Time to get blogging
I feel I have a greater sense of direction since Dr. Lamb's last two emails. I love the idea of blogging, but confess I have a difficult time thinking, writing out loud about this project. I have procrastinated and now have a week to accomplish this inquiry and product. After completing 3 skyhoppers I felt I had overdosed on my computer monitor and needed a break. My body thought so too. I had an episode of sciatica on Tues. 9/20. Fortunately ice packs and muscle relaxants got me back on my feet by Wed. I read that sitting for too long can aggravate this condition.
FYI- I read that the Firefox browser works better with Blogger. You can download Firefox from if you don't already have it. I found the tip on page 23 of the Oct. 2005 issue of MacHome magazine. It also shares info about video blogging. I'm writing via Firefox now.
I hope the two previous blogs addressed some of Watching and Wondering. I spent a little time thinking about various topics before deciding on Vegetarian Teens. I didn't want to do something that was just something to fill space with, I wanted whatever I learned to be useful. It couldn't be too broad. It needed to be manageable, timewise. I confess that I didn't pick up on the fact that this was all to be done by Oct. 3. Manageable is now even more important. Ack! I regret that I can't remember at this point the kinds of things that I toyed with doing at first.
In the last blog I talked about not having begun looking at sources for my topic. I did sit down the very next day and started with IMCPL. I initially searched under "vegetarian teens" in a subject search and brought up some hits. In one, a book called "Vegetarianism and Teens: A Hot Issue" by Kathleen Winkler, clued me into the keyword Vegetarianism. I had never considered this. Vegetarian/Vegan yes but vegetarianism no. I found and requested several books, keeping copyrights as current as possible, though I did include one 1999, that is "The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook" by Judy Krizmanic, mostly for personal use. And another "EAT" by Steven Kroll (1995) a 3rd grade Hyperion Chapters book for fun rather than research.
When I did hit Google, I used "Vegetarianism and Teens" again and came up with several useful sites. I need to go back and read through them thoroughly for information, but skimming brought up some issues I hadn't thought of previously. Like why teens decide to become vegetarians. Health, religion, ethics, weight, fashion or environment or combination of these. I realized that I never gave many of these thought when Sarah made her choice to become a vegetarian. I got a vague sense that it was appreciation of animal rights, etc. She had read some information about PETA and receives some of their mailings including a magazine geared at tweens/teens called "Grrr!" Also, the friend factor was there, as several of her friends were experimenting with vegetarianism. One in particular, Jesi, was always sharing with the group the horrors of McDonalds, where they got there meat from etc. I remember this going back several years ago, possibly 5th/6th grade. The girls are Freshmen this year.
Back to reading, more blog to come. Jeanine
PS. Thank you to those of you who have commented on my previous blogs!
FYI- I read that the Firefox browser works better with Blogger. You can download Firefox from if you don't already have it. I found the tip on page 23 of the Oct. 2005 issue of MacHome magazine. It also shares info about video blogging. I'm writing via Firefox now.
I hope the two previous blogs addressed some of Watching and Wondering. I spent a little time thinking about various topics before deciding on Vegetarian Teens. I didn't want to do something that was just something to fill space with, I wanted whatever I learned to be useful. It couldn't be too broad. It needed to be manageable, timewise. I confess that I didn't pick up on the fact that this was all to be done by Oct. 3. Manageable is now even more important. Ack! I regret that I can't remember at this point the kinds of things that I toyed with doing at first.
In the last blog I talked about not having begun looking at sources for my topic. I did sit down the very next day and started with IMCPL. I initially searched under "vegetarian teens" in a subject search and brought up some hits. In one, a book called "Vegetarianism and Teens: A Hot Issue" by Kathleen Winkler, clued me into the keyword Vegetarianism. I had never considered this. Vegetarian/Vegan yes but vegetarianism no. I found and requested several books, keeping copyrights as current as possible, though I did include one 1999, that is "The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook" by Judy Krizmanic, mostly for personal use. And another "EAT" by Steven Kroll (1995) a 3rd grade Hyperion Chapters book for fun rather than research.
When I did hit Google, I used "Vegetarianism and Teens" again and came up with several useful sites. I need to go back and read through them thoroughly for information, but skimming brought up some issues I hadn't thought of previously. Like why teens decide to become vegetarians. Health, religion, ethics, weight, fashion or environment or combination of these. I realized that I never gave many of these thought when Sarah made her choice to become a vegetarian. I got a vague sense that it was appreciation of animal rights, etc. She had read some information about PETA and receives some of their mailings including a magazine geared at tweens/teens called "Grrr!" Also, the friend factor was there, as several of her friends were experimenting with vegetarianism. One in particular, Jesi, was always sharing with the group the horrors of McDonalds, where they got there meat from etc. I remember this going back several years ago, possibly 5th/6th grade. The girls are Freshmen this year.
Back to reading, more blog to come. Jeanine
PS. Thank you to those of you who have commented on my previous blogs!
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