Journalism: Freakonomics Reflection

3: take-aways from the journalistic film

2: pieces of data presented

1: thesis (the inference you can make from film

3: How many kids don’t care about school, the lack of effort kids put into their school work

2: Kids will be paid $50 every month if they meet the requirements, students’ grades increase due to the fact they were getting paid money

1:  The idea behind Freakonomics is to help students educationally to achieve their full potential and develop themselves for the near future.

Journalism: Data-driven Analysis Peer Review

Name: Nicole L

Subject Matter/Research Question: How do you feel about the new school lunches?

Critique: From what I have hear the new school lunches aren’t as popular as they were in the past.

Commendation: Great idea, good supporting facts with the salad bar, etc.

Name: Keenan C

Subject Matter/Research Question: What is your favorite fast food place if location didn’t matter?

Critique: Even though most guys said Wendy’s for their favorite fast food place, I am going to have to go with McDonalds for my favorite due to the fact that I always go there.

Commendation: Could have given more information such as why the guys liked Wendy’s the best or what was their favorite thing to buy there.

Name: Gabby B

Subject Matter/Research Question: What are your thoughts on IOS 7?

Critique: I do not like it because as others have most likely said it drains the battery a lot and it is not as fast as the previous update.

Commendation: Nice topic to choose, good supporting facts

Name: Sean M

Subject Matter/Research Question: Is space travel worth the time and money?

Critique: I believe that space travel is worth the time and money because we can learn so much from it.

Commendation: Like the idea of the topic, would have liked to know more about why some might think it was a waste of time and money