Brittani Carey
What it cool? Is cool the group of people we hang out with. Is it the way we dress and who name is on our shirts, is it the type of music we listen to and the videos we watch. What is cool? In class we spent talking about cool, what is cool? Where do the ideas come from? Why do people try to be cool? What makes a person cool? Most of the questions couldn’t be answered using facts but the unit did give me a better understanding of the word and what it means to different people. One big thing I learned throughout this unit the word cool have so many different meanings, I did interviews with family members, friends in and out of school as well as strangers about what cool means to them and each answer was different. I have learned that cool is a state of mind and can mean different things to different groups and people.
People often do thing so that they well come off as “cool” to others. They will act or talk in away to make people think they are cool. Another way people often come off as cool to others is by getting a tattoo , body art. Now of days tattoos are something that everybody wants if they don’t already have them. It’s a way to s express who you are by picture or words on your body. Most of the people look up to now of days have tattoos, rock stars, rappers, r and b singer as well as athletic and most thing that are in the media is looked at as cool. John fanning say’s “ I got my first tattoo not trying to be cool I got it to be a rebel” because he grown up in a place where everyone was the same and not in to tattoos and rock music. People get tattoos of important moments in their lives good or bad , of thing that changed their life or of moments they don’t want to forget but when they look at the tattoo they will always remember the story behind it. R and B singer Rihanna got a tattoo of a gun after being beat by ex boyfriend Chris Brown, it was a moment in her life she would never forget so she “tatted it”. John Fanning also said “when I was in a punk rock band tattoos seem to be a part of the live", people get tattoo's get because they feel that is what the have to do to fit in to their group . I have noticed that a lot of football and basketball player as will has punk, rap, and R and B stars have tattoos, mean while a lot of models or actors do not have them. This show’s that different groups of people have different ideas of cool .
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Use a concept map and lists to help you expand this. Then re-arrange so it flows logically.
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ReplyDeleteHi Brittani i know you told me what was posted the time i read it isn't your entire essay but I think it is a great beginning. Its insightful and brings up a lot of good points. From what i read i think you main idea was about how cool is used as a way to express oneself but more so how cool means different things to different people. In other words The cool concept has provided nearly all of society with a method of expressing their ideology through speech and physical appearances. This a great thought that shows how cool is practiced through material items to supress an intangible fear
I agree with you completely one of the main reasons cool is so widely practiced is because it allows us to express opinion. cool is a way for us to pick an appearance since we cant pick anything else about our physical characteristics we go to cool so we can gain control. Trying to change something that you simply cant is probaly one of the reasons cool is such a big industry, companies like Levies make millions of dollars helping you mask the immutable aspects of ones self.
some things to work on and to better shape you paper are to obviously it you should work on completing your arguments and centering them around your main idea. Always keep you main idea in mind so you dont go off track which i sometimes do. I think it might be a good idea for you to look over Andy's paper, it will not only help you see a model of what ideas are good to bring up it might also provide you with evidence or remind you of things we discussed in class for you to add in you paper. also in your section where you talk about tattoos and what they represent i think you should expand a little on that and try to emphasize the importance of these acts (tattooing, hair-styles, clothes) each of these tangible items are separate but you could intertwine them under a central idea. All in all what you have has some solid ideas and interesting points, you just need to add a little, reshape it and make sure it flows which is normal for a first draft.