User:SaynaSalman

Self Assessment
Sayna Salman Analytical Writing Group 2 End of Quarter Thoughts

With this class and our assignment, our group and each group member was forced to dig deep into issues we had chosen to add on to our paper as a whole. With body modification being such a broad topic, my section, cosmetic surgery was something that is very close to me, because of personal experience and preference. In the process of my research, I went to a close friend of mine with personal opinions and thoughts about my subject. He replied in a way which I never expected. He explained to me his feelings about cosmetic surgery and how the government has put the image of what is beautiful into our minds because it is how they make their money; off of telling us what we need so we go buy it, and place our money in their pockets….because of what they feed us to be beautiful, in, popular, or a necessity. Because of this discussion with my friend, my paper took a turn, it went from being completely one sided, to being two sided with negative and positive of cosmetic surgery. My friend had a greater point about government influence on society. So week 10 we were given an assignment on crack conspiracies. My group chose to research and present the Attacks on 9/11 with the U.S. Government being behind what happened. We had our discussion in class and people had their opinions even though the facts were there, it was shut down. I told my friend immediately what I had read and seen and realized because of the research I had done, and he said, “wow, this is what I have been trying to explain to you, I have a documentary for you to watch”. So two days later, we both watched Zeitgeist. I don’t know where I would begin or end with what all was in that documentary, so the only thing I can say is that, because of this class, and because of the assignment given to us, I ended up watching something that has completely changed the way I view a lot of things I never imagined I would even think twice about. The documentary which we watched in class about rating movies and sex in movies was a good film for the purpose of our class, but I highly recommend you watch Zeitgeist, even just for your own pleasure if you have not already done so. Thank you for yet another wonderful class which took us outside of school and into the world we live in.

Ps: I thank my group members for helping me post all my information (including this) to our wiki site, since I never was able to figure out how to use it on my own. And if my name is no where to be found on the site, it is because my group was kind enough to post my papers up for me, thank you. Sayna S.