Wednesday, April 28th Presentations

I'd like to congratulate each and every one of you on your work so far. It's not very easy to start a research paper and generate a topic.

First of all, Colleen's presentation on Deaf communication and Expression is a lot like Jessica's topic but should not be compared to her's. I also found it interesting that communication for deaf people varies depending on your age, like how children 4 to 6 do not act differently than children that can hear. I'd love to know how this affects children in schooling. If you are looking for more advice in your second draft, based on what you told us in class, you can express in your paper how you argue these findings. You told us a lot of information but I never learned what this did for deaf children's levels of communication versus children that can hear. If you haven't written about this, I believe it will help validate your paper.
Maggie's presentation was worth the wait. Yay, technology! Whether or not disproportionality in education is a socially-created phenomenon is something I have an answer for, but someone else may answer differently. Because of that, I believe you have a great conversation and argument going! I don't really have much advice for you, but you can always expand on your research and validate your ideas with other resources to get an extremely accurate sense of your topic. Great job!
Lastly, Eric's topic of the student athletes possibly being treated unfairly by not making money directly in their sport is a great topic to start a conversation with. Stating that, I would definitely suggest looking into the student's perspective since you personally are knowledgeable on how the system works. I would also be interested in how these lack of earnings affect their school success. There are a lot of questions to ask and answer, though, since you are engaging in a large conversation. Nevertheless, I was very impressed by your use of statistics and background knowledge on the subject.
I hope my advice has helped, and I wish you all the best of luck on your finals!