My view on Critical Literacy now

As we nearly completed this semester and nearing to the examination, my view on Critical Literacy is quite mixed. I like to study about this subject but at times I find it hard and many work need to be done to complete the tasks and assignment given. It would be alright if there was not too many subject the administration in my college were newly established in my badge which is really stressing us, semester 4. So, I feel a little mixed of favouring the subject but a little dislike as I have so many assignment and task to be done. The reason I like this subject, unlike many of my friend who dislike it and find it difficult, to me is a bit easier since I like to read and like to solve difficult stuff like mathematic, physic and chemistry equations. It needs both of your right and left brain to solve them and I have enjoyed in solving difficult matter and question. My favourite was when we did games and tests which need the use of both our right and left brain to do it. Sometime I make many mistake but from that is where I learn and start to grow. I do not know about what others really thought about this subject whether it is tricky or easy but to me I find it a little fun – even though it is a bit upsetting with all the work. 

There is not much suggestion or improvement I can give for this subject only that explanation and examples of the 10 rules assignment should be more detailed to understand since I only have a vague idea of what to do when I was doing my assignment 1 in late February. Extra class should also be done for those who still do not understand or weak in this subject. This is so that completing their tasks or assignments, will be more easier, I am relief to finish all my assignment for Critical Literacy and hope the future students taking it will do it fine.

 

View on Baby-Sale-Racket in Black Market

My view in the statement on the baby-for-sale racket and money can buy happiness by buying the baby, in my opinion is not a good thing even if by buying the baby bought, the baby would possibly live a happy life in the future but it is not worth it when the baby was taken his or her right to be with their real parents or family. Even if that child live like a child on a billionaire. It is a cruel thing in giving away a baby to strangers you do not know about. It is as if a make belief happy family was made when you buy a baby without any legal proof or worthy that the buyer would be a good parents. This business really make the world even more messed up as it is and really complicated. Regarding this issue some people would say ‘Why not? As long the kid’s happy, why break it?” The thing is, curiosity is one of human nature, unavoidable and sometime the kid will feel a little a sense of unbelonging. I would put myself into that kid shoe and imagine how when he grows up finding out his origin-his birth right. Usually they would want to know who their parents or donors are to be born. If the kid does not know his heritage, his only question circulate in his mind is why do he and his parents has not much of similarities as do other parents and child have. Some do realize it but still the suffer from being abandoned from being sold from a black market above all is not an easy stake to take. It is also difficult in arranging medical attention to the child who we do not know his health and medical circumstance. If you break this issue down, you will find more negativity leading to unhappiness rather than ideal happiness.     

Great Movies but Not the Truth

     To me, the proposition: Hollywood produces great movies, but they don't always tell the truth even it is based on 'True Stories', is true since often I have know the original stories or read books and watch the movies to find them different and a little astray from each other.

     The first reason it became like that is because to produce a movie by following the true story will be impossible since the true stories are very lengthy and a movie is limited to three hours. If they were to produce it by the true story, the movie would be more than 4 hours long. To make the movie, they cut the true story short, change it's plot and alter it in many ways that sometime the ending may be different but have the same meaning with the true story.

     The other reason is that the movie is projected as what the viewer and producer what them to be. They usually find the original story to be quite boring and uninteresting that they change the plots and actions in the story to be flashy and entertaining for the viewer to watch since this will attract them to watch rather than the true stories.  

       For example, the Dracula: Untold movie where Vlad Tepes is the protagonist while in the true story in history he is actually a really cruel and inhuman who prefer the impalement method and other tormenting methods to kill people he view as enemy which is a very slow and painful way of death. People who know Vlad Tepes's (Vlad III's) history would view him unfavourably but in this movie the viewer would think the opposite. Another story is Ender's Game where the period of the story in the book started when Ender was six years old until he was an adult but in the movie, he started up when Ender was twelve and ended a few months later.

Asma's Thought of Stereotyping

     By the reference of the Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary, stereotype means that a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, but which is often not true in reality. From my understanding, when you meet a person and you conclude him or her that he/she is in a specific type of group like the nerd, popular or intellectual group of people.
   
     I do think that it is exaggerated generalisations associated with a categorising system, they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. People do it everyday and you often see people group into a certain pack. But in the college that I am in, not everyone happen to be in a tight pack especially me!

      I do not really judge people much by their appearance just make a little comment to myself about the attitude or what that person did and try to figure out type of person he or she is but not a solid image. even if I found out what type of person he or she is I do not really thought of it much, just get along since I am a bit open-minded and mingle with a lot type of people. Of course there is a part that my mum taught me to be always friendly and kind with everyone.

      So, I do not really like stereotyping since it is like rejecting people when these people might not what they are. It's precisely like rejecting them from this colourful world. People themselves are colourful and not a single file of colour. They may be cruel in manner but kind in the heart or brave and lively when inside they are fear to lose their friends. There are many, many more type and kinds of things in a person that should be evaluate. So, do not do stereotyping and try to get to know the person, like the phrase, you can't judge a book by it's cover.  

Expectations on Critical Literacy

          In all my 21 years of life and experience, I have never heard the two words of 'critical literacy' until I took the subject in my 4th semester in my Diploma in English Communication. I heard many comments, complaints and grumbling towards the subject that really shows their negativity towards the subject. They said stuff like "difficult", "troublesome subject" and "head wrecking". To me, I thought they were exaggerating about it and were only lazy to think critically in this subject.          

           Truthfully, I don't really believe their opinion that critical literacy is all that difficult just that as long as you understand it's concept and what it wants it will be alright and understanding. This is what I learned when I was a first-course  science physic student in Matriculation College. With the fast-track and heavy work way of studying and learn, I have learn that difficult things become easy if you face it front on and try to understand it. The same as I am going to start this so-called-difficult subject, critical literacy this semester.

            Plus, I enjoy the challenge of doing difficult things and overcome them. It always make me excited to do it and try them out whether it is physical or mental activity. This is what I think when I thought about critical literacy that our batch are taking this semester. Even though the going will be difficult it could nearly kill me, I'll believe I can do it even i might do a bit (or a lot) of mistakes on the way. I really do hope I can understand and conquer this subject plus score it in souring colours.