Monday, February 18, 2008
Family Activity for this Thursday 2/21
After viewing the video program, "Affluenza," on Thursday (which runs about 55 minutes), you will get together with your various families and discuss what you thought was most significant about the video. More specifically, I want each family to come to some consensus or agreement on what you felt was the most significant point or argument made in the documentary and what you felt was the most startling fact or statistic presented (which does not necessarily have to relate to your most significant point or argument). Each family will designate a spokesperson to present your findings at the beginning of class on Tuesday, Feb. 26th. I may incorporate the points you bring out in a question or two on the midterm exam. This exercise is worth 3 points. All family members have to contribute to earn the credit.
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My topic dealt with the issue of credit cards and the social gratification that people get from being materialistic. I think that my topic is such a crazy part of our consumer culture because people can get into so much trouble with credit cards. Each year millions of people max out their credit cards and end up with huge amounts of debt. Credit Cards are a very dangerous thing and still people abuse them, even when they see those that are ending up with endless debt. Like I said before, people are pressured by society to be materialistic and they use these credit cards as an easy way to get the newest items.
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