World Change Wednesday

In the song “We didn´t start the fire” Billy Joel does a summary of the most relevant events that took place between 1949 and 1989. The events mentioned in the song include political, cultural, and historical events. Billy Joel´s generation was involved in these events mentioned in the song. His generation is blamed for all the conflicts that occurred in those forty years, when in reality, those conflicts have roots many generations in the past. He portrays the positive and negative effects his generation had in the world. In the positive side, they had advances in science and many cultural events. In the other hand, they were involved in dozens of conflicts all around the world that left misery and death. He emphasizes that many of the

“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a song written by Billy Joel. The song's lyrics consist historical events, people, and other important things in history from 1949-1989 mainly around the Cold War. The Cold War was a major event in history that changed humanity forever. The song explains that the citizens going about their day aren’t responsible for the Major events going on in the world during this time. People around the world didn’t try to stop the fighting though. The Chorus of the song discusses the fact that nothing we have done in recent years is directly responsible for the problems with the world. The next line after that explains that every generation tries to fix the issues of the last generation and anything we try to fix won’t have

The idea of “The Fire” started when Billy Joel was talking to one of his friends about how crazy it is to live in an era with all these things happening. The song suggests the spark of something in history. The fire is a representation of the start of an idea or fad in history. While there's always things coming up in history there were always things before it and always things coming after it. In the song Billy Joel mentions the moon landing as a part of the fire.

Fire represents the control and censorship over the town and society. With the firemen starting fires it shows the control that they have over the citizens. It demonstrates the fact that as long as they’re the ones burning books and setting things on fire they are in charge, they are in control, and everyone is either “brainwashed” or scared of them.

As parents, you may remember Geography; History; Business and Economics; and Civics and Citizenship as being about absorbing facts that schools thought important for you to learn. Or you might remember doing projects that seemed like time-fillers in the scheme of what was important at school (What is Inquiry Based Learning, 2004). You will also be aware of how fast the world is changing and the impact of technology on the growth of information that surrounds us. You may have experienced redundancy, elections or a global recession and understand that knowing facts is not very useful for navigating difficult times. Facts alone do not educate students in what is needed to think critically and creatively about a situation, to find opportunities in hardship or to learn and relearn in the new knowledge economy (Warlick, 2013). Inquiry learning is a way of addressing the teaching of skills and dispositions that will be essential for your children to thrive as active and informed citizens of the future (Reynolds, 2014; ACARA, 2016).

Every song has a story to tell, and some contain hidden stories or lessons, while others are completely blatant. In Billy Joel’s song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” he does not hesitate to be very obvious with what he tries to prove, which is how all of the events in his song contribute to one large fire. I chose to remediate Joel’s song because it spoke to me with historical context. When researching the song, I read a majority of the history behind it and decided to reflect upon it in a visual picture collage, combining a majority of the elements he mentions with pictures--all circled around a fire in the middle. I decided to also make red-dyed cupcakes reflecting the fire Joel speaks of and ice them with a flame, yet placing an X over it,

To work is to solve problems”(Rose,251). Therefore, Joe and other’s like him are engaging in and displaying the core elements of Western intelligence everyday. Workers are not the only ones that feel the heat from peoples’ misconceptions about certain things, education systems get a lot of grief due to misinformation and assumptions. The most prevalent educational system that is connected to awareness is the liberal arts. Liberal arts students “come to terms with complexity and diversity, and otherwise devise means to solve problems”(Ungar,196), but a liberal arts education is often thought of as overpriced and obsolete. There is a movement towards career education-“leaving out the ‘frills’ like learning how to write and speak well…[and] how to collaborate with others on research”(Ungar,191). Sadly, “history is filled with examples of failed social experiments that treated people as work units rather than individuals capable of inspiration and ingenuity”(Ungar,191). Every person is capable of creative thinking regardless of their level of a formal

There is a lot I have learned from the text, Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music. Greil Marcus’ narratives of musicians, such as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, etc., introduces the readers to a deeper meaning behind their song lyrics and allows them to perceive American history through the eyes of the composers. However, it is important to discuss songs reflecting on current events affect on modern day society. I have found that most of the songs I reviewed were inspired by events occurring at the time and the impact it had on the American people. There is rich history and complexity in rock ‘n’ roll music that should be analyzed thoroughly to gain a better understanding of the American culture and the United States.

The song “We Didn’t Start The Fire” is naming the things that happened in the

American composer and pianist Billy Joel wrote the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” regarding the important events that occurred in the twentieth century. Joel was born in 1949 after World War II. Joel said that the meaning behind “We Didn’t Start the Fire” was to inform his audience that all the events that he spoke about in this song were not his generation’s fault, but the fault of their predecessors. The song became a best seller and a great success and in 1989 it was nominated for a Grammy Award. One of the most famous lyrics in the song is “JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say”.

Upon meeting my 2nd-grade teacher she asked if I had any questions. “Yes, “ I replied, “I want to know who you are voting for in the upcoming election because that will let me know if I want to learn what you are teaching.” I was fortunate in that particular environment, which invited and cultivated curiosity. However, as my early transcript reflects, my quiet nature yet outspoken opinions didn’t always go over so well. I have gotten very good at learning the incredible value of understanding thinking that is contrary to my own. This is reflected in two years of academic success as a college

Society has been molded by a variety of influences upon it. Looking back in time, society has changed drastically within the recent years, and continues to change as time moves forward. Time creates history, and history is the recording of events that have brought an impact upon society. In the year of nineteen eighty-nine, Billy Joel, a musician, released the song, “We Didn’t Start The Fire.” The lyrics of this song name events that the majority of people knew and talked about in the time period those events happened. The musician put forty years of history into a song, starting from the year nineteen forty-nine of which he was born, and ending at nineteen eighty-nine when the song was written. The term “fire” is metaphorically used for

Personally, I have never heard the song "We Didn't Start the Fire", but I am familiar with the artist Billy Joel. Billy Joel brought us "Piano Man" and "New York State of Mind"; he also did the song "Uptown Girl". In "We Didn't Start the Fire", the events that were used in this song were chosen because of the the effects these events on society and how they changed the world or at least part of it. The people used in this song made changes in how society views the world due to their influence on the world. For example, Einstein helped in creating the atomic bomb which forever changed war, Marilyn Monroe changed society for women and also was an advocate for civil rights.

With the song being so different from an average song, it makes the song feel filled in the verses, with all of the events that he provides, in the short time that the song plays. The song’s verses are entirely evidence for Billy Joel's claim that the fire had not been started by him or his group and with so many examples, there is no time to put reasoning behind it but rather connect the ideas to the major point, being the chorus. With so many examples one after another as the song continues through its verses Billy Joel is listing as many examples as he can to prove the point of the fire having been already started. As he lists these events he is pushing forward so many examples against the argument without taking any look at another side which shows how he is not only annoyed by the claim that he did start the fire but also how he wants to push his side. With so much evidence being thrown at the listener it's impossible to refute what he is saying.

I need to focus on my studies rather than working. My English teacher allotted the class to choose one of William Shakespeare’s written plays. She told us it’s not a group project and its individual assignment. In addition, I obliged to formulate a PowerPoint allocation, two-page essay, and a book report. My teacher gave us three weeks to complete the written assignment which is I strongly believe not enough time for the entire class to finish. The project like this with tons of phases and requirements takes a lot of time analyzing and making the project. Actually, I’m a little concern making school work as an excuse. Due to all of these school works and studies I have to do working is not my priority. I think it will not turn out as I planned to.