The Wall, by Pink Floy

Deadline: 20th June
By: Tiraboschi Santiago, Ponti Mateo and Martínez Cerana catalina





1. The boy sees masks on the faces of the people in the train. Later he sees similar masks on the faces of the children in his fantasy. What is the meaning of that?

The meaning is tat the same for both situations, they are victims of a system. The white masks symbolizes that no matter who the person is, they are treated as if they don't feel anything, like robots that have to follow a structure no matter what. They don't have the opportunity of saying their thoughts, they have to continue with an order.

2. The riot scene ends and the camera returns to the boy in the classroom as the children recite the lesson. Think of a possible explanation for this.

The explanation could be that despite the children are reciting the lesson he doesn't forget what their thoughts and feelings are and he still has hope.


3. What kind of education does the movie portray? Use the song “The happiest days of our lives” to help you.

In the movie education is seen as a way to break what makes children unique and different. An education that is not real but is manipulative. Teachers are shown with absolute authority and power and they use it to humiliate their students by mocking the way of thinking or by hurting them if they do something they aren't supposed to. That is not a way of teaching, they are forced to learn a rude way.

4. Education is only one of the various social institutions the movie deals with. What others did you notice and how are they portrayed?

The movie apart from education also deals with work, family and society. Showing a rigid order and structure that, no matter wha,t it could not be break. This reflection remembers us to the part where the singer was feeling bad, he can't even move but anyway its duty and responsibility is to go to that concert.

5. We, in Argentina, often rely on education to solve most of our social problems. We blame education, or the lack of it, for many of them. Consider the huge success (described in the text below) of the song “Another brick in the wall” which claims “we don’t need no education” and compare it to what you think about education.

We believe that as much as in Argentina and in other countries, education is very important, it is what allows us to grow as a society and also the lack of it is to blame for some problems as a hole. We are in favor of education, but one like nowaday, one that allows you to grow in knowledge and as a person. a healthy education that takes your way of thinking and open new possibilities regarding it.

6. Up to what extent is education a way of “thought control”?

We think that education have lot to be with thought controlled, manly in children where theirs minds are still moldeables. One the other hand, nowadays teachers can not control our minds as they could at that time, because we can give our position and point of view.

7. Explain the meaning of the double-hammer symbol. Use the scene “In the flesh” to answer.

The meaning of the double-hammer is because the hammer can be use for only two things, opposite things, built and construct. Two facts that are constantly shown in the movie, for example we can relation the double-hammer with the education the children receive, where all their thoughts and ways of thinking are destroyed so as to construct new ideas.

8. The children falling into the meat grinder is a visual metaphor that makes a powerful point. What is the metaphor and what point does it make?

For us that visual image is a symbol of hopeless, of accepting that they can't do nothing at respect. They knew there is a way of learning that will not change where their creativity and imagination are prohibited, they don't have freedom of expression and their minds are completely washed and ruined.

9. What is the wall? Can you say whether it is a good thing or not?

In our opinion the wall can represent two ideas;
The wall could be a division, could be the thing that separated the different thoughts and behaviours on the other hand could be related with the society being created at that time, all with the same way of thinking and with their minds manipulated ending up being a cold and equal brick in the wall.

Expers

Expert means a person who has a broad knowledge in a specific field, because of their experience and skills they are seen as a credible source. Anyway because they are experts does not mean that they don't make mistakes, they still are human beings and all human beings make mistakes hence we can say that experts are not always right.

I don't agree with what illich argues in Item A, in my opinion what he say is wrong because i consider that housing hygiene, diet are some of the main factors affecting the health population, on the other hand, I think that changing this will not solve the complete problem, maybe it will avoid some illnesses anyway medical establishment is essential for our life. We can't treat society as a whole, sometimes we have to focus in an individual person. This “kind of mistake” could be associated with changing expertise”

In item C “expert” treat a topic of africans slavery, they say that the wiah they have of being free is a desses, when in fact they have the right of doing whatever they like instead of being obeying orders from someone.

In item D happens the same as in C but instead of the black race they talk about gays and take this as a mental dresses, while in fact what they're doing is discriminating.

In conclusion, none of the three cases is right, being an expert and knowing about the topic doesn't mean that you cannot be wrong.

Abortion

Thinking Skills: Make an essay about you topic: Abortion

Abortion must be legal? Abortion is a very delicate and complex topic discussed all around the world that lead us to lots of disagreements. When did the life of a human being start? nowadays we still having doubts about it some people believe that human being life start at conception, others at birth, and others support that is depending on the days, weeks or months  the mother have been pregnant.

To begin with, We all know that we have an important right, which is the right of life, and because of it I think that abortion is ethically wrong. The fetus is a human being and therefore he or she had the right to life and nobody should be able to take out this opportunity, no one should have the power of abortion, you are killing a person, your own baby

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In my opinion is unjust that millions of babies have to die because of a selfish decision,  abortion should not be an escape route for those who have failed to take responsibility with regards to suitable protection from unwanted pregnancy and that is why I don´t agree, in some way, about the right of the women  to ownership her own body. However there are some exceptions, What is the women pregnant has been raped? The mother could end the life of the fetus if his own life is in danger?

From my point of view, is very difficult to define a correct answer to this two questions, I am just saying my opinion and I think that although in the two cases the baby is innocent, the mother should have the right of abortion. For example, If the women has been raped, she had not the fault of having a baby and she was not looking for a baby and she probably is to jung so as to live everything aside and take care of  she or he, apart from this, probably the pregnancy will be a constant reminder of the sad and horrible situation she had suffered and this baby will not have a father.

In conclusion, there are some women that abort anyway, knowing is illegal and they do it in a danger way. So I think I would let abortion be legal and safe only because this reason. On the other hand, I am against abortion, it might be a difficult decision, no doubt, one of the biggest decision of your life but i think I would not do it.

Mad Men

In thinking skills class whit our teacher, Maria Brito Evans, we saw a video of the serie, mad men where cigarettes advertisement were discussed, later we must answer some questions our teacher left in edmood.

1. Found some of the vested interests in this scene. How do these work?
2. Why is Peter's idea rejected, and why is Don's idea accepted?
3. Publish your answers on your blogs and the link to thdentify sem here in Edmodo. Before you do that, produce an introduction to the task ("We watched a video...). Also, include a relevant picture (related to Mad Men, advertising ciga

1)One of the first vested interests that appeared on the video is when Don explains his idea. According to it, tobacco is seen as an element that gives a person happiness (though in fact, it gives dependence), the way Don explains his thought, makes him avoid mentioning part of the real information which are the terrible effects smoking produces.

Other vested interest we could identify was when the men rejected Peter's idea. These men ignore that opinion because it was not convenient for their business

2) Peter’s idea is rejected because he made reference of the great damage tobacco creates in people's life, mentioning it's a life danger and it was obviously, not beneficial for the company. On the other hand, Don’s idea was quickly accepted because it did not mentioned every risks tobacco caused. In addition, Don portrayed tobacco as something people need to be happy making propaganda still look attractive. rettes, advertising, vested interest, etc.)

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Cigarette Advertisment

1)How does advertising help tobacco companies to defend their vested interest?
2)Cigarettes advertising distorts the truth. Briefly comment in this view.

Advertising help a lot in tobacco company because is a way to attract or persuade people to buy the product although they are not telling the completely truth about what smoking could produce.

People who were in-charge of creating tobacco advertisement had to convince people that smoking have lots of positives thing, (for example in that time the person who smokes was seen as a cool person) so as to in a way make people see that cigarettes are not as ad as they think.

Nowadays there are not more tobacco advertisements because people already know how bad tobacco is, in addition its now mandatory that all cigarette packet must have a little advertisement about the damage the cigarette could cause,  anyway many people still smoking because of a addiction or because they like it.