What to do...what to do?

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 5/11/2004, 12:16 pm

Today in class we decided to start our major paper/presentation that is worth like 35% of our final mark in Ethical Issues. I was half excited about this because it's the sort of thing that you can get inventive on. We have to pick an issue (like abortion, same-sex marriges, ect) and argue one side or the other. (Though some groups are going to discuss both sides). This is great because I'm an opinionated person and this is the sort of thing I am good at. So we get a group of 5 going and we are talking about topics we could do and someone says "I was thinking of teenage sexuality". I don't understand how that is an ethical issue because its more of a personal decision. Reguardless of my opinion, the rest of the group went for it. Now I am stuck in a group with a project I don't want to do, and have no intrest in at all. I was arguing to the rest of my group-mates on other issues and on how the topic they chose was not a good idea, but they shut me down saying "Your outnumbered". Since this is only the first day, I could talk to my teacher and see if I could do something I want to do on my own...but this is a huge project and presentation that would be a lot to take on by myself. If I stayed with the group I could do stupid research and not care and get the mark. But its still a topic I don't care about.

Any suggestions? :uhh:

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 5/11/2004, 12:29 pm

I'd just stick with it, breeze by, and get the mark. But, what do I know, I'm just a lazy bum.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 5/11/2004, 12:40 pm

t00t said it all! He is wise!

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 5/11/2004, 12:42 pm

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 5/11/2004, 1:47 pm

personally, i'd go it alone and find a new topic. actually i often do on big group projects. you're more likely to do well on something you are passionate about, and the extra work is well worth educating yourself on an interesting issue.

but then, i tend to complicate things. and i hate group work too *grumbles about stupid bums who leave all the work for me*

or if you don't want to do the whole project yourself, see if you can find a happy medium...find an interesting aspect of teenage sexuality, and ask your group if you can focus on that particular nuance of the topic...although personally i don't really have any good suggestions on any particualar part of the subject that would be interesting to focus on. maybe something about how "adolecence" as a developmental stage is a fairly modern concept and people used to be considered adult, and therefore the sexual behavior of teenagers is natural and inevitable? or talk about how the holy see's long-time world-wide influence has created a family oriented culture which frowns upon teenage sex even while media encourages it? tipper gore is an interesting study on teenage sexuality, with her promotion of abstinence. you could talk about media distortion of sexuality (although that's fairly common as a topic). how about talking about younger children trying to be "sexy," or the line between free speech and art when dealing with underage pornography....

i'm not sure if any of that is useful, or if i'm just blathering on for no particular reason.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 5/11/2004, 2:01 pm

It is useful, but I think the topics that my group wants to do are things they can research and not have to actually have an opinion on. STDs, Birth Control ages, and the rights that teenagers have. And then to substuite for their own opinions they will interview people in the school. Which adds like 10 times more work.

So even if I wanted to look at sex in the media, and all that good stuff that actually related to Ethics, I wouldn't have the chance to.

God I hate my friends.

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 5/11/2004, 2:10 pm

i don't know how the project is organized, but you couldn't break it into components so that each person does a sub-topic by themselves? or even a couple people working on this part of the presentation, others working on that part...because that would allow you some relative freedom in exploring the more interesting domains of your topic...

and i can relate. a similar group-project nightmare happened to me recently on a history project i did in a group.

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 5/11/2004, 2:41 pm

that is why group projects suck. :nod:

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 5/13/2004, 4:32 am

Starseed3333 · Post by **Starseed3333** » 5/15/2004, 12:10 am

Just do it with the group.........and work hard on it.

It may not be as fun.........but you'll get a good grade and get to use your skills about researching to the max...................

school sucks, what are you gonna do

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 5/21/2004, 12:56 am

im gonna kick someone in the testicles, thats what im going to do

lemonphile4 · Post by **lemonphile4** » 5/21/2004, 11:04 am

Random Name wrote:It is useful, but I think the topics that my group wants to do are things they can research and not have to actually have an opinion on.

Can you do that? I've had a lot of teachers take off points for not having an opinion.