“Transmissions from Camp Trans” – Lesbian women still should be able to attend MWMF and just because there lesbians shouldn’t exclude them. – Classical
“Home for the Homeless” – homeless people are not worthless they are people too they didn’t choose to be homeless just certain thing came up and they shouldn’t be disregarded. –Rogerian
In my paper, I still have a lot of research to do because everything that I try to search I’m not getting the proper things that I need. I’m getting mainly statistics or results from different track meets. I’m also waiting on getting an email interview from a track coach that I know. Also I really have no clue at this moment of what my claim will be in order to get my 10 page paper. I think im worrying to much on the paper length then actually doing the research. So this weekend I will be in the library to get book sources because the internet is not really giving me much feed back. Also I think interviewing will give me more information then internet and library source at this time.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Field Site: Track Meet
In the field site you have multiple track athletes training, warming up, stretching, communicating, and plotting on how they are going to run they race, and sleeping. Many of them are inside to stay out of the sun so it won’t drain their bodies. Also many athletes are rubbing down there legs and shins with ice, tiger balm, or icy hot to relieve pain. You also have coaches checking recent event results to see what their athletes been running. They also communicate with other coaches and giving tips to their athletes about how they should run they next event. Also majority of the time at my field site the athletes are running there events on the track. You see them prepare their blocks or starting position and then when signaled to run they run.
Many of the people in this subculture interact by the relays teams practicing their hand off to prepare for the relay run. Or you have athletes from the same team warming up together to get ready for the race and giving each other advice on what to do and how to improve. Also you have the coaches calling athletes to meet with them to give them a pat on the back and say, “good job,” or to critique them on what they did wrong. Also while viewing what’s going on. You notice not just running going on you have many field events taking place. Such as high jump, pole vault, triple jump and long jump.
I really didn’t have any questions about what was going on because everything was pretty much self explanatory. There was nothing to question or ask why they were doing what they were doing because it was obvious. And lastly I asked a runner why he ran his race the way he did. I asked him did he give up at the end or was that his strategy on running his race. His reply was it was his strategy but it didn’t really go as planned so he ended up not doing as well as he wanted to. He was very upset because his strategy did not work. His strategy was to sprint hard the first 200 meters of the 400 meter dash, then slow down in the curve and then sprint hard on the last 100. But when he slowed down it gave the other athletes and opportunity to pass him.
Many of the people in this subculture interact by the relays teams practicing their hand off to prepare for the relay run. Or you have athletes from the same team warming up together to get ready for the race and giving each other advice on what to do and how to improve. Also you have the coaches calling athletes to meet with them to give them a pat on the back and say, “good job,” or to critique them on what they did wrong. Also while viewing what’s going on. You notice not just running going on you have many field events taking place. Such as high jump, pole vault, triple jump and long jump.
I really didn’t have any questions about what was going on because everything was pretty much self explanatory. There was nothing to question or ask why they were doing what they were doing because it was obvious. And lastly I asked a runner why he ran his race the way he did. I asked him did he give up at the end or was that his strategy on running his race. His reply was it was his strategy but it didn’t really go as planned so he ended up not doing as well as he wanted to. He was very upset because his strategy did not work. His strategy was to sprint hard the first 200 meters of the 400 meter dash, then slow down in the curve and then sprint hard on the last 100. But when he slowed down it gave the other athletes and opportunity to pass him.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Act V: Prisoners Performing Arts
What makes this a good field site?
~This is a good field site because everything was actually shot their where the prisoners were. The directors were actually there with real prisoners and was able to observe real prisoners and there actions. They were able to write the play based off of what they seen and not the assumptions because they were actually there. And being there actually gave a true feel of what was going on. And lastly the fact that they were real prisoners observed and interviewed.
What observations does the author make that gives us a better understanding?
~The part where the prisoners had to be stripped before they were able to rehearse and he described how the room was and what it looked like before they were able to enter. . Also from the get go he gives details on the prisoners. He also compares the characters and just observes there acts. This helped me get a better understanding of the subculture.
What interview techniques work to help us understand the subculture?
~All of the personal interviews gave the inmates time to open up and explain there parts in the play and it helped me understand their duty in the play. By this being done it gave us the opportunity to learn and gain insight about what went on and this particular subculture.
What are the norms and values of the subculture?
~The norms are that they work to together as a team. They also all share an interest in acting and performing their parts in spite of the crimes they committed and they don’t let it get in their way.
~This is a good field site because everything was actually shot their where the prisoners were. The directors were actually there with real prisoners and was able to observe real prisoners and there actions. They were able to write the play based off of what they seen and not the assumptions because they were actually there. And being there actually gave a true feel of what was going on. And lastly the fact that they were real prisoners observed and interviewed.
What observations does the author make that gives us a better understanding?
~The part where the prisoners had to be stripped before they were able to rehearse and he described how the room was and what it looked like before they were able to enter. . Also from the get go he gives details on the prisoners. He also compares the characters and just observes there acts. This helped me get a better understanding of the subculture.
What interview techniques work to help us understand the subculture?
~All of the personal interviews gave the inmates time to open up and explain there parts in the play and it helped me understand their duty in the play. By this being done it gave us the opportunity to learn and gain insight about what went on and this particular subculture.
What are the norms and values of the subculture?
~The norms are that they work to together as a team. They also all share an interest in acting and performing their parts in spite of the crimes they committed and they don’t let it get in their way.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Research Paper
Topic: Fraternities
Sources: Books
Ross, Lawrence C. The divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities. New York: Dafina Books, 2001.
Cuyjet, Michael J., ed. African American men in college. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
JOnes, RIcky L. Black haze: violence, sacrifice, and manhood in Black Greek-letter fraternities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Brown, Tamara L., ed. African American Fraternities and Sororities: the legacy and the vision. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Nuwer, Hank, ed. The Hazing Reader. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Reflection:
I believe that the book The Divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities will help me with my research because it has a lot of good information. Not only just with fraternities but it gives me information about fraternities and sororities. So it gives me a chance to compare the two and also compare the difference between each divine 9 and not just focus on one specifically. Also it gives me a chance to not be biased towards one or the other and read upon all 9 of them and the significance because as of now I’m still naïve about a lot of things dealing with fraternities and sororities so this book will enhance my knowledge.
Sources: Books
Ross, Lawrence C. The divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities. New York: Dafina Books, 2001.
Cuyjet, Michael J., ed. African American men in college. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
JOnes, RIcky L. Black haze: violence, sacrifice, and manhood in Black Greek-letter fraternities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Brown, Tamara L., ed. African American Fraternities and Sororities: the legacy and the vision. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Nuwer, Hank, ed. The Hazing Reader. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Reflection:
I believe that the book The Divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities will help me with my research because it has a lot of good information. Not only just with fraternities but it gives me information about fraternities and sororities. So it gives me a chance to compare the two and also compare the difference between each divine 9 and not just focus on one specifically. Also it gives me a chance to not be biased towards one or the other and read upon all 9 of them and the significance because as of now I’m still naïve about a lot of things dealing with fraternities and sororities so this book will enhance my knowledge.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Inchoate:Reasearc on our Word!
While researching my word inchoate through GSU library website there were books that came up with either that word used. Or in other words the books came up that pertain to that word or had keyword relevance. Inchoate can be used more then one way. It can be used as either a noun or a verb. I learned that inchoate means; just begun, incipient; in an initial or early stage; hence elementary, imperfect, undeveloped, and immature. (Oxford English Dictionary) That’s the definition of the word used as a noun form. The word also can be used in a sentence such as this: The position I have ventured to maintain..as to the inchoate, imperfect, and transitional work of John.(Oxford English Dictionary) Inchoate used as a verb is said , To begin, commence, initiate, take the first steps in. (Oxford Dictionary) To use inchoate as a verb in a sentence here’s an example. How he..Conceives and inchoates the argument.(Oxford English Dictionary) Doing some more research on the library website I went to find articles and more and I noticed there werent any articles on this word but there was a journal called Inchoative aspect in French.(Wilson Web) This word was hard to find 5 sources on because it wasn’t like it was a book. It was a word that the only thing I can really find use on the library website was the dictionary. And the dictionary gave me variety of definitions used for as a verb and a noun. And it also gave me many ways the word was used in a sentence. So my search was very limited to the things I needed to use to research my word. So the oxford dictionary and Wilson Web on the GSU website is the only thing I found useful and gave me a little bit of information for my word.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Who am I?
The process that I took to research my author was that I typed in Ludacris name in yahoo search engine and I clicked on the first search. The first search was the official Ludacris website that had his biography, news, pictures, and etc. I clicked on biography to read about him to see what he’s about. I looked at this website because it said the official website so I figured it would be a lot of information that I can gain from it. But the disadvantage of this site is that it’s open to a lot of other artists. So it’s not a lot of valuable information for this artist. So I went to another site to see what better information I can get about Ludacris. It is called Ludacris world to where it’s mainly about Ludacris and no other artist so if focused mainly on Ludacris. It includes some of his songs and his lyrics. I looked here because it’s mainly his world so I got more information from this site then I did the previous one. From this website I learned a lot I got some good information about this artist. I also am appauled about why he made this song, “Runaway Love” because a lot of his songs are explicit. So this is something that I found interesting because he went out of his norm to produce something so real. This song makes you think he went away from the normal “hoe” or other explicit words used in his lyrics. But I found a disadvantage in this website the more I began to look over the website I noticed it didn’t really have a biography on him. It just focused more on his music and he albums he came out with. So it helps in a sense to where I can relate it to his work but not any background information. So both of these websites had advantages and disadvantages that helped me do my research.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Peer Review
The peer review session today in class went well. We exchanged each others papers and critiqued them. It went well because it’s always better for someone else to read your paper because they can find more mistakes then the writer can. Not only did we have one person read our paper it was two. That’s a good idea because whatever the first person missed the second person can catch it. They left very helpful comments that can further help me write my paper. This is a good way to help each other write our papers.
What could have been better was if we had enough time to discuss each others papers with each other. Time is so short that we only have time to read each others papers and fill out our drafting sheet. I would like for a person to point out my mistakes and verbally inform me of my mistakes and not just me leaving the classroom and just reading the comments left on my paper. Also being able to explain more of what the person needs to work on to better their paper as a whole. But time is so limited that we don’t have time for a lot of that. So with that being said peer review can be so much better if we had more time.
What could have been better was if we had enough time to discuss each others papers with each other. Time is so short that we only have time to read each others papers and fill out our drafting sheet. I would like for a person to point out my mistakes and verbally inform me of my mistakes and not just me leaving the classroom and just reading the comments left on my paper. Also being able to explain more of what the person needs to work on to better their paper as a whole. But time is so limited that we don’t have time for a lot of that. So with that being said peer review can be so much better if we had more time.
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