Week 5 Reflection - Natasha; Maria Brown
Your assignment for reflection is to do this
activity and then write about your reactions especially in relation to the
book.
So I chose to go into the lunchroom with Natasha. She is one of the "nerd" and she is approached by the popular girl, Ashlee with "two e's". Natasha finds an empty table in the lunchroom and clearly wants to be left alone but is approached by Ashlee. She is hesitant to engage.
The first time I chose to ignore Ashlee and this scenario ended with Ashlee getting her feelings hurt and asking Natasha is she sees her standing there, stating she just wanted to talk.
The second go around I chose to engage with Ashlee and Ashlee just wanted to ask Natasha why she doesn't talk to her and if she feels she's not smart just because she's popular.
In these two scenarios, the point is essentially the same --> Natasha is clearly uncomfortable because she feels she's being approached by someone in a different "social class" and therefore this must be some type of trap. This must mean that in the past Natasha has been treated poorly by other popular kids and is scared of what Ashlee's motivations are for coming to talk to her.
We are then (pleasantly?) surprised that all Ashlee wanted was to talk and to figure out why Natasha and her friends are always avoiding her.
This is reminiscent of Jocks and Burnouts in that...there is a sort of crossing between social categories. To be completely fair though, Ashlee and Natasha would be considered Jocks in that they both embrace the acceptance of the school and its institutions and are both engaged within the social context of the school in different clubs, etc. They have an enthusiasm and energy for working within the school institution. We do, however, had to acknowledge the hierarchy here. Ashlee is clearly a member in the dominant Jock group however and her power resides in the control over subsidiary roles, which Natasha clearly falls into.
So I chose to go into the lunchroom with Natasha. She is one of the "nerd" and she is approached by the popular girl, Ashlee with "two e's". Natasha finds an empty table in the lunchroom and clearly wants to be left alone but is approached by Ashlee. She is hesitant to engage.
The first time I chose to ignore Ashlee and this scenario ended with Ashlee getting her feelings hurt and asking Natasha is she sees her standing there, stating she just wanted to talk.
The second go around I chose to engage with Ashlee and Ashlee just wanted to ask Natasha why she doesn't talk to her and if she feels she's not smart just because she's popular.
In these two scenarios, the point is essentially the same --> Natasha is clearly uncomfortable because she feels she's being approached by someone in a different "social class" and therefore this must be some type of trap. This must mean that in the past Natasha has been treated poorly by other popular kids and is scared of what Ashlee's motivations are for coming to talk to her.
We are then (pleasantly?) surprised that all Ashlee wanted was to talk and to figure out why Natasha and her friends are always avoiding her.
This is reminiscent of Jocks and Burnouts in that...there is a sort of crossing between social categories. To be completely fair though, Ashlee and Natasha would be considered Jocks in that they both embrace the acceptance of the school and its institutions and are both engaged within the social context of the school in different clubs, etc. They have an enthusiasm and energy for working within the school institution. We do, however, had to acknowledge the hierarchy here. Ashlee is clearly a member in the dominant Jock group however and her power resides in the control over subsidiary roles, which Natasha clearly falls into.
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