Symposium Presentation

Presenter: Melissa Lyons
Presentation Topic: "Clique, Clique, Boom"

This presentation was a general overview of the presenters interviews of students in middle schools dealing with issues such as bullying, cliques, and other really common social issues. It was interesting to hear her take and feedback on the topic, and hear the reactions from her experiences with the students. I would love to do a similar experiment in another school. It is so common in schools that there are jocks, preps, etc. and the students put that sort of social filing into a different perspective. Though we see the same issues in college somewhat, it is interesting to reenter the state of mind of the middle school students on this topic. I think it would be fun to do a similar study with maybe more of a focus on one particular area or another, rather than thoughts on all of the subjects together. I think something she touched on that would also be a great opportunity for a separate project is the affect the school shootings such as Columbine and Virginia Tech had on the students in high schools, compared to middle schools, compared to colleges. All incredibly interesting for statistics, etc.