//Critical Literacy
THE GREAT DEBATERS
Thursday 3 May 2012 @ Thursday, May 03, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]



According to wikipedia , this is a drama film based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson , a professor at Miley College Texas in 1953 that inspired his students to form the School's debate team, which went on to challenge the Harvard in the national champion.  The main stars are Denzel Washington, Nate Parker and the only one heroin Jurnee smollett (she is so adorable) . The great debaters was a great film  because the messages were easily understood by the viewers or the audience. In my opinions, this film can be watched by the general public, students as well as the politician. This is because, the great debaters was a meaningful historical film that contained lots of moral values.

However, I do believe at the particular story line, the audience might get confuse with the relationship between the "public speaking" and "political issues" being pointed especially at the climax of this film.As we can see in this film, "Melvin Tolson" was a professor at Wiley College who have a strong abilities in public speaking and radical political views.At the same time, he was a coach of the debate team that consists of three main great debaters ( samantha booke ) the first woman that enters the team, (Henry Lowe) a rebellious person and outspoken student who spends most of his time at local parties, and (James JR) that worries about the inequality his constantly witnesses. In addition, The Great Debaters was the first colored school to debate Harvard and won the debate session. 


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Generally, it was about the inequality that the colored people went through in that particular era. The coach who are Mr Tolson was played an important role to change the society itself by using his own medium. He was using the school's debate team in order to overcome the racists being practiced there.  This debate team was certainly fighting for the equality and honor they should have. In my point of views, it involves a thousand of emotions as the spirit,love,sacrifice,and feeling insecure were produced by this film. It reminds me of Za'ba (Pendeta Za'ba) who are Malaysian educator that bring lots of spirits and encourage the Malay people to be more successful .


Looking back at the moral value, it is also inspired me not to afraid of my opponents, and the precious words by Mr Tolson are " Battle those who forces that would take it from you" and he said "their weapons are their words". Meaning that, "war" doesn't necessary involve violence, but we can change the world even with a single word. I hope one day, I can be a successful person and change the world and diminish the large numbers of PATI . 


One of the soundtracks (catchy and I like)

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THE PIANIST
@ Thursday, May 03, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]




The Pianist the best film in 2002. It exposes a harrowing corner of the Holocaust and also offer a great nerve workout on a horror war and on a young man fight for survival. Szpilman (the main character) at the age of 27-years old , he was playing a "Chopin nocturne" for a Police radio station when Nazi bombs the station when he performed. There are only chaos unfolds as the Nazis dig in for a new land (war). However, Szpilman believed that the war will soon pass and seriously seems not interested in the threat of war and more interested of pretty young blond hair that he meets on the stairwell. 

For me, the only things that can describe these people are, they were too exhausting, frustrating, and also depressed . This is because , during the Hitler declared war on The Jews, all The Jews were separated by the Nazis and they have being forced to work with them.  As we can see in the movie, how Szpilman was trying harder to live but still cannot let go of his adoration on the Piano. On the other side, Szpilman was only find the truth on his music as he is a composer and The pianist.

-CHOPIN NOCTURNE-

Through all the death, senseless murder and devastation, it reminds me on the situation that happens in Malaysia long time ago. All the kids neither young nor older were being killed without any senses of humanity. However, in this movie, it shows that the Hitler leadership was so cruel and heartless. The nazis tend to kill all The Jews without any of self-consideration.  

Lastly, this movie teaches us to be grateful to be lived in a harmony country such as "Malaysia" . Besides, the moral values that this movie was produced are, we need to thanks to our ancestors for their brave heart to form Malaysia and always put some love to our family. 

Spilzman and his family 
                       

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THE STEVE JOBS NOBODY KNEW
Tuesday 3 April 2012 @ Tuesday, April 03, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]








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This article was written by Jeff Goodell, a journalist and a former employee of Apple. The article is about inside out of Jobs.  Steve Paul Jobs or Steve Jobs the founder of the greatest invention of the electrical devices. 

Those who knew Jobs and worked with him closely, they will claim,Jobs known as unapologetic personality, brutal and had a cruel way of leading his employees to the breaking point. He was demanded for a perfection and originality in every single little things. Besides, he was also believed he was right and totally against "customer always right" .

However,  he went through a difficulty when being fired after hijacked a team that was working on another project ; he took the best ideas from Xerox and added some of his own to create the first Macintosh computer . In 1985 he was fired and it took ten- years for the company to forgive him and bring him back to the company. As the people need his services in desperation.Besides, he was also bitter with what happened at Apple and even bitter toward his old nemesis Bill Gates, who in a cruel but irony was on his way to become the richest man in the world as he was the inventor of WINDOWS "operating system" that had modeled on the Macintosh. 

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MEN AND WOMEN ARE MERELY PLAYERS
@ Tuesday, April 03, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]

Men and Women are Merely Players is an excerpt taken from his best famous book "The 48 Laws Of Power"  . This article is describing how human beings are manipulated and each of human has different roles to perform within their life. However, if we play the rules too strictly , we are going to be manipulated by the mastermind that adore for power in their life.

Every human being is discourage to obey the rules or perform their own rules too strictly as it will lead the "mastermind" to fool us in order to achieve their needs and power. The people that acttain high position in a community known as the master and at the lower position, called as the puppets. Besides, in this article, the writer also remind us to beware of this people because, they have the power to manipulate others.



                                           



However, every human has their own rights to do and has their own right to act differ from others, it is  can be considered acceptable as long as it is not against the norms and value of the society itself. Besides, for individual, we do have our own reason to obey the rules in order to prevent ourself from being puppets of the mastermind. so the conclusion is, each of us have different roles and do not too strictly follow the others as they tend to manipulate us. 


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THINKING FOLLY
Monday 2 April 2012 @ Monday, April 02, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]

Thinking Folly was written by Eckhart Tolle who were the well known writer on that particular time.The excerpt was taken from his best known work entitled "The Power Of Now". For the introduction, this excerpt explaining on the power of thinker and how the idea itself will affect their life. 

In daily life for instance, almost everyone tends to think from the smallest issue to the biggest issue. Thus , it will create an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments and definitions that blocks all true relationship. Sometimes it would be very bad and high risk for yourself ; I've was thinking my friends are not worship of our relationship and only giving depression. The self-evidence that she made from the earlier statement was only block herself from mingle around with them.  This shows that the thought creates illusion of separateness, and totally separates other too.

                          


Then you will "forget" by the self judgement or self evident. meaning that you can no longer feel this oness as self evident reality. In simplest way to describe is, you may think it's true even you don't even know whether it's true or not. Besides, thinking has become a disease . This is because, people don't usually use it, but it controls their mind without unconsciously identified. Based on the article, it was consider as its slave. Because, people being possessed without knowing it "overload imagination''.

According to the great scientist Albert Einstein have reported that "creative breakthroughs came at a time of mental quitetude". It's good since the mind is essentially a survival machine, that will be used in order to receive, analyze, storing and produce the data , however, not all of the ideas are creative. According to Einstein, "plays only a subordinate part in the brief, decisive phase of the creative act itself". meaning that, don't think too much , but not because you don't know how to think. Just know how to stop thinking.

The conclusion is, life is simple if we can make everything simple especially in "thinking" . Thus, the creativeness does not come in a critical or forced minded , but feel more free and no-stress. Insya'Allah there will be a great ideas appear.


                         


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FICKLE FRIENDS
Sunday 19 February 2012 @ Sunday, February 19, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]

Frenemies can be referred as a friend and who is simultaneously an enemy or a competitor. Based on Fickle Friends written by Kirsten Weir, basically the article argued on frenemies and what's the point of keeping them instead of break the friendships? 

Have you ever experienced when both of you are planning to hang out together, suddenly there is a unexpected reason when one of you called and said it's need to be cancelled, suddenly you just saw him or her in the shopping mall with others? I bet you are wondering whether she or he is a good friend to be with while your heart is crushing into pieces. If it happens at me, I would certainly mad and crave for something to eat in order to control my anger. This is my own way to prevent from the broken friendship .

The next situation is, have you ever experienced when your friends talk behind you or backstabbing you? In front of us they will treat us nicely, but behind of us they will talk badly. This is what I called as backstabber or pretenemy. Based on the article, it's stated that there are two types of frenemies which is overly competitive ; the pal who is a pillar of supporting when times are tough , but cannot take pleasure in your successes . The next one is, the college buddy that is ; always be by your side when you need one but gossips about you later . As for me, if I got this types of friends I would stay calm and try to be pretender as him or her. I prefer to be a good pretender rather than a wicked uncivilized hypocrites, because sometimes we need to pretend for a good forsake, and I'm very sure there will be a reward for a patience one. 

Eventhough there are some arguments in this article which is "if such friends make us unhappy, why do we keep them?" However, In a 2009 study Holt-Lunstad and graduate student Briahna Bugelow Bushman have concluded that "you may not give up on your frenemies if you know how to manage it and start with controlling your own behavior and being the kind of friend you'd want others to be."

The conclusion is, try to be the best for everyone is the sweetest thing to do because an evergreen memory is the sweetest memory to recall when we are getting older. The simplest way to describe is to do the good thing is the result  for the future .




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ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE QUITTING FACEBOOK
Thursday 16 February 2012 @ Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 0 Comment [s]

FACEBOOK or FACE THE BOOK? which one does a person preferred the most? Facebook is one of the largest social networking with huge numbers of followers. Besides, the tagline of the Facebook itself  "connecting the people," showing that the advantages of signing up a Facebook. In fact, lots of people from a different country agreed that by having Facebook they can connect easily with their friends, family and even with their long distance relatives. However, a technology reporter from New York Times "Jenna Wortham" has stated that "Joining Facebook isn't cool. You know what's cool? Quitting facebook ".

Based on her article , facebook is the unnecessary thing to have because , it can give harmful towards your privacy life. According to Amanda Lenhart, the teenagers, children and families researcher . She has stated that  the facebook tend to have a general sense of trust in others and also in institutions. For instance, people are typically update their status, such as "currently Im at Kemaman Kopitiam" and who knows maybe this will be your last facebook's update. In simplest words, if you were kept posting the location that where you will be around, there is a huge possibility of a person like "Jack the Ripper'' will look for you, and it will give harmful to yourself. 

Besides that,  people also tend to have a bad relationship with others . This is because, they will keep online during their free time . For instance,  they will isolate themselves indirectly without they notice it. This could be happened when they are too much spending their time on this social network, and there will be a huge gap between themselves and the societies around them. Besides that, in this article there is a view from Asleigh Elser which has said "I wasn't calling my friends anymore, I was just seeing their pictures and updates and felt like that was really connecting on them" These words are showing that she felt they are connecting between each other , thus wasn't it looks like a fake connection?  Yes it does . 

So, the conclusion is with or without facebook it is not a big deal, because in my opinion,  it will bring lots of advantages to the wise users and disadvantages to the poor users. 





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