well should be fun turning this essay into my social psych professor
which one should i pick.. lol
Santa Claus Narratives
Please discuss your experiences with Santa Claus. Your open-ended, personal thoughts and responses, including how do you think about it/him today and what do you anticipate in the future. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point.
What are your open-ended thoughts about Santa Claus (SC)?
If SC was part of your family tradition, how was this handled? What were your thoughts and feelings before and after you found out? How did your family approach SC? Was SC used as a threat or reward or neither? How did you or did you find out about his non existence? What was your reaction? How did you relate to those who didn’t have SC as part of their tradition? Or did you know anyone who didn’t believe in SC? What do you think or what do you do with your children around this issue?
If SC wasn’t part of your tradition, what was your reaction when you encountered the idea of SC? What was your reaction to those who included SC as part of their tradition? What are your thoughts about social/media representations and use of SC? How was this handled in preschool, grade school and beyond? How did you react to this at school and elsewhere? What were your thoughts and feelings about this in the past and today? What was your response to media presenting and celebrating SC? How did you parents advise you around SC? What will you do with your own children around this issue?
If you came to this country after childhood, what is your reaction to this tradition around Santa Claus, what are your objective observations and thoughts as compared to other similar or different traditions? How will (or do) you handle this with your children or other children around SC?
Extra Credit 2: Gun Narratives
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Gun Narratives
Please discuss your experiences and associations with guns. Write about your open-ended, thoughts, emotions and responses to guns, including personal experiences with real guns, experiences with fictional guns in video games, and depictions of guns and gun violence on television and in the media. Highlight any formative experiences (positive or negative) associated with guns. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point. Also, discuss how current culture as it relates to guns fits with or conflicts with your family, culture, or nation of origin.
anyone want to weigh in with some thoughtful ideas
Your Grandparents
Please discuss your experiences and associations with your grandparents: What they mean or have meant to you; the ways in which they have enhanced or failed to enhance your lives, what contributions they brought to your lives that were different from those of your parents. Describe your bonds or lack of bonds with them and what bound you together or failed to bind you. Discuss their significance in your family life. Discuss your attachment to them relative to others including your parents. Write about your open-ended, thoughts, emotions and responses to grandparents. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point. Also, discuss how your experience with your grandparents fits with or conflicts with your family, culture, or nation of origin.
which one should i pick.. lol
Santa Claus Narratives
Please discuss your experiences with Santa Claus. Your open-ended, personal thoughts and responses, including how do you think about it/him today and what do you anticipate in the future. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point.
What are your open-ended thoughts about Santa Claus (SC)?
If SC was part of your family tradition, how was this handled? What were your thoughts and feelings before and after you found out? How did your family approach SC? Was SC used as a threat or reward or neither? How did you or did you find out about his non existence? What was your reaction? How did you relate to those who didn’t have SC as part of their tradition? Or did you know anyone who didn’t believe in SC? What do you think or what do you do with your children around this issue?
If SC wasn’t part of your tradition, what was your reaction when you encountered the idea of SC? What was your reaction to those who included SC as part of their tradition? What are your thoughts about social/media representations and use of SC? How was this handled in preschool, grade school and beyond? How did you react to this at school and elsewhere? What were your thoughts and feelings about this in the past and today? What was your response to media presenting and celebrating SC? How did you parents advise you around SC? What will you do with your own children around this issue?
If you came to this country after childhood, what is your reaction to this tradition around Santa Claus, what are your objective observations and thoughts as compared to other similar or different traditions? How will (or do) you handle this with your children or other children around SC?
Extra Credit 2: Gun Narratives
Content
Gun Narratives
Please discuss your experiences and associations with guns. Write about your open-ended, thoughts, emotions and responses to guns, including personal experiences with real guns, experiences with fictional guns in video games, and depictions of guns and gun violence on television and in the media. Highlight any formative experiences (positive or negative) associated with guns. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point. Also, discuss how current culture as it relates to guns fits with or conflicts with your family, culture, or nation of origin.
anyone want to weigh in with some thoughtful ideas
Your Grandparents
Please discuss your experiences and associations with your grandparents: What they mean or have meant to you; the ways in which they have enhanced or failed to enhance your lives, what contributions they brought to your lives that were different from those of your parents. Describe your bonds or lack of bonds with them and what bound you together or failed to bind you. Discuss their significance in your family life. Discuss your attachment to them relative to others including your parents. Write about your open-ended, thoughts, emotions and responses to grandparents. 1-2 pages double-spaced for 1 extra credit point. Also, discuss how your experience with your grandparents fits with or conflicts with your family, culture, or nation of origin.