6. End of Paper?

My favorite part of the newspaper is the of course... THE FUNNIES! The best ones were always on Sunday because they were in color. Over time my family stopped buying the paper or even worrying about having it except for the Sunday issue. The Sunday paper was for the funnies and for the coupons each week. 

With being a generation of a fast growing technology market the paper forms are things are slowly dying. My grandparents still get the paper copy but I do know currently pay for it. For current events I want KAKE news or KSN for the most part, I am not interested in paying for something that will not get read. With ipads, kindles and phone being full internet capable now there really is not a need for the newsPAPER. We get our funnies from TV or facebook and our coupons are on all major sites as well. 

5. Banned Books

The most shocking thing to me about the banning of books, are some of the reason given in which to get the books banned..

Diary of Anne Frank - depressing
Harry Potter - witchcraft, cults, satanism, death
James and the Giant Peach - Says the word Ass
Snow White -violence

I grew up watching Disney movies and listening to my family read these books, to have them banned really bothers me. James and The Giant Peach was a favorite movie growing up because of the humor, the insects and the way this little boy was creative enough to think up a way to escape his crazy aunts he was forced to live with. The only reason a child is going to mentally spin these stories into the violent, satanic, and offensive is because the idea if being brought to their attention. When a child is that young they do not care about the different ways Snow White and the 7 dwarfs could be violent.. They see a girl singing in the woods and falling in love with her prince!

The reasons for people banning books like The Diary of Anne Frank, are crazy! Yes this book is depressing, it was not written to be happy, it was written to share a story of what this family went through. No one should be treated like they were in the war, but if you do not teach of children about this, we are doomed to repeat it.

4. Poor Richard

After searching through a couple sites this quote really stuck with me... 

Success has ruined many a man.

This not only is for men, if anyone lets their own personal success go to their heads to far it will ruin you as a person, your work relationships or even your family. A success does not just have to be work related which is what I initially thought, but this could be meeting a weight loss goal. Something that some one else may see as a goal that would not affect much, but to the person that has lost the weight and has gone through all the pain and hardships, this goal is the world. If a person lets losing weight go to their head this could ultimately ruin your friendships or other relationships. The way weight loss changing the way your view your life can be amazing, you are now seeing yourself how others have always seen you, but once you finally feel the same way, you will never be happy with who you are. On the negative side of weight loss,  you are given this new found confidence and you may head up letting this confidence go to your head and you could start pushing away everyone that supported your at your worst AND your best. 

Success is always positive, until you let it go to your head. You as a person need to stay grounded and true to your own morals, but matter how small or big the success. 

3. Social Interactions

When the question is stated, Does media take away from "real" social interactions, I never thought that it did. When I think of social medias such as, Myspace or Facebook, communication comes to mind first. This may be the only way someone is comfortable being themselves. I know I can say more of what I am thinking if I am chatting with another person or sending them an email instead of actually saying things in person. I hate being confrontational so an email is almost better, because both parties are able to react and then step to think about how to respond, instead of reacting in person and over reacting.

We all need people skills, but I think people are almost more open and honest when they are talking online because they do not leave as judged. We are unable to see facial reactions unless on a web cam. In the case of a web cam the social media is turned into personal interaction.

The case can always be made that social media has hurt of capibility to speak to people in person but this is not always true. As long as we do not let our lives be consumed by the way you speak online just in small talk, it will not affect out face to face time. You wouldn't go to a business meeting and instead of laughing you said, LOL... This would not go over well I am sure. But I believe that we are fully in control of how far we allow media language to blend into our everyday lives. I will also always stand up for social media, due to me meeting my husband online. Media is what brought us together and keeps us strong when he is away on business.