Bronx Tale

Groups: I think Collogero has 4 different groups in the end. In the beg of the movie he starts off in his family group (his mom and dad). Then as he gets a little older he has his main friends that he grows up with (his 2nd group). When C doesn't rat on Sonny he untimately creates his 3rd group (him and Sonny). I don't think C is apart of Sonny's crew because he never talks with them or hangs out with them separetly like he does with Sonny, he is just acquaintances with them. C's 4th group is kind of foreshadowed at the end of the movie (him and his new gf) but I think with the way he made up with his gf's brother at the end and tried to help him not get beat up before that he will soon be apart of her close friends and family too. I do think his groups changed throughout the movie because when he was 1st born he was in his family's group then more with his 2nd group and even though he still hangs out with them throughout the whole movie he preferrably hangs out with Sonny and his friends at the end of the movie when they are in the car about to go bomb the black neighborhood say where's Sonny is Sonny following you? Stuff like that because they know Sonny has a lot of control over how C acts. But when his friends and Sonny both die he gets to now pick between his gf's group or family group, we obviously don't see what choice he makes.

Culture

I've never been to another country but I think when I do go I will be in major cultural shock. The concept of eating differently or going to the bathroom differently after doing it one way my whole life would def. take some getting used to. After talking about culture this past week I've noticed my mom does what I believe we said German? mothers do by having the kitchen be their domain. When we were growing up I realized my mom always used to ask why I was in the kitchen (kind of hinting to get out). And when I was old enough to have friends over she would (and still) freaks out if we are hanging out in there. She doesn't want anyone touching her refrigerator, pantry, and stove. She tells us to go in the basement and hang out there. My dad uses his middle finger to point to things, I don't know why since in this country that's considered a bad thing but I guess he picked it up from his mom who didn't view it as a bad thing. Back to the different toliets though I think we should all incorporate a different type of toliet into our American culture, it sounds like a smarter idea. The toliet that has the sink on top and the water you use to flush is the water you cleaned your hands with, that's smart. I know in government I also just learned about different health insurance policies and some of the different countries had really interests plans on how to create a better society. I think all the countries should learn from each other everyone has good ideas.

Survival of the Fittest

was the way I made my decision on who should stay and who should go. I was the nobel peace prize winner for literature and other than having my health and 2 children back at home I didn't think there was a very good reason for me to be saved. My major opponent was the traveling poet I think but I would argue she had no family if it came to debating who should stay. My strategy to get them not to notice who I was worked out well because it was a few minute activity and I brought attention to people who clearly shouldn't be staying (like the draft evader, who brought nothing to the table and had no one to go home to). I think if we had to kick off more than 7 people I might have been the next to go but by pointing out macro sociology of certain people being injured and me being healthy and making it seem micro sociology that I brought nothing to the table could've possibly continued to work for me. I think in the true story it was the right thing for the army guy to take control of the situation as our (britain in this story) country taught/ trained him to do, highest ranking officer takes control of the ship. I also think it was right of the people to jump in after him and save him when he jumped off because he had just help save everyone.I disagree with them then siding against him and not helping him defend a decision that saved their lives. I also disagree with the fact that he got charged with murder, he was just doin g what he was taught, again, by saving as many as he could. i think the top 3 ways to make the best decision possible would be tto choose the healthiest, youngest, and most useful.

Freaks&Geeks

In the beg. the episode you see your average social groups, popular people and losers. Throughout the episode you see how the differences are made more clear. Like the way they dress, nerds wearing huge glasses, Lindsay trying to rebel& wear her dads old army jacket instead of her normal clothes. I thought it was interesting how Lindsay wore the same jacket everyday and the blond girl who is already popular wears that blue vest jacket everyday. the popular people had power in the beg. like the blond girl dumping Lindsay's bag out&the bully that kept threatening to beat up Lindsay's little brother. In the end though anyone who wanted to had power because Lindsay didn't let the blond girl or anyone else affect her thoughts, she went to the homecoming dance& danced with Eli anyways. Also the nerds beat up the bully so he didn't have power over them anymore. I found it interesting that when Lindsay wasn't rebeling anymore and started having fun at the dance that she took her jacket off.

Silence

I think when you first get into a new school there are no awkward silences unless you do something other kids aren't used to. I never went to a new school mid year but I do remember always wanting to know about the"new kid". I don't really know what makes them interesting I've had class with people since I was 6 and could care less about asking them what state they came from. But getting back to the point I think silence is only awkward if you make it awkward, or rather if you feel it's awkward. Nobody controls what you think and if for some reason you find it awkward then no matter what the person across from you or next to you thinks then it is. I can remember when I first got into highschool it was almost like preschool again because whoever anyone sat next to they would talk to them since they were nervous. I was more nice than usual that day because everyone seemed to be on edge. But once you get to know the person or get to talking to them if you find they are not your cup of tea it could get awkward since you're stuck sitting next to them the rest of class, that has happened to me a couple times. And I do believe some people talk due to nervous or they just enjoy the sound of their own voice but that hasn't ever really affected my ability to listen. The only time I don't listen is if I'm angry or tired. Bottom line silence is awakward based on opinion.

Who Am I?

I am a completely different person than I was a year ago. Obviously everyone changes overtime from preschool to senior year of high school but almost exactly a year ago I realized I wasn't the person I wanted to be for the rest of my life. I had goals above what I could've reached had I stayed the way I was. I hope to be a kindergarten teacher one day but the unmotivated slacker I was wasn't the example I wanted to reveal to children. I knew no one could change me except myself and I didn't know how to go about changing besides starting fresh. The first step I took to start new was by grounding myself. I knew if I allowed myself out of the house I would surely be more influenced to hang out with people I shudn't. So while staying under my own house arrest I decided who I should and shouldn't allow myself to talk to anymore. I went back to the root of my friendships and those who would help me through this change would be the people I stayed in contact with. That was without a doubt the greatest change I've made for myself and in my life. Now the biggest influence to myself is myself. The people who have always been there for me and what makes me happy without disappointing anyone in the process. My goal, as I said, was to be a kindergarten teacher. My purpose is to help people find the good in life without anything more than themselves.