Monday, January 25, 2010
Initial Topic Idea
So far, what i think i am going to do for my final paper is Stereotypes given to different majors and campuses. For example, Dance majors are given the stereotype to being dumb. Another example would be that the "College Ave" Campus is considered the party campus here at Rutgers University. I may also look at the stereotypes given to all the different fraternities and sororities. An example would be which sorority is the "smart one" or which sorority is the "preppy stuck up girls one". I would like to look into different stereotypes through out rutgers and possibly compare them to the same topic at another school and asee which stereotypes are the same throughout universities and which are different throughout the area.
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Thanks for posting. I think the "stereotypes" you mention are intriguing and there may be a way of writing about them that can generate an interesting final paper. However, I think it is going to be a challenge, and you would probably better off just to focus on one of the groups you single out (such as sororities or dance majors).
ReplyDeleteIf you do pursue the topic, you need to begin by recognizing that stereotypes say less about those singled out than they do about the ideology that generates them. That is, to say that all dance majors are dumb, you have to believe (I'd speculate) that dance is not an academic subject worthy of study and really is not a legitimate part of the college curriculum. Something like that. I'll give it some thought if you want to write about this.