Meredith Butler Mon/Wed Class Interest Inventory Trends: Social media Sports hipsters Frequent use of curse words

words Gay pride

Technology: Phones Bluetooth Computers/internet Skype Mass media (Facebook)

Controversies: Addiction Body image Prolife vs. prochoice Illegal substances Education levels Immigration Gun control Internet privacy Cyber bullying Suicide Importance of college

Hobbies/Habits: Writing Spoken word Sleeping Junk food Facebook

Multi-tasking Procrastination

Questions on specific interests Social media and the relation between self-esteem and body image: How much on average do we spend online? Is out hyper-focus hurting out body image or helping it? What are some damages caused? What are some benefits? How does this correlate to those without technology or those outside of the US? Is there anything we can do to help/prevent this? Have any studies been done? Is there a connection? If so, why? How do we differ from previous generations? What is this saying out our generation? Our manners? Our stability? Our social skills? Jobs? Do the positives outweigh the negatives? Is this all blown out of proportion? Is it all black and white or is it all a little grey? Is there a solution?

College and its importance: Is college helpful? Why? Is it necessary? Why? Are the other options available? Does it depend on the generation? What are the positives of college? The negatives? How does an individual, not a generation, tie into it? Whats the popular view on the necessity of college and why have we adopted such an opinion? Have there been any experiments or research to prove, or disprove the idea of college? How has history increased the importance of college? Or decreased it?

If proven helpful and important, why are we putting our next generation of bright students automatically into debt? Does this have an effect of an individual who doesnt go to college? Is there an advantage over those without a higher education?