Is There A True American Culture?

Is there a true American culture? I think there are a lot of other cultures that make up the American culture. When I read the article “The 100% American” it explains that everything you wake up to is not made in the USA. Everything that we use is an invention that was made a long time ago in a different country. Even our food is not a 100% American; I mean where do you think pizza came from! It came from Italy and Rice came from the Asian countries. So not even our food is American. Our clothes aren’t usually not even from America. The vehicles we drive are not made in America either. As you look back on your family tree, they probably originate from other countries and not the USA. So your beliefs and values probably originate from way back and can trace it to another countries culture. Even your religion is from different countries that came over to the America. Sometimes I think that some of us don’t even realize where some of the stuff we use in our daily lives comes from. I think that there is no real American culture, but it is very unique because of the different people that come to America and pass on their cultures and traditions. So therefore everything that is in our culture we get from other countries so we are a melting pot of all their traditions.

Who to Save!!!

In class we discussed what would we do if you could only keep nine people on a boat but there were 20 people. The people we saved were mostly the people we thought were strong and be able to help other people survive. I think other countries would think the same maybe a little different. Some have different views than us, this is because of our different cultures.

You vs. Kids being born today!

Kids born today are born into a world of advanced technology more so then when I was born. When I was just a kid cell phones were just starting to become popular, and computers were not as advanced as they are now. I know of a few toddlers that know how to run Ipads or Kindles, when I was a toddler I did not have an Ipad or Kindle, I had other sources of entertainment such as dolls and coloring books. If I grew up somewhere different I would probably have to go to a bigger school, and I probably would not be intreseted in some of the stuff I'm into now. To adults some of the problems teenagers have may seem small but to us it is a big deal at the time. As time passes though you look back and say to yourself it was really not that big of a deal. So yes I think teens make a big deal out of a small problem. One thing I fret over and I shouldn't is what people think! As I have gotten older though I have learned that is better to be yourself because you are an original not a copy!

Freaks and Geeks

The show Freaks and Geeks consists of groups like jocks, geeks, slackers, and freaks! In the paticular episode we watched it showed that this girl named Lindsay was a former geek and now wants to join the group of slackers. The functions of the geek group is to be really bright kids. They get labled by wearing nerdy clothes, usually in tv and movies portray that label. The negatives from the group is that they usually are afraid to stick up for themselves and usually get picked on from other kids. The functions of the slacker group that they show in Freaks and Geeks is that they are probably not the brightest kids. They are carefree and just try to make it through school. They are more popular than the geek group most likely that is why Lindsay wants to be apart of their group. There dysfunction is that they are probably to carefree. In the show this girl named Kim has maybe the most power in the slacker group, she is not very nice to her peers and gets away with it. The other leader of the group is Daniel. He has power because he is everything that would describe a slacker. Alan is a kid who picks on the geeks so he definatly has power over the geeks. I can relate somewhat to the show, but mostly everyone gets along and is kind of like one big family. There are just some of us that are a little different than others but everyone is different in their own way. I wear the clothes that I wear because it is what other people wear so you could say I follow trends.

Who I am

Hey I am Sandy! I am usually always smiling and generally a happy person! I think my personality is influenced by my friends and family. My family is definitely my biggest influence in life though. They make me the well rounded person I am today. My purpose in life I think is to make people happy, and help them with problems! My goals in life is to go to college and become an Occupational Therapy Assistant.