Short Review: Education--Freedom Writers (film analysis)

In class we have discussed ideas that were created by Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and theorist of critical pedagogy. He has coined the concept of the banking method in educational institutes. The banking model is the idea that students are like an empty bank account or a piggy bank, and it is the responsibility of teachers and schools give them the information and knowledge they need to further succeed, but one thing that Freire says about this theory is that is diminishes opportunities of creation. One film that I had previously viewed that is related to this banking model is Freedom writers.

Short Review: Social Networks--Facebook (article analysis-film analysis)

Social Networks & Employment

Social networks have been the new black for internet communication. Not only used for social interaction but also been used for employment engines. Not until recently, internet has been used for daily routines such as, reading the news, communication with friends, family, co-workers, bosses, searching information on any topic, store data base, and much more. One problem that has arisen from the use of social networks is that applicants and potential employees are often scoped out by the employer to see if they are valid candidates. Many of the times people place information about their personal life on these social networks which then allows the public to see all of their information.

Short Review: Nationalism -- Sun-Kyung (Sunny) Yi (podcast & news analysis)

Sun-Kyung (Sunny) Yi – Life of being a Canadian

Being Canadian is hard to define because there is no concrete definition. We can compare Canadians and Americans and understand that there are differences and similarities. Canadians are very proud of being Canadian and never accept to be mistaken to be Americans. Sometimes I wonder, what is so different from being an American, and how can you tell the difference between Americans and Canadians? Besides different accents, money, and national anthem, each American and Canadian individual are very similar. In class we have learned what really defines who a Canadian is by watching numerous YouTube videos, and discussing what each classmate thought a real Canadian meant.  There are many different Hollywood films that relate to this topic of Nationalism but I came along a story by a Korean family that was aired on CBC years ago. The Yi family’s story then turned into a film that was co-written and produced by Sara Wolch.