culture

American culture is not like other culture because we have a lot of stuff and big things. This past week we watched a video of Opra and how she went to Denmark the "happiest place in the world." They all seamed pretty happy with what they had even though it was not a lot. They had a super clean white house. nothing laying around. Then Opra said to go home an look at what we had just laying around our sink. One can tell a lot about a person's culture from what they have one their sink. So I went home and looked. On my sink i have a tooth brush holder with 3 tooth brushes. I don't need three but i have 3 anyways. then there is a tall despencer of cheery-plalmagrante soap. I also have a basket that holds my hair dryer,  clips, pins, head bands, and random little things. I don't need all of that, it is just random clutter. The last thing i have on my sink is an ihome. This is for when im getting ready i can leasten to music. I dont have to have this ihome. It is showing that i just want to be "plugged in" and not want to talk to anybody. Other contries dont have the kind of stuff we do on a bathroom sink. We should take it for granted.

A day in China

There was a time in my life when I went to China town in the city and I felt out of my element. The materal culture was a lot different because they all had on different clothes. They had bright colors and dresses, while I was in my jeans and a hoodie. Also what we ate was alot differt they had truttles in a big tank that they killed and ate. Also they had duck hanging upside down that they killed and were for sale. It was a different and uncomfortable feeling if one didn't adjust to the culture.

Freeks and Geeks

This week in class we watched freaks and geeks. It is an older tv show that wasn't so popular in it's time but it is more relevant today. There was symbolic interactionism by her army coat. She put it on to change who she was and wanted to be someone els and fit into a new group but then at the end she took it off and danced and became herself again. There was also symbolic interactionism with "girl" the guys would say suck it up and not be a girl. Or say stop acting like a girl. In the show they unforced that girls were week and couldn't vogue for themselves. It really showed me to say things as Reynard and not to try and describe them with something els.

Our time

Our generation is made to what it is because of technology, media, and 9/11. I think that this are the main three because we have so much technology to do things for us that we will never know how to do things they knew how to do in the past. Also media has an effect because we watch it and just beleave it. We watch reality tv andwant our lives to be like theirs. The last is 9/11 because after that we as a society are scarred of another attack and worried about people. For example we look at someone of a different race or clothing choice and we judge them and think they are bad. We need to focus on things that are relevant.

Do we really know someone?

We don't really know people do we? We think we can figure everything out about a person just by looking at them. For example we go to the mall and see a girl walking with her coach purse, bunch of make up and countless bags and our first thoughts are wow she is a spoiled rich brat but really her parents might never be around and and they just give her guilt money because she never gets to see them. In class this past week me and 2 other students sat in the front of the room and had the class look at us and judge us. The class said I was friendly, wild, and enthusiastic. The class came up with these words by what they have heard and how I said hi and waved. We as a society shouldn't judge people by the outside and what enteractment we have with the person we should truly get to know the person before we start to judge them. This is a good lesson not just for a class of teen but for everyone.

First Day

On the first day of 2nd semester when I said hi to my teacher and walked in. The room was a new room that i have never been in. I looked around at all of the things on the wall and then sat by my friend. The class sat in the quite for around 10 min. We all were trying to be quite but everyone was talking softly still. Then my teacher started talking about the norms of society and how if a room is quite no one wants to be that one to break it. We also learned that people say things but really mean something els. For example; when we are talking about an object we say things like an old brick phone, but really it is not made out of brick. We say this because we think it looks like another item and making connections but in reality we shouldn't do this because someone might not know what we are really trying to say. The first day got me excited for the rest of the year! :)