Vet vs Cop

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My video is about a cop that pulls over a Vietnam veteran and inevitably ends up being killed by the vet. I first saw the video a year ago and it had a lasting impact on my life. I feel the video shows first hand what the effects of war can have on the soldiers. The man kept referencing being a veteran and curses continuously at the cop. He is clearly not in the right state of mind and is under the influence of either a mental condition or maybe just alcohol. Due to the man’s reactions and stability I would lean  more towards the side of mental disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is what quickly comes to mind. War causes many greater impacts than people realize. This man was not mentally stable and needed medical treatment, he defended our country when we needed him and now suffers because of this. Is it really the man’s fault for his actions? Is he to be held accountable for mental state? Sadly yes. He did commit the crime, so, he must do his time.

Poor child

This is a picture I found on Weibo(which is kind of twitter, but not exactly the same). This children is apparently a chinese child who is maybe 5 or 6 years old. The description below the picture is what is junk food to us is exactly the birthday surprise for the child. We can not do anything the help, what we can do is spread the picture let more people know.

In this picture, the children is pretty dirty. His clothes is not his size. The room he sitting in is very dirty, dark, messy and full of dirty things. The food in the big bowl in front of the little child is instant noodles. I think the price in China of this kind of noodles is around 3 Yuan, 0.5 dollars which is very cheap. Parents do not want children to eat instant noodle because it is junk food, but it is a birthday present for the little boy in the picture. The face of the boy is very red and I don't think the red is a healthy red. I think it is caused by being in the cold wind for a to much time. His face is sad and looking at something to someone, maybe is his parents. Apparently, the family of him is pretty poor and can not afford a better life. 

The interesting point is not only how poor the life of the child and his family is, but also how the description. It is written we can not do anything to help.

With the lives of Chinese people getting better and better, most people in the big cities in China tend to be blind to all the lives to other people. They just enjoy their own rich and wonderful life and they do not anything about how some poor people is suffering from right now. The description said we can not help but the truth is we can help. We neglect how other's lives look like and we are told that we can not do anything to help.

Looking at this photo, I see the faces of two familiar figures. A former president, George Bush, and our current commander and chief Barrack Obama. This illustration was painted up onto a public wall in what seems to appeal to the community's beliefs about a specific ideal, and thus establishes ethos. We see here that a claim is being made about Mr. Obama. Mainly that his character and the manifestation of his administration is nothing short of resembling the former Bush administration. It could perhaps be highlighting the thought that the subtle differences that separate these two figures politically are petty in light of the big picture, and that those differences that we might identify between Bush and Obama may be less pronounced than what many have convinced themselves to believe. Another possible suggestion is that the leaders we enable to lead us are merely pawns in the game, set in place by determining forces out of our control. Yes, on the outside these two people are different, but they do serve the same purpose and the extent to which they have served it seems to reflect closely.

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The picture above shows an obese American at the doctor's office.  The doctor is telling him to put a lock on his fridge, probably hinting that he should not consume any more food.  The expression on the patient's face is not one of happiness, but one of negativity and maybe even fear.  The caption at the top of the photo suggests that obesity is jacking up the price of health care costs.  This is because more and more Americans are becoming obese every year - it is often said as common knowledge that our generation may be the first to not outlive our parents.  The rise of readily available fast food and the decline of healthy habits contributes to a gain in obesity throughout the population.  The picture portrays that something must be done to stop the contributing factors to obesity or the epidemic will only worsen.

Financial Crisis

This is a picture about the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis. In the left of it there is a man under the relics of Wall Street buildings. On the other side stands a man who has just woken. The implicit argument this picture wants to convey is that the crisis was due to the incompetence of the regulatory department. The supervision on the financial behavior was too lax during the last seven and half years and those officials should be account for that.
This picture try to makes us believe the government officials didn't act by comparing them to sleepy old men. The damaged construction indicate the severity of the problem. But this could be misleading while it draw audience's concentration of the government and firms, but not the consumers. People will probably omit some of the irrational behavior of the public, such as borrowing excessive money without the ability to pay back, or pursuing a large house just because other people have ones.
Also, the sleepy image persuading us that the government is incompetent neglect the other possibility. The government could be doing this on purpose. We know keeping the interest rate low can stimulate economic growth. This is what Greenspan has been doing during his term in Fed.
So I think this cartoon is funny and convey some appealing observation, but it certainly simplified the situation to make people more comfortable to accept.

University Education is useless or useful?

This picture is made by an engineering student who wants to show the contrast between the knowledge learnt in university and applied software in work. Engineering  college is thought as a difficult, complicated and tough one. Most of the students are struggling with time-consuming and hard courses for at least four years. As shown in the left part of image, for a computer science engineer, he needs to learn UNIX, C++, JAVA and NET in the four years. I have learnt JAVA before and actually it really needs a lot logic thinking and repeated tests for programs. By contrast, on the right side, with so many high-level language programming skills, the student just use EXCEL in the rest of life after graduation. And EXCEL can be understood and well used even by business school students. This engineering student using strong comparison arouse our sympathy on them--they are always computer in stead of sunshine in university! Furthermore, it shows a kind of ironic phenomenon in general--few of what we learn in university  can be used in the future. In addition, a few people can find a matched job after graduation. But, on the other hand, no one knows if these "useless" software can be useful in the future. For instance, job promotion requires UNIX. And university also requires GEC course, which can cultivate breadth in knowledge. That seems make university education a little meaningful.

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I found this picture interesting because it shows a fact that almost every college student will face to. In the picture a castle-like college stands on the top of a steep mountain, and a newly graduated student is walking down the cliff. The student graduated from college with a large bag of debts and a piece of disploma. We can see he is confused and nervous to jump down the cliff. Colleges seem to be isolated to real society, and graduating from college and getting a job seem to be a horrible thing like jumping down a cliff. Also, maybe this picture wants to show the gap between colleges and jobs in real life is large? The only thing a student can get from college is a large amount of debts and a small piece of diploma?