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Initial Proposal I know personally how much the specific form of dance has helped through the very difficult pre-teen to teenage years and beyond. Those years are about someone finding as much of them selves as they can for me dance did. I had to dance outside of school and on my own to get that release that dancing gave me. Since I’m not trained in anyway and have never taken a dance class it was literally on my own eventually turning into dancing in school shows. What I don’t understand is while the purpose of a high school is to prepare its student for life afterward, it seems as if the system doesn’t extended beyond academically to prepare that student. A foundation of knowing who you are plays an important part of whether or you’re prepared to be independent. Any type of constructive expression gives a person that no matter what age but it could be vital of a person going through that transition from child to adult. I feel that a high school should cater to that by having at least one more class of expression and should teach a fundamental dance. I thought that teaching a contemporary or modern form of dance would be the smartest and more ambitious idea because they are forms of dance with technique. To be a bit simpler I could create choreography for hip-hop with popular dances because more people would be interested. My idea is not to integrating this into the physical education curriculum but having the "dance" class as an option with the weight room. I know that one of my family members could be very useful source for me because this is exactly what he does teach choreography at a gym to random individuals. An semi-simple sixteen count dance for members so no one needs a previous class to follow in the class. For the actual class if I want to continue with this idea I feel like the actual work would be creating multiple counts one my own. I would need to be very diligent in constantly working and not saving the dances til the last minutes because I would need to know them well enough to teach. Another challenege for me would be convincing the gym teachers to allow me to do this. I feel that those challenges could be met if I work hard and the if the result is students who are not usually exposed are that would be exciting for me personally.

Initial Proposal (2nd Draft) I know personally how much the specific form of dance has helped through the very difficult pre-teen to teenage years and beyond. Those years are about someone finding as much of them selves as they can, dance aided me with that. Never formally taking a dance class I danced on my own to get that release that I was striving for, which eventually gave me the confidence to dance in school shows. In my life I feel as though dance What I don’t understand is while the purpose of a high school is to prepare its student for life afterward, it seems as if the public school system does not extended beyond academically preparing students. The foundation of self-awareness, knowing who you are, plays an important part of whether or not you’re prepared to be independent. Any type of constructive expression gives a person that no matter what age but it is vital for a person going through the transition from child to adult. I wanted to know how specifically the benfits of a person going to a performing arts school. Then understand how the structure of a performing arts school compares to a public high school. Concluding my research I want to find public schools that have implimented dance into the schools. As of right now the most important research components that I've gathered is the research that would academically compare students from both schools. My topic expert on this subject is my cousin, Antoine Smith, not only is he a choreographer but he teaches dance in a local public high school in Arizona that offers dance as an elective. I feel like he could tell me what kind of students go to this elective, and what positive aspects for the students he personally experinces. Both my mentor and my topic expert can guide me on the actual mechanics for my paper, which constantly need improvement. I feel that a high school should cater to that transition by adding a dance class. Not only would that I thought that teaching a contemporary or modern form of dance would be the smartest and more ambitious idea because they are forms of dance with technique. To be a bit simpler I could create choreography for hip-hop with popular dances because more people would be interested. My idea is not to integrating this into the physical education curriculum but having the "dance" class as an option with the weight room. I know that one of my family members could be very useful source for me because this is exactly what he does teach choreography at a gym to random individuals. An semi-simple sixteen count dance for members so no one needs a previous class to follow in the class. For the actual class if I want to continue with this idea I feel like the actual work would be creating multiple counts one my own. I would need to be very diligent in constantly working and not saving the dances til the last minutes because I would need to know them well enough to teach. Another challenge for me would be convincing the gym teachers to allow me to do this. I feel that those challenges could be met if I work hard and the if the result is students who are not usually exposed are that would be exciting for me personally.