I think that something that I would enjoy making this project about would be my experience at college so far. I hope that this is not too cliché, and too keep it a little interesting I think that I could focus on Baja. Baja is a club at Miami that builds an off-road go-cart and competes each year in a race put on by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).
Any way, this year they are building a completely new car by modifying last year’s model, they have been making new cars each year for about 5 years. But the real interesting part would be me talking about the race that we competed in at Louisville last weekend. While I was there (from 12:30 pm to 12:30 am) I thought to myself… “wow, I’ve been in college for only a few months, and I am already Racin’ Baja.” Course I was not the driver, but just being on the team was so much fun.
My audience would be entering freshmen, and maybe just my family and friends who I would want to tell my experiences to. I don’t think that I would have to limit my paper to just Baja either. The point that I would want to get across would be just how much can happen at college, and I have already been exposed to so much than I ever was before, such as living on my own, buying my own food for the room, planning my entire day, including things like dinner and time for shopping, drinking parties, less video games, and even a girlfriend. I will have a lot to talk about, though I think I would like to focus on Baja.
Also I think that given the nature of this project I would like to try some new type of expression of my message then just writing about it. I would like to make a sketch of possibly the Baja car, or just different scenes from the day we raced from 8 pm till midnight in Louisville. I have drawn sketches in the past just for fun and I think that I would enjoy this very much while being able to portray just how amazing you can make the college life, and how centered it is around activities for the students.
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This sounds excellent--and unique. I am all for this idea, and I am completely open to the idea of sketches. Although it is late in the game, you could also consider making a flyer (if you didn't just want to write a paper) that could contain the sketches, or even sort of a graphic novel detailing the day of the race...
Then again, if you want to write a descriptive/informative paper about Baja with some accompanying hsketches, that works just fine. If you have some questions about direction or expectations, email me, and i WILL email you back.
thanks
jg
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