I used physical format firstly because I like to make things with my hands. Making it this way, writing the prompts and making it fun was easily the best way for me to understand the assignment. The idea hit me and I knew it was the one because no one else was doing some like this.
The EQ I picked is 'What causes systemic and individual change?'
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The format is symbolic; the choices of an individual dictate an outcome and result in change of systems. Secondly, it is game where strategy and responsible choices determine whether the change is beneficial.
I would still like to understand monopolies. I get they are big companies, but I would be interested to learn more about how the money comes in and goes out of them. Also, the stock market and why it "crashed" exactly is quite unclear to me still.
Somethings that we knew were important to our project is the appeal of our audience. We knew that since our over all goal was trying to change the 26th amendment, we would need to have material that catered to the younger people of America. Therefore in our papers, and our visual ads, we tried to use things that would both appeal to the younger and older portion of youth. I wrote the position paper, Ryan wrote the rebuttal, Paige created the Print Ad, and Jakobi made the video. I can say that each individual role really showed in our project, in a positive way. In some way each individually assigned aspect of the project correlated with one another, and I think that shows the impact we all had on each other's work. My understanding of the election process in this country, and overall democracy, has recessed. You can write about something you might not necessarily care about, but when you start to actually reflect on that topic you get a better appreciation for it. In this case I am talking about youth voting. In this time in america, it is imperative that everyone be heard, everyone, including the youth. Again, I think that our group took a simple enough approach that anyone/everyone in our demographic could understand what we were trying to convey. Although most of the thoughts of the individuals being interviewed in our PSA were about the same, there was one conflicting idea. One person stated that they wouldn't feel sure enough that they knew what they were doing to vote. They simply thought that they weren't experienced enough as a citizen to make a conscious decision about something that needed to be changed. Overall I would say that we certainly appealed in a smooth convincing way, without using any material that would be to difficult for anyone to understand.
Q:Do you know why they vote on Tuesday?
A: Truthfully no. And honesty it's a waste, time off from work that I don't need.
Q:Do you think it's important that young people vote?
A: I do believe that young people should vote. But I don't think they should vote until they are in their 20's. They are just beginning to vote and don't know how to works and their vote might not even count until a more important and memorable election.
Q:How long have you been voting?
A: For 10 > years
Q: How far do you live from the polls?
A: I live just around the corner
Q: Do you think it's hard for other people to come and vote?
A: Yes I do. Like I said earlier it cuts time out of work.
Q: Have you voted everywhere?
A: No I have not.
Q: If voting were online, would you consider it voting every year?
A: No, because I'm not into technology since I'm older. But yes because it would be more convenient to other people.
Q: Do you have any comments for people who aren't voting?
A: Just go out and vote. It might be hard but in the end your point will get across and your voice will be heard.
(Interviewed 5 people with similar responses. Some were one worded answers due to rushed time while others were more elaborate)
