User:Unbroken14

Hello
I am Unbroken14 and I am working on editing wikipedia for my Introduction to Global Youth Studies class. I am a sociology major and I am interested in the study of youth. I am looking forward to learning more about the sociology of youth as the semester goes on both through my class and through Wikipedia. I look forward to enhancing on of the Wikipedia page. This is my first time editing Wikipedia so if you ever have any comments or suggests please don't hesitate to let me know!

This summer I worked as a camp counselor at an resident YMCA summer camp, so I am very interested in how attending summer camp effects the lives of youth in different countries. I am also interested in education and different types of schools, such as charter schools and other alternative education sources. Here are a few of the pages that I am interested in editing for my class:

Summer camp

Child marriage

Juvenile delinquency

Education in Latin America

Youth in Brazil

Proposal
I will soon be creating a new Wikipedia article entitled, Youth in Brazil. I will be using other pages such as, Youth in Uganda, for inspiration and insight. I am interesed in Youth in Brazil because I will be traveling their for my Counseling Diverse Populations class in January. During this three week trip I will be exploring many social and cultural aspects of Brazil. Our main focus will be the lower class youth of Brazil. To start off my article I am going to define youth and discuss the youth demographic in Brazil. I want the people reading the article to have a clear understanding on the population of people they are reading about before they dive in.

One of the major areas, Youth in Brazil, is going to cover is Education systems. I want to discuss the levels or education that youth go to and how important it is to them. I also want to list statistics for how many youth attend each level. Closely tied to education is employment. I would like to talk about employment among youth in Brazil. I want to answer questions such as; How many youth are working and what types of jobs are they working?

I also want to address you in Favelas. A Favela is an area where a majority of the lower class lives in cities. I want to write about the way of life for a young person living in a Favela. I want to specify major differences of the lives of youth living in Favelas and youth living in affluent areas on the country. There is also a lot of violence in Favelas so I would talk about the involvement of youth in violence and gangs. This is how I would like to begin my starter article on youth in Brazil.

Potential Sources
Smith, T. Lynn. Brazilian Society. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, n.d. Print.

D'Alva Kinzo, Maria, and James Dunkerley, eds. Brazil Since 1985 Economy, Polity and Society. University Of London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 2003. Print.

Levine, Robert M., and John J. Crocitti, eds. The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Polotics. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. Print.

Publishing, OECD. Investing In Youth [Electronic Resource]. n.p.: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014. Drake University Catalog. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.

Fifield, Jessica. "Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum | Just War and Citizenship: Responses to Youth Violence." International Journal of Communication [Online], 3 (2009): 15. Web. 2 Oct. 2014

Fernandes, FL. "Youth Gang Members In Rio De Janeiro: The Face Of A 'Lost Generation' In An Age Of Fear And Mistrust." Bulletin Of Latin American Research 32.2 (n.d.): 210-223. Social Sciences Citation Index. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.

Foguel, Miguel N., and Fernando A. Veloso. "Inequality Of Opportunity In Daycare And Preschool Services In Brazil." Journal Of Economic Inequality 12.2 (2014): 191-220. EconLit. Web. 2 Oct. 2014.

Dalsgaard, Anne Line, and Karen Tranberg Hansen. Youth And The City In The Global South. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 9 Oct. 2014.