Walking Billboard, Take 2

Today’s youth culture is just as expressive as the culture of the 1960's. Clothes are usually the medium of choice when presenting oneself to peers and society in general. People today can have shirts customized at reasonable prices, allowing a social or political group to use these shirts as a way to express their message. A person can be a billboard to their own cause using clothing. Many college and high school students use t-shirts to convey their strong beliefs, whether it’s a political, social, or personal statement. A person can see their ideas on the shirt and recognize a shared interest. This group of people with a common interest was smaller in the 1960s than today due to lack of globalization. Culture was more regional and ideas did not move as far as they can today. Today’s youth are able to use the canvas of t-shirts to display their style and their personality because the technology and the desire to mass produce printed shirts has increased.


Shirts in the 1960’s were often striped or one solid color. If they had print it was usually in the form of a simple logo or sports jerseys, such as the ones depicted in Skipjack. This was the simple way to express ideas on t-shirts that was available at the time. In the 2000s, t-shirts have a wider range in the content that they bear. Advertisements, music, logos, quotes, images and many other forms of expression on shirts are increasingly common among young adults. Many production companies sell t shirts to their fans, such as the “Super Mega Foxy Awesome Hot”
t-shirts from A Very Potter Musical. These t-shirts usually contain a line from the movie, play, or TV show that all fans can read and remember.


Young adults from the 1960 onward have been depicted as being opinionated, and t-shirts offer them a way to display their inner thoughts and feelings. This is due to the innovation of robots that produce clothing. A computer can design an image and program a robot to create the same image onto the t-shirt faster today then a person adhering letters or sewing on a logo in the 1960s. Globalization has made obtaining these mass produced t-shirts easier than before, allowing a young adult to express themselves and be a part of the greater social group.

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Walking Billboard

Today’s youth culture is just as expressive as the culture of the 1960's. Clothes are usually the medium of choice when presenting oneself to peers and society in general. Today’s youth are able to use the canvas of t-shirts to display their style and their personality more so than in the 1960s because the technology and the desire to mass produce printed shirts has increased. People today can have shirts customized at reasonable prices, allowing a social or political group to use these shirts as a way to express their message. A person can be a billboard to their own cause using clothing. Many college and high school students use t-shirts to convey their strong beliefs, whether it’s a political, social, or personal statement. A person can see their ideas on the shirt and recognize a shared interest. This group of people with a common interest was smaller in the 1960s than today due to lack of globalization. Culture was more regional and ideas did not move as far as they can today.


Shirts in the 1960’s were often striped or one solid color. If they had print it was usually in the form of a simple logo or sports jerseys. This was the simple way to express ideas on t-shirts that was available at the time. In the 2000s, t-shirts have a wider range in the content that they bear. Advertisements, music, logos, quotes, images and many other forms of expression on shirts are increasingly common among young adults.


Young adults from the 1960 onward have been depicted as being opinionated, and t-shirts offer them a way to display their inner thoughts and feelings. This is due to the innovation of robots that produce clothing. A computer can design an image and program a robot to create the same image onto the t-shirt faster today then a person adhering letters or sewing on a logo in the 1960s. Globalization has made obtaining these mass produced t-shirts easier than before, allowing a young adult to express themselves and be a part of the greater social group.

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Discovery Outside the Book

I was in 6th grade when I discovered my love of reading books. My family took my extensive reading as a sign of academic success, but mostly I read fantasy novels that do not contain usable knowledge for the real world. Throughout middle school I was that kid in the back of class poured over a book instead of paying attention to what the teacher was saying. Reading took up most of my time and interest, and I never really minded not being the most social person in school. However, 9th grade changed many things for my life. I was pushed to join the Annapolis High school’s volleyball team by my mother, and I was going to a different high school than most of my friends. Volleyball practice was the longest waking part of my day that I went without reading. Being physically engaged for 4 hours was a new experience for an inactive bookworm. I began to realize that by spending most of my time in other people's adventures, I had neglected to experience my own. Ever since then I have moderated the amount of time I spend reading books for fun and use that time to explore my own world.

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Blog Assignment 1

My name is Samantha Engel. I was born in Annapolis, MD and have lived in the surrounding area for most of my life. I like watching 90's cartoons and live action TV shows. They tend to be more interesting than shows made in the 2000's, probably because they had less censoring from their network. I like to paint, but I wouldn't want art to be my major. Traditional artists are known for being poor and/or mentally disturbed, so I think I will focus more on humanities and political science. I want to travel overseas and learn about Australian Aboriginal and Asian cultures. One of my favorite websites is Youtube.com because it allows me access to old TV shows.