Thesis paragraph

There are many trends and phenomenons here at the University of Central Florida but the one that involves the majority of the people here is the wide use of skateboards and long boards. Many people use skateboards and long boards to get around campus and the school is trying to ban the use of them because it could be a safety risk to other people. There are many different opinions about this issue and I plan to find out what people around campus think about this issue and how it affects them now and in the future. The issue of the school banning the use of skateboards and long boards could change many things around campus.

Outline

Issue/Trend: The use of Skateboards and Long Boards on campus and the school trying to ban them.

1) Stating the issue/ Introduction
a) What is the issue/trend
b) Why is it an issue/trend
c) background- why people use skateboards and long boards

2) Results
a) What could happen if the school does ban sakteboards and long boards and why could it happen
b) How people would feel about it
c) What I think should happen and why
d) How I would feel about it

3) Conclusion
a) How others feel about the issue/trend
b) How I feel about the issue/trend
c) What is happening with the issue/trend now
d) What is the future of the isssue/trend

Letter to Friend

Dear Friend,

There are many phenomena’s that happen at school here at UCF, but there is one that I find particularly interesting. This phenomenon is the use of skateboards and long boards around campus and how the school is trying to ban the use of them. I have noticed that many students use skateboards and long boards as their main transportation device to get around this large campus. This can be a hazard to some people because some users are not very good at using the skateboards and long boards so they sometimes run into other students on the way to class or back home. This is dangerous because some people can get seriously injured from these types of accidents and the school does not want that to happen on campus, so therefore they are trying to ban the skateboards and long boards. Students have very different views on this issue. I have found out that some think this is a major issue and some think it is a minor issue. For me it is a minor issue because I do not ride a skateboard or long board and I have not been hit by one...yet. I also found out that some people think that skateboards are safer than the long boards because on skateboards people do not have to weave as much as they do on long boards to move. Many people also think that people who ride skateboards and long boards get a reputation as punks but not according to the people who do ride them. Also, students that ride the skateboards and long boards do not want the school to ban them because it is their main source of transportation while students who do not ride them are indifferent. Some students think that the skateboards and long boards are annoying and some students just do not care about this issue. I think that if the school does ban the skateboards and long boards there will be a lot more students walking to class instead of riding their skateboard or long board. This may make more students late because it is a lot slower walking than riding a skateboard or a long board to class and therefore may drop their grades in their classes. In my opinion I do not think the school should ban the use of skateboards and long boards because it is easier to get around and I don not think they pose as a great danger to people. The people will just have to be more careful and alert to other people using the skateboards and long boards. I also do not agree with the view that people who ride skateboards and long boards are punks. I think they are normal people like everyone else but they just choose to have another form of transportation that is easier for them. That is my view on this particular interesting phenomenon that happens at the University of Central Florida.

Interview With Colton

5 Questions:

a) How do you know what you know?(evidence)- Just seeing other students ride the skateboards and long boards around campus every day

b) Who are you to the subject?(perspective)- A student who has to get out of the way of the people who use skateboards and long boards.

c) How is the event connected to other events?(patterns or opposing forces)- It can cause injury to students who do not use the skateboards and long boards.

d) What if things were different?(suppositions/predictions)- All the users would be upset and there would be less accidents.

e) Why is this important?(significance)-Because many people find it inconvenient to have to lookout for skateboarders and long boardsers.

My 5 Questions:

1) How serious is the issue of skateboards and long boards?-It is a minor issue.

2) What is the viw of people who use skateboards and long boards and their view on having skateboards anf long boards?- They get a reputation as being punks and they want to keep skateboards andd long boards around so they can use them.

3) What is the main reason people use the skateboards and long boards?- For transportation.

4) Should skateboards and long boards be banned by the school?- No.

5) Which is safer, skateboards or long boards?- Skateboards.

1 Idea

I think it is amazing how many people use skateboards and long boards to get around campus and how the school is trying to ban students from using the skateboards and long boards. For many students skateboards and long boards are the primary use of transportation between classes and their room. People can go very fast on them and they tend to run into people sometimes so UCF has been trying to ban the use of the skateboards and long boards for safety reasons. This can be both good and bad. It is good because it will be safer for other people because they will not get run into by the people on the skateboards or long boards. It is also bad for the students because that takes away a form of transportation that makes it quick and easy to get around campus. It does not really affect me because I do not use a skateboard or a long board and no one has run into me so far. It does affect the students that do use the skateboards and long boards along with the people that they run into. This is a new situation for me because I have never been around so many people that use the skateboards and long boards and no one has run into me…yet. I am sure some people are used to all the people using the skateboards and long boards and it is normal for them to get hit by one every once in a while. I understand why the school is trying to ban the use of the skateboards and long boards but I do not think it will be a good idea because so many people use them as their primary use of transportation.