Point Of View About Critical Literacy

The end of semester 4 is around the corner and I am no longer learning this subject. Many experiences I have been face through learning this subject.
In my point of view, I think that this subject is quite tough subject rather than other subjects that I have learned before this. Critical Literacy is very challenging and I need to sacrifice a lot of time in studying this subject. But, overall I learned many things through Critical Literacy. Although it is very challenging and hard to score in flying colors, I believe that Critical Literacy can practiced students creativity and thinking outside the box. Thus, it can gain students itself extra knowledge by searching the sources and knowing about other people perception. By learning this subject, we can exchange mind and point of view regarding our understanding on the certain topics. In a nutshell, I believe that this subject give me lots of experiences and I can learn many things.
Yet, I believe that experience is the best teacher and learning is fun. In learning Critical Literacy it teaches me to explore many things that I never know before this through reading and from that I realize that reading is really important and must become someone's priority.

Proposition

Proposition: Hollywood produces great movies, but they don't always tell the truth even it is based on 'True Stories.' Provide at least two (2) premises or counter arguments for the proposition. Write in complete paragraph(s). 

There are lots of great movies that successfully can grab people attention and interest to watch it and thus it make the movie being in the top rank that been produced by Hollywood.

After I read and understand  the statement above, I agree with this proposition. If the movies shown following the real plot of the true stories, it will be boring. The plot of the true stories are sometimes not interested and the producers twist the plot to make it more catchy and interesting. "A good twist ending makes you look back on the entire movie while shitting your pants." Bell (2013). The plot of the movie been twisted to make it more interesting and surprising. If it follow the real true story, people will not watch the movies because basically they already know the ending of the story. As people already know, Hollywood always produces the movies based on the true stories, not only the plot have been twisted but usually they will change the title of the stories to make the audience trigger their mind about the stories shown. "an orchestrated media event where someone does something incredibly silly, dangerous or spectacular to draw further attention to the opening of the movie. An example is when the promoters of "The Simpsons Movie" transformed dozens of nationwide 7-Eleven convenience stores into replica's of Springfield's own Kwik-E Mart.” Roos (2015).

The movies and film are some sort of business field. “The movie industry really knows how to build momentum for their movies and they use many different types of content marketing to promote their movies.” Aughtmon (2012). The Hollywood producer keep promoting the movie to get the audience attention in watching the movie to make the movie get place for their marketing level in attaining the famous and best rating. “Film is a truly global business, and U.K. film is riding high on the world stage.” Kemp (2013).  Thus it is prove that movie and film is some sort of world business in grabbing the audience attention to get the profitable value that is the reason of not following the real of the true stories shown. 

Baby-for-sale

"If money were the only criterion by which a child's welfare can be gauged, then a baby bought for as much as RM40,000 on the black market would seem set for life. For money-rich but child-poor couples, it is a small price to pay to introduce a small life into their home. The cot is gilded, the blanket monogrammed, the college fund filled to the brim. And that's wanting is a bun in the oven. And where there is a baby-for-sale racket, money can indeed buy happiness. And after all, why not?" (NST, March 3, 2013)
How do you view above statements?

This is true that money is really important especially in nowadays situation which is in the phase of world globalization as our nation goal to be advance and develop as other developed country. Money is really important in someone's life in order to fulfill their own basic needs and satisfactions. It is true that by having enough money, it can make people happy. Using money, people can afford everything in terms of their need, wants, demands, health and also their own welfare. But, money is not the only medium that make someone's life better and not all things in this world can be buy by money.
In this era, not all married couples are being fortune to have their own child or baby even their life are completely perfect. But sometime, there still have married couple who do not want to have a child in order to survive in nowadays hectic situation and everyone need to put their effort only to their works. Thus, this is related to the issue of baby-for-sale racket which is the married couple who did not have enough money to afford their child tend to sale the baby to those who are interested and mostly for whom are rich. In a certain way, those particular married couple sale the baby illegally in such in the black market in order to make both sides easier without need to face many rules and procedures.
Basically, the baby that been offered are come from the desperate married couple that do not have financial stability and really need money for their own virtue and the ease of their journey of life. The adopted parents who take care the baby wholeheartedly will giving all their love and really care for the baby's life until the child growing up perfectly.
Baby-for-sale is not wrong if it been done legally and by following the judiciary policies. But it will be wrong if baby been sold in the black market and keep it secret from the responsible authorities that are responsible enough in this case. At the same time, it might be happen when the biological parents seek and claim their right toward the child in order to get them back if the proper procedure not be implemented before took the child.
Apparently is it true that money can guarantee the better life but money is not everything. Money is a need and everyone must have. Perhaps, money can make people happy in today's life which is everything  need enough money for the own goodness. But, those who are married do not mortgage their child's happiness for the parent's sake of life.

Stereotyping

Q : Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system, they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. It is also something that most people fond difficult to avoid from doing. What do you think?

Indeed, stereotyping is very hard to be avoid especially in our own community. Stereotyping is closely related with people first impression. Basically, this problem happened due to lack of knowledge and experience about someone or in short they are not knowing each other. And people tend to be very judgmental if someone do bad thing even it is on their first time. This also known as ethnocentrism which is mean that people jump to the conclusion and make false assumption due to limited experience about something or someone.
Everyone can't avoid being stereotype. It might be positive and negative stereotype. Sometime people make wrong stereotype and always thing bad about someone by hearing from other before they know each other closely.
We always accept other people stereotype and related to their understanding about someone in different perception.
Although we can't avoid being stereotyping, we need to beware of our own stereotyping and act wisely using our brain on managing it and do not let we being fooled and blind by being too stereotype. Do not let stereotyping harm ourselves.

Expectations and Hope for Critical Literacy

Before I begin myself as a semester 4 student, I have heard a few comments from the seniors about this subject. Most of them said that Critical Literacy is a very tough subject. Everyone need to put their effort through this subject and are not encourage to do the assignments last minutes.
But then, in my point of view, I feel that Critical Literacy is a good subject that should be learn especially for the Decomers. It trigger student to be creative and to use the both side of their brain. Is it true that Critical Literacy is a tough subject. I need to focus more through the lesson and it practiced myself to be a good reader. I need to read lot of sources in order to accomplish my assignments. It quite fun and challenging too.
The reason I said fun is because I can enrich and increase my knowledge also give me new experiences through reading session. It help me to know about people's different perspective regarding to the same issues. It help me to develop my thinking skills and also can enrich my vocabulary.
My hope for this subject is I can master and past this subject successfully without any hesitations and I also hope I can use whatever I have learned for the benefit of my future.