Blog #11

I just want to start out saying… there is only one thing better than a good weekend after a stressful week.

And that is a good weekend after a couple of stressful weeks.

Huzzah for the Weekend!

This last weekend was much needed.

(spring break would be nice too…BYU. But we wont get into that. I’m over it. Ha)

ANYWAY.

About my paper?

I am feeling pretty good! I feel like my topic is engaging, materials should be pretty accessible, and hopefully I have learned my lessons from research papers past (enough that I will give myself time to write my thoughts well).

Procrastination? It’s not gonna happen this time. WoooooHoooooo.

I am a little worried about coming up with my thesis statement though. I feel like it is such a huge topic, but narrowing it down at all really limits the content I can work with <<ISSUE. It’s going to be a fine line to contemplate the next few days as I work up my thesis statement.

These are some of the things I want to include in my paper: I want to write about what developmental patterns are happening in that general age group. What is happening cognitively? Socially? Physically? Etc. I also want to write about the negative impact that environment can make during that stage, such as problems with distorted body image, eating disorders, low self esteem, competitiveness, and other common issues among teenage girls. Do you think it is possible to include all of that? Is it too broad?

Well. I’ve started looking for some information. The first thing I did was went to my Child Development teacher and asked her for some guidance in where to look for text. She gave me some contact numbers for other members in the department, and hopefully I will get a lot of help from those professors. I plan on meeting with them and getting some books, articles, studies, etc.

Otherwise, I haven’t researched more than that. I obviously have some work to do. 

I’ll get to it. :)