Monday, January 11, 2010

Outline for big paper #2

Today, Cool has a strong effect on mainly teenagers. Has cool become a dangerous addiction? How is cool effecting teens negatively? 

Intro:

  • Introduce mains forms of cool for teenagers. Drinking, smoking, drugs, tattoos, piercing, infatuation with the media etc...
  • why teens wish to be cool, fitting in, gaining popularity, friends, 
  • the dangers cool can lead up too
Body paragraphs

Cool substances teens do
  • Drinking, smoking, drugs,
  • Negative effects Drinking liver failure, alcoholism, smoking lung cancer, variety of health problems, drugs addiction, variety of health problems, death 
  • Add statistics on teenage drug abuse


Altering appearance

  • Tattoos, piercing
  • Ridiculous tattoos with no meaning, getting tribal piercing like gauges.
  • state permanent effects that are being ignored for the sake of cool

obsession with the media 

  • wanting to be like celebrities, buying their clothes, following their trends, collecting their products etc...
  • quotes from article about how we are never individuals, look through notes. 


Conclusion

  • restate the thesis
  • These views on cool have been brought upon by society
  • only way to change them is if we revolt against the stereotypes of cool
  • its time we realize we are destroying our bodies
  • live life in moderation, the damage can build up and become irreversible


Note: look through your notes for quotes from articles we looked at in class

1 comment:

  1. Yasmin,

    Good start. After you have this written, I'd suggest you complicate it and include some slashing around. Otherwise you might end up with a pretty typical little bungalow.

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