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Daniel's a bit sniffly today. Apparently he caught a cold over the weekend. Wonder how that happened?
"Good afternoon, guys," he says, sipping on a hot drink that - shock horror - isn't coffee! "Instead of a final exam, which was what I had been planning on giving you, I want to give you a project instead.
"Now, you remember talking about ethnographers, and how they undertake research? That's what I want to you to do, but instead of going and living in a tribe, or something, I'd like you to give me an ethnographic report on Fandom High. Lots of us have said that this is a unique place. I'd like for you to look under the layers and see why that is."
He pushes across a small booklet of methods. "That's just some ideas you can use. You'll need to do some fieldwork, so you can have class time to start it today, although I'd advise staying in here and asking me questions and planning your work. This will be due in a week on Friday; May 5th, so given the short period of time you've got, it doesn't have to be all inclusive. You can pick one aspect of the school that interests you and do it in some depth. Or, you may do a wider idea. It's up to you.
"On Wednesday, you can have most of the lesson, but I'd like for you to come here at the start so I can show you samples from an ethnography, providingthe mun I can find out the book.
"Now. Questions? Comments?"
To finish off, he sneezes.
"Good afternoon, guys," he says, sipping on a hot drink that - shock horror - isn't coffee! "Instead of a final exam, which was what I had been planning on giving you, I want to give you a project instead.
"Now, you remember talking about ethnographers, and how they undertake research? That's what I want to you to do, but instead of going and living in a tribe, or something, I'd like you to give me an ethnographic report on Fandom High. Lots of us have said that this is a unique place. I'd like for you to look under the layers and see why that is."
He pushes across a small booklet of methods. "That's just some ideas you can use. You'll need to do some fieldwork, so you can have class time to start it today, although I'd advise staying in here and asking me questions and planning your work. This will be due in a week on Friday; May 5th, so given the short period of time you've got, it doesn't have to be all inclusive. You can pick one aspect of the school that interests you and do it in some depth. Or, you may do a wider idea. It's up to you.
"On Wednesday, you can have most of the lesson, but I'd like for you to come here at the start so I can show you samples from an ethnography, providing
"Now. Questions? Comments?"
To finish off, he sneezes.