Author: Jacobo Cabrera (Page 2 of 5)

For this project my topic was school uniforms, I feel people don’t talk about this topic, this topic is important because the use of uniforms is starting to spread more and more around schools around the United States. This is a practice that I had to do for some years, and I never liked it, but I believe the reason why I did not like it, is because no one ever explained to me why we had to wear them or what was the meaning behind it. So, I want to explain to students that have to wear uniforms why they have to wear them so they don’t feel like wearing those uniforms is just a non-sense. The way I wanna approach my topic is by doing a podcast where I wanna bring two people to talk about the topic. My stand on the topic is going to be totally neutral I am just going to give the pros and cons, history about the topic, and general information, therefore the other two integrants are the ones that are going to give their opinion on the topic. I think, so far I have the idea of what I want to do but I haven’t worked on a script yet because I want to do some improvisation I don’t want to sound like I am reading from a paper so it feels more natural, but I still have to create like the segments so I have a timeline to follow and it doesn’t feel like I don’t know what I am talking about. I am proud that my idea is really interesting and at the same time, I am excited about the topic which means that I am going to do a better job, whenever I have a project and I like the topic I tend to put more effort into it. I do not think I need help so far but if I ever have questions I know I can ask my professor or the people from my group. One thing that some times worry me is the fact that this is a topic that can be really boring but this is why I wanna try to make it as interesting as possible, I think the best way to get peoples’ attention is by keeping it fresh like I said to follow a small timeline and script but also use improv. Right now what I am going to work on is figuring out the topics, I already know some of them but I have to organize it so it makes sense. What I have done for the timeline so far is, history of the uniforms, then I want to talk about the pros and cons, then let the other two participants say what they think about the pros and cons, maybe they can agree in pro but then disagree and this is where I can start asking more questions to get deeper to their reasoning, once that is done I wanna talk about the rules to implement uniforms, like how they are implemented in a way that it’s fair for the students and parents. The two integrants are probably going to be ex-classmates I had, I have been in many schools so I have had to wear uniforms and I have not had to, I think bringing to participants like that is gonna make more genuine because they are going to share ideas with other people that also think like them.

Jacob Cabrera 11/13/2020

I have been writing the script for my podcast about uniforms. I think the topic is going to be directed to students that have to wear uniforms or had before. I have the order already made but I still have to write down the questions but the timeline is First I present myself and two more people that are going to participate. I am going to be neutral about the topic and one of the participants is going to be pro uniforms and the other participant is going to be con uniforms. After introducing the participants and me, I am going to talk about my experience with uniforms and kind of tell how I felt about it, then I am going to ask the two participants their opinion about the topic. After that, I am going to disgust the reason why uniforms are implemented and like what do schools have to do in order to require their students to wear uniforms. What I have to work on right now is the question that I can ask the participants so they can give their points of view.

What did I learn from reading this article? I learned that people actually get mad when you have the inappropriate grammar and you don’t follow guidelines, I did not know that an article could be so mean, I understand the way they see it like you have to respect the way things are done but they are being too critical about it, that is just how I feel about it, maybe it was not his intention but I am just giving my opinion. I think in high school we learn a lot of unnecessary things that literally make no sense, I used to learn things so I can take a test and then forget it all so I think if we just focused on important things like using proper English and citations we would do so much better. Now that I know how people get because you did the wrong citation I think I am going to be more careful next time. (This is just how I felt while reading the article)

During my research in unit two, I found an article that talked about why uniforms were implemented and what thoughts people had about wearing uniforms, in this article I found many cutes that support pros and cons, one of the quotes I found was by ProCon.org. “Research by the Schoolwear Association found that 83% of teachers thought “a good school uniform… could prevent bullying based on appearance or economic background.” “Should Students Have to Wear Uniforms?” ProCon.org, 20 Jan. 2020, school-uniforms.procon.org/. I think the best quotes are the ones that have two sides to them so you can come with your own thoughts and it makes the reading more interesting because if you are just told that something is bad and you can’t use your own criteria then it’s not as good. The two sides of this quote are one wearing a uniform is not going to prevent bullying because there are a thousand more reasons why kids can get bullied, but on the other hand, wearing a uniform can show students that they are the same regardless of their clothes.