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movies new haven criterion
A Belgariad Pawn of Prophecy Movie?
Who would you cast?
IMO
Belgarion: New actor. I haven't really seen an actor who fits the criteria.
Belgarath: Jeff Fahey. He's Frank Lapidus from Lost, and he'd make a perfect Belgarath.
Polgara: Connie Nelsen or Angelina Jolie
Durnik: Joseph Fiennes. He might not be stocky enough, but, characterwise, he's perfect.
Barak: Mickey Rourke with red hair. Hands down. If not, Ray Winstone
Silk: I'm kind of undecided here, but I would like to see Owen Wilson for the part.
Hettar: Til Schweiger. If you see him in King Arthur (awful movie BTW), you'll see why he reminds me of Hettar.
I think thats it for the first movie. Tell me your ideas!
I love, love, love David Eddings, but I know if they made it into a movie they'd probably ruin it.
I think Joseph Fiennes would make a better Silk. Owen Wilson??? No way.
I've always pictured Pol more like Anjelica Huston. Don't know who Connie Nelsen is. Angelina wouldn't work for me.
Don't know who Jeff Fahey is either. I always think of Belgarath more like Sean Connery.
Don't really like Mickey Rourke, and don't know who Ray Winstone is, or Til Schweiger either.
Given more time I'd come up with some better suggestions, but I have to say I LOVE your question. Far more interesting than the usual 'kids trying to cheat on their homework' questions that are always on here.
"what Should I Write About" How to Select Your Topic
"What Should I Write About" How to Select Your Topic
At the beginning of this process, you may feel as if you have entered a strange territory without a map. You need guanidine for choosing your topic if you must select your own or for narrowing a general topic assigned to you. This section shows you how to get ideas for topics and what subjects are best to avoid.
Three Criteria for a Topic
Whether you write a literary, argumentative, position, or description paper, the subject you select must meet three important criteria.
- The topic should interest you.
- It should be written your abilities.
- There should be enough information available on it to complete a paper.
The first criterion is the most important. Something besides fear of failure has to sustain you through all the hours it takes to research, write and revise a report of term paper. Make the paper a process of discovery for yourself, something you want to know or say about a topic. That desire will help to see you through to the end of the project.
The second criterion is also essential. You may be interested in a topic, but not have the background of ability to handle it in a paper. Say, for example, you are interested in the flights or voyagers 1 and 2. You want to do a report on some of the computer programs that send commands to the small spacecrafts. The scientific journals are filled with complex diagrams and explanations, but you find none of it makes any sense to you. You have no background in computer programming and no ability to translate technical information into plain English.
You will either have to find a book or an article that translates the material for you or find another topic—perhaps what voyager 2 revealed about the rings of Uranus or the surprises the spacecraft uncovered as it passed by the outer planets. Although the topic about the computer programs fulfills two of the three criteria—it interests you and there is plenty of information—if it is beyond your abilities, you will not be able to complete a paper successfully.
Finally, make sure enough information is readily available for you to develop your paper. For instance, you may have heard about rock-and-roll bands springing up in Tibet. The subject intrigues you, and you feel you have enough musical background to write about it. But your preliminary research turns up only a half-page article in a weekly news magazine. Obviously, you are not going to be able to build a ten- or fifteen- page report on one short article. A better topic may be the rise of rock bands in China and Japan, a phenomenon covered in the U.S. and international press.
Finding a General Area of Interest
Suppose your must choose the topic of a paper yourself. Although this task might seem somewhat overwhelming at first, it can be broken down into manageable steps. The first step knows where to go for ideas about general of broad subject areas.
There are several major sources for topic ideas; textbooks; reference books that list term paper or report topics; teachers and librarians; your own or your friends' interests and experiences; and on-line databases, Internet, and Web sites. If you must do a term paper for a history course, for example, skim through your history textbook to find a broad subject area that interests you. Perhaps you find the European voyages of discovery appealing. Or your interest may be piqued by the medical practices of the Middle Age or the complex politics of the Balkans in the mid-1990s.
If your textbooks do not provide a topic of interest, investigate the reference section of any bookstore or library. You are likely to find books that list hundred of term paper or report topic under all subject areas—history, literature, art social science, political science, and psychology. One of these topics may appeal to you.
Teachers and librarians are also good sources for ideas. They can help you to pinpoint an area of interest or can suggest topics that you haven't considered. It is a good idea to get to know your reference librarian, and this can be one way to introduce you. Good reference librarians are invaluable guides through the maze of research and reference sources. Their expertise can save you hours of effort.
If none of these sources yields any result, you can fall back on yourself or on your friend. Think about the movies, magazine, books, or activities that interest you: science fiction, sports, the war on drugs, international relations, music, the environment, psychic phenomena.
What would you like to know about these topics? What opinion do you have about them? Do you think drugs should be legalized? Do you feel that the government should do more or less to help protect the environment? In your opinion, have science fiction movies or TV series had any impact on shaping our current world? Should professional athletes be allowed to play in the Olympic Games? Are psychic phenomena real or imaginary?
One of these four sources—textbooks, reference books, teachers and librarians, your own or your friend' interest—will give you a general topic area for your paper.
Subject Areas to Avoid
Part of the process of choosing a topic knows which subjects not to use. In your search for a topic, keep in mind these guidelines for subjects to avoid.
· Subjects that is too recent. If a new law has just been passed, for example, there will not be enough information about its impact to serve as the subject of paper.
· Subjects that is too sensitive or controversial. Some issues, such as the firing of a popular principal or a recent racial incident in school, are highly emotional and likely to provoke strong reaction on all sides. It is often difficult to find objective information to present a fair treatment of the topic.
· Subjects that is hard to investigate. This can include subjects that are too narrow or specialized to have much information, too technical for your own and the readers' background, or for which information is too difficult to acquire. For example, the information may be in specialized libraries closed to the public, in international institutions, or written in a language you can not read.
· Subject that are distasteful or uninteresting to you. You may be tempted to accept any topic just to have something to write about. However, material that is unappealing to you at the beginning will tend to become more so as you would on it. If you dislike the subject of your paper, it's a good bet your readers won't like the way you write about it. Your own distaste or boredom will come across in your writing.
Remember the three criteria mentioned previously as you search for a usable topic: It must interest you, it must be within your abilities, and there must be enough information readily available on the topic to complete a paper.
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Single most important criterion: SAT scores
Did you ever wonder what schools like Harvard think about the admissions process? If you haven't been deeply involved, it might come as a shock. A lot of it is fairly cut and dry, at least for the vast majority of students.
Harvard typically spends more than $50,000 for every student they admit to their program for screening, interviewing and research on each person who enters its gates. The school puts a high price on getting the very best people they can find -- young people who will help contribute to the quality of the student body. That letter of acceptance means that Harvard truly wants you to enroll.
I use Harvard as the archetype. All highly-selective post-secondary institutions -- including the military academies -- are competing for the same pool of highly charged candidates. So what is the big news about getting into college?
In the movie, "The Graduate," Dustin Hoffman's character received some timely '60s career advice: "One word. Are you listening? Plastics."
This year, I have an update: "One word. Are you listening? SAT."
To be more accurate, I'm referring to the newly-revised SATs. Why all the hubbub?
I'll quote a bit of tomfoolery from The New York Times: "Today's test consists of only one question, so think carefully. The 'A' in SAT stands for: (a) aptitude; (b) achievement; (c) assessment; (d) all of the above; (e) none of the above. I haven't the slightest idea what the answer is, so I'll guess (a) aptitude. Wait a minute -- since the SATs penalize you for guessing, maybe I'll take the ACTs, which does not. Now I am confused."
Welcome to the wonderful world of the SATs.
First some history.
A few years ago, the president of the University of California (my alma mater) decided that the old SAT tests, which the school used to admit students, were a bit too biased in favor of people who have been brought up in a culture of disciplined thinking.
The College Board was put on notice by the University of California that if it didn't change the test to make it more "relevant" to today's admissions guidelines, the school was going to drop the SATs entirely.
When the largest public university in America revolts against something like the SATs, it sends tremors all across the national consciousness of academia.
Thus began the process that led to the birth of the SATs we use today.
The College Board had to come up with something that would not only measure some of the "elements" of academic performance but would also measure it so everyone had a chance to do better.
It seems that the old SATs had too many analogy questions, which favored people who think analogously about things (i.e., doctors, lawyers, scientists, carpenters and the rest of us who like to reason things out by comparing one thing to another).
They also threw in a 45-minute writing section. The old test was deemed to be insufficient in testing students' writing abilities.
Simply put, it means that now students will have to sit for three hours and 45 minutes to take the test instead of the usual three hours. And how the new writing tests will be scored is another matter -- partly by machine and partly by human interference, they tell us.
For students at schools like New Trier or Stevenson High School along the North Shore, it's probably no big deal. They have been prepped to get into Harvard and Yale since they could walk … and the culture supports that process. If there is a change to the test, they simply bring in Kaplan or The Princeton Review to teach a class on the new SATs. Ipso facto, kids adapt to the changes and score higher.
Of course, educators (even in the ritzy suburbs) hate the idea of outsiders coming in. But parents know the importance of the SATs and demand that schools deliver those services.
The last three students I interviewed for Harvard were all No. 1 in their class, along with a dozen other classmates. Clearly, if your son or daughter is going to compete effectively for entrance to an elite college, they had better start preparing now to take the SATs -- and do well.
This is probably the single most important criterion used by admissions committees. To combat the effects of grade inflation, an ever-increasing emphasis is being placed on test scores. An extra 100 or 200 points can make or break a student's chances for admission.
Your SAT scores also have a value beyond helping to get into the right school.
Many employers require students to report their scores as part of their resumes. For many elite jobs, the cutoff lines are about the same as for the elite universities. A score of 700 in math and reading is mandatory.
About the Author
Gerald M. Bradshaw of Crown Point consults with students on how to prepare to gain admission to selective colleges, universities and law schools. Contact him at www.bradshawcollegeconsulting.com or 663-3041. His e-mail is gerald_bradshaw@post.harvard.edu.
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