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I found the first reading, //The Animal School//, to be kind of odd. I could understand what they were trying to do, but I think the author did it in an odd way. Obviously certain animals can't do what other animals can; fly, climb, swim, and run. I think that the author wanted readers to consider that some people are going to be better than others at certain activities. They were also trying to get the point across that students are made to learn certain subjects in school that they are not going to be very good at and maybe won't find very useful. The satire in this story was that they used animals that are so good at certain activities, but so different from every other animal in the school that is good at one of the other activities, to show that not everyone is good at everything. Finally, I liked that they decided to put in one animal that was able to do all of the activities because it shows that all of the activities are doable by a single animal. The "Honest College" ad was pretty funny. This ad used a different tactic than the story to get its point across. It used what everyone's idea of college is before they come as an example to let people know that that may not necessarily be what happens. However, they showed experiences that do actually happen at college to make an example of as well. I think they were trying to get people to understand what college is about and what the misconceptions of college are in a funny way that would make them see the negative side of all of these situations. This makes people realize that not all of these experiences are the way they look in movies.