For this assignment I chose to observe the students who hang out in the 2nd floor cafe/lobby area of Center for the Arts building here at Towson university. I chose to observe two students who were working on an assignment for a music theory class. One of the students was asking the other one to look at his homework and give him pointers on it. The language they were using was a combination of formal language, music jargon and inside jokes with each other. It was pretty clear that these two individuals were friends as well as professional colleagues. One of the students was wearing standard college student clothing (i.e.sports team T-shirt and shorts) and the other was wearing long pants and a music fraternity shirt. Their attitude was professional yet easy going. They made an effort not to take the assignment too seriously as to ease the stress involved. The two students were looking at the same laptop. On the screen was a music writing application, and one of the two was checking for errors and giving the other advise on how to fix them. As they were working, various friends would walk by, say hi or even ask to look at the assignment as well.
The student wearing the frat shirt and long pants sent a strong message about his seriousness about his major with just his clothing. The way he used jargon was also a strong indicator of his professionalism. Anyone who walked by could see that his identity, or at least the identity that he wanted to project, was that of a professional musician. His friend was much more laid back in comparison. His clothing projected that he was just a regular student and not yet ready to move on. However, after listening in on the comments, one could tell that he took his work very seriously. After viewing the two individuals studying in the "CFA" one can see that the average student can very from a newbie to a master of their craft by just observing the differences in appearance, attitude and personality.
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