Critical Thinking Journal Entry #5

There are many examples of where the media gives a false message. Whether it be how life is in high school, college, married life or retirement, most of the messages make life seem better or easier than it really is. In movies and TV shows college is always portrayed as a party that never ends. The acedemics of it are never really shown and when class time is shown it depicts class as always containing some interesting thought provoking discussion. The image of a married couple can go several ways though depending on the film or TV show. But in general I would say that it is anything but what real life really is. These messages must be derived from somewhere and maybe they are derived from memories of each example. You tend to remember the exiting or more interesting things in life, and memories are almost always better thann the real thing because the mind wants to remember the best memories. But generally these messages are a far cry from reality and sometimes it can make life more difficult or sometimes it is a nice break from the real thing.