Potential research topics

Choose five topics that you think are potential research topics for your paper and briefly (in 2 to 5 sentences) explain why these topics are of interest to you.

1. Child Sexual Abuse -wo decades after a convicted sex offender lured a 7-year-old named Megan into his house with the promise of seeing a new puppy, then killed her, the law that bears her name remains broadly popular, but gets mixed reviews

2 Divorce- major meeting Pope Francis convened to help the Catholic Church improve its outreach to diverse modern families ended Saturday [October 18, 2014] with a summary paper that removed earlier, revolutionary language that cited the value of same-sex and divorced families

3.Drug Legalization- This article discusses the passage of three marijuana legalization measures in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., noting that although "medical marijuana was rejected in Florida," the drug is gaining public acceptance in the United States.

4 Dating Violence- Texting and 'sexting,' sending sexually explicit messages via mobile phone, are firmly entrenched in the high school dating scene these days, but until now little solid data has existed on to what extent these social media connections have been misused to control, harass, threaten or stalk

5. Teenagers Suicidal Behavior- What happened after the federal government warned a decade ago that antidepressants might raise the risk of suicidal thoughts among young people? Instead of declining as hoped, suicide attempts over the next six years showed a small but meaningful uptick among people ages 10 to 29, according to a study published Wednesday [June 18, 2014] in the journal BMJ

• Legalization

What "ticks you off"?

Make a list of four or five things that "tick you off." Explain why. (Choose significant things that others might experience as well. For instance, your little brother might tick you off, but there is little chance that this annoyance will yield a possible paper topic). It is possible that one of these annoyances can be transformed into an interesting, engaging, and researchable project.

1  Animal Abuse- animals should be treated right and the fact they do this to animals is just wrong in every way 

2  Sexual Harassment- When ever an issue like this occurs its not just thrown out in public stating that it happened women/ men want their stories to be heard in order so people know this happens in your everyday life 

3 Child abuse- Children are human some have special needs and more attention than others due to this they shouldn't be treated any differently 

4 More tax on poor people and less on rich people- just because your rich doesnt mean you should pay the same amount of tax than a different group of people 

5 Social diversity- people shouldn't be treated differently due to their beliefs opinions sexual orientation or heritage. 

Questions based on the article (to be answered in 2-4 complete sentences):


1 What did wiki software allow Web users to do that the Mosaic browser did not?

What do blogs and wikis have in common?
What problem did a young Jimmy Wales find with the World Book Encyclopedia?
How was Jimmy Wales inspired by the World Book Encyclopedia to create Wikipedia?
How have encyclopedias inspired you in your own life?
Why did Nupedia fail?
How did wiki software change the ideas behind Nupedia?
What is “crowdsourcing?”
What do you think about the concept of “any fool in the world” being able to write articles for Wikipedia?
Do agree with the idea that “total idiots” could edit Wikipedia and of that being a good thing? Explain.
Why do you think Wikipedia grew so fast and became so popular in such a short amount of time?
Do you believe Sanger’s elitist attitude was a good thing or a bad thing for Wikipedia?
What did you learn from the anecdote about the Wikipedia article on Einstein going to Albania for a passport in 1935?
Explain this quote from the article: “I can’t imagine who could have written such detailed guidelines other than a bunch of people working together...It’s common in Wikipedia that we’ll come to a solution that’s really well thought out because so many minds have had a crack at improving it.”
The author of the article states that Wikipedia “grew organically.” What does he mean by that?
How has Wikipedia “been the greatest collaborative knowledge project in history?” 
Based on your own opinion and experience with Wikipedia, do you agree with the above statement or disagree with it? Explain.
What does the author mean by “wiki-crack?”
Based on the article, do you believe Wikipedia is a reliable source of information?
Do you believe its possible for a 16-year-old from New Jersey to write “insightful” Wikipedia articles?
How do you feel about basing your own research on something a 16-year-old wrote on Wikipedia?
What does Jimmy Wales mean by this mission statement: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge?”
Do you agree or disagree with this mission statement?
Do you think Wikipedia has succeeded in its mission?
Do you agree or disagree that ordinary people, people without degrees, can “be part of the process of creating and distributing knowledge?” 
Based on your reading of the article, would you yourself use Wikipedia for your academic research?
Would you yourself like to write and/or edit Wikipedia articles in order to be “a part of the process of creating and distributing knowledge?” Why or why not?

1) If you believe that all students should be Web literate, what is the best strategy for your school to prepare you with this skill? Explain.
- to have a class everyday that teaches about the web, i think the class should teach about how to research things that can relate to your everyday living. Assignments should only be assigned to people that can relate to the assignment given.

2) What skills should all teachers have to be Web literate? Explain
-All teachers should know how to use the webs, How to use the web. and everything else that can relate. Teachers should learn how to teach students how to do what they do as a job. 

3) What role should school filtering play in your school district? Explain why schools should block or not block Web sites.
- The role school filtering play in your school district is that students should be allowed on some websites that are block because it can expand their learning skills and other things they need in life.

4) Do you believe the Internet is as big a transformer of culture as the printing press? Explain.
Yes the internet is as big transformation of culture as the printing press because people can now research more about things on the internet false or not rather then things that they weren't always able to.

5) If yes, what parts of our culture do you believe will be most affected? Explain.

What do you consider interesting?

The subject I most enjoy reading about is history because i feel even though the people aren't living anymore they once lived in order to help the country and should be rewarded in letting people become more aware of what they've done for us to impact todays living.

My favorite hobby or past time is drawing because it lets me express myself through artwork and pictures rather than the usual way of talking.

If i won the lottery, I would use the money to create my own business and achieve my expectations of a wealthy living because I wouldn't want to just win and spend it on meaningless things that will only be temporary.

The type of volunteer activity I prefer is Helping someone who doesn't have anything because i feel if i have the opportunity to help and give them the opportunities they missed out on then why not.

My favorite school subject has always been english for the simple reason that through writing i feel you can tell a lot or express things that normally people just don't see when they look at you.

If I ran the world, the first thing i would change would be, the lack of unemployment for teenagers now a days because teenagers deserve to learn the work field as much as adults and they cant get experience if they aren't given the chance. Some teenagers prefer to show their skills in different ways and not just in school.