Szymanski, Mallory. "East Pennsboro beauty pageant crowns 5-year-old winner on controversial 'Toddlers and Tiaras'." PennLive.com. N.p., 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 22 Sept. 2011.
The article is a third person documentary of the TLC television series, Toddlers & Tiaras. It talks about the life as a "pageant baby" and the lifestyle that comes with it. It talks about a 5-year-old girl named Carley who won "Grand Supreme" for the 0-5 category, but on the way was scolded by her mother for not putting on a big enough show, then declared that she "...had enough of pageants." Concluding with Carley's mother proclaiming that she may have been to harsh, but has no intentions of stopping.
Szymanski is trying to show people how the lifestyle of pageant children is very different from the norm. Carley's mother said that she spends nearly $30,000 a year on pageants, as the author continues on with the article she makes a point to tell the audience that what Melissa, Carley's mother, does, seems to be disrespectful to her daughter, and tends to showcase her daughter against Carley's desires. Szymanski mentions how Carley doesn't want to continue with pageants, but Melissa plans on putting her in the next show to win bigger and better prizes. the author's opinion isn't especially apparent, as there are few direct statements regarding her thoughts on the matter, but considering that the article is about the negative effects of these pageants, it is apparent that Szymanski doesn't agree with the concept, but went about disagreement in a very civil matter.
The article is well constructed and gives a very well thought examination of the topic. It allows one to see into the life of five-year-old Carley and see the pageants through her eyes, as well as see it through the eyes of her mother.
I think that this is a decent topic for me. I compare pageantry a ton to dance shows, and "Toddlers and Tiara's" and the show "Dance Mom's" I can relate to because I was in a very similar performing situation for many years. However, I think that the author's negative opinion about it isn't the best fit for something that I would argue. I would argue that Melissa went about coaching her daughter in the wrong way, but not that pageantry itself is a bad/negative thing.
For others, I believe that it could be a difficult topic to pursue. Without knowledge on the topic I think that many of the opinions that would be made, would be based on assumptions, instead of fact. I enjoyed relating to the topic, but I don't believe I will do anything more with it.
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Szymanski is trying to show people how the lifestyle of pageant children is very different from the norm. Carley's mother said that she spends nearly $30,000 a year on pageants, as the author continues on with the article she makes a point to tell the audience that what Melissa, Carley's mother, does, seems to be disrespectful to her daughter, and tends to showcase her daughter against Carley's desires. Szymanski mentions how Carley doesn't want to continue with pageants, but Melissa plans on putting her in the next show to win bigger and better prizes. the author's opinion isn't especially apparent, as there are few direct statements regarding her thoughts on the matter, but considering that the article is about the negative effects of these pageants, it is apparent that Szymanski doesn't agree with the concept, but went about disagreement in a very civil matter.
The article is well constructed and gives a very well thought examination of the topic. It allows one to see into the life of five-year-old Carley and see the pageants through her eyes, as well as see it through the eyes of her mother.
I think that this is a decent topic for me. I compare pageantry a ton to dance shows, and "Toddlers and Tiara's" and the show "Dance Mom's" I can relate to because I was in a very similar performing situation for many years. However, I think that the author's negative opinion about it isn't the best fit for something that I would argue. I would argue that Melissa went about coaching her daughter in the wrong way, but not that pageantry itself is a bad/negative thing.
For others, I believe that it could be a difficult topic to pursue. Without knowledge on the topic I think that many of the opinions that would be made, would be based on assumptions, instead of fact. I enjoyed relating to the topic, but I don't believe I will do anything more with it.
First off, that was great. You covered the article well - got all points across while keeping it brief - and made it easy to read. I would have liked to see you do more with this since you can relate to it so much. Still, awesome. Just awesome :)
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