April 20th

 The stereotypes in the short film were the Japanese kids telling the mixed Japanese kid that he has AIDS because of his skin color. This stereotype made this kid question him belonging with these kids, and led him to believe that he actually had AIDS. Stereotypes like these can harm cultures and individuals by giving people false ideas about the culture. The short film shows that seeing things online about a race can lead a group to believe false things about another group. Today we watched a short film and answered discussion questions about it. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dec 4th

 If I were Celie after finding out about the letters, I would confront Mr._. I would think that he think I am worth nothing, because he doesn't think I should be able to see a letter from my sister. I would never forgive Mr._. This moment would matter so much because a sister, especially with their type of relationship, is worth the World. Today we read letters 61-65 and made our own open ended questions.
Read more

Break

 I was most thankful for a time to rest and take the stress of high school away. It was refreshing not having to worry about work for a whole week. Today we read letters 46-50 and answered 6 questions about them.
Read more

A moment I have had to step out of my comfort zone oct 7th

 I had to step out of my comfort zone last spring when our Lacrosse team went down to Savannah for the second round of playoffs. The starting goalie was playing really bad and I had to go into the game with no warm up at all. It definitely woke me up because we had made a long trip in the car that day. The team we were playing was really good too so it made it a bit more hard.
Read more