Bullying, Harassment, & the Need to Belong

Over the last few days we were talking about bullying, harassment, and the need to belong. I already knew that this was going on because of facebook and people start drama also. I stayed out of this drama and facebook drama so it opened my eyes to not be a bystander. I should do the right thing and tell someone and try to stop this from happening. I don't think there is a line between acceptable and unacceptable bullying because you dont know if it really hurts someone else even if your joking. So bullying friends as a joke isn't okay because it can affect them and you may not realize that. Bullying is not acceptable and one little thing can be a big thing to them and hurt them very much. I can be a better student by stopping this bullying by standing up for people and telling an adult about whats going on. I can stop fights or harassment by talking to people that may start this. I can also keep accepting people and talking to everyone so everyone feels belonged and I won't just stand by and watch bullying and harassment going on.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

After watching the twilight zone, I had different opinions on beauty. I was surprised that they percieved the women as ugly when she was beautiful. In their world though, they have a different perspective on beauty and they all look alike. Their faces are thought to be ugly in our world today, but in their world, its beauty. Beauty is different everywhere and in different cultures, people start to all look the same. Beauty does change over years. The standards of beauty changed so much through the years. Like many people went from being larger with pale skin to skinnier with tan skin because it was beauty in their time. In 2010, beautiful in my school seems to be tall, thin, long hair and makeup for girls. This is based on appearance and people miss the inner beauty in people and thats more important than outer.

Role Playing

 When we role played in class, this experiment changed mine and many others behaviors and attitudes. I had the prom queen role and sat by the popular girl. I felt higher up then some of the other students in class. Some people had lower roles and I could tell their attitudes and behaviors had changed throughout the couple of days because they felt unwanted or disrespected. My attitude shifted to being very laid back but more important because I was the prom queen and friends with the popular girl. There wasn't a drastic change in myself, there was more in my classmates which made me feel what they were feeling also.

The video on role playing was about the Stanford Prison Study.This experiment was at Standford University and it was a simulation for a prison experience in role playing. 24 normal college boys were selected in this experiment. Human behavior is developed through situations. The role playing became so powerful that the prisoners and guards got so tuned into the role that they acted different and changed. The guards felt more powerful and controlling in their actions and attitudes towards the prisoners then I thought they would've been. I thought though that the prisoners changed the most though because some became a little crazy and felt upset with a mix of feelings. Some prisoners obeyed and some raged out. They were punished for nothing and had to become their role which changed their thinking and feelings. I also think after their experiment they felt out of touch with reality for awhile but got their normal behaviors back later on.