Comments on: Activity Challenge II — Cultural Stereotyping http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/ A Convenient Classroom Tool Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:31:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: elizabeth s. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1138 elizabeth s. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:26:06 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1138 gavin i agree with you. I think that when kids are around racisism at such a young age that that becomes all they know. When kids get teased, they have to learn it from sonebody, and i think that most of the time they get the negative behavior frome the childrens parents. gavin i agree with you. I think that when kids are around racisism at such a young age that that becomes all they know. When kids get teased, they have to learn it from sonebody, and i think that most of the time they get the negative behavior frome the childrens parents.

]]> By: Greta S. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1137 Greta S. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:20:38 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1137 I'm not really positive where tonight's blog homework goes-so I'm just going to put it here. Based on today's challenges, it is simple to see why advertisers advertise specific elements to go with health foods and medicines. My group came up with the idea that health advertisements use sports in their ads. We thought this was because of the whole idea that if you eat their product, you will be as athletic and healthy as they are in the picture. Also, adding on to last night's comment, we are all different and we need to respect that. It is a complicated world, and many people's backgrounds are more interesting than we could ever imagine. We process thoughts differently and speak different languages, but really, we are all the same. Racism is horrible because people are placed into catagories that they may be the exact opposite of, and the insults hurt people and make them feel like they are from another planet. If everyone was the same, the world would not be interesting. I’m not really positive where tonight’s blog homework goes-so I’m just going to put it here.

Based on today’s challenges, it is simple to see why advertisers advertise specific elements to go with health foods and medicines. My group came up with the idea that health advertisements use sports in their ads. We thought this was because of the whole idea that if you eat their product, you will be as athletic and healthy as they are in the picture.

Also, adding on to last night’s comment, we are all different and we need to respect that. It is a complicated world, and many people’s backgrounds are more interesting than we could ever imagine. We process thoughts differently and speak different languages, but really, we are all the same. Racism is horrible because people are placed into catagories that they may be the exact opposite of, and the insults hurt people and make them feel like they are from another planet. If everyone was the same, the world would not be interesting.

]]> By: Gav http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1136 Gav Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:50:06 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1136 ya damon i agree as well. seeing all those kids getting teased is terrible and no one wants to think that it is happening but people have to realize if they are teasing they need to stop because words can go a really long way ya damon i agree as well. seeing all those kids getting teased is terrible and no one wants to think that it is happening but people have to realize if they are teasing they need to stop because words can go a really long way

]]> By: Gav http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1135 Gav Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:48:37 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1135 Ya racism is a really bad cause and should not be introduced to people at such a young age. The kids already have a lot of sad emotions by getting teased according to that trailer and racism would just be a lot worst and would definatley not be appropriate at all for them. Ya racism is a really bad cause and should not be introduced to people at such a young age. The kids already have a lot of sad emotions by getting teased according to that trailer and racism would just be a lot worst and would definatley not be appropriate at all for them.

]]> By: Chris P. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1134 Chris P. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:48:08 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1134 Greta, with what you said about America being viewed as fat, yet how we are all 'skinny', I agree with you on all of it. But I found a website on Thompson Gale, (http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale(en%2C%2C)%3AFQE%3D(ke%2CNone%2C6)health%3AAnd%3AFQE%3D(TX%2CNone%2C21)what+does+health+mean%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&searchId=R2&currentPosition=10&userGroupName=colo93476&docId=A160756345&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents) and it says that lots of things in our country have changed. And that the typical American day is spent inside with electronics, not playing outside. They think that all this new electronics is looking good now, but it's seriously affecting the nation's children's health. I've seen lots of examples of this with my friends. Some kids are completely for video games and stuff. Others sometimes play video games, and sometimes just play around with stuff inside. Some are for video games and playing outside. And finally, some are completely for playing outside. I ordered them from most common to least (from what I've seen), but the majority were all relatively healthy. I guess this is drifting off racism over to health, so I'll stop here, sorry. My apologies. Greta, with what you said about America being viewed as fat, yet how we are all ’skinny’, I agree with you on all of it. But I found a website on Thompson Gale, (http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale(en%2C%2C)%3AFQE%3D(ke%2CNone%2C6)health%3AAnd%3AFQE%3D(TX%2CNone%2C21)what+does+health+mean%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&searchId=R2&currentPosition=10&userGroupName=colo93476&docId=A160756345&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents) and it says that lots of things in our country have changed. And that the typical American day is spent inside with electronics, not playing outside. They think that all this new electronics is looking good now, but it’s seriously affecting the nation’s children’s health. I’ve seen lots of examples of this with my friends. Some kids are completely for video games and stuff. Others sometimes play video games, and sometimes just play around with stuff inside. Some are for video games and playing outside. And finally, some are completely for playing outside. I ordered them from most common to least (from what I’ve seen), but the majority were all relatively healthy. I guess this is drifting off racism over to health, so I’ll stop here, sorry.
My apologies.

]]> By: Chris P. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1133 Chris P. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:40:18 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1133 With what Greta was saying about Julia's comment, I agree that kids shouldn't be exposed to racism. My mom had to go to elementary school in an all blacks school, because they were trying to integrate all the schools to remove segregation. She said it was a bit awkward, but it was only a few years, and she wasn't treated bad. But I think some kids realize that racism is, and maybe think about it. A few years ago, I even thought about this. I realized that we are different, but that it doesn't matter. We should all be treated the same. This kind of reminds me of religion, in a way. Lots of ancient wars were started because of different beliefs and such, and they weren't treated the same. Jews, in the Holocaust, were definitely treated differently. But lots of people at school I didn't know are a different religion, and before and after, I never treated them any different. An easy way to solve this thing would be make everyone the same, but we can't do that (I suppose we could if we really tried, but it'd take a lot of work). So we'll just have to settle with who we are and who everyone else it, and treat everyone the same, with race, looks, how they act; everything! I guess that was a weird analogy, but I think it might have worked. With what Greta was saying about Julia’s comment, I agree that kids shouldn’t be exposed to racism. My mom had to go to elementary school in an all blacks school, because they were trying to integrate all the schools to remove segregation. She said it was a bit awkward, but it was only a few years, and she wasn’t treated bad. But I think some kids realize that racism is, and maybe think about it. A few years ago, I even thought about this. I realized that we are different, but that it doesn’t matter. We should all be treated the same. This kind of reminds me of religion, in a way. Lots of ancient wars were started because of different beliefs and such, and they weren’t treated the same. Jews, in the Holocaust, were definitely treated differently. But lots of people at school I didn’t know are a different religion, and before and after, I never treated them any different. An easy way to solve this thing would be make everyone the same, but we can’t do that (I suppose we could if we really tried, but it’d take a lot of work). So we’ll just have to settle with who we are and who everyone else it, and treat everyone the same, with race, looks, how they act; everything!
I guess that was a weird analogy, but I think it might have worked.

]]> By: Chris P. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1132 Chris P. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:32:20 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1132 I understand how those kids feel, and I know it feels bad to be teased and stuff. One time, when we went to mountainside, one of my buddies was playing the 'man, bear, camera' game, and she lost, and another kid laughed at her. And she got really upset! With little kids, they laugh and tease a lot, but only sometimes do they take it seriously. A lot of people tease me about lots of things, but I always know they're joking (most of the time) and I just laugh with them. The clip was pretty sad because they were all hurt, and just because you have different hair, or skin, or how you talk, shouldn't give kids a reason why to not like you. People do that sort of thing, but their reason isn't really that great. With racism, people act differently then before. Obviously, there's still racist people in the world, but today for example; most of us were probably I little nervous talking about how society views different races and such. I think lots of people these days are more wary of that sort of thing, and avoid it as much as possible. Racism is still there, and hard to complete remove, but it's certainly died down a bit. I understand how those kids feel, and I know it feels bad to be teased and stuff. One time, when we went to mountainside, one of my buddies was playing the ‘man, bear, camera’ game, and she lost, and another kid laughed at her. And she got really upset! With little kids, they laugh and tease a lot, but only sometimes do they take it seriously. A lot of people tease me about lots of things, but I always know they’re joking (most of the time) and I just laugh with them. The clip was pretty sad because they were all hurt, and just because you have different hair, or skin, or how you talk, shouldn’t give kids a reason why to not like you. People do that sort of thing, but their reason isn’t really that great. With racism, people act differently then before. Obviously, there’s still racist people in the world, but today for example; most of us were probably I little nervous talking about how society views different races and such. I think lots of people these days are more wary of that sort of thing, and avoid it as much as possible. Racism is still there, and hard to complete remove, but it’s certainly died down a bit.

]]> By: Greta S. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1131 Greta S. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:28:21 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1131 About what you all are saying, I do not think children should be exposed to racism either, because they might come to believe that the stereotypes are true and become racist due to what the people around them are saying. Julia is right, children should definitely not be exposed to racism because it is wrong and we are not that different. I also agree with David that racism is extremelly hard to get rid of, and Ellie is also right that most people from a country are not like the stereotypes. for example, people view America as being fat, and our whole seventh grade class is the opposite because they are all skinny, and our city is a pretty athletic one. About what you all are saying, I do not think children should be exposed to racism either, because they might come to believe that the stereotypes are true and become racist due to what the people around them are saying. Julia is right, children should definitely not be exposed to racism because it is wrong and we are not that different. I also agree with David that racism is extremelly hard to get rid of, and Ellie is also right that most people from a country are not like the stereotypes. for example, people view America as being fat, and our whole seventh grade class is the opposite because they are all skinny, and our city is a pretty athletic one.

]]> By: Ellie T. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1130 Ellie T. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:15:56 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1130 I think that the clip was really sad and that it shows that people today are still racist( as many of you said) but that it has gotten a lot better.I was surprised that they didn't show many african americans in the clip. I think that the clip was really sad and that it shows that people today are still racist( as many of you said) but that it has gotten a lot better.I was surprised that they didn’t show many african americans in the clip.

]]> By: Ellie T. http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/activity-challenge-ii-cultural-stereotyping/#comment-1129 Ellie T. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:13:56 +0000 http://css7thgradeenglish.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-1129 David- I like all of your stereotypical comments, but I think that the stereotypical examples are not always correct. I have met so many people that are not stereotype for their race. David- I like all of your stereotypical comments, but I think that the stereotypical examples are not always correct. I have met so many people that are not stereotype for their race.

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