Thursday, April 4, 2013
Jr at Whitney
If Junior went to Whitney Young he would be an
outcast. If Junior attended our school it definitely would not be like the
school on the reservation but, he still would be view as "weird" to
the majority of people to me. Students most likely wouldn't go
out there way to meet him or get to know him on a deeper level. Especially
is you are in a "cooler" group of people, you’re not suppose to or
expected to interact with people like Junior. Junior would most likely spend
most of his time in the arts building, the arts building is more relaxed and
accepting and Junior does enjoy drawing. Also I feel that the artsy people at
Whitney would be more accepting and less judgmental He would eat
lunch either off campus everyday alone so he can truly spend time with himself,
or he would eat in the maze somewhere hidden and quiet. If he was to even make
the team at Whitney he would probably gain a pretty solid supportive
base. I say that because when you’re on a team it doesn't matter
where you come or from its how you play and perform on the team. There are even
special education kids that participate on school teams and thrive on
them and aren't made fun of either. There are so many types of people
in the school that there is at least one person for everyone! In general i
believe that he wouldn't have to hide because Whitney Young kids
understand that people do come from all across the city and from different
homes, it doesn’t matter Although Junior may change the way he acts around the
cooler kids in attempt to come off as a "cooler" person. . I wouldn't
expect much from junior anyways because I most likely would not even talk to
him if he came to the school so hiding himself wouldn't make a difference
to me anyways. Overall his experience would be a little bit better then
Rearden, but only a bit because we are more diverse not only racially but
personality wise too.
Hiding the Res.
Whitney Young is very diverse, but I
do believe that people do tend to hide the “reservation,” whether it is on
purpose or just never mentioned. Many people at Whitney Young have a tendency to
hide the reservation because they don’t want to come off as a certain type of
person, or be judged. At Whitney it is extremely cliquey, there may be a wide
range of people in our school but people of similar race, backgrounds, and interest
usually end up together. When you come to Whitney you don’t want to be
considered lame or weird, no one does. Truthfully I am extremely self conscious,
and I have a tendency to think that I am being judged based on everything that I
do from athletics to my friends. I don’t say certain things when I am with
people, because I don’t want them not to like me, so I am hiding the
reservation because I am hiding who I am. I believe that people at Whitney
Young students don’t care about where you come from, but who you are, how you present
yourself to other people or even how you look. The reason this happens is due
to the expectations have for certain people, and they judge them based on those
expectations.
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