Independent Study 2

Log: I created a blog on tumblr, I created it on February 09 2011, and I have spent a lot of time with it. I am really proud of it, because I spent everyday or at least every other day working on it and posting stuff. 

2. Posted Evidence: http://watchwhatyouwatch.tumblr.com/ 

3. Literal:

(a) “I, Atiana P. affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) As of February 9th, I created a blog analysing pictures just like my last independent component, but this time I commented about quotes, and saying and pictures as well.

Interpretive:

I really feel like this blog that I have created not only helped me with my component because my essential question is how can you best help a girl, and the people who are following my, I feel like I have helped them out in some way. When some one re-bloged something I post, or likes it i feel like the message I was trying to get across worked. I posted pictures about both of my answers. My blog talks about healthy living, and how to eat healthier and exercise with out over doing it. I also posted different scenarios that could happen if you were a leader of a self esteem group and girls had problem. I made a little guide to help the "leader" handle the situation. Such as, she doesn't feel comfortable around guys. Then I explain how she could go about the situation. I even put songs that I feel are inspirational songs that could make a girl feel good about her self. So i'm really proud of it.

Applied:

My blog, I believed helped my answer my EQ because I got to see how other girls blogged. For example a girls blog (http://lightestweight.tumblr.com/post/4977826739) where she talks about eating only 971 calories and then exercising 437 calories off, so for the day she got a total of 533 calories!! This is a problem, why is she striving to be so then. Plus her blog all she posts are girls who are skinny. So for my answer I choose HEALTHY LIVING instead of just exercise and eating right. The difference being their is a limit on how much exercise you should do and how you shouldn't worry about having ice cream for dessert on one night.

Creaive Idea

Atiana Price
Self Esteem in Teenage Girls
What is the most essential way to help a girl feel confident about her body?
I want to do a contempary piece to a song that has to do with self esteem. Pink has a song out called "Less Than Perfect" that I may do my piece to.
What this has to do with my essential question? I'm not sure, but its is a creative idea that i would like to do and i think i can do a rely strong piece to it if I am able to learn how to do it.

Fourth Interview Question Approval

What influences a persons self esteem?
When and why does girls self-esteem drop?
Why does their self esteem change?
Why do some have a lack of it?
Is it peers, or is it mostly one’s background? I.e. if they are abused or come from a divorced family.
Why do they focus on their physical appearance?
Do boys have a big influence on a girls self esteem?
Do girls get or want a boyfriend
To what extent do celebrities cause self esteem issues in teenage girls?
Do you think that celebrities are more at fault then the media is?
What controls the growth of a healthy self esteem in teen girls?
Does self esteem mean being conceited or stuck-up?

How as an outside person can one help someone with a low self esteem?
Do girls self esteem has anything to do with parents?
How can parents help their daughters develop healthy self esteem?
Is it easy to change your self esteem?
Why do you feel size matters to our society?
Do you think girls are pressured to fit in to smaller sizes? Why is it that media pushes for the size 0
Do you think size guarantees success or does self esteem guarantee success? Why?What is the difference between self-esteem and confidence?

Independent Study 2 Approval

1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your second independent study.
Working with the girl scout, they have asked me to actually teach lessons to the girls, to help them earn a badge.
2) How does your independent study 2 relate to your EQ?
My independent component will help me understand what helps the girls feel confident about there selve. With this I can find what activity makes them  feel better about them selves.

Final Draft

20 Minute Presentation: Final Draft

20 Minute Presentation: Final Draft

Introduction.

• 59% of 5th thur 12th grade girls in one survey were dissatisfied with their body shape.

• 20 – 40% of girls begin dieting at age 10.

• By 15, girls are twice as likely to become depressed than boys.

• Among 5th through12th graders, 47% said they wanted to lose weight because of magazine pictures.

Start off with a question : 2 minutes

How many of you have self esteem issues? Why? What made its get that way? Is it because of what you see in media, what you hear everyday, or what you tell your self? My name is Atiana Price. My senior topic is about self esteem in teenage girls.
My essential question is: What is the most successful way to help a teenage girl feel confident about her body?
What do you think my answers could be?: 1 min
Explain my answers:
1. Watch What You Watch
Be aware that every thing out there is photoshopped. Everything from movies, televison show and magazines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U.
Talk about video and what they thinking of it: 2 minutes
2. Start/Create a peer group with your friends.
Start a group with you friends, or join a group. But maybe just talk about what it is that you saw in the media that upset you or you didn't appreciate.

Activity. Give everyone magazines including Ms. Ortega and ask them to find pictures they think are photo shopped. Or ask them out of how many pictures in the magaine, how many girls are photo shopped.
Closing. Re-state essential question and answers. Collect magazines and say thank

Independent Study 1

Content:
1. Since we talked at my advisory metting, about 5,6 weeks ago. I spent every day instead of reading, reading a magazine for a hour.

2. Posted Evidence (Example: For a college class, take a photo of your transcript and upload it).

3. Complete the LIA:
Literal

(a) I Atiana Price affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Explanation of what you completed.
I have gotten magazines since 2008. I spent an hour looking at every magazine. I noticed what was in the magazine, the articles in the magazine. With the magazines, I took out ads that caught my eye and wrote what i thought about the ads. With some of the ad's I noticed how the ad's have changed since 2008 till now. I noticed the difference between the girls on the cover and how many photo shopped covers they have. I also watched my an episode of America's Next Top Model. I analyzed the pictures that the girls took at the end of each challenge and tried to figure out if they corrected any of the photos. 

Interpretive
I spent an hour or more picking apart Seventeen magazine. I noticed what they did different what they did the same, and i wrote a half page summary about it. I read all the articles in the magazine and thought about what it was that pointed out a specific group. For example, an article talked about sex. Seventeen magazine is not just for seventeen year olds. that means the younger girls think its okay and are reading more then they should be.

Applied
This shows me was exactly girls see and what may make them feel bad about there bodies. It shows why girls would have self esteem problems with all the photo shopped work that are in magazines.

20 Minute Presentation: Rough Draft

20 Minute Presentation: Rough Draft

Introduction.
Hi my name is Atiana Price. My senior topic is self esteem in teenage girls. My essential question is -
What is the most successful way to help a girl feel confident about her self esteem.
1. Watch What You Watch
2. Start/Create a peer group with your friends.
VideoHow the media makes the girls in magazines perfect. Two videos showing how it is that they photo shop girls.

And

Talk about the video. Ask them how they feel about it and have a class discussion about the videos. Explain what and how I feel about photo shop and what I think should be changed about it.
Activity. Give everyone magazines including Ms. Ortega and ask them to find pictures they think are photo shopped. Or ask them out of how many pictures in the magaine, how many girls are photo shopped.
Closing.Re-state essential question and answers. Collect magazines and say thank youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP31r70_QNM&NR=1&feature=fvwphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U