Sunday, March 30, 2008

Junior Theme #2

This break i had some time to think about possible topics for my junior theme. Instead of a more suburbia related topic, i think i would like to analysis the differences of "city living" and suburb living and decide which is a better live style for children or place to raise a family. I could look closely at defining features of both areas and compare and contrast something like school systems or health care. 

Right now i think that the suburbs are the best place to have kids and raise kids in, they have better health systems and health cares. However i think i will skim "Price of Privilege" by Madeline Levine, It will hopefully give me incite to the child's thought and reasons of certain behaviors, and because the book is based in the suburbs it would tell me something about that as well. 

Right now i am really looking for a book that would tell me more about how children react to different environments, whether it be city or suburbs. Any help would be more than appreciated 

2 comments:

Judy Gressel said...

Josh,
read/listen to this NPR segment:
Life in the 'Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate

by Elizabeth Shogren

http://www.npr.org/templates
/story/story.php?storyId=
89231809&ft=1&f=1007

Listen also to NPR story:
Moving to the Burbs
by Dawn Turner Trice

http://www.npr.org/templates
/story/story.php?storyId=4632937


listen also to:
Suburbs: Part I -- Defining a Modern Suburb by Neal Conan
http://www.npr.org/templates
/story/story.php?storyId=1384655

for another perspective, read:
Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul

Mrs. G

Mark@NTHS said...

i think this is a really cool topic and yea coming from the suburbs i do wonder alot if life is really different down town or i just imagine people living in like high rise apartment buildings or just doing crazy things but anyways i think this is a really cool topic for you to explore and it would be interesting to see if life REALLY does differ alot fomr life in suburbia