Junior Theme Blog #1

To be quite honest, over the past weekend, I kind of bent the rules that were given to us regarding junior theme topics.  We were told to come to class on Monday with three to five why questions, and that all of our questions should be valid options.  We were told to not come to school with one solid topic that we thought would definitely be the basis for our argument in this infamous paper.  And while I did come to school with five legitimate why questions on Monday, only one stood out to me.  My question was: "Why have video games and television shows targeted at children become increasingly violent?"  Even though this question is way too broad, I though for sure that I would write mypaper in regards to this topic.

So I came to school on Monday, and thought that I would have my list of five questions ready, but really not need them because I already knew which topic I was going to address.  I was wrong.  After spending the first twenty minutes of the period running into nothing but dead ends, I felt dejected.  I could not find any good books, web articles, etc. to support my argument.  So I turned back to the remaining four questions on my list.  The one that stood out to me was about obesity in America.  Immediately, I was able to find resources for my new topic.  Doc Oc pointed out a book to me called Fast Food Nation, which seems like it would be a great read for my paper.  When all was said and done, the lesson that I learned on the first day of junior theme research was to keep an open mind.  Once I opened myself up to new ideas, the research came much more easily.  If you are stuck in a corner with this menacing paper, then just keep an open mind and you will find a way out.