Activity Four

   Today in America there are many types of families. Families who adopt, families who have children families who are one single parent. Families try and find time to be together because  each member is so busy with sports, school and having a job. There can be a major age difference in siblings such as my family my sister and i are three years apart but my younger brother and i are ten years apart. Each family offers something different because of their backround and where they come from.

Definition of Social Diversity and Change.

When I think of social diversity and change I think of people from all over the world coming to one place and working together. Accepting each others differences and for what the offer as people. Each culture is differnt and makes different things more important than others. For example, The United States stresses that a college education is very important but in some cultures this is not as imporant as starting a family at a young age.

Project Ideas

I am still unsure about what I would like to do for my final project, but these are a few ideas I came up with. None of them are life changing and I am unsure about what they have to do with social issues. I am thinking I could use what magazines portray and what we collect from that image or article.

1. How what you wear in the workplace affects your success


2. How girls try and imitate the women in magazines

3. Where girls made the turn from being a size 7 and being okay with it, to now we have an obsession with being thin

4. Is there a difference in where you buy an item and who makes it? Ex tjmax

5. What kinds of articles do girls respond to in a positive way? Ex bad experiences of other girls or what to do.

Activity Five

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1. Families fight

2. Families should be evaluated every so often

3. There should be a support group for parents

4. A family should live under one roof

5. Divorce rate (children should be psychologically taken care of)

6. Civil unions are emerging as more accepted

7. Holidays should be taken as more of a family and religious time and less about superficial things

ACT. 1

a. In my childhood I had to write papers about a certain topic and write several short essays for a project. One major writing piece I did was in fourth grade, I wrote a small 20 page book. My teacher had sent these short stories away and had the pages bound together. I would write poetry from time to time when I had a lot on my plate concerning school, sports, friends and family.




b. I find writing easy, but I have a problem elaborating on a topic without repeating myself. I also find myself not wanting to research my topic. I think that these two are connected because without research and a limited amount of information things can be repeated.

C I have done several different types of pieces. In my English 101 class I wrote numerous papers that I enjoyed. These papers include summarizing and analyzing the book “Blink”. I also got a chance to write an essay on something I would like to change in the world. He let us make mistakes and helped us change how we viewed writing. I thoroughly enjoyed the class.

d. I used to keep a diary when I was in grade school and throughout high school. It helped me sort through the thoughts I had during the day. I always found it would help me sleep easier at night knowing I had put all my issues of the day on paper.

e. I use email and text very often. I get my emails sent to my phone so I can respond immediately. I text a lot during the day, I have replaced calling with texting.

f. I have written application essays for collegese. I consider these professional essyas because they will be used in determingin whether or not you get into a certain school. As with a job application which is a formal writing because that will determine whether or not one will get the job.

g. The use of language is very different when it comes to school and home. At school language is a lot more casual in comparison to being at home. My parents use outlandish words at home so that our vocabulary is expanded.

h. I took three years of French in high school and I found it to be very difficult. To this day I cannot speak it. I am just not very good at learning different languages.

Response to the Activity One

Janurary 24,2010
Name: Nora Patterson
Major: Fashion Merchandising and Marketing
Hometown:NJ