REMINDERS: At last check this morning, there were still two people who had not posted your responses to the FIRST INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE. Please do so ASAP. Also, everyone should check out the lecture notes I posted last Friday. You need to incorporate those in your class notes.
FAMILY EXERCISE ON "AFFLUENZA": After viewing the video program, "Affluenza" in class tomorrow (Tues., Feb. 23rd) which runs about 55 minutes, you will get together with your family members* and discuss which ONE of the "symptoms" of affluenza represents the greatest threat to the health and well-being of our society. I want each family to come to a CONSENSUS on what you believe is the most adverse symptom. Each family should designate a spokesperson to present your findings to the class at the beginning of class on the following Tuesday, Mar. 2nd. I may give you a bit more time to confer on Thursday if you need it. I would also like each family to post as a comment on this blog post your findings. This should include the name of the symptom and some points in defense of your choice. You can do this in outline form if you prefer. ALL FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO EARN THE ACTIVITY POINTS. This exercise is worth 5 activity points.
*Families: BLACK FAMILY: Sami, Cindy, Katie, Cameron; BLUE FAMILY: Holly, Leland, Kariesha, Hannah; YELLOW FAMILY: Carolina, Natalie, Brandon, Lacie.
See you tomorrow.
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Black Family: The symptom of Affluenza that is the greatest threat to the health and well-being of our society is dialated pupils- which consists of hyper commericialism. This symptom is the greatest threat because it is the foundation for all other symptoms. Commercials entice shopping fever, as consumers see a product advertised and feel the need to possess it. As these products are accumulated, this leads to fractured families because things take the place of family members and spending quality time together. Children are enticed by the symptom dialated pupils as well, which in return offers their role in fractured families. More and more money is spent on products promoted which leads to chronic stress and can result in a rash of bankruptcies. All of these symptoms can be a result of dialated pupils.
This is for the YELLOW FAMILY:
Our group decided that the number one symptom was Shopping Fever. This symptom can cause emotional, psychological, and physical damage to individuals as well as families. One major result of Shopping Fever is stress. Stress can cause physical ailments, and cause families to fall apart. The stress will eventually affect more than the individual person, and cause social stress. This stress can also result in divorce. Divorce can cause psychological damage not only to the two people directly involved but also to the children in the family.
Looking at the bigger picture, Shopping Fever causes selfishness and greed. This selfishness results in people helping in their community less, and forgetting about those that are less fortunate. Environmental issues also ensue from Shopping Fever. The more people feel the need to shop and buy newer things, the more trash they throw away. With the increase in trash the environment is definitely suffering. It was also mentioned within our group that the more products consumed with Shopping Fever the more factories that have been built, also contributing to environmental issues.
We feel that Shopping Fever can cause damage in one’s personal life as well as the entire world they live in.
The Blue Family decided that the symptom of "consumer kids" was the worst. The idea of an entire comference based on "kid power", an oxymoron in itself was very disturbing. Using the title "kid power" implies that they are trying to find solutions to build up children, but in actuality they are working on methods to break them down. Heavily influenced by the idea that if you get kids early, you can raise them to love your product. Although, kids are the fastest growing consumers, our family believes it is wrong to manipulate them. It is our belief that if we break the cycle of marketing kids, it will simultaneously break all the other symptoms.This is because children are the future, if they are raised to be aware of affluenza and its harmful effects, then these are the ideals that will be passed to future generations and vice versa.
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