Author Archives: aliciasloss

Dr. Degand article “A Phenomenological Multi-Case Study About Social Success Skills, Aspirations, and Related Media Experiences” discusses his year long multi case study that examined two male black teenage students who have different backgrounds but both were living in New York. He compares how they view social success, career goals and their media experiences. InContinue reading “3/3 Blog Post”

The first article Dunbar’s article “Rap music, race, and perceptions of crime” argues that scholars who have studied rap music have concerns about people who criticize the genere. They also suggest the criticism is linked to stereotypes of young Black men in the United States. The second article “How to Listen Musically to Rap” by ConnorContinue reading “2/25 Blog Post”

To be completely honest, I have not had much time to interact with the guild part of the game. I found that part of the game very confusing so I decided to stick to completing the story line and upgrading what I can for my city. For me, the most exciting part of the gameContinue reading “2/27 FoE Journal”

With the guild, I still have no clue what I am doing except for clicking buttons and gaining the prizes. When there are fights, I mostly choose for the game to auto fight since I don’t want to pick where my soldiers go. This makes the game go by a little faster and less boring.Continue reading “2/25 FoE Journal”

In Winn’s article, “Toward a Restorative English Education,” it describes how restorative justice can be applied to the classroom setting, targeting mostly english classes. The restorative justice process is where zero-tolerance policies are replaced with collaboration and dialogue within classrooms, this can result in more productive classrooms. The podcast on restorative justice talks about there isContinue reading “2/20 Blog Post”

My experience with the guide so far has been nonexistent. In my opinion, I thought I was pretty far in the game so why am I not being shown how to use the guide part of the game? I feel as if the game does not explain what next steps should be taken once you’veContinue reading “2/20 FoE Jounral”

I find myself playing this game less and less as the weeks go by. The level my world is at makes everything so much harder and more time consuming. Games that are time consuming, I tend to stop playing them since I get easily board of game. I need something excited to keep my eyesContinue reading “2/18 FoE Journal”

For today’s readings, we were given Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow, where we were given the preface, introduction, and first chapter. These readings are highly intense for me since I have family members in the criminal system. The main point of Alexander’s book is to show how the United States criminal justice system stillContinue reading “2/18 Blog Post”

So as of right now, my city is moving very slow since the storyline is having harder tasks and everything is just getting more difficult without paying for items. This where the game becomes boring and where usually Ill stop playing the game since it is to much of a time commitment. The ongoing storylinesContinue reading “2/13 FoE Journal”

“Decisions that Matter” by Patronus, is an internet game that is interactive. The game deals with real life situations such as sexual assault in a college setting. The main argument of the game is all decisions we choose to make may or may not have consequences. In addition, people need to think before they doContinue reading “2/13 Blog Post”