GTA 5 Project

For this project Megan and I are going to be arguing that GTA is sexist. We are going to explore how there are no female characters and more importantly the portrayal of all women throughout this game. Women are commonly only featured as sluts, ex-strippers, or being made fun of. Many articles explained how the game exploits women and shows them only in a negative light. This is clearly a flaw and problem in the game and Megan and I plan to explore this issue and at the end suggest possible changes or additions to the game to make it less sexist.

Project 4-Mini Proposal

For Project 4 I am researching standardized testing and if they should be required. These tests are so high stakes and for many students, like myself do not reflect my knowledge well. Though there are pros to standardized testing I believe there are more cons and that schools and universities should not require them. Standardized testing begins as early as Elementary school and does not stop for a long time. You are constantly taking these high stakes test which does not account for external factors, by testing a student you are only seeing how well they are performing on that day, that moment. Instead I believe we should be looking at growth over the full school year and see how the student is getting better. Since I am a Special Education major and plan to be working in the school system for a long time it is important to me that I understand the ins and outs of these types of testing. There might be a point where I am required to give my students a standardized test and I want to be knowledgeable about it so I can help my students the best I can. I plan to research not only tests like the SAT/ACT but also exams like EOGs (End of Grade) testing. I hoping to potentially talk to some of my previous teachers over break to see how they feel as educators about the high stakes testing and see their point of view on it as well.

Dates:
March 14-15: Research online
March 18-20: Talk to teachers and continue researching
March 21-22: Finalize sources and start Draft 1
March 23-24: Write, write, write
March 26: Revise
March 27-30: Keep revising and finally turn it in on the 30th!

Project 3

I am a little confused on how to approach Project 3 and the road map to guide me so this is a tentative map. I am a Special Education major and also getting certified in Early Childhood Education. My goal after college is to attend a Masters program in education and then teach elementary aged students.

As of now, I am thinking about focusing on cover letters. I feel these will be extremely important as I attempt to find jobs out of college and also give me a chance to list all the accomplishments I will have achieved over college and my lifetime thus far.

My roadmap for this project will include many different sources of information. I am going to talk to my Education professor from first semester about what he did, key points he added in his cover letter, and more. I have many other adults that I am close to that are teachers that I plan on reaching out to to provide me with information and advice. I will look at many different educational cover letters so I can see all sorts of different focuses and positions taken and also look at cover letters from other professions so I can see the differences and similarities. Once I have gotten enough research, I plan to write a cover letter asking for a job at my very own school, Durham Academy. I have always dreamed of one day being a teacher there and would love more than anything then to practice a cover letter to a school that is close to my heart.

Project 1

I thought Project 1 was okay. I had a hard time getting started, at first I wanted to use a visual piece but since we needed a textual piece I had to do more digging. Once I decided on doing a song, I had an easy choice using Eminem as my argument for authoring. I was also more focused on making the 1,000 word limit in the beginning but once I heard it was more about content, I was less worried about that and wrote how I really felt. I also thought it was a somewhat difficult assignment because to me really anything is authoring, anything at all. What I do everyday is authoring, me telling my mom about my day is authoring so I was troubled with what exactly I should write to prove to someone else that I choose was a strong form of authoring. Overall, I think I completed the project and I was happy with my end project. I am more looking forward to the collaboration project and working with a partner to form a strong argument about a topic we choose.

My name is Constance Leder and I am from Durham, NC. I am a freshman Special Education major and in the sorority Alpha Chi Omega. I have one sister who is 25 and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In high school I played volleyball and lacrosse and was involved in many clubs like Special Olympics. I was also a tutor my senior year in reading, writing, and speaking English to a second grade ESL student. That helped foster my love of teaching and helping others which has brought me to my major. Both my parents work at Duke University so I grew up a Blue Devil fan but I am thrilled to now be a Tiger!
The ways of authoring for me have mostly been through social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. In high school many of the clubs I was in held fundraisers and benefit concerts, the easiest way to spread the word was over Twitter and Facebook events. Also, now that I am in a sorority I am able to use platforms like Twitter and Instagram to bring awareness to our philanthropy events and others news involving our chapter. Though I have mostly used social media as my way of authoring I have also written many research papers and when I was a tutor my senior year I had to write lesson plans for each session I had with my student. I am looking forward to the projects we briefly discussed on Friday and expanding my writing into different types of authoring.