Talk is Talk

As a group we talked about the disadvantages of social norms in our middle schools. We first reflected on our own school experiences. Most of us agreed that we have seen or acted experiences explained in our book.  The attitude of being ” too cool for school” was a major influence on our own stories and how being “popular” was something you strived for to feel accepted. We were able to take down certain parts in this book we thought would be good scenes when we make our book trailer. We were excited to see that some of our own memories were portrayed in the book. For explain; the “Do you like me?” note that many of us remember and seeing the note and having the decision to check the box yes, no or maybe. I even remembered getting one, checking yes, and then afterwards we never really talked to each other except for the occasional 25c ring or bracelet he gave me from a vending machine. It seemed cooler to have a boyfriend and gossip with your friends about having one then actually hanging out with him.  The bathroom graffiti were also on point. It happened all the time when you would walk into a bathroom stall and see something written down on the doors and walls. Hearts with names, phone numbers, bad words, and name calling were always present in my school years and even now in this college I still see it. I was telling my group I just saw writing on the door that said, ” Keep your head up!” which I thought was ironic and very humorous. Passing notes was also a big deal when you were in class. If you were fortunate enough to successfully pass a note back and forth without getting caught you thought of yourself as a master. It was also interesting about talking in our group and seeing that some of us grew up in totally different areas and valued very different things. For some their were those who grew up in the suburbs where BMV’s and Infinity’s were our first cars and we never really noticed or paid attention to see if there were people who didn’t carry around a yearbook because they couldn’t afford it. Then you have others where it was noticed and luxuries were different and many people couldn’t afford to do extra curricular activities and got jobs so they could pay for everything.  I did enjoy this book and would recommend it. I sure was able to reflect on my years in middle school and high school and seeing my actions and goals I had back then and now seeing them with different a perspective I have now was so interesting to me.