Last minute entry
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Here We Go...Paper Ideas
Topic One: A Study of Stereotypes in College Students and the truth behind them.
- I would explore the common stereotypes of types of people in high school (nerds, jocks, etc, etc) and examine how there stereotypes have held true through to college, or if they ever truly existed in the first place. This is relevant to me because I found that in high school, I never was able to fit into a stereotype nicely, thus I find myself wondering if it's because the stereotypes we as people have grown to embrace as a populous, simply don't exist.
Topic Two: A Study of the Progressive Moral and Character Attributes of a Group of Individuals while Engaged in a Semester long Video Game Project.
- In this, I would explore the progressive moods and attitudes of my peers as we spend months in close quarters, working hand in hand on a physically and mentally challenging project as we attempt to create our own Video Game. This is relevant to me because I am not only part of the project, but the project leader and it is my job to know how people are feeling during the project. I'm curious to explore this topic as I find myself wondering how moods and attitudes will actually change against a control of how you see attitudes change against so called "Reality TV."
At first I wanted to do Topic Two, but after writing the explanation for both, I feel that Topic One might be FAR more interesting to write about.
On a side note, each post now will have a MEME at the end. Gives you something to look forward to. I will call this new section...
MEME-OLOGY!
even though it's not the study of meme's, but whatever...
BONUS
Hey, Ben. Nice memes!
ReplyDeleteThe first topic definatley offers a hosts of interesting ideas to explore! However, I would strongly suggest that you narrow it down a little bit. Perhaps explore the presence of one label. Think about "nerd"--how many different attributes are now applicable to the nerd label? When did nerdism go from being a negative trait to a positive asset? How does this influence the relationship people hold with both "nerds" and objects associated with nerds--i.e. computers, video games, etc.
We'll talk more tommarow in class.
PS...My roommate (a gamer & WR instructor) just said that Starcraft would be a great topic of exploration (if you like Starcraft!) He knows of really great sources for you to use.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, he's suggesting "Indie games" (the independent gaming scene) and there's a great documentary to refer to for that called Indie Gamer.