Wednesday, 5 November 2008

WL2b - Stats, Family Constellations and Geeks


Title: Nerd / Geek Love
Photo by: Nerd Guy

Class Date: November 5th

Topics Covered: Trends, opinions and family formats.

Pages Covered: p37

Homework:
1. Vote on a song

New Vocabulary:
data - information usually represented in numbers
geek/nerd - a person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest : a computer geek (see photo above)
proactive - creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened

Expressions:
-I'm going to present my data/research/findings.
-Korea has taken a proactive approach to transgendered marriage.

Notes:

FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS

Traditional Family
-Large family
-Father -> Works
-Mother -> House Wife
-A few kids

Single child family

Working mother stay at home father family
-House Husband
-Stay at home mom/dad

Single-parent-family

Blended / step family

Adoptive family

Foster family - temporary care for a child in need

Grand parents raising children

What do you call a family with no children?

Unmarried couple = life partners

Gay or lesbian family
-same sex marriage

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  • Key Words: WL2b, Trend, Marriage, Families, Statistics

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