paper update #2

I finished writing my paper, I believ on Monday. I proofread and rewrote it I also added the works cited page, because i had not done that on the rough draft. Then I sent it in. I believe that i did a good job on the paper.

Paper update

I have finished writing my paper today. I now have to print it out and profread it, then I have to make my works cited page, and I will be able to e-mail it in, becuase it will be finished. I believe that I will be able to get it completely finished tonight sometime. Overall, the paper went quite well, the writing of it. I made an outline and I took notes before I actually wrote it. I believe that I did a good job.

Inquiry: PG. 800 #7

I believe that online-gaming has an effect on genders and how people perceive the ways that they should act. I work with Children from the Olivets and the girls tend to play dress up games, or games where they are taking care of pets, the games are not very action based, while the boys are all for the action, their not playing dress up or taking care of things, they are more like destroying things and fighting with light sabers or ever doing face paced racing games. These pieces are something of what is incorporated within boy hood or even girl hood, certain standards are pushed onto children by the media as to how they should act, by what they like or what they see others kids playing of the same sex. Selfe, at some point in her essay mentions that kids should have gender-neutered play space, and I agree with that, they should have a place free from gender stereotypes where both sexes can interact with each other and be able to be free from stereotypes to just do what they feel like doing, whether it be house or construction, both sexes can do either of those activities, they don't have to be restricted to only one group due to media standards.

Inquiry: PG. 752 #2

Johnson explains the sleeper curve as the upward trend of when we are learning without realizing it as we are playing video games, it sharpens the mind while you are having fun. That we are unable to perceive that we are learning because the brain has a hard time realizing it while doing video games.

Some examples that he uses are of Woody Allen's mock sci-fi film where people are questioning why society within the 20th century failed to understand what nutritional values cream pies and hot fudge had.

Inquiry: pg. 729 # 2 & 6

#2:

Well beginning with what Jenkins overall argument is, is that he believes that play spaces are becoming nonexistent for children now-a-days and that it does not affect girls as much as boys, she girls mostly spend their time with mom doing household chores, while boys do more adventure and exploration things away from mom. He also, believes they need to make video games that not only boys can enjoy but that girls can too. Also, that girls need to be able to play like boys so that they can become more open and self confident.

A Tale of Childhoods:
Primarily is saying that girls have totally different structured childhoods than boys do. Boys like to have their own freedom that is structured away from the house and has to do with adventure and exploring physical limitations, while girls enjoy doing house keeping games and playing games that have to do with life skills.

Moving Beyond Home Base: Why Physical Space Matters:
He describes that open play space is needed for a child to explore the depths of their imagination and to gain skills that they will need to apply when in other situations. They also need unstructured where they can play that does not include being in the home or a room, because adults are still around, which leaves for limitations as to what the child can do, while if the child is outside away from the house they can explore things how they want to and physically change their environment to the way that they wish too. However there is much physical free space for children to play in and explore anymore.

Putting Boy Culture Back In The Home:
Boy culture is being ale to get out of the house and away from parental figures especially mothers.

Adventure Island: Boy Space:
Adventure island was made for boys, it includes allot of things that boys find interesting, a lot of stuff that holds their attention, like fighting, adventure, exploring, amongst other things. This makes boys wanting to find out what happens next and keeps them interested.

Secret Garden:Girl Space:
While Secret Garden is slow paced and you doing tender things like searching and exploring your environment around you, becoming one, in a way with nature and building relations with other humans and animals alike. Your taking care of people and animals, not destroying them, which how girls are believes to be and how they should be.

Conclusion: Toward A Gender-Neutral Play Space:
He believes that their should be play areas or even virtual play areas that are a bit girly and a bit boy culture so that both girls and boys alike can be entertained by the sames things and so that both sexes get exposed to what the other sex would only get exposed to.

#6:

I don't know that video games or even movies are very gender specific, because even if they are targeted at one sex, that does not mean that a girl is going to like the notebook for instance and the boy will absolutely love the Matrix or Transformers, it could be the other way completely. But as children I could understand how movies are centered towards a sex by the content, and that content draws in certain sexes, but I believe that as the child grows up they tend to stray away from the whole restricted sex liking thing that occurs as a child. You just understand that it doesn't matter anymore, things that you watch don't have to be specific to your gender or well you may not even notice it anymore. The Barbie movies and even some movies with talking animals may relate to girls more because their bright colors and the use of pinks and purple, they are related to nature in concept and they have to do with fairies and princess and they also have animals as a companion. While in boy movies like Cars and others, it has to do with speed, and adventure, it's fast paced and something that a boy I would believe would just love.

TSIS pg. 32 #2

For the first part of the assignments an essay was never assigned.

Second half:
Starting with the title of my essay and looking for metacommentary within it, I can say that the title of Essay number two which comparing Gladwell's concepts to Diamonds does not have any metacommentary directly in it, or I at least do not believe that it does. My text is also long enough without any metacommentary and if I was to add any, it would lengthen my paper, but the length would be unnecessary and then my paper would just be too wordy. I also do not believe that metacommentary would fit in with what I am trying to get across within my essay, I' not trying to state my own opinion against someone else's, I'm just comparing and contrasting the concepts and examples from Diamond and Gladwell.

TSIS: PG. 114 #2

In my essay outlining the concepts that connect Diamond and Gladwell's theories together, I use mostly the common types of transitional phrases to go from paragraph to paragraph at the most. I use the terms, first, second, etc.. along with However and other phrases just like that. I do use repetition in my essay. Repetition is primarily used to state the ways in which their theories relate and what those theories are in actuality.