How do automobiles and interstates play a role in spreading the fast food culture? Friday, Oct 28 2011

Schlosser did a very good job of explaining why automobiles and interstates play an important role in the spread of fast food restaurants. To summarize him and expound upon his ideas, I have written a few statements.

Vehichles allow individuals the freedom to transport theirselves and families, without having to plan according to a bus or train schedule. In essence, automobiles have empowered their owners with more individualism.Therefore people can basically go places when they please and leave whenever they please.  With this new found independence, people were on the go like never before, sometimes just to joyride and enjoy the scenery or breeze. Many people would stop at fast food restaurants and little shops during their outings and pick up a quick meal or snack for a few bucks. As automobiles continued to become a quintessential part of people’s lives, interstates developed,  and this began a  revolution in  the world of fast food.  In addition, individuals were not only driving to local places, they were visiting distant family members, taking road trips to see sights, and taking long-distance vacations. And when they were traveling, fast food restaurants provided quickly prepared meals at a convienence for small amounts of money. People could take a few minutes out their schedule and eat in the fast food restaurant or drive through if they were in a hurry to get to their destination. Moreover fast food restaurants were in impacted by the spread of automobiles is that people would often drive to a restaurant because they were able to simply ride through the drive through. The automobile made it easy to get a meal and never leave your car or truck and people loved this accomodation, especially if they had handicaps, impairments, or were just plain lazy. So the more people used these amenities, the more fast food restaurants spread abroad through parts of U.S. They were making such a profit off their businesses that fast food restaurants continued to open new branches in places such as impoverished neighborhoods and small towns. Eventually these stores made their ways to places like Japan, China, and Great Britian.

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Send an email to your favorite teacher at Xavier thanking them for their work. Friday, Oct 28 2011

Dr. Privett,
In my FRSM class, I was given the assignment to write to a favorite teacher at Xavier thanking them, so I chose you. Chemistry was never my favorite subject, probably because I was never good at it, but I’m surprised that I do well on quizzes and drills and I can only contribute my success to a great teacher. Thank you so much for making the Chemistry Lecture class interesting, because if it were boring, I don’t think I would pay attention. Your enthusiasm that you bring every day to class is very helpful in getting me motivated and excited about doing whatever module we are working on that day. I know that it’s probably hard on you having to deal with soooo many freshmen at one time for an hour and fifteen minutes but your enthusiasm never seems to decrease. In time, I hope that your positive attitude about chemistry will rub off on me so that I can continue to be a good chem student in my future years at Xavier.

Her response(I was surprised at how quickly she wrote back!):
Jimira,
Thank you for your kind words! You made my Friday! I don’t think I can take credit for your success. I believe your hard work and excellent attitude are the major factors.
Thanks again!
Dr. P

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How do automobiles and interstates play a role in spreading the fast food culture? Friday, Oct 28 2011

Automobiles and interstates are a way of connecting people over long distances. The revolution in transport has been essential to globalization all over the world. First, there were boats which were able to get people across long distances by water, but it wasn’t very quick, so people advanced to the steamboat. Traveling by land was also revolutionized with the production of trains and automobiles. Today, we have some of the most technologically advanced cars, and they are only getting smarter. There are interstates throughout the United States that makes it easy to get to even the most remote places. This makes it easier for people to be able to bring goods that may be specific to one place, to other places. This spread of culture has become traditional in the sense that everyone is taking part in it. Networks like QVC and online shopping take advantage of the transport system we have by advertising certain products, and by calling a number or filling out an order form online, your product can be delivered to you by plane, train, or automobile.
In the fast food world, one person came up with the idea to simplify the restaurant process and applied that principle to all of the restaurants he/she owned. Other business men and restaurant owners were able to travel to those places and see compare the way their restaurant was being ran. Once people started to see how easy and efficient it was to add a drive through and set their menu to set items, they started using that method. The process continued until the fast food culture was established and many different restaurants offered the same services. This was appealing to people because not only could they walk into a restaurant (or drive) and know the process, but they also get a variety of foods to choose from at different places that boast about the uniqueness and quality of service of their restaurant.

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Thank You. Friday, Oct 28 2011

Dear Doctor Homan,

As you may know, I’m required to email one of my many teachers thanking them for their hard work. You are the chosen one teacher. Doesn’t it give you a vibrating feel of excitement in receiving an email from a student?  Well, thank you, Doctor Homan. It has been great pleasure being in your presence and also in your freshman seminar class this semester. Though the classes are short, they are very thrilling from taking roll to singing the Alma Mater and learning interestingly random facts. It is funny how we have such a limited number of classes left but yet you are still struggling to learn everyone’s names. However, it pleasing to know that you are trying to get to know your students; you also printed out pictures of us. Also we have successfully mastered the Alma Mater in Hebrew, because you are such a grand teacher. Thank you again for your hard work and enthusiasm in teaching our class.

You may also know that we are inquired to write three hundred words so if you don’t mind me blabbering about nonsense in this next paragraph, you can read on. It is fairly amazing how fast this semester has gone by; it is half way over now, but yet it feels like we just started the semester. It is probably because we only meet once a week for fifty minutes.

I am thinking the whole class should get Honey Badger T-shirts in honors of your random moment of showing the class such a random video. I like how you have your moments where you present your sense of humor. It is nice to have a teacher that puts forth an effort to relieve the increasing stress from all of the other classes. Please continue to excite us.

Best Regards,

Melissa Nguyen

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10. Thank You Letter To favorite teacher Thursday, Oct 27 2011

Dear, Ms. Manley I just wanted to say thank you for being such a wonderful educator as well as a person. From the first day, I came into your class and experienced your way of teaching I knew that this was going to be a very fun and interesting class. Ever since I was in high school, I looked at history as just being another subject that I had to pass. However, since being in your class I have seen the importance of history. I have learned that it is not only essential and beneficial to know your history, but as well to know the histories of others. I admire your demeanor of teaching. Most professors just take the material given to them and give it to the student expecting them to understand fully. These professors are the ones who view education and learning as a one-way street, however you are opposite. You are the true representation of a great educator. You care about the understanding of your students and actually are open to learn from them. Education is a two way street, yet the majority of the professors and teacher of today have neglect to understand or realize this fact. Once again, I want to say thank you and applaud you on your exquisite manner of educating your students. You are the best at what you do, so keep up the good work.

Sincerely, Iyesha Rosser

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Automobiles and interstates Thursday, Oct 27 2011

 Automobiles and interstates play a large role in spreading the fast food culture. While driving on the interstate there are the numerous amount of advertisement. Advertisement that can capture the attention of anyone in the vehicle. With arrows that point in the direction of quick food spots no one can resist. Signs that have the directions and easy to read instructions how to get to the nearest fast food spot, increase the likelihood of getting distracted from the destination. If there wasn’t cars invented I don’t think that fast food restaurants would be as popular as they are today. Automobiles make it possible to spurge at restaurants. Driveways are made possible and food is given away even faster. Being on the interstate and being able to see a McDonald’s in view anyone hungry would stop what they were doing an proceed to the next exit. Fast food places and cars are everywhere. Without cars there wouldn’t be fast food spots. When everyone figured out that they could eat inside of the car easily then that was a wrap. Most of the time no one wants to exit the car to get food. 

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Send an email to your favorite teacher at Xavier thanking them for their work Thursday, Oct 27 2011

Hi Dr. Noonan,

I am sending this email to inform you that, I believe that you are an awesome teacher. In the past English wasn’t a fun subject for me, but you have change that for me. I think that the way you teach help everyone became a better writer and a better student. Unlike other teachers you like us to be engaged in what we are learning. I appreciate you as my teacher and I am glad that I have gotten the opportunity to be your student.

Thank you, Ivory Garner

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Week 11 Monday, Oct 24 2011

Automobile and interstates play an extremely huge part in culture being spread across the nation and the advancement of Fast Food corporations. Before interstates were created Fast Food businesses had no way of spreading their food to other parts of the nation. The people in that are were the only people exposed to that corporations business. The creation of interstates changed everything. Interstates were basically created so that the United States were able to ship resources from the east coast to the west coast. Another reason they were created was so that people were able to travel and visit other places and maybe migrate to the west coast. The reason why fast food corporations benefited from this because when people drove on the inters tae the drove for long periods of time to get to their destination. This forced people to stop and get food to eat because they weren’t able to just cook something up in their vehicle. They were able to stop and go off an exit and drive to the nearest fast food restaurant. Now when people from New York tried to make the drive to the west coast they ran into various fast for restaurants that never seen before. This exposed them to new fast food businesses. Basically when people enjoy something, of course they are going to let the relatives and friends know about the product. By this happening fast food businesses in the west coast got more attention and were getting bigger. Also, when word got out then these people wanted one of those fast food organizations in their hometown. So interstates and highways is just like how the silk road was in the middle east. Information of these fast food restaurants were being shared with other people all over the country due to the creation of interstates and highways.

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Week 10 Monday, Oct 24 2011

Dear Dr. Baker,

I was given the assignment in Freshman Seminar to write an e-mail to my favorite professor at Xavier and thank them for their work, preparation, and time. I choose you for many reasons. The biggest reason was the fact that I hated writing literature in high school. Whether it was a short memoir or one of those deep poems, I really did not have no interest in writing. When I got to Xavier I still had the same feeling in me that I was just going to write to just get the grade and hope that I come out with an A. It also sucked for me in high school because my brother was an english major in college and my parents always told me to send my paper to him but I don’t like asking others for help. But your class just makes everything different and more interesting. From the deep class discussions about rasicm and sexual abuse to the creative journals the class makes me want to write. For example, when you gave us our first paper prompt about making our own philosophy I was like here we go again with these type of topics, but after I started reading This I Believe it changed my whole perception. After that you told us we had to write our own poem, and then my heart really dropped. I had no liking of poetry at all. Even when we were reading poems in class I was still not interested because the poems we were reading were so difficult to understand, but in all actuality it just took a little more creative thinking. In all of this I just want to say thank you for showing and opening a love of writing my thoughts. And also giving me a stronger ability of creative thinking.

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Week 8 Monday, Oct 24 2011

Katherine Mary Drexel, better know as Saint Katherine Drexel, was born on November 26, 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to her parents Francis Anthony Drexel and Hannah Langstroth. She was boron into a family who owned a wealthy banking fortune and her uncle was the founder of Drexel University. After becoming a nun she devoted her inheritance to oppressed Native americans and African-americans in the United States. She believed that she needed to help out the most oppressed ethnic groups. She also created an order called The Sister of the Blessed Sacrement for Native Americans and  Africa americans. With her inheritance she helped finance more than sixty schools and actually founded Xavier University of Louisiana. Currently Xavier University of Louisiana is the only historically black college this catholic. I think Katherine Drexel would be happy and unhappy in some aspects of Xavier today. For example, I’m positive that she would be proud of Xavier’s notoriety for being academically challenging. Another part that she would be proud of is the graduation rates and the acceptance rates into Graduate schooling. Finally I think she would be happy of the fact that although Xavier is considered a historically black college the campus is still diverse with other races on campus. One of her reasons for creating this university was too help the minority out in America. I’m sure Katherine Drexel had a vision of an academically strong and diverse university when she used her inheritance. One aspect of Xavier that she may not like is the amount of tuition for the school, but Xavier is beginning to help out with more monetary scholarships to their dedicated students. This year is the first year they have given out full scholarships for tuition, room, and board. I still believe Sister Katherine Drexel would be proud of her investment into a university.

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