Informal Research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_(aesthetic)


In this text, it talks about the different elements of being cool such as paintings and historical figures. It has the behavioral characteristic, the state of being, the aesthetic appeal, and artistic and "fight for your right" appeal. "There is no single concept of cool. "One of the essential characteristics of cool is its mutability—what is considered cool changes over time and varies among cultures and generations."

After reading this, i thought it was very interesting how the word "cool" branches off into different things. In the quote above i thought that it was true because over time the word "cool" changes all the time epecially in today's society, it changes everyday. They use Malcolm as a "cool" who showed cool qualities because he fought for what he thought was right with anger and agression which is "cool".


http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=287&id=1478



This text is basically talking about what other people think and it has the typical reasons and thoughts on what people think is "cool". It shows what kids nowadays consider cool.


I thought that it was actually kind of funny. The way the kids describe what "cool" is. I agree with most of the stuff that they said. It said a lot about "being you" and being a great person overall.


http://www.wholefamily.com/aboutteensnow/relationships_peers/friends/wyatt_history.html


In this article he talks about making his own theory on the word "cool". His story i find is kind of ridiculous. He thinks that the term cool origned from the Paleolithic Era. Most of his points where mainly about when you come across the word and who people use it. He thinks they use it in a opposite way then they are suppose to use it.