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.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
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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