http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138200/megan-h-mackenzie/let-women-fight
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/us/16women.html
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Theoretical Research
Army may train women for rigor of front lines
The Washington times wrote an article about the US military's involvement of women in the military. Instead of talking only about adding them into the infantry ranks, they sited some studies done about women's health in direct combat in Britain and Canada. More women got injured, more had to evacuated, and more could not maintain the physical aspect needed to fight in the front of battle lines. The article talked about how it was harder for women to endure the tough courses that the officers have to do, their physical abilities cannot match up with the men in the army, and in result they start to get injured and can't make it to high levels of the military. Some make the argument that women should be given the chance regardless of this if they were allowed to go to Ranger school, which trains the soldiers who have been in combat how to fight on front lines and can lead them to be higher officers. Some think that women should be given the chance to make it, even if only one women can, at least she got the shot.
This is more abstract because it goes into more details about women's health and what they can and can't endure. It shows some of the weaknesses in women's physicality compared to men's. This is not necessarily making the command rethink the idea of letting women try to get into the infantry, they think that a very small women could potentially do it.
Monday, December 8, 2014
New Beginnings
Fourteen extremely physically fit women have tried a failed the Marine Corps' Officer Course since it was opened to women in 2012, almost all of them failing on the first day of a 13 week course. This immediately causes red flags in people's minds. Is the course discriminating against women because they are physically different than men? In order to give women a fair chance at being a Marine Corps Officer, should we set double standards for them? Sage Santangelo, the 15th woman to fail, doesn't think so. Santangelo was a fearless hockey goalie, climbed tough mountain faces in her home state of Colorado, and had her first solo flight when she was only 15 years old; this course was her next (and biggest) challenge. She was very fit, so for the first half of the course she felt good, passing many men, but later the fatigue kicked in. As much as she wanted to she couldn't continue. When asked about her, and countless other women's failure, she explained her reasoning. Santangelo doesn't believe that there should be double standards used in the military. She says that in order to be a stable and reliable commander, you must pass the test that is put forth no matter what gender you are. The enemy and the terrain are not going to go easier on you because you are a woman. The course requirements depict almost exactly the conditions you might have to face as an officer. She believes that the real injustice women face is the training before the tests. In her earlier years of training she was always in gender separated groups, doing less in physical tests than men, always a second choice to her male counterparts when the two groups were brought together. If men and women were put together sooner then maybe women would have a chance to gain the muscle and experience needed to complete the officer course. So where do the inequalities really lie?
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Anecdotes, factoids, 3 questions
Anecdotes:
Factoids:
1) When I was in elementary school, I loved playing sports and I was good at them; during gym class I always wanted boys to pass to me but they never would, having to prove myself to them before they included me in the game.
2) Sage Santangelo, along with 14 other women, all failed the Marine infantry fitness test; she believes not because they should be held to double standards but because women and men were segregated from the beginning and women were not held to as high fitness standards, therefore they did not have enough conditioning or experience.
3)Colonel Dale Eikmeier was once assigned to be in the US embassy in Baghdad with a female helicopter pilot. The Iraqis there were very polite to her but, still, they could not take the female helicopter pilot too seriously because of their culture but eventually they saw how smart and able she was and they saw her as a special addition to the team.
Factoids:
1) In 2010, roughly 19,000 sexual assaults occurred in the military, and less than 14% of these were reported by survivors.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-military-discrimination
2) Beginning in 2003, the U.S. Army established all‐female (Lioness) teams specifically to accompany all‐ male Marine combat units into insurgent‐infested areas of Ramadi, Iraq.
http://servicewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/97-WIC-fact-sheet.pdf
3) Allowing women on submarines is an issue that had been considered and rejected several times since 1993. In February 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress that the Navy intended to allow women officers on submarines.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-military-discrimination
2) Beginning in 2003, the U.S. Army established all‐female (Lioness) teams specifically to accompany all‐ male Marine combat units into insurgent‐infested areas of Ramadi, Iraq.
http://servicewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/97-WIC-fact-sheet.pdf
3) Allowing women on submarines is an issue that had been considered and rejected several times since 1993. In February 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress that the Navy intended to allow women officers on submarines.
Questions:
1) How is women leadership viewed as opposed to men?
2) What are arguments against women being allowed in direct combat?
3) Are there many differences in why women join the military opposed to men?
1) How is women leadership viewed as opposed to men?
2) What are arguments against women being allowed in direct combat?
3) Are there many differences in why women join the military opposed to men?
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Possible Books
Books From Amazon:
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War--Available
By: Helen Thorpe
Description: From an award-winning, “meticulously observant” (The New Yorker), and “masterful” (Booklist) writer comes a groundbreaking account of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and how their military service affected their friendship, their personal lives, and their families.'
Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution--Available
By: Jeanne Holm
Description: The first comprehensive historical survey of women in the American armed forces....Eloquent, inspiring and richly informative. --Publishers Weekly
Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II --Available
Description: During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time in history. In the United States, famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, where over one thousand women flyers ferried aircraft from factories to airbases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942 to 1944.
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq--Available
By: Kirsten Holstedt
Description: Band of Sisters presents a dozen groundbreaking and often heart-wrenching stories of American women in combat in Iraq, such as the U.S.'s first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the military's first black female pilot in combat, a young turret gunner defending convoys, and a nurse struggling to save lives, including her own.
Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military--Available
By: Tanya Biank
Description: Since 9/11, more than 240,000 women have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan—more than 140 have died there, and they currently make up fourteen percent of the total active-duty forces. Despite advances, today’s servicewomen are constantly pressed to prove themselves, to overcome challenges men never face
The Forgotten Women Heroes: Second World War Untold Stories - The Women Heroes in the Extraordinary World War Two--Only available on Amazon
By: Scott S.F. Meaker
Description: These women have been footnotes in history and at least one of them was a model for women in James Bond books and movies. The women however have remained in the shadows of the stories of the Second World War. These women fade into history even though their actions were crucial in changing the outcome of the war.
Women in the Line of Fire: What You Should Know About Women in the Military--Available
By: Erin Solaro
Description: In 2004, Erin Solaro went to Iraq to study American servicewomen — what they were doing, how well they were doing it, how they were faring in combat. In 2005, she went to Afghanistan on the same mission. Having spent time embedded with combat troops and conducting stateside interviews with numerous analysts and veterans, Solaro is convinced that the time to drop all remaining restrictions on women's full equality under arms is now.
A Civilian's Guide to the U.S. Military: A comprehensive reference to the customs, language and structure of the Armed Forces--Available
By:
Does a corporal have to salute a lieutenant or is it the other way around? What are forward-deployed units? Is an "armored cow" a type of tank or something soldiers eat? Are Polaris missiles dropped from the air or launched from a submarine? If someone calls you a "Cat 4" should you be honored or offended?
Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men, Revised Edition--Available
By: Anne Fausto- Sterling
Description: By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically based sex differences. Features a new chapter and afterward on recent biological breakthroughs.
Women in the Military: Flirting With Disaster--
By: Brian Mitchell
Description: Army veteran Brian Mitchell shatters stock Pentagon assurances to reveal that women have had a profoundly negative effect on U.S. fighting capabilities.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Women in the military Question response
Story of______ who did not make it through the infantry training:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fourteen-women-have-tried-and-failed-the-marines-infantry-officer-course-heres-why/2014/03/28/24a83ea0-b145-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html
The question asked in my blog about women in the military is: what is the opinion of women being held to the same standards in the military?
Sage Santangelo wrote about her experience failing the marine infantry test. Santagelo took the test after years of training, climbing mountains, and playing on both men's and women's hockey teams. Regardless, she did not pass. She believes that women should, in fact, be held to the same standards as men in the tests to be in the infantry. She believes that if it was any different, then troops would be put in danger. Santagelo knows that women are naturally built differently than men, but she does not think that should lead to double standards. She thinks that women like her were failing the test in such great numbers because they were held to a double standard earlier, so that now they could not compete. In her earlier training as a marine, women were always segregated from men and had to do less to pass fitness tests. This made them have many less opportunities to grow stronger and also made their male counterparts see them as weaker.
Sage Santagelo thinks that they should give women a second chance at the test, because previously they were not allowed to after failing it once. She also thinks that you should be able to decide on an infantry career earlier so that you can get a good foundation to be in the infantry and pass the test.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Our Entertainment Business and Fame
Gaining Fame through Youtube:
http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/shane-dawson-jenna-marbles-internet-fame-1201271428/
When discussing the entertainment business and "famous" people you have to take into account the modes with which people rise to fame. In this day and age it is essential that we talk about Youtube and the new ways that people are rising to stardom that doesn't necessarily include big corporations like Disney. In this article I read called "New Breed of Online Stars Rewrite the Rules of Fame," the author discussed how many people are rising to fame through different modes than other generations have experienced and how that is affecting the entertainment business.
The most obvious example is Youtube; many singers and comedians first gain their real following on their YouTube channel. They make money through ads and from events they are able to hold for subscribers. This is different from the past because they are the sole creators of their fame and they are their own agents. The article also discusses the obvious characteristics you need to become an internet sensation. They say that it helps to be good looking and funny, but also very hard working and able to put in lots of time. I think that people becoming famous through YouTube, Vine, and Instagram is very relevant and interesting. It makes becoming famous much easier, in some ways, than in previous years. Now literally anyone with internet access and a camera can become famous. I think that I can also use the new internet stars to show how the needed characteristics for stardom might be changing, or how it is the same.
Justin Bieber Trademark Rise to Fame:
http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/16/justin-bieber-and-the-rising-importance-of-accelerating-media/
It is hard to discuss people's rise to fame nowadays without referencing Justin Bieber, one of the biggest teen pop stars. With just a few videos on YouTube Bieber was made an internet sensation. This article discusses how an unknown boy from Canada could become the most talked about teen in the United States almost overnight. The article discusses accelerated media and its effect on who becomes famous.
Through accelerated media the common person is the fastest mode of transportation of information. People are able to display their interests freely and spark someone else to see what they saw. This makes videos and other ideas or people spread like a wildfire. I think that this could be interesting to look into because Justin Bieber is a staple for how people started to become famous in recent years and how luck factors in to someone's ability to become a celebrity. The article discusses how Bieber became an internet sensation at exactly the right time because no one else was really doing it. But then he opened the doors for more and more internet sensations. Although I myself am not a Belieber in an respect, I think that analyzing his rise to stardom could answer many of my questions.
Alex from Target:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/business/media/teenage-clerk-rises-from-target-to-star-on-twitter-and-talk-shows-.html?_r=0
In this article the NY times discusses the recent rise to fame of one 16 year old from Texas. His name is Alex Lee and he was photographed while bagging a girl's belongings at target. She posted the picture later and made the hashtag Alex from target. His picture soon went viral because teen girls and others thought he was very attractive. This shows the sheer power of the fangirl and the media. This kid who had no other apparent talents except for being "good looking" was made an internet sensation overnight because of his good looks. I think this interesting because the internet and media can spark things that never would have been noticed before. I think that the idea of a fangirl is worth looking into and why girls are so likely to make a man famous because of his looks but that rarely happens with men. Why do girls "fan girl?" Also the article made an interesting point about celebrities and famous actresses that had been given movie deals because their picture was seen. This took place even in the 1930's.
http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/shane-dawson-jenna-marbles-internet-fame-1201271428/
When discussing the entertainment business and "famous" people you have to take into account the modes with which people rise to fame. In this day and age it is essential that we talk about Youtube and the new ways that people are rising to stardom that doesn't necessarily include big corporations like Disney. In this article I read called "New Breed of Online Stars Rewrite the Rules of Fame," the author discussed how many people are rising to fame through different modes than other generations have experienced and how that is affecting the entertainment business.
The most obvious example is Youtube; many singers and comedians first gain their real following on their YouTube channel. They make money through ads and from events they are able to hold for subscribers. This is different from the past because they are the sole creators of their fame and they are their own agents. The article also discusses the obvious characteristics you need to become an internet sensation. They say that it helps to be good looking and funny, but also very hard working and able to put in lots of time. I think that people becoming famous through YouTube, Vine, and Instagram is very relevant and interesting. It makes becoming famous much easier, in some ways, than in previous years. Now literally anyone with internet access and a camera can become famous. I think that I can also use the new internet stars to show how the needed characteristics for stardom might be changing, or how it is the same.
Justin Bieber Trademark Rise to Fame:
http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/16/justin-bieber-and-the-rising-importance-of-accelerating-media/
It is hard to discuss people's rise to fame nowadays without referencing Justin Bieber, one of the biggest teen pop stars. With just a few videos on YouTube Bieber was made an internet sensation. This article discusses how an unknown boy from Canada could become the most talked about teen in the United States almost overnight. The article discusses accelerated media and its effect on who becomes famous.
Alex from Target:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/business/media/teenage-clerk-rises-from-target-to-star-on-twitter-and-talk-shows-.html?_r=0
Sunday, November 23, 2014
5 minute writing women in the military
The Daily Caller:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/05/gender-equality-a-double-standard-for-women-in-the-military/
The first article I read was about women in the military and how they are held to different standards. For a long time women were given a different fitness test than men and were not allowed to be in certain units like the infantry. This opinion column makes the argument that women should be held to the same standards because the nation needs protection and if those are the standards that need to be in place to ensure that our military is the best, then women should not be given an excuse.
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/24/us/military-women-glance/
This article shows statistics about women in the military without any clear insight. It shows that only 7.1% of women are officers. most of the women are seen in the medical or administrative units. They are not allowed to be in the infantry but can work other tactical positions. In the navy 46% of the women are medical positions.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/05/gender-equality-a-double-standard-for-women-in-the-military/
The first article I read was about women in the military and how they are held to different standards. For a long time women were given a different fitness test than men and were not allowed to be in certain units like the infantry. This opinion column makes the argument that women should be held to the same standards because the nation needs protection and if those are the standards that need to be in place to ensure that our military is the best, then women should not be given an excuse.
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/24/us/military-women-glance/
This article shows statistics about women in the military without any clear insight. It shows that only 7.1% of women are officers. most of the women are seen in the medical or administrative units. They are not allowed to be in the infantry but can work other tactical positions. In the navy 46% of the women are medical positions.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Data that supports my potential topic
Youth sports effect on our country, how could we improve the next generation through youth sports?
As far as a site that had data for youth sports, I think I found the best one. It is an article written for ESPN that tells all the hidden statistics about youth sports in our country.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9469252/hidden-demographics-youth-sports-espn-magazine
In the article they had many findings about different demographics that people don't necessarily think about everyday or know about the trends of youth sports.
As far as a site that had data for youth sports, I think I found the best one. It is an article written for ESPN that tells all the hidden statistics about youth sports in our country.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9469252/hidden-demographics-youth-sports-espn-magazine
In the article they had many findings about different demographics that people don't necessarily think about everyday or know about the trends of youth sports.
This graph shows that urban kids are slightly less likely to participate in sports that those kids in suburbs. Suburbs usually hold wealthier kids and a greater draw to sports. I think that I could use this to analyze many different factors of youth sports. For instance I could look into why girls are less likely to participate in sports in some areas but are closer to those boys in rural areas. I think that there are also many factors that go into the slightly lower percent of kids participating in sports in Urban areas. This could because of poverty or just other attractions.
Being a girl that thought of sports as one of the biggest parts of my life as a child, I thought this was very interesting. The amount of girls that think that sports are a big part of their life is very different than the percent of boys. I find this graph sad because of all the underlying reasons why girls might not have the same mental stance as boys about sports. This could because people generally think that boys sports are more interesting/professional and maybe girls are taught that liking sports a lot is not girly or something that society outwardly accepts all the time. This is not true in all circumstances of course but, sadly, in the US it is something that girls have to face.
All the graphs and data came from the article on the ESPN website: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9469252/hidden-demographics-youth-sports-espn-magazine
Monday, November 17, 2014
Extension On Youth Sports Topic
I started off by reading about youth sports and how there should be more of a push to have a greater amount of coed teams. Today I wanted to broaden my scope a little bit to see the full scale importance of youth sports and on how many levels it could change our society. I read an article from NBC titled "Lower-income students getting shut out of sports" by Kelly Holland. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/lower-income-students-getting-shut-out-sports-n164941. It was a pretty short article that was straight to the point but I think that I could use this topic to come up with a cohesive argument about youth sports. In the article it talked about a father whose daughter played on an elite soccer club in Florida. That season they spent a little over $18,000 dollars on that team, including the many tournaments she had to attend. A lower class family would have no way of supporting a child that was fit to go through one of these programs. As the youth sports industry gets more and more popular the prices for getting to play keep rising. Of course the state budget cuts for schools and districts forces the sports teams to make pay-to-play a reality for almost all teams, the author proves that there are side effects that we don't clearly link together. Sports keep students busy, they keep them out of trouble, and create a somewhat stable environment for a student to exist in. This is key for kids who come from less than favorable situations. Kids who live in rough neighborhoods will be at a higher risk for dropping out of school and getting into trouble with the law because they cannot afford to play sports. What many inner city programs are trying to solve is obesity. Kids who come from lower class families can't afford to play on the organized sports teams so often times they don't end up getting enough exercise. In either scenario the kids are becoming a burden on society and it prevents them from doing well in school and from being a healthy human being. In the article Holland sites data that says that girls who play sports in high school in inner city areas are more likely to not get pregnant and stay in school.
I think that I could make an argument using the two elements of youth sports that I have found and create a paper that shows the benefits of organized team playing from a young age.
I think that I could make an argument using the two elements of youth sports that I have found and create a paper that shows the benefits of organized team playing from a young age.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Third Idea for Senior Project
My third topic for the senior paper that I am exploring is coed youth sports.
I read an article from the magazine Youth Sports called "On the Same Team?" The article argues that pre-pubescent children should be on coed teams, more often and that kids should be playing along side the opposite gender.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzooW85DaBBjQzExcnFmTFRTR1NqNEFWLVRJOVhwdw/edit
In the beginning of the article it talks about how people have this idea that boys are naturally more athletic and competitive than girls, which is not true. This is why people start grouping kids by gender when they play sports so early. The only aspect of education that is segregated by gender is sports, but the author doesn't think it should be this way. Teams, instead of being grouped by gender first, should be made by pure skill when kids are younger. Girls actually can be stronger and more athletic than boys when they are in the pre-pubescent years because they naturally mature faster. So why, as a society, do we see girls as unfit to play along side their male counterparts. I believe that if boys and girls played on the same sports teams from a young age until they hit puberty, boys would not have the image that girls were weak and we wouldn't root the idea of "boys sports are always better than girls" in our youth's mind right from the beginning.
Boys are more likely to see girls that also tried out and made the same team as equals from a younger age. They have no reason to say they are worse because the girl is the same size and just as good. The boys see them as fellow athletes instead of the weak link. Maybe this will eventually take away the common saying "stop playing like a girl" and maybe when a all male team plays badly, the coach won't refer to them as "ladies"to show that they played badly or to lower their confidence. Girls also learn to become more skilled when they play with boys that might be a little more physically strong, they learn from a young age how to get around the bigger boys and therefore gain much more technicality that can make them a better player in the future and able to better compete with boys.
The article also delves into the objections that are often brought up. Many say that girls will get injured more often when they play with boys. But this is not true. I found this very interesting. Boys get hurt playing with boys, girls get hurt playing with girls, and there are no studies that show that girls get hurt at a higher rate when they play alongside boys. There are weaker boys and there are stronger girls so the argument proves invalid. Title IX said specifically that the issue of safety cannot prevent a girl from playing on a boys team, so then, what is stopping us?
I read an article from the magazine Youth Sports called "On the Same Team?" The article argues that pre-pubescent children should be on coed teams, more often and that kids should be playing along side the opposite gender.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzooW85DaBBjQzExcnFmTFRTR1NqNEFWLVRJOVhwdw/edit
In the beginning of the article it talks about how people have this idea that boys are naturally more athletic and competitive than girls, which is not true. This is why people start grouping kids by gender when they play sports so early. The only aspect of education that is segregated by gender is sports, but the author doesn't think it should be this way. Teams, instead of being grouped by gender first, should be made by pure skill when kids are younger. Girls actually can be stronger and more athletic than boys when they are in the pre-pubescent years because they naturally mature faster. So why, as a society, do we see girls as unfit to play along side their male counterparts. I believe that if boys and girls played on the same sports teams from a young age until they hit puberty, boys would not have the image that girls were weak and we wouldn't root the idea of "boys sports are always better than girls" in our youth's mind right from the beginning.
Boys are more likely to see girls that also tried out and made the same team as equals from a younger age. They have no reason to say they are worse because the girl is the same size and just as good. The boys see them as fellow athletes instead of the weak link. Maybe this will eventually take away the common saying "stop playing like a girl" and maybe when a all male team plays badly, the coach won't refer to them as "ladies"to show that they played badly or to lower their confidence. Girls also learn to become more skilled when they play with boys that might be a little more physically strong, they learn from a young age how to get around the bigger boys and therefore gain much more technicality that can make them a better player in the future and able to better compete with boys.
The article also delves into the objections that are often brought up. Many say that girls will get injured more often when they play with boys. But this is not true. I found this very interesting. Boys get hurt playing with boys, girls get hurt playing with girls, and there are no studies that show that girls get hurt at a higher rate when they play alongside boys. There are weaker boys and there are stronger girls so the argument proves invalid. Title IX said specifically that the issue of safety cannot prevent a girl from playing on a boys team, so then, what is stopping us?
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Potential Topics For Senior Paper
Topic 1: TV Shows-- Especially with the rise of Netflix and other modes of binge watching TV, many shows have become more popular than they ever have before. Today the hottest shows are, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Pretty Little Liars, and much more. What about these shows makes them so popular? How have TV shows changed over the different time periods. For instance in the 80's and 90's, good shows were Friends and Seinfeld.
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/breaking-bad/articles
This blog is a little less formal. The website has lots of advertising because it not only is a fan base but also connects people with other video games and shows to watch. People can comment anything they want under their favorite show and tell why they like it or recap certain episodes. For this blog project I thought I would find different modern TV show blogs and see what people said about them. Since this is a fan base most of the things people say will be good.
http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/
This blog is on an official website for the TV station AMC. The company has set up a forum for people to be able to write about the show and share news for the characters. Some of it is about plot but other parts is analysis about the show. Although this is about Breaking Bad too I thought I would try this blog. The posts seem to be written all by one person.
http://worldofseinfeld.blogspot.com
This blog looks like a privately owned blog that the person posts things people have said about the show Seinfeld on. There are also links to catch up with where the actors are today and analysis about the comedic aspects of the show. There are still a fair amount of ads on the side.
Topic 2: Why people enlist in the military after High School--I am interested in this topic because I only know very few people who have enlisted in the military after high school. I want to know what factors into that decision and what about your family, where you live, and your socioeconomic background compels you to go into service and how that has changed over the years.
http://www.beforejoiningthemilitary.com/bjtm-blog/
This blog is a little unrelated but shows some of the reasons why someone might go into the military. It even has a post about why different people join the military but it is based more on their own interpretation. From what I can tell it is written by however many people run the site, it looks like a well run and professional website.
http://teenlife.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/12004/why-they-chose-the-military/
This is a blog for teens that has a blog written about joining the military after high school. The blog website is pretty professional but it looks as if individuals could post on it and share their own stories for other teens. The articles are written by teens and recent high school graduates.
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/breaking-bad/articles
This blog is a little less formal. The website has lots of advertising because it not only is a fan base but also connects people with other video games and shows to watch. People can comment anything they want under their favorite show and tell why they like it or recap certain episodes. For this blog project I thought I would find different modern TV show blogs and see what people said about them. Since this is a fan base most of the things people say will be good.
http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/
This blog is on an official website for the TV station AMC. The company has set up a forum for people to be able to write about the show and share news for the characters. Some of it is about plot but other parts is analysis about the show. Although this is about Breaking Bad too I thought I would try this blog. The posts seem to be written all by one person.
http://worldofseinfeld.blogspot.com
This blog looks like a privately owned blog that the person posts things people have said about the show Seinfeld on. There are also links to catch up with where the actors are today and analysis about the comedic aspects of the show. There are still a fair amount of ads on the side.
Topic 2: Why people enlist in the military after High School--I am interested in this topic because I only know very few people who have enlisted in the military after high school. I want to know what factors into that decision and what about your family, where you live, and your socioeconomic background compels you to go into service and how that has changed over the years.
http://www.beforejoiningthemilitary.com/bjtm-blog/
This blog is a little unrelated but shows some of the reasons why someone might go into the military. It even has a post about why different people join the military but it is based more on their own interpretation. From what I can tell it is written by however many people run the site, it looks like a well run and professional website.
http://teenlife.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/12004/why-they-chose-the-military/
This is a blog for teens that has a blog written about joining the military after high school. The blog website is pretty professional but it looks as if individuals could post on it and share their own stories for other teens. The articles are written by teens and recent high school graduates.
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