in class we had to pay attention to American culture. At first I was confused because i couldn't figure a general group that everyone could fit into. The reason is every culture has their own quality that stands out from the others. Once we actually started talking about it in class i started to to look at this in a different way. being the typical American that i am my family and eye could finish a quality meal in 45 minutes. i know that's not long enough but were always on the go and if were sitting down we feel like were wasting out time doing nothing. The funny thing is when I go eat dinner with my asian side of the family we could sit at the dinner for a couple hours. Its kinda hard for my family and i to sit there but its normal for all my grandparents and aunts and uncles to sit there for 3 hours like its no big deal. how did our culture become this way?

media

This week in class we discussed about how the media influences us in a negative way. I agree with most of this. We shouldn't always have the skinny girls posing for all the sampoos. For example, when dove had the picture of normal size girls for their sampoo. This is a smart thing to do because it will boost alot of peoples self-esteem up. I know i've been influence by the media because i always see the jacked strong models and i wanted to get like them so i go out and spend 120 $ on proteins when in reality it was just stupid. But also i wonder is it really that bad to make a change if you really dont like who you are?

Homeschool

This week in class we discussed about home school. Home school is kinda weird for me even though i'm around it a lot. A lot of kids on my soccer team are home schooled. I wouldn't mind being home school but these kids don't really know what life is . Their life is being home schooled and playing soccer every day. They don't really have that much of a social skills. when you try to talk to them they're short with you and just want to mind their own business. Another thing i find awkward is there are some kids on my team that go to public school and they know what music is in and what music is out. When we go on soccer trips and we are listening the latest hip-hop jamz the kids like hide on the side of the bus and cover their ears. We forget at first but then we just turn it off because if one person doesn't feel comfortable then we just stop what were doing. I don't understand why their parents dont let them listen to music?

doing nothing

well this doing nothing project was pretty hard for me. when i had to stand around and do nothing it made me want to do something. I am always on the go, i never have time to sit around and just observe whats happening around me. while we were at homecoming a lot of my friends decided to go sit down and eat. I thought it was a good time to try it out. I sat down and just "did nothing" i really wanted to get into the conversation because who wants to sit around at homecoming. My mind would start to wonder every so often about random things and some of my friends were like dude whats your deal are u mad about something? But i just did nothing. This was a lot harder than i thought cause there was so much action happening around me that like i kinda sucked not doing what everyone was doing at the moment. It kinda made my friends mad cause I'm usually one of the guys that talk a lot and all of a sudden i wasn't doing anything at a dance. They were just like what ever dude your being annoying. I thought it was funny cause everyone is just trained to always be on the go and never stop. it was a fun experience.

Work

What are some ways that Mitch values hard work, achievement, success? Is this true for you or your parents? Does this start in high school or even sooner? What ways? Is it possible to obtain a different type of success?

Mitch takes pride in all his work. He is always trying to make everyone happy and is always on the go. But the people that mean the most to him don't feel like they are getting the attention. Mitch wants to achievement seeing the world in a different ways. Mitch was always Morrie best student in class. Mitch is trying to follow in Morrie footsteps because Mitch wants to live the life of not hating people. for example when he answer the phone at Morrie they apologizes to the other guys on the phone because he knows that he would live a better life. I think my parents and I both have done this and there is many other ways to to find success because a lot of people might be successful but aren't living the life they want.

Norms

In class we were talking about Norms and how we need to acknowledge these things or we could offend someone or their group. For example the Norms in Middle Eastern where you have to hold the persons hand. One I don't like holding hands with a guy, it's just awkward and I'm not really into holding another person hand that I don't know. who knows if he has washed his hands lately and where they have been. what I'm also trying to say is there could be germs on their hands and it gets onto us and we could get really sick. What if you were the type of person that just couldn't hold the persons hand, like you thought it was just creepy. How do you think the people in the middle east would react?

complex u

Well I wasn't in class to do this group activity but this sounds like an interesting topic. It's crazy how you can look at someone and they are completely different from what they look like. For example not many people know i'm 50% Japanese. This class activity is also saying you cant judge someone untill you get to know them and their backround. It's weird how the people you hang around with influence you so much. For example, I am part of a family,a team,a group of friends etc.. Theres always that one person your friends with and they also have a different group and you wouldn't think they belong to because they change who they are when their around you and when their around the other group. I think this is a cool activity cause you can learn new things about students.