Soccer: Diego Maradona

At the beginning of the semester we had to select one of three topics. I think it might have made more sense for us to write on three topics instead of spending time in deep research that we would eventually discard leaving only one. This is not to say that I don’t see the sense of it. Especially after the photo journal assignment it made sense; however it’s still time consuming all the same. Anyway, since this is the hand we are dealt I had to pick my three topics. I was torn between choosing from the following topics; (1) Including dating and relationships as a college course, because everything we do as people for the most part centers around relating well with other people and it seems we are oblivious to what the other sex is about (if you take into account the divorce rates etc) (2) Creating a database of Visual communications & Design students’ database. Jen thought this would work if I was writing a business proposal, but I wasn’t thinking business or monetary gain but preserving these select students’ works, promoting the sense of pride of being an artist as well as keeping them in the school’s history and not just another bunch of group the school made money from. (3) Promoting soccer as a culture in America. I chose this topic because I’m a passionate soccer fan and it hurts to see a country with all the resource not accepting of a game that is brings countries worldwide together. If you don’t know what I am talking about then you should watch the next world cup which is being held in South Africa next year and see the harmony of the different cultures on display, as well as the colorful party atmosphere. I think most Americans can relate to parties. Anyway, Jen thought I could write about a certain soccer icon. This led me to picking Diego Maradona of Argentina who is a controversial figure. He is loved and hated. When most people who don’t know too much about soccer think of a soccer icon, they tend think of Brazil’s Pele and England’s David Beckham but for some odd reason not Maradona. I think it might be because Pele played in U.S. at one time when the soccer league had just been created. Maradona is more the bridge between my generation and that of Pele’s.
I know there are lots of resources on Maradona out there some of which I’ve accessed in the past. I now need to decide what is appropriate and best to use. As advanced as this class is I think the concepts are things that should be taught at the earlier levels of writing classes because there’s so much good stuff about the process it’s just packed into a small amount of time.