There was one time when I had a misleading conclusion. The
observation was on the amount of students becoming obese and how it was the
companies fault for advertising un-healthy food. I was gathering information
and evidence on how companies try to target children by putting ads at schools
and commercials on television. Since children are constantly watching
television and they are the main consumers of fast-food. What I didn’t take in
is that parents are the main problem. The problem is that parents need to
maintain what their children are eating. I mislead my audience in thinking that
it’s the companies fault rather than the parents. Focusing on the scientific
method, I realized by interviewing a handful of parents it’s false that the
advertisements cause children to become fat, the reality is parents are not so
strict on their eating habits. A lot of people probably think that it’s wrong
for fast food restaurants to promote un-healthy meals but the truth is that
it’s the parents’ wrong action to let their children eat those meals.
The observation you chose is a very common one and it is nice that you were able to point it out. Just like we talked about in the past week, the media has a great affect on people. When it comes to unhealthy food, manufacturers filter out the harmful effects on us and shine light on how tasty and satisfying that particular food will be. I agree with you that people tend to blame the media mainly due to the fact that it is widely used, but looking deep down to the source of the issue, parents have the main control on what they feed their children. Healthy eating habits starts at home and parents really need to enforce that in their household
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the misleading perception when you just observe something. I feel like there is always another side of the story and you can’t always assume something by what you see. You have to do more research on a topic or get more info on the other side before you make any judgment. I learned after assuming someone for someone they weren’t. After I experienced that I knew I should make assumptions without knowing the full story and finding out all the resources. Therefore I feel like we should all do research before we make our judgments.
ReplyDeleteI believe you were not totally wrong in thinking that the companies were to blame for the weight issue in children. It was very smart of you to additionally look into the parents being the issue. However, I do not think you should completely disregard your first hunch. Sometimes, it may just be combination of both researches. So yes, you can still make judgments, but keep in mind it will only be a Hypothesis for now and not a fact. Until further research, you should keep your current observations at hand (but do not rely solely on them just yet).
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