Brandon's Blog

I believe that the statement, "Border walls protect", is the more accurate claim. Border walls are growing across the world, even in areas that have a low sense of aggression towards their nation. The main purpose of a border wall, is to protect the nation from enemies such as terrorists, illegal immigrants, and unknown individuals. Every countries hope is to promote a safe landscape, and we can notice the growth in border walls across the world. The most known border wall, is the "Great Wall of China", as it's one of the oldest walls used to protect it's citizens from nearby countries. The United States has a growing list of improvements for the southern border near Mexico, as it stands to protect Americans from any dangerous men trying to reach our free land from the horror of Guatemala, and even some from Mexico. While border walls can be seen to divide, it just doesn't stand true 100% of the time. Some countries in the eastern part of the globe, are ...

After watching the advertisements provided, it was interesting to see the different techniques used by each company to portray to their intended audience. In the Budweiser advertisement, the company uses the strategy music, to attract the younger generation in their product. This commercial is posted in what's known as a happy time in history, as it's the end of prohibition and WW1. Budweiser uses a pop based song, which is music listened by mostly the younger generation at the time, to connect with the members of society that are becoming at age to drink alcohol. By using this music, it connects directly with the younger audience, in an effort to persuade them, that is product is made for their generation. In the Life Cereal advertisement, the company does a great job at reaching out towards parents. As a parent, it can be difficult to feed your child healthy food items, and Life promises a good taste, to make the kid feel happy. In a quote from the advertisement, "When...

After reading Chapter 1 of Hjortshoj's book, "The Transition to College Writing", I often found myself supporting many of his claims. Throughout my first semester as a college student, I had to learn how to be flexible with my time and be on high alert for incoming circumstances. I also had to learn many other successful skills, such as concrete studying skills, managing my studying locations, and the importance behind writing in a professional way. Personally, I thought my high school did a poor job in preparing me for college. My school made college seem like a haunting, and extremely difficult place, but after completing my first college semester, I can tell them it's not as extreme as they pronounce it to be. As the fall semester began, it wasn't very difficult to get my schedule mapped out and get myself organized to be as successful as I possibly could be. The semester went as great as I could ever imagine, as I managed to make the Dean's list, with a p...

Composition I Last night, was a night that I will never forget. It all started at my local high school, for a huge boy's basketball game. The game was between Lima Senior and my high school, Ottawa-Glandorf. The matchup is known as,"The Game", and its always a game that comes down to the final few seconds. Once I arrived, I purchased an arm's length of 50/50 tickets, and a game ball ticket. I placed the tickets inside my pocket and went towards my seat, pointing my attention towards the action on the court. I placed my phone into my pocket, and heard a big "bang". As I looked forward, I noticed an Ottawa- Glandorf player laying on the ground, with his face drenched with blood. The croud began erupting, and fans started pushing each other. As the conflict continued to rise, I found myself joining in on the havoc. The fight continued for another ten minutes, then the police started taking fans in handcuffs. I was one of those individuals. The police offic...