Why is it so difficult for me to read school related articles but so easy to read my favorite magazine? This is the question that I used for my project. The message I was trying to evoke was that I think almost every student goes thru the same kind of stuff when they have to read articles in any class. Not only because they are not interested in the topic, but because usually they are very lengthy and another thing for me is that the vocabulary sometimes is really difficult. They use big words that I don’t understand. I wanted to compare the kind of articles magazines have and the ones that are school related. And the first thing that came to my mind when I asked myself that question, was first of all the topic, we all have different things that interest us, some students enjoy reading the articles from their classes, but not in my case, unless it is very interesting, or really catches my eye. I think that a lot of students might relate to the same problem that I have, which is reading. At the beginning I wanted to do a question or something related to music, because when I was younger I played the piano, so it was a big part of my life then, because I don’t play it anymore. And it was kind of difficult because I didn’t know what kind of project I was going to do; I wanted to do something really creative. So that’s why I decided to use something that I still do, which is read my favorite magazines. I started to read those magazines when I was in middle school. My favorite magazines are fashion related, that’s something that I really enjoy reading. Yes, I do like to read books, but they have to be very interesting to me. For my thing I wanted to do something really creative, so I asked myself a question, what can I do that has something related to both school and magazine articles? What I did was I cut pages from a magazine, like the cover and some of my favorite articles that were inside. I also used articles from some of my classes, like one from my economy class and the other from my English class from my last semester. I pasted everything in colored pages and I put stuff that would make it look more like a magazine. I really think that I used my theory really well in my ‘’thing.’’ It was kind of difficult to come up with the question, first of all because I didn’t know what topic to use. I was thinking on doing either something related to music, or sign language. Sign language because I was learning it during my senior year. And I thought that it was super awesome, but then again I’m not really an
expert on it, and I only learned a very few words and the alphabet. But because of my memory I just remember a few things. So I thought that a magazine related question was a perfect fit for me. Not only because I enjoy reading them, but also because I would love to work on my favorite magazine when I grow up, is like my dream. I carry the magazines everywhere with me. I think that for our questions we all used school, writing and reading related questions. So I chose to use something related to reading, not only because everything we do is related to it, but also because I’m still learning and trying to improve my reading skills. We think and talk about writing and reading, because everything we do is involved with them, like driving, or just staring at something. Is like we are reviewing everything and while we are doing it we are reading and thinking in our heads, is like we are writing an essay. I really hope that when people read my question, and they see my ‘Thing’ they get what my point was and why I did it that way. I think that a lot of people relate to me when it comes to reading. Maybe more girls will because they like fashion related magazines like me. I think that if academic articles were more colorful, had pictures the articles will be more appealing and more interesting, but that is just my opinion. I am a visual person, so thats why I find magazines more attractive. With this magazine I'm trying to appeal students visually. For people that are not interested in magazines, but they have trouble reading school related articles maybe articles with images and colors would be more appealing to them.
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