Saturday, March 28, 2015

See, Think, Wonder on America and American Culture

Hello, our names are Casey, Enjeune, Hannah, and Morgan. Below we have a See, Think, Wonder:

See: When we see America we see what is commonly known as the 5 American Ideals, these ideals are Opportunity, Liberty, Democracy, Equality, and Rights. This country is full of these ideals throughout our everyday lives. Not only do we such influential values, but we see diversity. No one person is identical to the other in their beliefs, foods they choose eat, or even the classes that we take in Clarkston Schools. Even though we are a small community compared to the vast number of individuals in America, we are all interconnected through various devices. This is evident through social media, which has become a large part of our lives as teenagers. We often see students walk down the hallway, and yet they are communicating with individuals across the world, similar to this blog. It can sometimes seem as though we as a generation in America are drowning in technology. We often see advertisements for the new technologies or items we "must have" and this type of media exposure is clearly evident in our generation's actions. Not only are there copious amounts of technology, but we have become dependent on it. There are students who are required to give their phone to the teacher before class starts because they are incapable of not being on their phone.

Think: We think that though America does have it's flaws of materialism and narcissism. Materialism is the value of material objects over something much deeper, such as happiness or relationships. Narcissism is to be self absorbed, which is common within teenagers here unfortunately. Despite this, America is a place of overall freedom to act and live as you desire. We as American citizens are given opportunities to voice how we feel our country should be run and have control over our personal environment. The ability to control certain aspects of our future is a gift Americans possesses, specifically voting or the choices we are able to make. Just recently, we had chosen our classes for 10th grade, at the high school. The number of classes we can take is immense, and some of them are tailored to our desired future careers to allow us to see what it will be like. These prepare us for the future and the future of our country. For example, Hannah wants to go into the medical field. The classes she is taking now are preparing her for the trying tasks of using medical advances to save people that lay ahead. It seems so small to chose what classes you take in school, but that freedom to do what she wants and be prepared for it is such a blessing. One thing about America, is that things are often taken for granted, but once you take a step back it is evident how fortunate we are.

Wonder: We were discussing our wonderings and one thing that we wondered was how other countries view America? New media here pokes fun at how we as a country are disliked for various reasons, specifically in the new movie coming out Pitch Perfect 2, is this accurate? Another wondering that we had was how does Vietnam compare to America? We described what we see and think about America, is Vietnam similar or different? If so, what are those similarities or differences?

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