Mentor Meeting

Mr Holl and I met 7th period today and discussed how my project has been progressing so far. I went over all of the details of the carnival, most of them positive. I mentioned that I kept popping my swords and Mr Holl mentioned his friend who was a balloon animal whiz said when you keep popping it means you're overfilling. Next time I'm practicing those swords I will try being less generous with my pumping. I explained how I wanted to focus my research, with my macro topics encompassing interactions with people; what they find funny, why do they find it funny, how does the recognition of humor develop as you get older? and my micro topics of research being the fundamental skills of being a clown; juggling, balloons and jokes. Mr Holl suggested I contact a professor at Syracuse, Robert Thompson who specializes in popular culture, tv and basically the science behind entertainment. Thanks Mr Holl!