Numbah Eight

What is your topic for the research paper? How does this topic currently impact American culture (or another country, if that's where you're going with this)? How is your book/show/movie different from all of the other books/shows/movies out there like it? How is it unique? What specific cultural issue will you be addressing in your research essay and why is it relevant TODAY?

My topic for my research paper is the effect of television on children has started through the 90's, specifically focusing on Tiny Toon Adventures. I am simply stating that this show has continued to include lessons learned through the point of view of children. The cast of the show are young "children," I guess you could say, who go through a day doing some awesome activity and then in the end learning a lesson that has been entirely new to them. Usually in the end the "granny" helps the children work out their differences and whatnot. Enough with that, I'm sure many of you already know this show.
What I am trying to say is that children watch shows that teach lessons a lot, and it has had more influence on children of the earlier generations, like our generation, and today, it seems to have less impact on their lives. I'm trying to show that Tiny Toon Adventures was an awesome show that taught lessons, and it has. I would also like to touch on some modern shows and see the different techniques they used, that haven't been working as well as the older cartoons. This is a major issue in the present day, mostly because children watch more television than play outside, making it the one place they learn from. With a lot more fun shows that are educational in some way help children learn. Even the smallest of lessons can improve a child's ability. Blah Blah you'll hear more about it in my paper. :)

Numbah Seven

In regards to Tuesday's class select one paper that you have written in this semester and access it as high, middle, or low and explain why. Then explain what you can do to make that paper stronger.

I think my Personal Analysis paper that I have recently written is a pretty good paper. In it I wrote about Cleopatra and how she had to adapt to Egyptian culture from Greek culture. I compared it to how my life was in the beginning, learning English when I only knew Japanese, it was definitely a huge change for me. I would give it a Middle, because I have included sources and have an argument. I am arguing in it that multicultural people have changed the world by creating more diversity, and that is definitely harder to define ourselves as a certain race. I think to take it to the next level I would have to get help from a peer to have it reviewed and read to clear out some things that might be confusing in it or just not working out. It definitely has the potential I think, and how to bring it out is going to be a tough road, but I'll get there!

In light of Krakauer's self-express, do you find his recount of Chris' story more or less credible? Explain your answer. When Krakauer explains

When krakauer explains his life and how he has a similar life as Chris. The one thing that got me though was that he had a story similar to Chris. Why was his story so similar to chris'? I had a feeling that he mightve spiced his story a little to make him seem as though he understood Chris' story better than ordinary readers. Since he wrote the story though, you'd want a writer that could relate. Through his painul story of his father and chris' story with his father, they totally related perfectly. Chris though, seems as if his story is a little more credible, because of all the letters and pictures that can prove his story. When krakauer uses his stories to relate, it made me change my idea of Chris a little because I bought of Chris as being like the only one with a bad relationship. Looking at krakauers stories, showed me that there are more people than you'd imagine to have bad relationships with parents.