackles of misery. My idea of fun definitely consists of a night I do not even remember the next morning! The best part of this exhilarating activity is the morning after where you are sicker than a dog and cannot stop your head from pounding or get yourself away from the porcelain throne. Who cares if you are sick? You just had the best night ever, even though you do not even remember it! If you really want to make it a night to remember, make sure there is A LOT of documentation on social media. When colleges and possible employers are looking at your profile, they will be astounded at the amount of fun you are capable of having. The pictures will even help piece together what happened the night before when you have no idea! Seriously, the possibilities of benefits from underage drinking are just endless!
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