The past couple of days in sociology class we have been watching an episode from the TV show, Freaks And Geeks. It is about a group of high schoolers who are a part of different social groups and go through a bunch of different events having to deal with people from other groups who do not get along with them. This relates to sociology because the students are affected by the people who surround them. One of the girls, Lindsay, is surrounded by a few different social groups that affect her sociological behavior. Around her group of "burnout" friends, she tries to act very cool and careless, but when she is around her brother she acts tough and protective. Around her parents and authority she wants to seem like she is a good kid, and she ignores her best friend Millie because she is considered to be a "nerd". All these different groups expect different things from her, so therefore, all of them shape who she really is. This relates to my life because I know a lot of people, myself included, that act differently around different people. I highly doubt anyone acts the same around their parents and their teachers as they do around their best friends. This just shows how much our environment really affects who we are.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Freak and Geeks... How Others Affect Us
The past couple of days in sociology class we have been watching an episode from the TV show, Freaks And Geeks. It is about a group of high schoolers who are a part of different social groups and go through a bunch of different events having to deal with people from other groups who do not get along with them. This relates to sociology because the students are affected by the people who surround them. One of the girls, Lindsay, is surrounded by a few different social groups that affect her sociological behavior. Around her group of "burnout" friends, she tries to act very cool and careless, but when she is around her brother she acts tough and protective. Around her parents and authority she wants to seem like she is a good kid, and she ignores her best friend Millie because she is considered to be a "nerd". All these different groups expect different things from her, so therefore, all of them shape who she really is. This relates to my life because I know a lot of people, myself included, that act differently around different people. I highly doubt anyone acts the same around their parents and their teachers as they do around their best friends. This just shows how much our environment really affects who we are.
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Yes, people definitely act differently around different people, whether they try to or not, and sometimes it's hard to even figure out which side of a person is the real side.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true. I never really that just how much how people act in different environments. It's as though we can adapt easily by who's around us.
ReplyDeleteI like your interpretation of the video. I think she does consciously act differently. Could you try to use some of the terms from class. IN this case, it sounds like you are analyzing the video from a symbolic interactionist perspective. Lindsay acts differentl;y with different people because there are symbolic differences in how we act together - like certain things the Freaks say and do versus things her parents say and do.
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