Advertisement. Love Or Hate?

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Advertisement is a double edge sword in my opinion. You either want what they're talking about or want to throw it out the window. For me certain advertisements that pull me in have to show me what I like in an instant. Some things that strike my interest are new music, tasty looking food, or new technology, which I find predominant. Some forms of advertisement that interest me are billboards, something with humor/catchy phrases, or teaser commercials (commercials that don't say much but show the product).

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Some ads that I run away from or makes me change the channel are infomercial type of performances, or when they try and introduce something I know that I would never need or know that wouldn't work, something that stops me from playing music after a couple songs like on "Pandora", or the commercials about starving kids, such propaganda strikes me as sick. The worst of all to me has to be spam. How can something so delicious be named as the same thing that is so irritable? Once I see an email with something I don’t recall applying for like becoming a dentist or doctor or even the simple “get rich quick schemes” I instantly delete the email.

There are plenty of ads I just simply ignore. Being a smoker, I always turn my eyes to something else when the advertisements for quitting smoking comes on the TV, or anything that has to do with telling me that I’m doing something wrong with my life like not wearing my seatbelt although it’s true I should be wearing my seatbelt, I’m a rebel. There are other kinds of advertisement that I avoid which are the ones on the radio due to the fact I can’t see what they're offering me so the product doesn’t appeal to me at all.

The New Guy

Have you ever walked into a job interview, a new school, or even a new city unprepared at that?

I have.

I’ve been to plenty job interviews and HAVE’NT gotten a single job because I wasn’t prepared or even properly groomed. I’ve been the NEW KID six times at six different schools. I’ve only moved once but that wasn’t very fun either.

Now I’ve become the new guy at a job and a new school in a new city all at once. Talk about a tough break.

That’s not even the tough part. I’m taking classes that I haven’t even heard of before. I’m lost and have no clue of what I’m doing. I’m in a totally different scene. Talk about first day gitters.

I’m skeptical about plenty of things being new to all these things at once. How would this turn out? How can I make things better? How can I succeed?

I’ve come up with goals and ways to achieve those goals for each class so that these questions can be answered.

Business Communications

• ·      Build correct grammar

o   Practice everyday and eliminate the grammar that isn’t proper.

• ·      Build larger vocabulary

o   Read different words everyday and use them in conversations with my colleagues

Pro Skills

• ·      Become more presentable

o   Request and accept any feedback while working on my posture

• ·      Obtain a great handshake

o   Shake hands everyday and practice with everyone

Tech

• ·      Become computer savvy (there’s a difference between computer savvy and computer literate)

o   Study hard and read the book cover to cover

• ·      Learn the hardships

o   Take notes and review everyday until it sticks

Each goal works towards my main goal, which is to become a great asset to the business community.

I hope I didn’t bore you too much.