Sunday, November 8, 2009
Commonplace paper problem
Alright. So my commonplace paper is going alright so far, but I do have some problems. I'm not really too sure which parts of my analytical research paper to include, and which ones to leave out. My topic for the commonlplace paper is about peer pressure and teens. I talk about how it is a complex issue and difficult to deal with and how "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" does a great job bringing the problem of teen peer pressure (the different forms it takes and how the teens react to it) to the public's eyes. I was thinking about connecting examples from Buffy to real life examples that are similar. Doing that alone takes up about 3 pages and I know Leslie said that the papers shouldn't be much more than three. I was also thinking about including some of my sources from my ARP about how adults oversimplify peer pressure and even programs like DARE do the same thing, which actually makes it tougher for teens. I'm not really sure what I should include and not include, so any thoughts would be great!
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I think that the whole idea is really interesting, and I think that you are going in the right direction by taking real life examples and comparing them to Buffy. And I think that if you want to put more of the DARE stuff in, then you could maybe just cut down on one or two parts of Buffy.
ReplyDeleteYour paper seems to be going smoothly. I think you need to focus on the main parts in the ARP and re-read it, that way you can pick out what to put in your CP paper. Also, like Tess said, by including other stuff it will be more interesting instead of making this paper seem too similiar with the ARP.
ReplyDeleteReal life examples always helps make it compelling to the readers. This is a great idea and will make it an easy read.
ReplyDeleteMike I just followed up like 7 comments of yours on other blogs haha.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I think if you just write your paper and include Buffy as just an example about peer pressure, it may help make your paper more commonplace like, and less research paper-like.
I would defanately go with what Tess said about really going in-depth about DARE. I think this would be a great idea because everyone at some point or another has been through this program or something like it. They would relate greatly with this.
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