Interviews
Do you like school?
Cousin ( 6 years old): " Yes, school is fun! I have a lot of friends and my teacher is really nice."
Friend 1:" Yes! I enjoy school because I go to an alternative school where I don't feel like I'm in a prison, I don't feel like I'm less than my teachers, we are all on the same page. My classes are discussion based and our subject matters are more complex than regular schools. I like all of my classes. For example toy design ,Shakespeare goes to the movies, dance dance revolution. Seriously my school is soo awesome!
Friend 2:" Yeah because we don't have grades, it all depends on the students work ethic and all of my classes are integrated and diverse. We are exposed to so many different people."
Kid (12 years old): "Yea I guess, it depends on the day and how much homework I get."
Is school more important than your social life?
Friend 1: "It's sort of a trick question b/c I feel like part of school is learning how to be social. Neither one trumps the other. Part of being smart is learning how to deal with people, both are equally important. At my school we have an hour lunch and 2 breaks each day where people socialize with each other."
Have you ever considered home schooling?
Friend: "Yes I have because I was basically told I was unwelcome at a previous school and then I decided to consider my options and homeschooling was definitely one of them.
Friend 3: "Yeah because when I first came to my school I hated it and was afraid to go to another school. It's always a fantasy - why can't I be home schooled?"
If you could substitute a subject in school with something you're interested in what would it be?
Friend 1:" I wouldn't have to do that because all of my classes are so unique and interesting compared to other schools. There is something offered for everyone at my school. Ex. scrap booking, acting class, whose line is it anyways, human diseases, poetry, dance class, kickboxing, film class, sketch book art, photography class, American film and pop culture , cooking class, just to name a few.
Friend 2:" I would substitute math b/c I feel like I'm not going to use what I learn in math now , later on in life. I feel I know enough about math (the basics) so I'd rather do art because it's something I really enjoy doing and am passionate about. I wouldn't get annoyed learning about it."
Part B:
School should be a place where learning is made interesting and and inspires the students thinking. Where students should actually enjoy what they are being taught. Where they don't feel like the are less than their teachers or are in a prison where they are being taught to believe and accept whatever is being drilled into their heads. Also that grades don't necessarily determine how much a student knows/learned. Grades shouldn't determine a students success in school.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
HW 39
Part A :Questions about School
1. Why do we have to go to school for so many years?
2. Why can't we decide what we want to learn in school? Who gets to make the decisions?
3. Why don't we learn anything useful?
Ideas
1. I don't feel like students actually really learn what they are being taught.
2. We don't really learn anything useful in school that will help us later on in life.
3. School becomes repetitious.
Experiences
1.School is where you meet some of your friends and create long lasting relationships with people.
2.You learn some disciple and how to respect authority figures while in school
3.School teaches you how to be social and interact with others
Part B:
Schools are put in place to help us learn though school isn't going to be a good learning experience if isn't enjoyable. It depends on the schools environment,teachers, friends and curriculum if school is going to be a good experience. Going to school for so many years is a waste of time when we could spend that time doing other things with our life. People don't really want to go to school or like it for that matter they just attend because it determines their success in the real world.
1. Why do we have to go to school for so many years?
2. Why can't we decide what we want to learn in school? Who gets to make the decisions?
3. Why don't we learn anything useful?
Ideas
1. I don't feel like students actually really learn what they are being taught.
2. We don't really learn anything useful in school that will help us later on in life.
3. School becomes repetitious.
Experiences
1.School is where you meet some of your friends and create long lasting relationships with people.
2.You learn some disciple and how to respect authority figures while in school
3.School teaches you how to be social and interact with others
Part B:
Schools are put in place to help us learn though school isn't going to be a good learning experience if isn't enjoyable. It depends on the schools environment,teachers, friends and curriculum if school is going to be a good experience. Going to school for so many years is a waste of time when we could spend that time doing other things with our life. People don't really want to go to school or like it for that matter they just attend because it determines their success in the real world.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
HW 38
HISTORY VIDEO PROJECT ME AND PROJECT PARTNERS from Yurelis Ramirez on Vimeo.
Credits:
Director: Larche .G
"Cool Chicks": Bryanna. W & Jessica .C
"Cool sidekick": Yasmin. J
Instigators: Michelle .G & Yurelis . R
This art project was a collaborative effort (people listed above). Our video was about how gossip can spread from one person to another and create problems. Also how the "Cool chick " wanted to be a youtube celebrity which is why she had her friend video the fight which causes all the attention to be on her. Which draws everyone in to watch and see what's going on. It becomes entertaining- "Who's gonna win?" and people start to get involved and egg on the situation.
1. Insights from watching this video is being cool means getting attention from others. Also no one want to be played in a situation or look stupid, so they try to turn the situation around so they come out looking cool in the end. Getting validation and approval from others by all means necessary.
2. I was the director of this video and it was my job to capture the "cool" scene that we created. Everyone had a specific role in putting this video together. We rehearsed the scene a couple of times before deciding which video we would select to be shown.
3. I think that art is cool because it's a creative outlet for people to express there ideas and thoughts. It's a way for statements to be made and messages to get across to people in a creative way.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
hw 37
Cool isn’t so easy nor is that simple to achieve. There are a lot of different parts to this desire that people have for coolness. One of them being that we are a part of socialization, where our society imposes on us what is or isn’t cool. We in return try to follow and become those things, in order to matter and feel some sense of self. We can’t ignore the norms of society which therefore lead us to create and play different roles in our lives to suit them.
Cool over time
It's no question that what’s "cool" has changed over the years and people have changed with it. What's cool today certainly wasn't cool 20 years ago. Cool is something that is forever changing and evolving. Like the latest trends, what's cool today might not be so cool tomorrow. We as individuals and as a society also change along with it. “ If cool is inherent in people rather than objects ,then what is seen as cool will change from place to place, from time to time, from generation to generation.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print. ). For example the different style eras, from the 196o’s, when the whole hippie look and lifestyle was in because at the time there was a drug-induced revolution against traditional American values happening in society. To the 1970’s- 1980’s when the punk look was in to rebel against the other mainstream trends that were out and to go along with the anti-government theme. These style eras are evidence of what’s seen as “cool” changing over a period of time with society and people following it. Every generation has their own idea of cool based on how they were brought up during their time but regardless will need to change to fit into the “new” cool societies and generations.
Others perspective on Cool
There are many different perspectives on what cool is and how it is defined. A major difference between people’s ideas of cool is either being “authentically” cool or being “fake” cool. “Cool is an attitude or personality type that has emerged in many different societies.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London: 2000. 12-33. Print.) Cool is a lifestyle and part of people’s culture. It’s a way of dressing, talking and acting. Cool is the individuals’ way of adapting to the ideas of society. The way people have described being authentically cool is “being you" or “being original”. Our identities have many different faces and some of them might be “fake”, being just products of the situation we are in. I don’t believe that anyone can ever be truly authentically cool because people are always going to be inspired by something or someone else around them. Like through the media, the media sells a lifestyle and a culture to societies. We are marketed what cool is through the media. From all the magazines, movies, music videos, etc. being watched and listened to and all the celebrities we look up to. We can’t help but be influenced by all that surrounds us.
Cool as a performance
We are constantly being watched by society. Therefore we concern ourselves with influencing the way others treat and look at us. In order to be cool or seem important we turn to playing different roles in our lives. I think that everyone wants that special recognition from others. We all want to be apart of "a group/tribe". We want others to acknowledge our importance and one way to do that is through being cool via the "characters" we choose to play. These "characters" enable us to get attention and approval from those around us. We turn to using various methods to execute these performances perfectly. By making the self seem different and much bigger as an attempt to matter. We turn to aggrandizing ourselves because we think it will make our performances seem more real from "getting tattoos, piercings, becoming buff, wearing make up; these are all things we do because we are told to do so. " (Amber). Constructing identities is evidence that we are controlled by the society we live in. Certain situations are all ready set up for us by the systems we live in. So we have to create these characters and put it along with a performance we have to pull off in response to the situation. Our characters and our performances are all "scripted" for the most part. In the sense that we sometimes arrange the situation we are in and set up the way we present ourselves to those watching us. It becomes a routine for us, everyday we wake up a play some type of role.
Conclusion:
The only reason cool exists is because people want to be somebody. People want a name for themselves, whether it be "the jock", "the beauty" or "the funny person". They want that certain recognition from society and the group they are trying to be apart of. We try to fit in and become what is cool in order to be and feel accepted, important, and special. We desire to be cool. People feel like they matter through being cool and being admired by others. But really we are just feeding into societies ideas, instead of creating our own. If we don't start thinking for ourselves and if we continue to worry about being cool, we 'll just end up following the society and systems we live in.
Work sited:
Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print.
Amber Mujeeb , Triangle partner comments hw
Interviews
Cool over time
It's no question that what’s "cool" has changed over the years and people have changed with it. What's cool today certainly wasn't cool 20 years ago. Cool is something that is forever changing and evolving. Like the latest trends, what's cool today might not be so cool tomorrow. We as individuals and as a society also change along with it. “ If cool is inherent in people rather than objects ,then what is seen as cool will change from place to place, from time to time, from generation to generation.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print. ). For example the different style eras, from the 196o’s, when the whole hippie look and lifestyle was in because at the time there was a drug-induced revolution against traditional American values happening in society. To the 1970’s- 1980’s when the punk look was in to rebel against the other mainstream trends that were out and to go along with the anti-government theme. These style eras are evidence of what’s seen as “cool” changing over a period of time with society and people following it. Every generation has their own idea of cool based on how they were brought up during their time but regardless will need to change to fit into the “new” cool societies and generations.
Others perspective on Cool
There are many different perspectives on what cool is and how it is defined. A major difference between people’s ideas of cool is either being “authentically” cool or being “fake” cool. “Cool is an attitude or personality type that has emerged in many different societies.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London: 2000. 12-33. Print.) Cool is a lifestyle and part of people’s culture. It’s a way of dressing, talking and acting. Cool is the individuals’ way of adapting to the ideas of society. The way people have described being authentically cool is “being you" or “being original”. Our identities have many different faces and some of them might be “fake”, being just products of the situation we are in. I don’t believe that anyone can ever be truly authentically cool because people are always going to be inspired by something or someone else around them. Like through the media, the media sells a lifestyle and a culture to societies. We are marketed what cool is through the media. From all the magazines, movies, music videos, etc. being watched and listened to and all the celebrities we look up to. We can’t help but be influenced by all that surrounds us.
Cool as a performance
We are constantly being watched by society. Therefore we concern ourselves with influencing the way others treat and look at us. In order to be cool or seem important we turn to playing different roles in our lives. I think that everyone wants that special recognition from others. We all want to be apart of "a group/tribe". We want others to acknowledge our importance and one way to do that is through being cool via the "characters" we choose to play. These "characters" enable us to get attention and approval from those around us. We turn to using various methods to execute these performances perfectly. By making the self seem different and much bigger as an attempt to matter. We turn to aggrandizing ourselves because we think it will make our performances seem more real from "getting tattoos, piercings, becoming buff, wearing make up; these are all things we do because we are told to do so. " (Amber). Constructing identities is evidence that we are controlled by the society we live in. Certain situations are all ready set up for us by the systems we live in. So we have to create these characters and put it along with a performance we have to pull off in response to the situation. Our characters and our performances are all "scripted" for the most part. In the sense that we sometimes arrange the situation we are in and set up the way we present ourselves to those watching us. It becomes a routine for us, everyday we wake up a play some type of role.
Conclusion:
The only reason cool exists is because people want to be somebody. People want a name for themselves, whether it be "the jock", "the beauty" or "the funny person". They want that certain recognition from society and the group they are trying to be apart of. We try to fit in and become what is cool in order to be and feel accepted, important, and special. We desire to be cool. People feel like they matter through being cool and being admired by others. But really we are just feeding into societies ideas, instead of creating our own. If we don't start thinking for ourselves and if we continue to worry about being cool, we 'll just end up following the society and systems we live in.
Work sited:
Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print.
Amber Mujeeb , Triangle partner comments hw
Interviews
Thursday, January 21, 2010
HW 36
Amber,
It sounds like your saying that we are constantly being watched and that we can't escape the pressure to be cool. Cool is taking over our lives, all we are focused on is being "cool".
No one is truly original because everything around us influences us in some way or another. We are always trying to set up the situations we are in so that we make ourselves look good or cool. Cool gives us the attention we crave. We try to get people to recognize us. Which makes us feel special in return. We become obsessed with presenting ourselves to our audience, whether it be real or fake.
Michelle,
Your saying that we create different identities for ourselves that aren't original but come from other sources.
We are constantly performing these roles that are shaped by many different things in our lives. So we aren't ever truly ourselves. But are trying to impress others and live up to our audiences expectations of cool all the time. We have many different identities and we get to pick which ones we want to play on a daily basis. With whichever group of people we want to get the approval of.
It sounds like your saying that we are constantly being watched and that we can't escape the pressure to be cool. Cool is taking over our lives, all we are focused on is being "cool".
No one is truly original because everything around us influences us in some way or another. We are always trying to set up the situations we are in so that we make ourselves look good or cool. Cool gives us the attention we crave. We try to get people to recognize us. Which makes us feel special in return. We become obsessed with presenting ourselves to our audience, whether it be real or fake.
Michelle,
Your saying that we create different identities for ourselves that aren't original but come from other sources.
We are constantly performing these roles that are shaped by many different things in our lives. So we aren't ever truly ourselves. But are trying to impress others and live up to our audiences expectations of cool all the time. We have many different identities and we get to pick which ones we want to play on a daily basis. With whichever group of people we want to get the approval of.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Cool paper draft
Cool isn’t so easy nor is that simple to achieve. There are a lot of different parts to this desire that people have for coolness. One of them being that we are a part of socialization, where our society imposes on us what is or isn’t cool. We in return try to follow and become those things, in order to matter and feel some sense of self. We can’t ignore the norms of society which therefore lead us to create and play different roles in our lives to suit them.
Cool over time
It's no question that what’s "cool" has changed over the years and people have changed with it. What's cool today certainly wasn't cool 20 years ago. Cool is something that is forever changing and evolving. Like the latest trends, what's cool today might not be so cool tomorrow. We as individuals and as a society also change along with it. “ If cool is inherent in people rather than objects ,then what is seen as cool will change from place to place, from time to time, from generation to generation.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print. ). For example the different style eras, from the 196o’s, when the whole hippie look and lifestyle was in because at the time there was a drug-induced revolution against traditional American values happening in society. To the 1970’s- 1980’s when the punk look was in to rebel against the other mainstream trends that were out and to go along with the anti-government theme. These style eras are evidence of what’s seen as “cool” changing over a period of time with society and people following it. Every generation has their own idea of cool based on how they were brought up during their time but regardless will need to change to fit into the “new” cool societies and generations.
Others perspective on Cool
There are many different perspectives on what cool is and how it is defined. A major difference between people’s ideas of cool is either being “authentically” cool or being “fake” cool. “Cool is an attitude or personality type that has emerged in many different societies.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London: 2000. 12-33. Print.) Cool is a lifestyle and part of people’s culture. It’s a way of dressing, talking and acting. Cool is the individuals’ way of adapting to the ideas of society. The way people have described being authentically cool is “being you" or “being original”. Our identities have many different faces and some of them might be “fake”, being just products of the situation we are in. I don’t believe that anyone can ever be truly authentically cool because people are always going to be inspired by something or someone else around them. Like through the media, the media sells a lifestyle and a culture to societies. We are marketed what cool is through the media. From all the magazines, movies, music videos, etc. being watched and listened to and all the celebrities we look up to. We can’t help but be influenced by all that surrounds us.
Cool over time
It's no question that what’s "cool" has changed over the years and people have changed with it. What's cool today certainly wasn't cool 20 years ago. Cool is something that is forever changing and evolving. Like the latest trends, what's cool today might not be so cool tomorrow. We as individuals and as a society also change along with it. “ If cool is inherent in people rather than objects ,then what is seen as cool will change from place to place, from time to time, from generation to generation.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London : 2000. 12-33. Print. ). For example the different style eras, from the 196o’s, when the whole hippie look and lifestyle was in because at the time there was a drug-induced revolution against traditional American values happening in society. To the 1970’s- 1980’s when the punk look was in to rebel against the other mainstream trends that were out and to go along with the anti-government theme. These style eras are evidence of what’s seen as “cool” changing over a period of time with society and people following it. Every generation has their own idea of cool based on how they were brought up during their time but regardless will need to change to fit into the “new” cool societies and generations.
Others perspective on Cool
There are many different perspectives on what cool is and how it is defined. A major difference between people’s ideas of cool is either being “authentically” cool or being “fake” cool. “Cool is an attitude or personality type that has emerged in many different societies.” (Pountain, Dick, and David Robins. Cool rules: anatomy of an attitude. London: 2000. 12-33. Print.) Cool is a lifestyle and part of people’s culture. It’s a way of dressing, talking and acting. Cool is the individuals’ way of adapting to the ideas of society. The way people have described being authentically cool is “being you" or “being original”. Our identities have many different faces and some of them might be “fake”, being just products of the situation we are in. I don’t believe that anyone can ever be truly authentically cool because people are always going to be inspired by something or someone else around them. Like through the media, the media sells a lifestyle and a culture to societies. We are marketed what cool is through the media. From all the magazines, movies, music videos, etc. being watched and listened to and all the celebrities we look up to. We can’t help but be influenced by all that surrounds us.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Hw 34
Cool is defined by popular culture which causes individuals to identify with what is defined by the masses to be in the "in crowd". The lines of race have been blurred with "cool". Nowadays white kids want to wear baggy jeans and listen to rap music because that is what is being put out by the rappers as cool. Another example is the skateboarding culture, before it used to be a "white thing" now it's evident in both white and black youth.
I think that "cool" is more of a middle and lower class mentality. I don't see rich people caring about being cool as much as they do about their careers, money , being smart or having the best opportunities. Cool is more of a concern to the middle and lower classes. For example in the show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Carlton whose rich and aspires to attend an Ivy League or so called "white school",and who is on his way to getting a good job would be considered uncool. Whereas his cousin Will who comes from a "ghetto" neighborhood, is "fresh", talks slang and has no interest in his academics is the cooler one.
I think that this type of mentality definitely relates to certain classes and races and their socioeconomic backgrounds. These factors end up having effects on culture and people's perceptions of it. I think it depends on the situation that the individual is in rather than the individual.
I think that "cool" is more of a middle and lower class mentality. I don't see rich people caring about being cool as much as they do about their careers, money , being smart or having the best opportunities. Cool is more of a concern to the middle and lower classes. For example in the show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Carlton whose rich and aspires to attend an Ivy League or so called "white school",and who is on his way to getting a good job would be considered uncool. Whereas his cousin Will who comes from a "ghetto" neighborhood, is "fresh", talks slang and has no interest in his academics is the cooler one.
I think that this type of mentality definitely relates to certain classes and races and their socioeconomic backgrounds. These factors end up having effects on culture and people's perceptions of it. I think it depends on the situation that the individual is in rather than the individual.
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