Journal Entry #10

Rhetoric and Composition: What affects performance in college? Why do some do exceedingly well while others do not? English Education: Using fake words to help teach nouns, adverbs, verbs, etc. How would using this, like the poem Jabberwocky, help students? Does it help? Cultural Studies: The sexuality of advertisements. Why does sex sell? Discourse Analysis: How do syntax and gestures affect verbal communication? Topics I'm interested in: 1. Using athletes to sell products and if the athlete's reputation truly affects sales. 2. Infomercials. How do they go about selling products and how does it work? 3. Writing on the internet: does it hurt student's ability to write professionally or verbalize what they need to say. 4. Romantic films with the "bad boy" turning good. Why do most women prefer that? 5. Americans general ignorance about the United States government and what is going on with the country.