Wednesday, January 29, 2014

High Schools Secret Life

Finding a seat at lunch every day and not knowing if you are able to sit there or not is something that I experienced myself during my sophomore year in high school. Freshman year, all freshman had the same lunch and were able to eat together but once we hit tenth grade, things changed and in some cases so did people. I found this reading interesting because I was able to relate to it, and that most of it is true. I was not surprised at the fact that this reading was stereotypical because most high school students  are mean, judge, and will not let someone sit at their lunch table if they didn't think they were cool enough or wouldn't fit in with them. I also was not surprised that the girl who had the second lunch by herself while all her other friends had the third lunch could not find a table to sit at and feel left out, because that happens in high school all the time, well at least at the high school that I attended. I think it is always hard to fit in with a certain group and I don't think it should be that way. But once you find the group that you know you belong with, it was meant for a reason and you should feel comfortable. I think that everybody should be welcoming towards other people, but in high school that is just not going to happen as easily as you would hope. In this reading the girl talks about a sense of loneliness that she felt when she found out she would not be at the same lunch as her friends and I agree with that. I think that no matter what kind of person you are, we both know that if you do not have any friends with you at lunch then you are in that case a loner and feeling that way is not ideal to anybody. The argument in this reading was constructed in a way that was exact and right on discussing stereotypes and trying to fit in, in your school cafeteria. I thought the readings main point was that wherever you sit at lunch and whoever you sit with, that is who you are defined as and those are who your friends are. I do not think that people should be defined by the people they are sitting with at lunch, but instead of the type of person that they are outside of the cafeteria.

1 comment:

  1. Good work analyzing this reading using your own personal experience.

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