Aimee Mulllins "My 12 pairs of legs" Response

Massimo Sarracino

Professor Young

10/30/14

Engw 1100

Constructed Potential

            Beauty and the body can be constructed in many different ways. Ranging from something as simple as makeup, to something more dramatic such as plastic surgery. Your body can be constructed for different purposes as well. You can construct it to be appealing to the outside world, or for your own confidence.  Aimee Mullins talks about her 12 pairs of prosthetic legs and how they transform her from being disabled to a woman with much more potential than she had.

            To begin, Aimee Mullins discusses how her prosthetic legs have changed her life and they allow her to do things she wouldn’t normally have been able to do. Her legs grant her the ability to have speed, beauty, and even add an extra six inches of height if she wanted to. She talks about how different people construct themselves for different reasons. The reason Aimee does it is to give her power and self-confidence that she did not have before.

            Furthermore, Constructing yourself or your beauty can be done for a variety of different reasons. Some people construct their beauty to be more appealing to others or for self-confidence. However, what we don’t see often is people like Aimee that need to construct themselves to have a normal life. She now has the ability with her prosthetic legs to be whoever she wants to be. They give her confidence and opportunity.

            In conclusion, Aimee Mullins discusses her 12 pairs of prosthetic legs and how they transform her from being disabled to giving her potential. Beauty and the body are constructed in many ways. Makeup, Botox, plastic surgery, etc. are all used to construct people’s appearance. Your body can be constructed for different purposes also; you can construct it to be appealing to the outside world or to better your confidence. Overall, self-construction is good when used for giving potential. 

Can Beauty Be Constructed?

Massimo Sarracino

10/25/14

Professor Young

Engw 1100

Can Beauty Be Constructed

            There are many ways that beauty can be constructed. Beauty can be constructed by stylists, makeup, clothes, implants, Botox, etc. Models especially have their beauty constructed every day. Cameron Russell mentions in her perception of beauty talk video that image is powerful but image is superficial. A terrible habit that the media has instilled into woman and even young girls is to make them feel the need to construct their beauty in order to be noticed. True beauty is natural and does not need to be masked by makeup or plastic surgery.

            In general, Cameron Russell explains how beauty is constructed in the modeling industry. She tells us how photographers, stylists, makeup, etc. all are used to construct the worlds view of beauty. In her video Cameron says that image is powerful but it is also superficial. What Cameron means by this is, even though it is important to have a good image, it should not be the only thing that the world sees you for. You shouldn’t be defined by the way you look or by the beauty that has been constructed.

            Furthermore, today’s society judges women by the way that they look before anything else. It is no wonder why women feel the need to construct their beauty in order to feel good. If our society would take a second and look at someone for what they are instead of what they look like, women would be more comfortable with themselves as they are. It is because all of the magazines and media that portray women and even young girls as sexy or beautiful with makeup on or surgery done that makes every other girl feel not good enough if they do not construct their own beauty.

            In conclusion, true beauty should not be covered up or constructed over. There are many ways that beauty is constructed. Photographers, stylists, makeup, clothes, plastic surgery, etc. can construct beauty. Women feel the need to fix the way they look so they will be noticed. Cameron Russell states that image is powerful but superficial. Women don’t need to construct their beauty in order to get ahead. Beauty should be natural and come from within. It should never be constructed.

My Haiku

         The reason I chose to write my haiku about the New York Jets is because they have been my favorite football team my whole entire life. Their offense is not the greatest and they have struggled with a quarterback for many years now, but they sure do shine on defense! The New York Jets are the number one rushing defense in the NFL today. They allow less running yards than any other team. We have started out to not such a good season with a 1-6 season. However I believe that the New York Jets still have a chance at making the playoffs and having a good second half of the season.

Community as Issue Essay 2 (Final Draft)

Massimo Sarracino

10/5/14

Professor Young

Engw 1100

Community as Issue Essay 2 (Final Draft)

Taking Action

“Do you hear that noise dude?” “Yeah, it sounds like it’s coming from that house down the block.” says my friend Mike. “Thats the house that all the high school freshmen hang out.” I replied. “Thats a bad scene.” This problem has started about 5 years ago when I was attending Roosevelt Elementary School. There is always a group of kids that like to hang around the town park or at the basketball courts drinking or smoking marijuana. So in my community of Lyndhurst there is a problem with underage drinking and drug use,The Lyndhurst Chief of Police should have a security guard patrol the perimeter of the basketball court and the town park before someone gets hurt and it is too late. It would help to keep the delinquents out of the area and make people feel safe. It would also help kids get more focused on school and get a better education. Overall the community must come together and take action on this situation.

The township of Lyndhurst New Jersey is just like any other, full of people and schools. But the one true epidemic that is being ignored rather than solved is the problem with underage drinking and drug use. There are not many people in the town that are a part of this group but the few that are are reckless. They will do anything for attention and have no regards for anybody around them. This is not something you want your hometown to be known for.

The people of the community must come together and fight this issue. It must start with the people of Lyndhurst going forward to the town with this issue. The citizens of Lyndhurst should have a petition started to vote for a security guard to be put in the various locations.That is the first step in resolving this problem. Then things will go back to normal without drug dealing going on and crimes being committed. We will have a safe community once again.

In Valerie Kinloch’s article, Khaleeq is talking about how his is going to struggle documenting in the Frederick Douglass Projects because it is filled with “people who don’t seem to care, who throw paper on the ground, who sell drugs, who just hang out.” says Khaleeq. Khaleeq feels like he will have a hard time getting video footage of the Frederick Douglass Projects because it doesn't look very appealing and is full of people that don't care. It would not be a place where you would want to be. The issue in my community is very similar to the one shown in the article. Both Lyndhurst and the Frederick Douglass Projects have a problem with drugs and people loitering or hanging out. This shows me how other places around the world relate to my communities issue. In my community it feels like a place where nobody wants to be or be seen, I'm sure it is very similar to being in the Frederick Douglass Projects.

The Lyndhurst Police Department must take action and enforce stricter laws and higher penalty for breaking the law in order to get the kids in my community to act responsibly.This will not only take the kids off of the streets and make people feel better but it would be the best thing in making the community a better place to live. The police officers need to monitor the areas where the kids are drinking illegally and doing drugs and start taking action on the law. These kids will never learn their lesson until one is given to them. That would be the best thing to do to fix this everlasting problem and to help kids get back onto the right path.

Furthermore, cracking down on this problem will help the kids stay more focused on school. If they are always on the streets and hanging out they are not concentrated on their school work at all, especially when they are drinking and doing drugs. The delinquents that loiter around the town doing these illegal activities are doing very poorly in school and even dropping out. It is not too late, the kids can still get help and be put back into school to further their education. But it is up to the Lyndhurst Chief of Police to make the executive decision to put an end to the communities problem. 

In conclusion, my community of Lyndhurst has a growing problem with underage drinking and drug use, police need a security guard around the perimeter of the basketball court and the town park and teach the kids breaking the law a lesson. The community should get together as a whole to get the attention of the police department. The Lyndhurst Police Department then needs to set forth stricter laws and greater punishments to break these kids of their bad habits. This would lead to them going back to school and furthering their educations.There will hopefully be a day that the delinquents will be removed from loitering and doing illegal activities around the town.

Works Cited

Kinloch, Valerie. “Harlem, Art, and Literacy and Documenting

‘Harlem Is Art’/’Harlem as Art’”

Teaching Developmental Writing Ed.

Susan Naomi Bernstein. fourth Edition

Boston Bedford, 2013. 147-160

Print.

Community as issue essay 2

Massimo Sarracino
10/2/14
Professor Young
Engw 1100
Community as Issue Essay 2

Taking Action

“Do you hear that noise dude?” “Yeah, it sounds like it’s coming from that house down the block.” says my friend Mike. “Thats the house that all the high school freshmen hang out.” I replied. “Thats a bad scene.” So in my community of Lyndhurst, there is a problem with underage drinking and drug use. This problem has started about 5 years ago when I was attending Roosevelt Elementary School. There is always a group of kids that like to hang around the town park or at the basketball courts drinking or smoking something. The town does not do much to stop this. The Lyndhurst chief of police should have a security guard around the perimeter of the basketball court and the town park before someone gets hurt and it is too late. It would help to keep the delinquents out of the area and make people feel safe. It would also help kids get more focused on school and get a better education.
The township of Lyndhurst New Jersey is just like any other, full of people and schools. But the one true epidemic that is being ignored rather than solved is the problem with underage drinking and drug use. There are not many people in the town that are a part of this group but the few that are are reckless. They will do anything for attention and have no regards for anybody around them. It has to start with the people of the town coming forward to the town with this issue. That is the only true way that it will get resolved and things will go back to normal without drug dealing going on and crimes being commited.
In Valerie Kinloch’s article, Khaleeq is talking about how his is going to struggle documenting in the Frederick Douglass Projects because it is filled with “people who don’t seem to care, who throw paper on the ground, who sell drugs, who just hang out.” says Khaleeq. The issue in my community relates to the one shown in the article. Both Lyndhurst and the Frederick Douglass Projects have a problem with drugs and people loitering or hanging out. In my community it feels like a place where nobody wants to be or be seen.
The Lyndhurst Police Department must take action and enforce stricter laws and higher penalty for breaking the law in order to get the kids in my community to act responsibly.This will not only take the kids off of the streets and make people feel better but it will also help the kids stay more focused on school. If they are always on the streets and hanging out they are not concentrated on their school work at all, especially when they are drinking and doing drugs. It is not too late, the kids can still get help and be put back into school to further their education. That would be the best thing to do to fix this everlasting problem and to help kids get back onto the right path.
In conclusion, The really big dilemma in my community is underage drinking and drug use. There are many ways to stop this action but one way to do it is to get the police involved and have all the kids get help. This would lead to them going back to school and furthering their educations. The Lyndhurst Police Department needs to set forth stricter laws and greater punishments to break these kids of their bad habits. There will hopefully be a day that the delinquents will be removed from loitering around the town. Until then the community should get together as a whole to figure out a way that it could be stopped.








































Works Cited



Kinloch, Valerie. “Harlem, Art, and Literacy and Documenting
‘Harlem Is Art’/’Harlem as Art’”
Teaching Developmental Writitng Ed.
Susan Naomi Bernstein. fourth Edition
Boston Bedford, 2013. 147-160
Print.