help me think of a topic for a paper

[Soccerman06]

I must come up with 3 seperate Thesis for my final argumentative research paper, and I need help thinking of some topics. Basically, anything in the popular media has been pushed aside and I cannot use it. The topic has to be mostly untouched, but still have enough research behind it to warrent a paper. This guy has a huge thing against M$ and everything about it, and in my opinion is kind of a geek, so the geekier, the better.

Give me some help, Ive thought of one, but my mind is just blank.

 

[Schadenfreude]

what class is it for, you n00b?

deatils, details! no wonder you can't come up with a good topic!

 

[Soccerman06]

General Writing Composition.

 

[OdiN]

Anything showing Microsoft in a positive light.

 

[ShadoWing]

Something about citing change and your opinion on it is always good

 

[cubby1223]

Just pick a topic that interests you & have fun with it.

Like one high school paper I argued that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

Or several times I've taken topics right from The Simpsons. If your prof hates Microsoft, do a topic that somehow involves Compu-Hyper-Mega-Global-Net being bought out by Bill Gates.

I was never very good at composition / english courses, so I was much happier having fun & getting a mediocre grade, than doing very serious very hard work and still getting a mediocre grade. And who knows, maybe some of the teachers / profs are impressed by the change of pace.

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Just pick a topic that interests you & have fun with it.

Like one high school paper I argued that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

Or several times I've taken topics right from The Simpsons. If your prof hates Microsoft, do a topic that somehow involves Compu-Hyper-Mega-Global-Net being bought out by Bill Gates.

I was never very good at composition / english courses, so I was much happier having fun & getting a mediocre grade, than doing very serious very hard work and still getting a mediocre grade. And who knows, maybe some of the teachers / profs are impressed by the change of pace.

Ya this paper has to be 10 pages long, and it cant be some thrown together POS, it needs to be a very well written paper. Of course I have topics in mind, but I cant use any of them because the prof has already said us students cannot use those topics because they have already been done too many times

 

[Schadenfreude]

Do a topic about abortion! Or maybe legalizing marijuana! Or about how great your GF/BF/whatever is! They'll never see it coming!

In all seriousness, what level class is this? High-school? College?

Actually, one of the easier ways you probably can do this is look for some of the more popular arguments here on ATOT or if you're willing, P&N (blech), and do a paper on that because people bring up gobs of information in those threads.

 

[ElFenix]

you should write about how the democrats have taken an isolationist, conservative view of the war in iraq, while the republicans are pushing the liberal view.

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Do a topic about abortion! Or maybe legalizing marijuana! Or about how great your GF/BF/whatever is! They'll never see it coming!

In all seriousness, what level class is this? High-school? College?

Actually, one of the easier ways you probably can do this is look for some of the more popular arguments here on ATOT or if you're willing, P&N (blech), and do a paper on that because people bring up gobs of information in those threads.

Low level college class, I never got around to taking it fresh year, and need to take advanced writing (3xxx) next fall. Well, I actually was going to do it on marijuana, but then he said we couldnt, then I remembered I had a paper I wrote for freshmen ICL (intro to college learning) on steroids, but he shot that down.



What is that rule/law/other that requires colleges (highschool?) to have equal amount of male and female varsity sports?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Just pick a topic that interests you & have fun with it.

Like one high school paper I argued that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

Or several times I've taken topics right from The Simpsons. If your prof hates Microsoft, do a topic that somehow involves Compu-Hyper-Mega-Global-Net being bought out by Bill Gates.

I was never very good at composition / english courses, so I was much happier having fun & getting a mediocre grade, than doing very serious very hard work and still getting a mediocre grade. And who knows, maybe some of the teachers / profs are impressed by the change of pace.

I'd agree. Asking us for ideas is not a good start to writing a quality paper. You need to write about something you're interested in, and you know best what that is.

 

[Cooler]

talk about Unix !

 

[InlineFive]

This is your thesis.

/thread

 

[George P Burdell]

"History of MOdern Agriculture in Southern California"

jk.. go for something like SCO vs. the *nix community.

 

[Soccerman06]

What is that rule/law/other that requires colleges (highschool?) to have equal amount of male and female varsity sports?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06

What is that rule/law/other that requires colleges (highschool?) to have equal amount of male and female varsity sports?

title 9

and i believe the rule is 'scholarships'
which is kind of silly considering that, even though football funds all the other scholarships, (except for maybe men's basketball), it's scholarships still count against the men's count, which leads other sports to suffer (like baseball)

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06

Originally posted by: cubby1223
Just pick a topic that interests you & have fun with it.

Like one high school paper I argued that Shoeless Joe Jackson should be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

Or several times I've taken topics right from The Simpsons. If your prof hates Microsoft, do a topic that somehow involves Compu-Hyper-Mega-Global-Net being bought out by Bill Gates.

I was never very good at composition / english courses, so I was much happier having fun & getting a mediocre grade, than doing very serious very hard work and still getting a mediocre grade. And who knows, maybe some of the teachers / profs are impressed by the change of pace.

Ya this paper has to be 10 pages long, and it cant be some thrown together POS, it needs to be a very well written paper. Of course I have topics in mind, but I cant use any of them because the prof has already said us students cannot use those topics because they have already been done too many times

How about genetic engineering or gene therapy? I wrote a 12 page research paper on it for my freshman writing class in college, so there should be enough research out there.

-Tom

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06

What is that rule/law/other that requires colleges (highschool?) to have equal amount of male and female varsity sports?

I don't think it forces educational institutions to have equal numbers of sports, only that each sex has the same opportunity to participate in athletics and that the same quality and amount of resources go to men's and women's sports. Usually compliance with Title IX is acheived with an equal number of sports, but I don't believe that it's required. Here's a little explanation I found about how Title IX applies to athletics.

From: http://www.american.edu/sadker/titleix.htm


1) Participation: Title IX is not a quota system. Every institution has three options to demonstrate fairness in athletic opportunities. Schools can show that they comply with Title IX if they can demonstrate any one of the following:

* Substantially proportionate athletic opportunities for male and female athletes;
* A history and continuing practice of expanding opportunities for the under-represented sex;
* Full and effective accommodation of the interests and abilities of the under-represented sex. Schools do not necessarily need to offer identical sports, yet they do need to provide an equal opportunity for females to play in sports of interest.

2) Scholarships: The total amount of athletic aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of female and male athletes. For example, consider a college with 90 female athletes and 115 male athletes and a scholarship budget of $100,000. An equitable distribution of funds would award $44,000 in scholarship aid to female athletes and $56,000 to males.

3) Additional Athletic Program Components: Title IX also mandates equal treatment in the provision of: Coaching, Equipment and supplies, Game and practice times, Locker rooms, Medical and training facilities, Practice and competitive facilities, Publicity, Recruitment of student athletes, Travel per diem allowances, and Tutoring opportunities.

The standard for compliance is one of quality rather than quantity. The actual amount of money spent on women's and men's programs may differ as long the quality of facilities and services for each program achieve parity. For example, equipment needed for men's football may cost more than equipment needed by women's field hockey. Title IX compliance is achieved as long as both teams are given equipment of comparable quality.

So basically it's equal opportunity for men and women all the way around.

-Tom

 

[jjyiz28]

nature vs nurture argument on the intellence of ppl based on race

 

[Coquito]

Online gambling & real time sports-fixing.