Hw # 6

This is a glass of milk that I drank before I went to bed.

This is a sandwich I had for lunch, because I was hungry.

The reason why I wnated to choose these meals, was because at the time I felt the best afterwards. I felt good, because when I was eating the sandwich I knew that I made it with my own skill. When I make food straight from my hands without having help, I enjoy my meal even more. I feel as though it should be praised, because in my house I am not known to make my own food. When I was drinking the milk I felt good. I don't really know why. For some reason I was craving milk, and I was satisfied afterwards. It was like one of those moments when you like something but the only way to describe it is to say it fit into that situation.

HW # 5

 What we are learning in this unit, is dominant discourse. My definition of a dominant discourse is a conversation in wich anything goes, and there is a dominant side that most of the people agree with. The side with the dominance could be authoritys, or just plain people. There is no right answer until someone actually says something that everyone else agrees with, and they belive anything else is wrong. The problem is that only certain people are "allowed" to be taken seriously.

People who are given a chance by other people to set an example, and make good decisions that could help others are portrayed as dominant discourses. Say a doctor always tells you to eat healthy so that you will live longer. That doctor is listened to, because everyone thinks that a doctor is always right, and always knows what he or she is talking about. "He recalled a major breakfast gathering he attended several years ago: “I came in a bit late and was struck by the surreal image of senior scientists feeding on junk while discussing solutions to national nutritional problems." (New York Times- Doctor's orders: Eat Well to Be Well)That is exactly what most of the world doesn't know. Just because men and women dressed in white coats are called doctors, doesn't always mean they know what they are talking about.

Therefore this shows that people who believe that doctors are always trying to help you, and know what they are talking about, are wong. We fall into the trap of trusting people who don't enforce their own beliefs, and this is because they the doctors are one of the dominant discourses when it comes to food and health.

HW # 3 Picture

This is my refrigerator. A dominant discourse when it comes to food, is a source that apparently knows everything about what you should eat. What makes it dominant, is that whoever is in charge of that source, is trusted more than a random persontrying to tell you the opposite. Even if it was the truth. I have a lot of breads,juices, fruits,vegetables and water. I have a lot of those things, because I am told that it is healthy for me, and that I will get sick if I don't eat only healthy foods. In that situation I was in, doctors and parents were the dominant discourse.

HW # 2 Edit

My priorities in food are 1. It has to taste good, like sweet or taste like chicken or bread. 2. It has to be free or not that expensive. If so, then it has to be worth it. A typical meal could fail by me not making the right choice about what I buy. For example buying something that I would usually get but realizing that it doesn't taste as well as the first time. I would probably get angry because I would sometimes wasted my money. For food to be sacred, it would mean it is extreamly special to me everyday. In that case, I do believe that food is sacred, because everyone needs it. If it isn't to anyone else, it is at least to me.

 When I eat food, I could sometimes feel tired or happy. When I was a kid, I used to like eating ice cream, and when I was finished I actually felt sad. I used to love ice cream so much that I felt sad when I was done, and I went back to what ever I was doing. I would feel tired if my mom or dad took me to the park afterwards. It was a good type of tired, I always thought that life was all about fun with no worries. Even if I was tired I would still be happy.

In my house, if someone wants to eat, they eat. But it depends on who is going to fix them food. I would usually fix my own food if there was no one there to do it for me. If my parents were really tired, I would probably fix them something. If they are sick, I would usually do the same. We don't depend on others to do anything, but sometimes we will offer, or be asked to do something for someone else. I feel as though the ice cream situation sort of connects to this situation, because I had a mind set of being a kid with no worries while eating ice cream. Now I grew up, and I have to start depending on myself. I realize now that life can seem at times, care free. I have to admit that there are times when life can be so confusing and horrible.

Hw 2-food initial thoughts

My priorities in food are 1. It has to taste good, like sweet or taste like chicken or bread. 2. It has to be free or not that expensive. If so, then it has to be worth it. Atypical meal couyld fail by me not making the right choice about what I buy. For example buying something that I would usually get but realizing that it doesn't taste as well as the first time. I would probably get angry because I wasted my money. For food to sacred, it would mean it is extreamly special to me everyday. In that case, i do believe that food is sacred, because everyone needs it. If it isn't to anyone else, it is at least to me.

 When I eat food, I could sometimes feel tired or happy. When I was a kid, I used to like eating ice cream, and when I was finished, I actually felt sad. I used to love ice cream so much that I felt sad when I was done, and I went back to what ever I was doing. I would feel tired if my mom or dad took me to the park afterwards. It was a good type of tired, I always thought that life was all about fun with no worries.

In my house, if someone wants to eat, they eat. But ii depends on who is going to fix them food. I would usually fix my own food if there was no one there todo it for me. If my parents were really tired, I would probably fix them something. If they are sick, I would usually do the same. We don't depend on others to do anything, but sometimes we will offer, or be asked to do something for someone else. I feel as though the ice cream situation sort of connects to this situation, because I had a mind set of being a kid with no worries while eaating ice cream. Now I grew up, and i have to start depending on myself.