Prison Song By System of A Down .. Analyzed by Arnold.

Hey Arnold,


I not a complete rock person but for some reason this song caught my attention. Well, actually the first song did but then i read this song and decided to write back. Your strongest points in the analysis was the way that you described the meaning behind the song. You analyzed certain quotes to see behind the obvious claim. To strengthen your analysis you should have discussed the music itself not just the lyrics. Who was the intended audience? Does System of a Down use ethos, logos, pathos as a way to graps their audience? What type of music is it? Your analytical perspective of the song was good but do not forget about the music itself. What is the overall tone of the song? How does it affect the way the music is being portrayed? There is so much more to an analysis than lyrics. But overall I understood the song a lot better. Grade wise i would give you a B+ or an A- since you did not discusse the claims, appeals that are used, voice, style, color & tone of language, audience, and context. Good Job though! =)

KAREN aka Lola

Pants Below the Waist .... That Rule Will Go To Waste

Technically, the government should not have any say on what we should wear. It says it on the Bill of Rights that we have freedom of expression. BUT I personally do not like seeing guys underwear. The whole point is to leave it to the imagination not to show the world. If it was meant to be seen it wouldn't be called UNDER wear. Just like speeding in Miami... no one will pay attention to this Law. At schools this might make sense. I went to a school were uniforms were mandatory and I had no problem with wearing uniform. Its not like back in the day were students had to wear the same shirt, same pants, same socks, and shoes. We have the right to add our own accessories to create some sort of individuality. At schools, this would be rather helpful As a law i think its stupid. NO ONE WILL LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Police officers would rather use their time trying to stop crime instead of looking for boys with their pants below their waist. As a tax payer, I would like to see my money go towards keeping my community safe from thieves and rapists than stupid little boys who like the breeze of in their boxers. This is also something that has been around for YEARS!! and a little law will not stop years of maladaptive behavior. You can't blame it on the parents. Now a days, Parents are just an child's ATM (no offense Tasha) but its true unless you were fortunate to get one of those lucky parents who actually care about their child. Parents practically have no say in what happens in their child's life. If parents were to tell their child to pull up their pants, most teens would just pull up their pants in front of their parents and pull them back down when they get to their friends, or storm off in an unneeded tantrum. The majority of the parents would rather just buy off their child so that they won't have to deal with them. Parents have given their child the liberty to do whatever they feel like from a young age and have no control over their child when they become older. People who wear their pants that low see this is music videos. Hip Hop artists made this "the style" a long time ago! Whether a child decides to wear a belt or not should be of no concern to the Government. What happened to the land of the free? Does the government not have anything else to do than to worry about how low boys pants are? Isn't there a war going on somewhere? I think that deserves more attention that this.

Why boys pants? What about the girls? I personally am not one to walk around short shorts and a bra. Girls, adult women, go to clubs in a mini skirt and a bra. You leave your undergarments for the honeymoon. Why is it okay for girls to walk around in basically a Bra and thong? Is the government biased? (it works towards my advantage but it still is not fair, must be since the majority of the government are GUYS! They like seeing girls practically nude) Girls walk around showing much more than guys do. Girls are constantly forgetting their belts and showing their butt cracks all around town... (CRACK KILLS!) Regardless of the situation it is not up to the government to dictate the clothing we should wear or the way we should wear them. If someone decides to wear their pants around their knees, thats there problem not the government! They should keep their eyes off boys pants and into whats important. I do not like seeing their under wear either but its not up to me to decide what others should do. Who am i to tell them to put up their pants?

FCAT ...

I have taken the FCAT numerous times and still have no clue why I am taking it. I knew that we had to prepare ourselves for it all year long but what was the real purpose.

Students that have not passed the FCAT can pass the SAT. I have seen it. The test is so ridiculous for those who are learning passed that grade level. After taking several AP english classes, the flimzy FCAT type essay is a joke. You don't need that type of essay in college. Teachers will laugh at you if you turn in an FCAT type essay as a term paper. First of all they are almost 5 times as long and take more analytical perspective that a normal FCAT essay. To analyze a book for college, you will definetly use more than 5 paragraphs that have more than 5 sentences in each. Students in publics schools are get Fs on their papers for writing more than they should. I personally had a teacher that only taught FCAT style. By my senior year, I was suppose to be writing term papers, senior thesis, and rhetorical analytical papers, not FCAT. You don't realize how behind you are until you enter college and see that FCAT is POINTLESS. Not one of the papers that i have written for ENC or any other class even come close to FCAT. They should be preparing us for college which is much tougher than the FCAT. (but thats just me.... i thought the FCAT was way to easy and bored me to death but i do understand that the FCAT is challenging to others)

"No Student Left Behind" until they reach college and end up realizing that they haven't learned a thing and end up dropping out of school and never reaching their dreams. The overachievers are bored for 2 weeks straight. The average students struggle enough to pass. Those who are stuggle to begin with, get a complementary two week stay at hell! Money Money Money. Both videos made a lot of sense to me. The first one speaks the truth. FCAT is just another lie made by the government. The second video i payed more attention to it. The lady made a lot of sense and proved her point in a very diplomatic way. It must be extreamly difficult for teachers to teach their specific curriculm when they are forced to teach FCAT for the majority of the time. The only time they actually get to teach their intended subject is in the two months after the FCAT. Financial incentives should not be the ultimate reason for having this test but instead it should be for the knowledge and the well-being of their students. ... if only the govenment understood that too!