Survey Assingment

I surveyed 45 7th & 8th graders at my school - St. Francis in Bend, OR.
I was surprised by how much diversity in the books, movies, magazines and TV they liked. It was hard to come up with a real catch all winner, but I have listed the items that were listed the most. There many titles listed that filled the continuum of tame to mature content. I felt the students who favored more mature content were also ones who tended to have behavioral issues.

These are my top items in each category:
Book:
Hunger Games
Harry Potter/ Twilight
Eragon / The Outsiders

Magazine:
People
Seventeen
Teen Vogue
Game Informer
Sports Illustrated

Video Game:
Modern Warfare II / Mariocart / Wii
Call of Duty
RockBand / Halo / Nazi Zombi

TV show:
Glee
The Office / Family Guy
American Idol / What I like about you / 10 Things I hate about you / America's Funniest Home Video

Movie:
Avatar
Blindside
Australia / Dark Knight

Sport:
Track
Basketball
Lacrosse / Soccer

Store:
Forever 21
Safeway

Friday Night activity:
Watch movies
Hang with Friends
watch TV

Restaurant:
Olive Garden (we have a new one in town - certainly an influence!)
Johnny Carinos


I've always felt we don't have a lot of diversity in our students, but in regards to their interests, they are very diverse.