Jonathan Paladio Blog

      First starting this movie I thought it would be predictable. Main character Fogel begins to doping and sees how far he can go before he can get caught. Well I was far from the truth with my assumption. It was full of turns and massive plot twist that I never thought to have expected. How the person that helped Fogel was actually the mastermind of a whole scheme. Grigory Rodchenkov, the man that was the head director of the anti doping lab in Moscow was ironically under disguised to help rigged the Olympics.     Moreover, One scene that  caught my attention was a phone call Fogel had with Rodchenkov. Rodchenkov describes himself as a priest, healing his doping paranoia. Unshackling him from his limits and bringing him to a win. It was an interesting set of phrases that was said, making it show that Rodchenkov had this immense power that holds control of Fogel. As later on in the film it shows that he was the mastermind of the doping scandal that happen...

    Visual literacy describes the ability to write, read, or create visual images. This was the main topic for this weeks reading. A topic all about the in-depth analysis of photography, paintings, ads, and documentaries. How it was all managed and planned out to portray specific messages to its audience. A tool that is often overlooked at in society but is such a powerful one due to its ability to sway peoples opinions. Moreover, looking much deeper into this topic, I began to understand better what the thought process was for these people. How certain line weight will add effect, colors symbolizing emotions, and items that people relate to that help aid the media in a greater power. And the countless test and ideas one concept goes through to become something like an ad or opening the eyes of its audience to look at the bigger picture of issues.

      I have been doing well in college so far. But the one thing that sticks out the most and has challenged me is time management. Not in the sense of being all around the campus and doing homework until the last second, but deciding what to fill it with. My schedule has been blocked out with classes for each day and times of practice, potential work hours, and studying. However, I found it so difficult to incorporate other things like club opportunities because some of the times class with each other. Or finding time to lift because homework is due still. Nonetheless, its a constant trial-and-error run for me and slowly but surely I'm improving upon it.

     after working on my Micro theme, I have experienced various challenges. The first would be to make the topic not too broad. Thinking of a Micro theme was not much of an issue, although writing upon it without branching out to many other subtopics was difficult. Furthermore, containing it to either causes or consequences without overlapping made it so I had to tread carefully when writing. On the other hand, I have learned to be more mindful in my writing. Having a clear goal while keeping the objective direct, without circling around the question. It gave me an opportunity to explore my writing style more and see how I can convey a message directly and thoroughly. Without the need to make a claim and gather evidence, let the reader question and critically think about the topic.