Saturday, September 20, 2008

it's weird to be home for the weekend

Stephen Stanger grew up normally. He grew up in the normal suburbs of Chicago in a normal house with a normal picket fence. His family was normal and his friends were normal. In this environment Stephen Stanger lived a normal life. In this paper Stephen Stanger writes about his experiences with "normal" and how unnatural the idea of "normal" is. Through multiple sources of media and language he pays homage to the people and places that have impacted his life, and also criticizes the "norm" in which he grew up in.

Brainstorming-

Music as an educational tool
Problems with education- Falling into theory, -F (guy) forgot his name
Highschool was not educational
Independence in London
Independence in drum corps
Most of learning was outside of the classroom
Include a "soundtrack" cd
Include Birthday cards, notes, letters
Place footnotes at the bottoms of included outside texts
Come up with catchy title
Stop thinking of this as a paper and more so as a project
Use music- How?
Write on staff paper?
Be completely honest
Criticize Craig- Doesnt teach how, only what

Narrow this thing down.
It's way to broad. My life has been impacted by so much.

find a theme or motif and go with it.

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