Project Proposal

The topic that I plan on researching is child soldiers. Why and how are they used for war? Therefore, it somewhat relates to “Cultural Interest”. I’m not sure who exactly I could interview for this topic. That’s something I’ll have to talk to Ms. James about. I did a project in marketing loosely related to women in foreign countries that are in extreme poverty and have been through horrific situations. Child soldiers relates to that subject. I already know some information about child soldiers in Uganda, but the information that I don’t know outweighs the things I do know. I would like to learn about how the children get pulled into it, the things that they go through, and how common it is to have child soldiers throughout the world. I plan to get information mostly from online resources. This topic is personally meaningful because when I think about child soldiers, I think about somebody the age of my little brother or younger having to see and go through things that will scar them forever.

Response

What I read about was a project concentrating on the standardization of students in the classroom. I found it interesting because lately on things like Twitter and other social media sites, I’ve seen pictures that describe how the classroom shapes every child to be the same. The author quotes and teacher that said, “Why do you always have to challenge me? The answers are right there in the book. That’s all you need to know.” A teacher should not complain about a student waning to dig deeper into a subject. In fact, it should intrigue the teacher. This report could lead me to my topic because this is a subject that I feel strongly about and many have the same concern.