Autumn 2007: The dawn of a new school year brings 44 students together to explore unknown territory--English I Pre-IB. Together, they discuss themes of distant worlds and techniques of masters in certain crafts to ensure the survival of their colony. They build a trusting community through reading ancient texts and by documenting their own expeditions. Here stand their struggles, comtemplations, nuances, and legacies--both individual and collective. Read, respect and reflect!
I think that the cartoon, "Pop Quiz" is an example of reversal and parody. It is an example of reversal because before the technology we have today, all of the answers that weren't circled would have been the more logical answers because times have changed. It is a parody because all of the answers that were circled are basically the answer to the last question.
I think "Pop Quiz" is an example of parody. I think it makes fun of how children, teenagers, and even adults live their lives in the modern world. The fundamental values such as learning and advancing the mind are replaced with sports and materialistic things. It imitates harshly how many people live their lives superficially, but its message is accurate.
I agree with Zeus and Clotho about the cartoon, "Pop Quiz," being a parody, but I find that although it is a parody, it isn't amusing, just informative.
I agree with Zeus, Clotho, and Oedipus. The cartoon "Pop Quiz" is an example of parody. It presents something academic, a pop quiz, but the answers are the opposite of educational, reflecting today's society. It is an even greater parody because of the final question asking about a problem in education, which can be answered through the previous four questions.
I agree with all three prior comments that the cartoon "Pop Quiz" is a parody. This cartoon is making fun of the fact that American citizens know that generally superficial things are emphasized. Yet, we still question our problem with education in this country. It is satirizing our knowledge and lack of knowledge at the same time.
Rather than say I agree with everyone who has written before me, I am just going to say that I think that everyone writing in this parody section basically has the same idea. The "pop quiz" cartoon takes the ideas that are so simple in the modern life, and make them seem funny. This is a good way to draw people's attention to the matters being laughed at, instead of pretending they don't exist.
I agree with every one's reasons as to why the "Pop Quiz" is a parody. It is imitating the lifestyle of our society in which education is put second in people's lives. It is addressing that people are more concerned about spending their time doing leisure activities as opposed to prioritizing their education. This goes along with the question, "Why do you think there's an education problem in this country?" I also think that this "Pop Quiz" could be determined as exaggeration because it is exaggerating the lifestyle of our society. But, I see it more as a parody because in a way it really isn't exaggerating the way people live today because they do set education to the side a lot of the time.
I agree with Zeus. The "Pop Quiz " cartoon is an example of parody. All of the answers that were circled were the "wrong answers" in a sense. The ones that were not circled are the answers that should have been circled but our society has changed. The question that says which get more attention, a new car was circled, when you know that a new idea really should be circled. This just goes to show how the human race has evolved and is very different from before.
I believe "Pop Quiz" is parody because it mocks problems in education today. The answers would have been different before all the new technology was created, like Zeus said. There are so many distractions and popularity or statuses are based on different ideas.
In my opinion, "What's So Funny?" is an example of parody. THis satire is imitating what goes on in the workplace. It is poking fun at how when bosses lay off their workers, they aren't very sincer, and instead just expect their employee to work hard until they are gone. It is also incongruity, because it seems out of place, or absurd for the boss to be firing his employee, while at the same time encouraging him to "keep up the good work."
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I think that the cartoon, "Pop Quiz" is an example of reversal and parody. It is an example of reversal because before the technology we have today, all of the answers that weren't circled would have been the more logical answers because times have changed. It is a parody because all of the answers that were circled are basically the answer to the last question.
I think "Pop Quiz" is an example of parody. I think it makes fun of how children, teenagers, and even adults live their lives in the modern world. The fundamental values such as learning and advancing the mind are replaced with sports and materialistic things. It imitates harshly how many people live their lives superficially, but its message is accurate.
I agree with Zeus and Clotho about the cartoon, "Pop Quiz," being a parody, but I find that although it is a parody, it isn't amusing, just informative.
I agree with Zeus, Clotho, and Oedipus. The cartoon "Pop Quiz" is an example of parody. It presents something academic, a pop quiz, but the answers are the opposite of educational, reflecting today's society. It is an even greater parody because of the final question asking about a problem in education, which can be answered through the previous four questions.
I agree with all three prior comments that the cartoon "Pop Quiz" is a parody. This cartoon is making fun of the fact that American citizens know that generally superficial things are emphasized. Yet, we still question our problem with education in this country. It is satirizing our knowledge and lack of knowledge at the same time.
Rather than say I agree with everyone who has written before me, I am just going to say that I think that everyone writing in this parody section basically has the same idea. The "pop quiz" cartoon takes the ideas that are so simple in the modern life, and make them seem funny. This is a good way to draw people's attention to the matters being laughed at, instead of pretending they don't exist.
I agree with every one's reasons as to why the "Pop Quiz" is a parody. It is imitating the lifestyle of our society in which education is put second in people's lives. It is addressing that people are more concerned about spending their time doing leisure activities as opposed to prioritizing their education. This goes along with the question, "Why do you think there's an education problem in this country?"
I also think that this "Pop Quiz" could be determined as exaggeration because it is exaggerating the lifestyle of our society. But, I see it more as a parody because in a way it really isn't exaggerating the way people live today because they do set education to the side a lot of the time.
I agree with Zeus. The "Pop Quiz " cartoon is an example of parody. All of the answers that were circled were the "wrong answers" in a sense. The ones that were not circled are the answers that should have been circled but our society has changed. The question that says which get more attention, a new car was circled, when you know that a new idea really should be circled. This just goes to show how the human race has evolved and is very different from before.
I believe "Pop Quiz" is parody because it mocks problems in education today. The answers would have been different before all the new technology was created, like Zeus said. There are so many distractions and popularity or statuses are based on different ideas.
In my opinion, "What's So Funny?" is an example of parody. THis satire is imitating what goes on in the workplace. It is poking fun at how when bosses lay off their workers, they aren't very sincer, and instead just expect their employee to work hard until they are gone. It is also incongruity, because it seems out of place, or absurd for the boss to be firing his employee, while at the same time encouraging him to "keep up the good work."
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