The first advertisement appeals to me because it says above the influence. The arrow pointing up expresses to me that I need to move forward and stay away from people who try to pressure me into using drugs or any other illegal substances. I like this advertisement also because teens and even kids now a days are getting pressured into smoking and using other drugs. I've seen many commercials on this and it appeals to me when they show how a kid could ruin his/her life by taking substances that could possibly effect you and your future goals. The advertisement grabs my attention because I have had friends that have been affected by drugs and see homeless adults around the city who would steal or ask for change just to buy it. That's the biggest reason why I chose above the influence advertisement, It relates to me in a way that I have known people close to me either we're abusive or have been abused.

The advertisement below really repels me. It shows an overweight man on a McDonald's advertisement. Intsead of the slogan saying, "I'm lovin' it" It said, "I'm luggin it". This perpetuates our country in a bad way that a great deal of people are overweight. It hurts me to see advertisements like these because I myself used to be overweight and it was a huge stuggle to deal with my emotions, the way others felt about me, and the way I felt about myself. I usually tend to ignore these advertisements now because it reminds me of a time i didn't enjoy as much. It's not everytime I see an advertisement like this that I automatically look away I just keep moving forward after seeing it and look at it as an example to never become like that ever again. Those were my reasons for not liking the McDonald's advertisement. 

My Goals

My story starts when I came back from South America and my mom surprised me and said, " Hey sweetheart I forgot to tell you we lost our home". It was devastating losing everything but I knew I had to move forward. I was looking for shelters and happened to come across Larkin Street whom provided me with food and shelter. I decided to take advantage and got my GED while also working in an internship with New Door Ventures. I eventually moved to transitional housing when I turned eighteen and met a young man named So Yem. He told me about Year Up and I decided to take up on the challenge working with computers. I am now currently in the program and working towards becoming an IT technician. My big goals are to one day become the CEO of my own corporate company and to have stable housing. In the next four to five months in my learning and development phase I am going to take advantage of my classes and study hard. My goal in tech class is to learn everything about the computer. The software, hardware, and everything inside the computer. My goal in professional skills class is to improve my speech, expand my vocabulary, and know how to give a great first impression. My goal in business communications class is to improve my grammer and build on my reading comprehension. These goals will be very beneficial when I reach my internship. Achieving my goal to have stable housing will come from me doing my best at my internship and showing my supervisors that I came to work hard. I feel by applying my goals will help me become a more professional and efficient worker and will one day help me succeed in becoming a CEO. I never want to be worried about being in a shelter ever again and that's my motivation to work hard and accomplish these goals.