Posting #3

For my paper I have not yet done any academic research or interviews. When I do conduct my interview, I plan to ask: What it is like being a teenager in Joliet? What types of stereotypes do you face being a teen in Joliet? And, Do you feel these stereotypes are correct about teens in Joliet? I have definitely been to the site, because I have live there for eighteen years. There is a lot of gang violence, but the city does not look as bad as it sounds. I believe this is where a lot of the stereotypes come from, becuase it is a small town and it is not a very upscale town. I believe that my non-academic research will be a lot easier because of the fact that I am a insider.

Class ?'s

I feel that my subculture will be an interesting topic. Being a teen in Joliet, Il I know that there are a lot of interesting things about us, not there we're too much different from any other teens, but we are definitely interesting. My subcullture is important because Joliet is a small town that most people never even heard of, but is important to let people know just how fun this small town is. I just want readers to know about Joliet in general

Posting #2

As of right now that subculture that I plan to write about is NABJ. This is an orginization here at Ball State which stands for National Association of Black Journalism. All races are welcome in the organization. The organization has a mixture of mostly journalism and communications majors. The group meets every Wednesday in the Letterman Building at 6pm. The meetings are held in a classroom, in which the memebers sit in the desk and the executive board sits at the front of the cassroom facing the members. I am an insider because I am a member of this organization. I think that there are a lot of new things that I will learn due to this assignment, simply because I probably never payed attention to it before. Things such as our "lingo" and certain things we do everyday are things I never thought about until now, so I know that there are going to be a lot of things that I am going to learn.

Response to Box #2

Everyday I come and sign into this place. I dont have to come I just choose to do so. Once I have signed in I read the news about what all my friends have been doing. In this place I have 400 or more friends. Sometimes I share pictures with them from my weekend events or new songs that I have heard and so on. I always share with my friends what I am doing that day or what my feelings are that day. While im there I usually check out my friend's photos also and see what is going with them that day. I also find out about parties and events that are coming up on my campus when im here. Because I go to school in a different state then where im from I come to this place a lot to keep in touch with my old friends from back home. Its a place that I like to go to in my spare time. Its it really good way to communicate with others.

My Subcultures....

The subcultures I belong to.....
Nabj: communications and journalism majors
strong feelings about the news
talks/debates a lot about news
Athlete: Badminton
One on One/ Two vs. Two
Phrases: smash, drop, good eye, cross-drop etc
Stretch and run before playing
Strong feelings towards our sport
Illinois resident: Somewhat of an accent
lots of slang
Fan of the bulls

Nabj (National Association of Black Journalism) is a club at Ball State University. This club consist of mostly journalism and communications majors. It is not only for African American students, it is open to all races. At the beginning of every meeting we start off by reading our mission statement. Every meeting we also have someone pick a story for our current event discussion. It is usually a story about something going on in the news. After the person gives us the breakdown of the story and how they feel about it. It is open for debate. Everyone has there chance to speak on the topic and express how they feel about it. Nabj also teaches how to write a news story, how to find a news story, how to use a camera to record a story and so on, basically everything you need to become a journalist, newscaster, or somethng in that field. The group meets every wednesday at 5 in the letterman building.

My Senior Research Paper...

At my high school in order to graduate you have to have written a senior research paper which was worth a large percentage of your final grade. My paper was on how police officers need stricter rules and harsher punishments for breaking these rules. Before I even began an outline or any form of preparations, I had to do a lot of research to be sure that I had enough information on this topic in order to write a paper. Once I was certain on my topic I then created an outline. I also made note cards which we had to turn in with our paper. The process of actually writing the paper took weeks. I definitely listened to music while writing it as I do for all papers. I had a least two rough drafts that were read by my teacher before I actually typed the final paper. Overall it was a very long process in order to finish this paper. It was something that couldn’t have been done the night before.
I think the difference between editing and revising is when you’re editing a paper you’re correcting small things like punctuation and grammar. When revising you’re actually reading through the entire paper and making major changes such as moving sentences and/or paragraphs and rearranging them to make sure paper sound better.