Too Harsh

Being expelled for plagerism is in my opinion a much too harsh consequence for such an act. I can only imagine how I'd feel if the school I had been working to get into all my life expelled me for making what could be inturprited as a work related mistake. Being expelled is a huge negative life altering consequence and I believe that even though it is a prestigious school, the students should have been failed in the class and warned that next time would mean expulsion, or something rather then being expelled right off the bat. I think the bigger issue is proper citation skills not being taught sufficiently in highschools. I know for myself I'm still very confused as to what counts as plagerism and the rules in place for citing information.

What are the masculine and feminine ideals in the U.S.? Where does knowledge of both ideals come from?
When we talk about societal expectations and what society projects through media as the ideals for what masculine and feminene behavior and qualities should be, a couple of things come in to play.
Of course one thing is culture. People are heavily influenced interms of their own masculine and feminine ideals by what their specific culture reinforces. Breaking away from one's family culture we also have America's general culture and how it shapes us, which is very complex and varies, but does have some connecting themes that you see across the board.
Another important element that comes in to play is consumerism. I believe that big buisness uses their understanding of human psychology to shape our society into believing we must match certain masculine and feminine ideals that require us to spend our money to meet the demands.
Its not as though big buisness installs theese ideals in our minds entirely. I think truly, theese ideals are more shaped by our culture, and in taking advantage of this buisness uses advertising to pair their product with a model who's fufilling the standard cultural expectation that are seen across the board.

My response to our new president.

I must say I was overcome with relief last night as people on the street screamed out "Obamas President". I'm a bit sceptical though as to how the american people are going to react to having Obama as president since people felt so strongly about their preffered candidate and it seemed like the lines were drawn more intensly then ever before. Needless to say all of America will be watching Obamas every move and there will be without a doubt major criticism every step of the way. The question thats raised in my mind is will Obama being president divide the country so much that the people who weren't in support of him will be unwilling to work togeather with the rest of the country in a way that holds us all back? For better or worse he is our president and I hope that the American people stay open minded and give him the chance he deserves.