Ethnography

Ethnography

September 14, 2015

Study habits of college Students



While doing my study I primarily focused on a group of people dancing, a couple, one man and one woman. Group of people dancing one the instructor is relaxing the dance is focusing on elegant dancing and is somewhat fast paced. My guess is that the type of dancing is salsa because of the proximity of how close they are to one another. Meanwhile, a couple is studying calculus the man is complaining about a problem while his girlfriend is trying to solve it. A man is trying to do a writing assignment, while listening to his iphone . A woman sitting in the couch opposite to him is listening to her own music and is just checking her facebook account while eating grapes. The dancers are still practicing the same dance but are adding some new moves in, which involves twirling the female dancer but always holding on to her right hand during the process. Out of the five couples only two couples were able to do it on their second try. The couple that is working on their math problem was able to get past the problem that was frustrating for the man. They are now taking break after they have found the solution; the man went to get himself some Taco Bell for both of them. The guy that was writing a paper is still doing it but is checking his phone now continually. The girl is still looking at facebook and blasting her music on her computer. The group of people dancing has left after a total of me observing for thirty minutes. They ended by doing a series of dance moves that they were new to me and some that they were doing while I was present, such as the twirl. After they all attempted to dance they stretched out for awhile and later on left. The man that is by himself is currently doing his writing assignment still. The young women is now doing online math homework right now and still listening to her homework .The couple is just working on their homework right now. The man in the couple is now making jokes to the girl. They are leaving currently and are holding hands while they leave. While I was leaving the site the man by himself and the girl were studying still.

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