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Week 1: Responding to the Articles and Podcast

     The two articles and the podcast all had the topic of this course which is pop culture. In the first article, the author talks about how "the whole country is going through some sort of spiritual and emotional crisis" Reading that for some reason it really stood out to me and I had to write it down, what the author mentioned is extremely relatable and I felt that basically sums up life around the world recently. Everything has been so out of sorts and everyone has been going through basically an emotional crisis because of everything we have all been experiencing. 

    The author also mentioned five types of lies that are well known throughout the American culture. One of those being that you will not fulfill success unless you go to college, this is something that is said way too often around the time you find yourself graduating high school, and frankly, it makes some kids feel like they need to go to college if they want to do anything remotely successful in their life even if college simply is not for them, school is not for everyone and that is completely ok. I personally frown upon this lie so much, this saying irritates me because the amount of people who have a great, happy and successful life and never stepped foot in college is probably just about even with those who did go to college. Success is something you strive for and work hard for to achieve and there are many ways to reach that goal, many more than just going to college. 

    In the second article, the author addresses some definitions of pop culture, I think a lot of people do follow what is popular just because it is what's cool in the moment. The way pop culture has been delivered since the early 2000s has drastically changed. Being born in 2000 I feel that growing up experiencing all the changes in my childhood to now in my early adulthood is something pretty cool to sit back and notice how everything went from basically print and wanting to get a magazine whenever my mom took me somewhere because they were cool and had celebrity gossip in them along with posters pretty much every little girl ripped out and hung on her bedroom wall back in 2009. Now looking at how magazines have lost the hype because now the media is focused on social platforms and basically all online. Pop culture today really embraces social media and not always for the good. 

    The podcast I found really useful and I was able to take some good notes for the future while listening. I can agree that one thing they don't prepare you for in highschool is how to study and take good notes in college. I liked how they mentioned that there is no magic way to take notes, just simply what works for you will work for you and that is very true. I always wondered if I was studying correctly or taking notes right but in reality, it is simply what works for you will work for you. I think they mentioned some good tips in this podcast that I will probably try out this semester and see how it goes.

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