90210 goes over many concepts of developmental psychology. I would rate the TV show an 8/10 because there are certain aspects of the show that are realistic to other teenagers. Still, there are many exaggerations to this show. To start off, Annie and Wilson are attending a new school, this causes anxiety for anyone. Making new friends, meeting new teachers and trying to belong is stressful for anyone. When Annie is introduced to her new class a student named George calls her a “narc”. This goes to show that the anxiety of Annie being new is acceptable because of the way she might be and was treated. In every high school there are always a group of friends that hang out with each other or also known as cliques. A clique is “a group of several…
Elizabeth Marshall, an associate professor of education at Simon Fraser University, contends in her article “Borderline Girlhoods: Mental Illness, Adolescence, and Femininity in Girl, Interrupted, that Susanna Kaysen’s popular memoir is an accurate depiction of the characteristics which mark female adolescence. Marshall points out that the adolescent time period for a girl is defined by “historically and culturally bound gendered pedagogies” (118). It has become normal to think of this stage of a female’s life as a weak, broken, and self-destructive time and need help. Susanna Kaysen’s memoir attracts many young female readers who associate with the wounded girl image and are often seen by society as outcasts with…
Mean Girls, a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters, with the screenplay written by Tina Fey, describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The two main characters in this movie, Cady Heron and Regina George, may have a world of differences between them, but they are also very much alike. They are alike in the way they deal with situations, but unalike in the way they handle the consequences of those actions. Throughout the movie, it will become evident that Cady is the better person both morally and physically.…
The movie Mean Girls, was filmed and produced to highlight the various and different forms of the “average” High School, and its students which include: the various cliques of students, who believe they are the most popular, or those who are too scared to expose themselves to the real world. There are many various groups described in Mean Girls which, reflect upon almost all high schools throughout the world.…
Throughout Mean Girls and Destroying Avalon the bullying changed their personalities.”Hey. How was your second day? Fine. Were people nice? Did you make many friends? Yeah.” (Mean Girls, 2004)…
Jay Asher’s novel 13 Reasons Why puts into perspective how intensely teenagers follow the idea of a hierarchy in schools. After first completing the novel I found myself left with several questions. Such as, why are kids so mean to each other? Why do people worry so much about who they're seen with? Why is everyone always seeking revenge?. For example in tape 2 when Hannah discuss how Alex creating the hot or not list to get back at Jessica, left Hannah friendless and miserable, “But I didn’t need it spun around, because the first time I read that paper it was upside down on Jimmy’s desk: WHO’S HOT/ WHO’S NOT.” (Asher 64) This quote shows how when one person seeks revenge against someone it doesn’t just affect them, but also everyone else around…
Teens can relate to the connection of friendships, relationships and family have between the main characters of the play and what they have in the real world. The relationship between the siblings, Maz and Lola, is shown how different genders are treated differently. For example, when Maz got a car for his birthday and Lola got an iPad mini, when Maz was killed in the car accident everyone remembered him as a great guy but only remember the good things about him while Lola, his twin sister was left not appreciated as much and got into trouble. I could relate to these connections with friends and family because I have my own experiences that link to the plays message. Lola and Lee were in similar situations (loss of a loved one) when they found each other and bonded after Lola finally helped Lee release his emotions he’s been holding for so long. This relationship between the two teens is something many teenagers, including myself can relate to and find relevant. Not necessarily the same ordeal but the connection and friendship they found. However, Maz and Lee’s friendship was a very typical boy friendship where they act tough and don’t show their emotions. Lee and Lola both reacted to the situation differently just as anyone else…
We are shown a scene where the college counselor is talking to high school students about their future following a montage of teachers talking to students, in this montage the students seem very uninterested and bored as the teachers talk about the hazard that may occur to them. The main character(David) also seems isolated as he is shown watching the show “pleasantville”where everything is perfect as well as knowing exactly what the characters say showing that he's intrigued and as if he's connected to pleasantville and he is one of the characters. Later we meet another main character whose david's sister (Jennifer) who is a completely different person than her brother as she is more of a 90s stereotypical party kid and more popular as well…
Rebecca’s best friend is Samantha and she described her as the best friend anyone could ask for. She is fun loving, easy going, and they both have an enormous list of things in common. “…adolescents are likely to select friends that are similar to them in gender and interests… . (Hutchinson & Contributors, 2011). Sam is also smart and funny. They go everywhere and do everything together. She knows that she can count on her for anything. They met in church and then found out that they were attending the same school. Interactions with peers become particularly important during adolescence and have a significant effect on their maturity and their identity development.…
Once upon a time in my health class we watched a sad movie called Odd Girl Out. It’s about girls getting bullied in school, and at home. It’s a somber and tragic movie that makes you take a step back and think about bullying. It makes you understand what bullying can do to someone and the pain they can get from it. It clearly distinguishes the roles of the bully scene.…
"The families of the girls were described as dysfunctional and chaotic" (Roe-Sepowitz and Krysik, 406). The females are quiet and withdrawn often isolating themselves from the rest of the world. They have problems with fellow classmates and sometimes have issues showing physical aggression as well. In some cases women begin having suicidal ideations, depression, and try self-mutilation (Roe-Sepowitz and Krysik, 406). The females that commit sex crimes also have a higher chance of having a drug problem or becoming an alcohol abuser (Roe-Sepowitz and Krysik,…
Cady befriends two unpopular social outcasts early on - Damian and Janis. However, she unintentionally manages to fall in with the three most popular girls in school, nicknamed The Plastics. Karen is the pretty but extremely dim-witted blonde. Gretchen is the wealthy, privileged follower and gossip queen. Regina is the beautiful but ruthless alpha female and leader of the pack. The collective task that the Plastics face is to continue their streak as the most popular girls in school. Cady is convinced by Damian and Janis to keep hanging out with the Plastics so that they can learn their inner workings and find out what they do and say about other people. Cady’s lack of cultural insight into the unwritten social rules of how teenage females interact, manipulate, and wage psychological warfare in high school is a formula for status deviance. An examination of the situation allows for the application of this preliminary theory on the social control of status deviance.…
Haven't you ever felt different in some way compared to other people? Well believe it or not, it’s normal and it happens to everyone. No matter what setting, whether it be school, work, or just in society, people get a feeling of that they are outcasts because they are constantly comparing themselves to the people around them and their actions. The literal definition of “outcast” is a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. I believe that being an outsider is universal because everyone is different in some way. Difference is what feeling like an outsider is based on, therefor, when people compare themselves to others and notice the differences, the feeling of being outcasted or being an “outsider” universally affects everyone…
In the movie “Girl interrupted”, Daisy resided in a mental institution called the Mclean Hospital (3). The hospital provides medical and therapeutic treatments in order to reduce the symptoms of the patients’ disorder. If the patient shows signs of a normal behavior, then the patients is released back into the real world. Daisy was diagnosed in having a binge-eating disorder and agoraphobia. An agoraphobia, according to reports, is “a fear of being outside or otherwise being in a situation from which one either cannot escape or from which escaping would be difficult or humiliating”(1). In the film, she always locked herself in her room, with a sign on the door saying “No trespassing”(3). She avoided all contacts with people because she was afraid of people finding out about her eating habits. In addition, she does not take criticism well. When she is confronted with other’s opinion, she lashes out on them, in which I interrupted as Daisy’s defense mechanism in avoiding humiliating situations(1). These are the symptoms of someone who is agoraphobia. Moreover, Daisy…
Similar situation to Ella’s may be commonplace in schools around Ireland, as we commonly hear of the quiet, smart child, who may have different interests to her peers, who may be seen as the ‘nerd’, being bullied. Whole-class approaches can be seen as approaches that aim to raise awareness about the topic of bullying, and to provide arenas so that pupils and the school staff begin to understand the implications and consequences of bullying (Lee, 2004). We as teachers also need to consider and understand the situation of the child who is engaged in bullying, rather than just condemning them for the wrong they do. Whereas they may come across as confident in school, this could be the opposite at home, and their aggression could simply be a projection of them being mistreated or neglected at home. They could merely be reliving deep seated trauma from their own life, that needs the teacher’s support to go beyond school boundaries (Downes, 2009). In order to raise awareness about the issue of bullying, the teacher could organise for a whole-school talk to be carried out by an expert in bullying and the psychology associated with bullying. However, such talks may not be stimulating for the children and might not resonate with them as much as other approaches would. This ‘lecturing’ may not prove useful, as teacher-student interaction is considered important…