Blog 4

Tanaera Green, Silvia Shenouda, Tania Flores
Question 6
6.a Which organization structures supported strong note taking?
6.a Everyone takes notes differently. Our group believes that a mixture is needed in order to master note taking. However, jotting allows you to be quick and get the information that you need down on paper. They are notes that trigger memories, in a language that you can understand. You can recall these memories on hand and then give information in greater detail at a later time. For example, group 1 in the jottings analysis was bullet points with single words (or a few) whereas in the headnotes, this same person was able to expand and write a full paragraph in greater detail. Six out of the ten participants used the bullet point tactic.
6.b Which strategies worked in the different kinds of notes?
In jotting, the bullet point strategy seemed to work best because it was important keywords that incorporated full ideas and gave allowance to expansion in the later organization structures (for example, #9 in the jotting analysis).
In headnotes, the paragraph strategy seemed to work best because it allowed for more detail and a higher level of organization. This level of higher organization can be seen through the chronological order of the paragraphs as can be seen in example #7 of the headnotes analysis. In this example, we are able to see the higher level of detail.
In observations, the strategies that worked best were shorter style paragraphs in narrative form. This form of organization allowed for notes and observations about everybody else which included their feelings. For example, example #2 in the observation analysis stated how (s)he felt cramped in the classroom which did not lead to successful interaction between the participants. Another example is #6 of the observation analysis which stated that everyone in the classroom was nervous including the note taker. These types of notes were not present in the previous strategies.
6.c When did note takers tend to look close in – and when far back?
Note takers tend to take a closer look in the observation strategy because they expanded on the keywords by including larger forms of writing. In these paragraphs and narratives, the note takers not only included basic information about what happened, but they included their feelings and the feelings (at least from their perspective) of everybody else.
The jotting note taking seemed to take a look from a far back perspective because it was not filled with specific information. It was taken from a generalized perspective. They used keywords such as names, items, colors and places. This was a method used to write down what you would forget (example #7 of jotting) but it did not convey full ideas to anyone else reading these notes.

6.d How did the note taker‘perspective shape his/her notes (the details s/he wrote)?
We found that in the observation analysis, note takers used the perspective to shape their notes. For example, in examples #1 and #4 of the observations analysis, they each wrote about the people in the classroom feeling uncomfortable. Taking a closer look at each of the observation examples, we found that nine out of the ten examples included some type of perspective which shaped in large the outcome of those notes.

Ethnography

Jottings 

No one stands up 

Boys click there pens and look at the girls 

Girls play with their hare and look at each other 

Very little eye contact 

Head notes:

This is going to be interesting. I hope I don't forget people's names once I learn them. Why is no one standing. This is akward. There's no way I'm going to be the only one standing. This room is too small. What am I going to talk about. 

Things I remember later: 

I didn't remember many people's names. 

I can only really remember the first woman I met. I like her. 

Boys were more talkative and moving around.

Girls stayed in on place and just shifted weight slightly moving to the left ever so often.

Observations:

Looking around the room most of the students look confused if not by there expression than by the questions that continue to flow for about 5 mis there are an on going river of uncertainty before the activity begins women twirl their hair and men seem to shift positioning and click pens i don't look behind me as to not give away that i am observing before the activity begins.Go. few shoot up from their seats egar to get up and "mingle" most slowly rise the sound of there cartilage rubbing against bone in my mind i survey and decide to approach someone still seated in the corner of the room i notice a woman older than I in a pink blouse she strikes me as timid so i approach her slowly looking her in the eye as to silently tell her she had been chosen. She avoided eye contact as to tell me that she did not want to participate and wanted the activity to be over before it had even begun, she immediately took to the defense and said that she had a hurt knee to explain why she had not moved, smiling she looks kind and her eyes reassure my presentation of timidness i had seen before she tells me her name and avoids eye contact.

Group blog

Tanaera Green, Sarina Rizzo, Danielle BaraKat, Carolina Vasquez

Shaggy Dog Story #2

·         has French words

·         gives a setting

·         less formal language

·         punch line is meant to be read literally

·         use common language in the joke

·         the reader has to know the culture of NYC and how strange things happen

·         bizarre character/theme – talking murderous panda

·         joke inside a joke

·         there was a lot of emotion in a short span of time (maitre d' was horrified)

·         the punch line is created in the dialogue between the two identified characters

·         homonyms are used in the punch line:

·         weird/curiosity about the specificity of teh dictionary used to look up the meaning of "Giant Panda"- there were not many other specific elements of the story, so why was the source of the punch line so specific?

Shaggy dog story #3

·         informal language used

·         setting and attitude of characters are known

·         rule of 3's: seen in the repeated question and answer from the string and the bartenders

·         overly personified the string

·         the punch line can mean more than one thing

" Nope, I'm a frayed knot." -- "Nope, I'm afraid not."

·         has a lot of emotions in the words (like the panda)

·         the punch line broke the rule of 3’s- you expect the string to get the same response, and the humor is seen when the punchline is delivered unexpectedly.

Shaggy dog story #4

·         you have to know the cultural aspect of TGIF- common phrase

·         shorter than other jokes

·         you’re supposed to know who/about  Robert Crusoe (is a book)

·         it’s a joke for people who may read a lot

·          the joke comes from the dialogue in the characters

·         the words in joke are rearranged but you can still make the connection

·         involves religion

·         somewhat literal punch line

·         not modern setting or theme – who lives in a tent/ has server or helper?

Shaggy Dog story #5

·         informal language is used

·         no character is identified

·         setting and time is identifies

·         background about lawyer, his wealth, his assets

·         seems like a fairytale story when the bears “appear”

·         lawyer seems selfish and is labeled- “stereotype”

·         fictional aspects -swallowing the male whole

·         lawyers car shows wealth (again, contributing to the idea or "stereotype" that all lawyers are wealthy)

·         Lawyer immediately thought of lawsuit –again selfishness

·         the sheriff is doubtful of the lawyer-stereotype of Two sneaky lawyers can be

·         Punch line is a pun to legal terms if “the check in in the mail”

Features that all stories had in common:

- These all used informal language

- There was a setting, or a time or place identified.

- The punch lines were all literal, or actual things that would require background cultural knowledge to know.

- These all had dialogue between characters in them

- The characters were vague and not really identified too much; there were no names

- all three were fictional and created stories and had elements in them that would never happen in real life.

Ohh the research posibilities

When it comes to different research topic ideas I am sure that I want it to write about one or a combination of three topics: women, law, and/or fashion. I intend to become an intellectual property rights lawyer which is a lot like entertainment law, and anyway that I can find out more about my future and what it will entail is sounds like a fantastic topic to me. Some ideas for topics that I am interested in are...

• Women in the court room
• Women lawyer's who are they and what do they do
• the pressures of being a woman in a male dominated field
• fashion in the court room
• clothing choice and how it can effect jurors
• Taking the LSAT
• the pressures of being a law student
• The life (or lack there of) of an L1