"My Brown Eyes" Alexander Amador

Amador is a latina who was raised n the gang. She grew up in LA and faced all the challenges presented to her. She was involved in a gang for she knew no better. She saw a gang as a family. Many kids in Los Angeles had a hard time growing up with their families gone, so they turned to gangs. Amador opens our eyes to a new perspective of gangs and not just how they fight, but how they are more than violent, gangs are a family.

"Curve" Alison Smith

This story Smith writes is very emotional. This story portrays a high school girl who feels she is to skinny. This girl is the skinniest out of all her friends. Most of her friends are constantly complaining about their weight and how they are overweight, and when they complain, this girl complains about her weight as well. The only thing is her friends tell her she's skinny and fine. This girl is continuously put down and this issue is very emotional. 

"Sleeves" Amy Hunt

Hunt is a teenage girl who writes a story regarding herself and how she is overweight. She pities herself and states how she doesn't have a lot of friends due to her weight, and doesn't get seen as a human being to many people because she is overweight. Hunt feels as she is a ghost in her school, and is judged by those who do notice her. This story shows us a norm in today's society and helped me for my group video.

"The Border" Cindy Morand

Morand is a girl who has evolved form one life style to another. She has adapted to a new way of living, and has fought through the all the struggles and overcame each obstacle which have been presented to her in her life. Morand fought through poverty, living life merely eating one meal a day. Fighting through racism being judged by her Mexican heritage. Morand is a great individual and a very inspirational individual. 

"Introduction" Amy Goldwasser

Goldwasser, unlike many other writers, views a norm many others see harmful to be beneficial. Amy feels technology helps the lives of teenagers and keeps kids form doing many other activities. Goldwasser states how Myspace and Facebook give teenagers (specifically girls) something to do to waste time, and keeps these same individuals away from bad influences such as drugs and illegal activities. GOldwasser shows an ironic norm inspiring me to add creativity to my film.

"The American Man, Age Ten" Susan Orlean

This story is based all around a kid named Collin. This 10 year old lives for the moment, and loves to have fun. Many individuals in today's society feel kids can't wait to grow up and change their lives. Collin tells us the opposite. Although we view this standard of children to be a norm, children are happy with their lives proving this common norm and stereotype to be incorrect. This norm is very inspirational and effective for me and my video.

Social Networking

Word Count: 231
Joshua Greenfield
Film Production
Poetic License
Norms: Individual Vs. Society-Social Networking
April 1, 2009
K1D FR3SH is Confused March 31, 2009 11:31 PM
MySpace. The very network I log into each evening. My username is K1D FR3SH. A name most don’t understand yet has sentimental meaning to me. The first act: checking my messages and comments. Afterwards, I check bulletins my friends have posted. After this, I sign out, and get off the computer.
Online networks like MySpace take up much time. I see many of my fellow teens awake at 1:30 am. Whether these kids are viewing postings and blogs, or chatting with their friends, these children are spending a good amount of time on these sites. I feel MySpace and other online networks are a great way for people to communicate with one another. These online forums harm many individuals. These sites are preventing individuals from being active, doing schoolwork, or helping their parents. Many of my friends don’t do their homework, and get bad grades in their classes. When I go onto MySpace at ten at night, I see many of these very kids logged into these sites. These students could be working on their homework rather than talking to their friends.
I feel social networking is a great, free way for individuals to communicate with one another. I feel social networking has its positives and negatives, just like any other communication service. I recommend these networking services to all. I just recommend that parents put a limit to the accessibility.