Today in class we watched Freaks and Geeks, a show about high school in the 80's. I was so excited because it is one of my favorite shows and I own the season personally. It's very witty and very funny. I was able to relate to it easily because it's set in a high school. High school is a very sociological place beacause of the fact that you must fit in somewhere and somehow. You are expected to act a certain way based off what group you are in, especially in Freaks and Geeks. LIndsay was having a hard time because she was switching from being a "nerd" to being a "freak" and not everyone was accepting this. This was probably because her grandma died and she has lost her identity.
I can't really relate to anyone in the show but if I had to pick someone then it would have to be Lindsay. This is because everyone wonders about who they are at some point. In high school, you start to wonder what your identity is and the environment you are in effects that. Later in the season, you realize Lindsay follows the "freaks" and does what they do only to fit in. High school is like a bunch of sociological groups that interact with each other. All most all the groups can be generalized and almost none use sociological mindness. We say what we want and don't really think about how we affect the people around us. I think this mindfulness is something you acquire as you mature with age, when you see the big picture. I feel like many tend to follow their friends. Are a lot of people this way? Is eveyone clones of their friends? I wonder..
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Great show, right? Love it. We'll probably watch more episodes this semester - get excited! Haha. I wonder if you will be able to interpret the show sociologically. I'd like to see more sociology in your posts. Tomorrow we will relate the show to sociology...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in the fact that there are a lot of sociological aspects to this show. The way every "group" interacts with each other shows how people think of other people. Also, I believe a lot of people are like Lindsay. Many people do things just to become popular and so they fit in. They don't want to be themselves because they feel that their personality and likes won't be "cool" enough. That was a really great observation!
ReplyDeleteThis was my first time watching the show and it was pretty funny and interesting. Their are a lot of sociological aspects about how each person acts. The groups seemed pretty stereotypical in some ways. I think the girl seemed mindful when she was helping out her brother and those "geeks". She could have made fun of them just like the rest of them.
ReplyDeletei liked watching the show also. i agree with you that high school is very sociological. there are a lot of groups who are expected to act in a specific way.
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