The survival ship project we did
really showed an accurate image of what we actually value about people and each
other not only here, but almost everywhere in America. We place a value on each
other based on health, social status, looks, youthfulness, and many other
superficial characteristics.
We all see it every day in a macro
prospective when we come to school. We don’t like to admit it, but we all
actually judge each other of a daily basis. While it’s not as bad here in
Langford like it is in bigger schools, it’s still happening here. We all have
our own groups. We have the kids who play sports, the ones who spend more time
with their trucks than their friends, the farm kids, the not so athletic smart
kids, the quiet kids, and the strange kids. We mostly stay within our groups
and while we’re still nice to them, we still avoid interaction with the other
groups whether we admit it or not.
We also see it in micro prospective
every day to. Take a look at your closest friends. How many of them share
common interests with you? Do you play the same sport? Do you take the same
classes? Do you share the same hobbies? I know this is true for me. Almost all
of the friends I spend time with are like me. Some of them I have the same job
as, some play volleyball with me, some play basketball with me, some are on my
cheerleading squad, some like to shop like me, some share my sense of humor, I
share something with all of them. Society has taught us to evaluate ourselves
and each other and go with what we find the most in common with. Sometimes we
conform to the group we want to be in, sometimes we just know where we belong. We
are taught to stick to the known.
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