social standards

I was talking with one of my friends and we were talking about how admased we were that most of our friends are either not going to college or only going to a 2 year college. Ever since we were little you are told that is what you do go to emilentary then jounior hight then high school, and then college. My dad even says to me all the time that is what a person does in their life. My dad when I was little never thought school was important and would always take us out for little reasons. In our society it also is hard to find a good job without a college education, so my question is to those people what are they going to do when they can't find a job?

Racisim

It suprises me at wshen I talk to my friends how many of them a racist. I thoughtg that in this day and age people were not racist. It still happends all the time around me I here people use the "N" word and other racial slurs. I have gotten mad at my friends for using the "N" word becasue I feel it should not be used at all no matter if u r black, white, or orange the color of your skin does ot matter it is a derogatory stament that I feel shouold not be used. People think it is ok for them to use racial slurs if it is twards their race or religion. I don't see why people feel this way. It goes back to that saying you are taught as a child "if u have nothing nice to say then don't say it at all".

lower income workers

Seeing this movie made me relize really how lucky I am. Some times I complain about my parentws becasue they are divouresed, but I never really stoped and thought about how lucky I am. I should look at it that I just have that many more people who love me. I also am never told I can't have something beacuse there isn't enough money my parents always want the best for me and will do anything, so I am happy. I would think as a kid being told no you can't have something to eat becasue there isn't enough money for it would be so hard as kid becasue you don't understand why. When I am sick or something my parents don't even think twice about taking me to the doctor or if my parentws are sick we dont think twice about going to the doctor we just go. A family with a low income has a much different life style then someone like us who goes to Stevenson. I never really thought that I had a that much better life, but seeing this movie made me relize that I do.

blue Collar workers

In the movie Tammy was brought up in a poor family with lots of kids. She is now raising a family that is poor and she has a lot of kids. I think this is because this is how she was brought up and what she saw as a kid. I think social classes are learned when you are little. It also seems hard to get out of your situation and have a better one when that is all you know. tammy knows she is poor, but doesn't really know how not to be poor i think becsue that is how she was brought up and it is all she has known her whole life. It seems like her kid are ashamed and want to be like everyone else. They also almost aqt times seemed ashamed of their mother becuase she works at burger king and does not have a licence or a car. I give her alot of credit becasue she could jsut take the esay way out, but instead she tryes her hardest and no matter what walks 10 miles to work I don't know alot of people that would do that.

film calss

In film today we were talking abot comedies that they make them funny, so teens can relate to them. They also make social norms the opposite. For example the ugly nerdy guy always gets the girl and things like that. In super bad it is about a bunch of teenagers that are nerdy and wish they went to paries. I think movie makers do this becuase they know that everyone can relate to it. It is funny to how we think the movies that make fun of our society are funny.this really shows that are society is messed up as a whole.

my sisiter

My sister's teacher had a conference with my step mom and dad, The teacher told my step mom that my sister needed to realize the difference between reality and things that are not. My sister is 6 years old and her name is Hannah. My step mom looked at her with confussion and asked her what she meant. She told my step mom that Hannah has been talking about a 18 year old sister and her name is Lindsey. My step mom looked at her and said Lindsey is a real person and Hannah does have an 18 year old sister, but she just doesn't live with us. My step mom told the teacher that now a days with divourse being so common that she needs to ask parents before she jumps to conclusions. It is crazy how people can just jump to conclusions without knowing any facts at all.

Blaming others

it seems like everyone is trying to put the blame on someone or somethin on why these school shootings keep happending. It seems that we need to do something about it. Did it ever accture to anyone that maybe the reason is our society and the media's influence on teens. EVERYONE tries to say oh they are troubled teens who have been teased and they come from a bad family when the reality is that they come from all different types of families and none had any high mental problems or anything like that. It seems that everyone in the society tries and points the finder at someone else, but i beleive that it is everyones fault, so there for everyone should try and fix it.