Both 7th & 8th Grade Language Arts are currently reading the novel, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park. In addition, we will also be reading non-fiction including an article from the Washington Post about the history of the conflicts in Sudan.The 6th Grade will also do this inquiry unit during 4th quarter.
Park's novel is two narratives told in different decades about life in South Sudan. By juxtaposing the characters, Park is able to give a more complete account of two children growing up in a war torn region of the country.
Our I.B. Line of Inquiry is: Reading a variety of genres about the same topic builds our understanding of the human condition.
The global context for this work is: Fairness & Development - what are the consequences of our common humanity?
Wouldn't it be great if all of us read the same book - students & adults alike? What would our conversations be about? What would it be like if all of us had a shared experience and knowledge about one topic? Pick up a copy of the book at your local library, and join us!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
7th Grade Writers
Does The Way Teenagers Present Their Identity Change Depending On Where They Are And Who They Are With?
This was the question the 7th grade class has been exploring. The following are our answers. All the texts referenced can be found on the last page.
I think the identity of a teen can differ depending on where they are and who they are with. My reasoning is simple. I am a young teen myself and I have to admit that my identity changes depending on where I am and who I am with. My opinion is it’s for attention. But the reasoning can vary depending on the person. I see it more in people that don't have enough attention at home so they go out in public and try to get attention by acting differently than normal.
In the book “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy is a completely different with Johnny than he is with the whole gang. When Ponyboy is with Johnny in the run down church, he acts different; almost like he was a different person. But I don't really blame him. After all his parents did die and he didn't really know how to express his feelings. I can connect with how he feels because I was adopted by my aunt and I experienced not see my mom and dad for a while. Ponyboy is also one of the youngest in the group so that could be another reason why. But there could be more than just that.
This could include the comic by Vishavjit Singh. In the comic he stopped wearing his turban because he wanted to fit in with the crowd. He felt like if he wore his turban no one would expect him. All thought he wasn't a teen anymore then it still represents that people change then self. In the end he started wearing it again because he found that it doesn't matter what people think.
There is another source that could fit in this. This is from the article Popular Demand.
A mean girl named Amy is mean only when she is in a group of people. She does this because she thinks that the more mean she is the more popular she will be. But it sounds like to me is that she is really nice when she is not a group or crowd. I think that if Amy just stopped being mean that she would me more popular than she is now. I think people are only following her because they are scared of what she can do for all they know she could turn the whole school against them. But there could be different reasons as well. I know this because I use to be a mean girl when I was in 3rd grade and I turned people against my own friend and I saw how it affected her. I really only did it because I wanted attention and really that wasn't who I was inside.
So yes, I do think that teens identity can vary depending on where you are and who you are with. I also think that there are different reasons on why identity changes. I like who I am and what my identity is and I know that sometimes I can't help changing depending on where I am and who Im with. But I can help being mean and I dont want to be mean like I was in 3rd grade because you never know how it could affect them or you in the end.
Teenagers’ Identities
I think that the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with. As a class, we read the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. This book is about a town in which there are two classes, the Socs and the greasers. The story follows one young greaser as he tries to figure out his world, and, eventually, change it. There is one scene where he interacts with a Soc girl, Cherry, without any of her Soc friends around. They realize that they are actually very similar and have a deep conversation. Later in the novel when the greaser sees Cherry at school, she doesn’t even glance his way. Because she was in a different setting (at school with a mob of popular Socs surrounding her) she chose to present her identity differently because of both the people she was with and the place she was.
Another example of this is in a book that I have read, “Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli. It is about a ‘new girl’ who comes to a high school where each person is almost indistinguishable from the next, which is fine by them. This girl, however, is a far cry from the rest. She wears kimonos and overall shorts to school, sings ‘Happy Birthday’ as she plays the ukelele, and hands each individual student seasonal treats on multiple holidays. Anyway, this book is kind of about her struggle to be different, to not be pulled into the bleak world where everyone is the same. In the end though, she succumbs to peer pressure, which is a sad ending for the book but not an unlikely one. This proves my point because she changed her identity to match the identities around her.
People do this for many reasons. Some to be popular, some to fit in, some because they feel like they have to do it to be liked. As a class, we read an article called “By Popular Demand”. One of the things that was said in the text was, “Feeling like you always have to act a certain way to stay popular can be stressful,” as one researcher puts it. And, of course, you feel like you have to act a certain way because you are presenting your identity differently to be popular, and have to act like that false identity. These ideas demonstrate that, to answer your question, teenagers do change their identities depending on where they are or the people they are with.
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Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with? I think that the identity of an individual can change when they are with different groups of people. Evidence that shows this in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In this text the main character Ponyboy is with many different groups of people. Ponyboy is with a single friend where he is in a church alone and they talk about how pretty http://tinyurl.com/npc2fer
sunsets are. But when Ponyboy is with his gang of friends he acts tough and strong.
In this photo the one on the bottom second to right is Ponyboy. He would have acted tough with this group. Like for example when a group of Socs come over and threaten them they pull out knives and Ponyboy breaks a bottle to fight with. I think this shows how he changes himself when he is around different people.
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Do teenagers really have to act like this, I think not. Some teenagers have pseudomature behavior. If you don’t know what that is it’s when your teenager smokes at an early age, drink at an early age or even get in a romantic relationship. Any of that can happen to your pre-teen or your own teenager at home. How are you going to stop that before it happens to your teen?
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Look at this quote “If she is gossiping about everybody to you, she will at some point Gossip about you to everybody”. So if you hear someone gossipping about someone to you then you should just not listen. That person probably started that rumor about that someone he/she is talking about.
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What is it like to be a young teen in 2015? It’s a lot more challenging than you would think,well I don’t know about a guy’s perspective. Oh but from a girl’s perspective I can and I will. As a girl many other girls are mean to you, but only if their “clique” is too. For example, in the article by “Popular Demand” by Kathiann M. Kowalski a girl named Amy always bullies people and makes fun of other people just to gain popularity. This is one of the things I deal with. Thank you for reading!
Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
The way teenagers present their identities do change depending on where they are or the people you are with. This could happen because they don’t want to be left out, made fun of or they feel out of their comfort zone. No one wants to be left out and miss all the fun so they change their appearance, personality, actions, or all of the above. People don’t want to be made fun of because then they are a target to not just one but all. It makes someone feel terrible and nobody wants that so they change to blend in. Also when someone is out of their comfort zone (being with family, friends, pets, etc.) all they want is to fit in, not always realizing what it takes to fit in.
Life With Preteens By: Anonymous
The identities of preteens change depending on where they are or who they are with. There are many situations where this is true. Many of these situations are mentioned in books and other texts. Some of these texts include The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a poem called “i will be chosen” by Ramesh Kathanadhi, a cartoon by Vishavjit Singh, and two articles called “Cool Kids” and “By Popular Demand”. In all these books the stories include teen characters.
In The Outsiders Ponyboy changes the way he thinks when he is in the country instead of the city. He changes what he takes for granted and how he feels about his brothers. When he was living with his brothers he did not like Darry but when he was in the country all he could think about was how much he missed him. In the city he took having different food for granted but in the country he was very grateful when he got food different then baloney and bread. This evidence shows that people change depending on where they are.
Sometimes people change depending on who they are with. In “By Popular Demand” the author states that Amy was meaner when she was with all the rest of the popular girls to fit in. In” i will be chosen” the athletes begin to become nicer when they play with the losers and even helped them become better. In the cartoon by Vishavjit Singh he stopped wearing his turban and changed his identity to fit in the the rest of the crowd. Vishavjit Singh changed because of the people around him in college. These pieces of evidence show that teenagers change their identities and the way they act to fit into the people they are around or want to be around.
In “Cool Kids” from the L.A. Times, kids acted mature to be popular with the other kids. The kids did not just act mature because of other people in their group. The kids were pseudomature also because of their surroundings in middle school. In middle school the preteens in the article are expected to become mature but instead the preteens act mature and don’t actually develop maturity. This is a good example of how preteen’s identitys can be influenced by bolth their peers and by their surroundings at the same time.
These articles give examples of how preteens change their identities depending on who they are with or where they are. These changes don’t only happen in texts but in real life too. Preteens and parents of preteens especially notice or experience these changes happen to another person or to themselves. It is a normal thing for preteens to change because of their peers or surroundings. This is probably why authors include these events of the characters changing. The authors have also experienced these changes themselves. Including these events also help the author connect to the reader and make the reader
interested in the text.
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Do preteens change their identity to fit into different groups?
By Camryn and Sky
Studies show that tennagers with psuedomature behavior will later not gain the important social skills they need in adulthood. In an article I read called By Popular Demand, a girl named Amy would change her behavior and would do anything to become more popular. When she was with a certain group of her friends, she would gossip about others, and bully people. However, when she was with just one friend, she was nice, and caring.
In a poem called “i will be chosen”, the team of losers were bullied and never picked to be on a team with the athletes. Soon the team of losers started working harder, and winning more games, soon the athletes started hanging out with them more and picking them for the better teams.
This relates to how most preteens behave. After being bullied, and called names, we often start believing what others say. If they call us stupid, then we start believing that they are right, and we start to put ourselves down as well.
I think that teenagers’ identities do change depending on who they’re with. For example, teenagers wouldn’t smoke or shoplift or drink if no one heard about it. But they may do it to gain the appearance of “maturity”, most likely to show friends at school, even though it isn’t very mature. They also might judge people by their appearances, so it doesn’t look like they are hanging out with “losers”, and being with more popular people. They could also change their personalities towards people who have strange appearances, and be mean to them to make people think of them as highly popular.
However, this behavior may be bad for another reason besides lawbreaking and bullying.
Pseudomature, or fake mature, behavior may lead to drinking or lawbreaking problems when they are in their 20s. They may also have very poor social skills.
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Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
It’s hard for girls and boys to fit in if one of your friends belongs in a group of ‘cool kids’. Other kids who participate in cliques or friend groups act differently around other individuals because if the group shows a rude impression then that could have an issue against early teens, pre-teens. “You probably know who’s really popular and has high status at your school. They’re the trendsetters, and just about everyone else follows their lead.” Daniel says from the article, ‘By Popular Demand’.
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Teenagers change the way the act when they are with different people because they are not with the people they normally around. They act different to show off and show that they are better and like everyone else. They think if they are different around other people they are better and one of the popular and “cool kids”. When they act that way the think people will like them and follow them. They have to change who they really are so people don’t judge them and so they will like them.
They also change so they will not be an outcast or outsider and be like everyone else. Tennagers do this so that they get pushed away or left out from others they want to be accepted. They also don’t want to be the weird kids so they have to act different and not who they really are. Not all tennagers do this most of them the other half do not care if they are in the popular or being the “cool kids”.
Teenagers change the way they act. When they are around other people to show that they are just as good as they are that they are better. So yes I do think teenagers do change their identity around different kinds of people and where they are.
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Do teenagers change their identity depending on who they are with? Yes I think that teenagers do that so they don’t feel left out or the “Unpopular kids”. They want to feel accepted and not weird or lonely. I don’t think that all teenagers do this because some of them stick to who they are no matter who or where. They want to know that they are getting noticed and that they are popular so that no one is rude.
People judge each other by their identity, looks, and actions because they made mistakes. If they don’t stick out they are known as freaks and unwanted. I do think that teenagers do that so they aren’t “freaks” or left out, sometimes I see people at school changing their self depending who they are with.
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Individual Identity VS. Group Identity
The saying “never judge a book by its cover” is said for a reason. The identity of an individual can greatly differ from that of a group. One reason for this is because of an individual’s personality. This person could try to be as tough as possible when they are with their group of friends, but deep down, they could be as soft as the quiet kid in your class. In the book “The Outsiders,” Ponyboy Curtis doesn’t like fighting or shoplifting, but when he is with, say, Dallas Winston, he just might pretend to. In the poem “i will be chosen,” there is a girl who is naturally beautiful, but she tries her best not to be at home because of her abusive uncle. But in the article “By Popular Demand,” Danielle says that her popular friend, Amy, really does take popularity to be skin deep. Danielle says that Amy is usually rude to other kids outside of their friend group and that she tends to snap out at Danielle. Instead, Amy prefers to hang out with her best friend, Alyssa, because they do not have to pretend to be someone they are not when they are together. I have had many friends who try to hang out with kids that are older or more popular than them by changing their personalities, but I don’t think it ever worked because I still know who they are deep down. I would also try to hang out with my sister more whenever hers friends were over because I thought they were leaders, but now I understand why she would always slam the door in my face.
A different personality can lead to my second reason. Actually doing different things. Many movies or television shows, and even books might include a part where the popular kids try to make their new group member prove themselves worthy of their position. In the movie “The Outsiders,” Steve tries to impress the rest of his friends by doing a frontflip off of an old car in Ponyboy’s yard, but he ends up falling on his back, so he just gets back off and walks it off like nothing happened. Another piece of proof would be in “i will be chosen,” the losers don’t try to prove themselves to the cool kids just for a reputation, they mainly do it because they want to show what they are really capable of, so they won’t be seen as lesser people. Just like the Greasers wanting to be seen as more than hoods by the Socs, who are seen as the better people. I never tried to be popular and I don’t want to, nor am I popular. But there have been times when people have tried to fit in with the group of friends I hang out with. The only reason I usually don’t like to except people like that is because they were always mean to me, and they are pretending to be someone they are not. I have also seen cases where kids try to form their own group of friends that attempt even more risky actions than the popular kids to come out on top. But, I haven’t tried this either. I like my friends just the way they are.
My final reason is also lead on by the others,and I believe this comes last in the change. The way you look. In the article “By Popular Demand,” Danielle says that Amy is also popular because she has very nice clothes, and she always tries to keep them in style by wearing something new as much as possible. who would want to get bored by watching someone wear the same clothes everyday? I would. This is because I also think that my friends and everyone else shouldn’t have to start hiding behind a mask of makeup, or a pile of “cute” clothes to fit in. Everyone has their own style. In “The Outsiders,” the Socs always tease the Greasers for their long greasy hair, but I wouldn’t. If the like their hair like that, shouldn’t they be able to keep it that way? But this does depend on others’ opinions, even if you don’t change your style. There will always be someone out there to judge you. Although, in the poem “i will be chosen,” the conclusion is “and that’s when we realize how ridiculous everyone looks, in those damn shorts.” The cuss word in this sentence is meant to grab the reader’s attention, making a point that even though they all look different, they really don’t when they are in their very short, embarrassing, gym outfits. I personally dress how I want to, with a parent’s approval, almost always wearing a leather jacket, a pair of jeans, and converse. I like my outfits because they are casual, and comfortable. Others might like their outfits because everyone else does, but it only matters if you like it.
As a conclusion, I would like to say that I don’t care how you look, or who you try to be. I only care about who you really are on the inside. What are your hobbies? What are you good at? Who are you really?
There is a portion of preteen middle schoolers who only want to be popular and are focusing on their appearance so much they end up not having enough time to do school work so they fall behind. These kids are called “pseudomature.” They appear to be maturing fast but actually are not.
In the article “Cool Kids” as a study they followed two hundred preteens for ten years. The ones who were focused on themselves gaining popularity more than school a lot of times ended up more likely to use alcohol and make bad decisions later in life, sometimes resulting in criminal activity.
In the “poem” the kid writes about how the athletes do not pick the kids considered “losers” because of their appearance, but what I thought the point the author was making is your looks don’t define you as a person. Some of those kids are also innocent persons who grew up in a harsh environment. For example, the author wrote about a kid who couldn’t afford healthy food so he was forced to eat food that worsens acne, or the kid who is sexually abused by her uncle. The team may not win but they are getting better and better and people finally realize there is not a side versus side.
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Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
Yes people, and groups change depending on the environment, and the people they are around, but not for everybody some people are the same around everyone that they know. A girl in the article “ By Popular Demand “ Said that she acted the same around her best friends, and did change because of the environment or the people she was with.
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But that is not the case all the time. A lot of people act differently around everybody such as adults, the “Cool Kids”, their best friends, their parents, siblings, family, and more. So they can fit into the crowd. Also if they get into sychiations that involve drugs, or alcohol, or pseudomature behavior, or maybe all three they are forced into doing it because of peer pressure.
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Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
Yes, because when you’re a teenager, there are different kinds of groups, usually called “cliques”. Some examples of these groups are:
- Nerds, who seem to know everything about anything except for social networks
- Popular kids, who want to have more friends than anyone in order to gain popularity
Always remember that there are always costs and benefits, pros and cons, good stuff and bad stuff, to every decision you make. Some benefits to being a nerd is:
- You know lots of stuff, which is basically how you gain popularity
- You know about every gadget and gizmo to every piece of technology, or whatever you know best
Some costs to being a nerd is:
- You do not really know how to talk to people very well, because you’re too busy studying
- You are more likely to get bullied from the popular kids
Once again, please remember that there is also costs and benefits to being a popular kid. Some benefits to being a popular kid is:
- You are least likely to get bullied
- You have the most friends
Some costs to being a popular kid is:
- According to research from the article “Popular kids” it says that the teenegers that want to be popular are more likely not to get a job
- Most of the time, you probably have low self-esteem
- You usually take advantage of people and bully them just because it’s “fun” (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS)
Some of these groups will let you “in”, and some will simply just kick you “out”. Most of the time, you know who you’re group is and won’t have trouble finding it again and staying there for a while; but when you’re a new kid and don’t really know where to go or who you need to be with, then you might want to pay attention to your surroundings. There are also fights or conflict between these groups. This conflict is probably better to stay out of as much as you can, but if you want to have a fight, stop and think about it, do you really want to do this? If the answer is no, than don’t do it. If the answer is yes, then think about it some more.
There are also teenagers that aren’t super smart, and aren’t super popular, they’re right in the middle. Well, this is probably the best place to because as it says in the article “Popular Kids” it says that the girl was in the middle, and didn’t really want anything to do with this. This is the place to be.
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Blog Post By: David
Many wonder, Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with? Through out many articles there has been studies around this question. Some of these articles will be used in this blog post.
I think yes, the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with. For example in the article, “Cool Kids” by Newsela. Researches studied around 200 students (13 year olds) for 10 years. They found that kids that do things that would make them popular struggle later in life. This is called “pseudomature” behavior or kids that aren’t really mature but their actions are.
Another way teenagers present their identities differently depending on where they are or the people they are with shows up in the poem “i will be chosen”. For example in the poem some of the kids are the way they are because of the people they are with. “to the kid with the abusive parent at home” is quote from the poem that demonstrates this kid acts or looks the way he does because of his abusive parents or the people they are with.
Third, in the book “The Outsiders” the two groups act and dress like the people they are with. To prove this Ponyboy dresses like a greaser and acts like one because the people around him do. On the Socs side Randy acted as a socs when he was around his group of friends but when he met up with Ponyboy alone he was different, he acted nice not as what the greasers saw the socs and what the socs saw the greasers.
Do you have a new perspective on how the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with? Many examples can be found in different types of ways. In this blog post I have shared some of the ways these examples are found in such as poems and articles. Thanks for reading, please come again.
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Does the way teenagers present themselves change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
I believe teenagers change the way they choose to present themselves depending on where they are, and who they are with. Teenagers appearance’s as well as their Personalities reverse, when these changes happen. Because of these switches some people that are not even a component in the situation are affected. People change their personality when they are trying to become popular or trying to impress someone else. Some people don’t even realize that they are hurting others, after changing their identity in a different group or place.
When people change their identity in a different group or place, I believe they are doing it to accommodate for the people they are with. The poem i will be chosen by Ramesh Kathanadhi does a very good job of portraying how the people who are picked on feel and why those who choose to pick on them do. In the poem there is a group of “Unpickables” that are not picked to play basketball just because of their appearance. This shows the idea that some people are picked on just because they did not change their identity for a group. In the same poem when those “Unpickables” get better by creating their own team, the people who picked on them change their group and then their personality changes too. This represents the idea that people change their identity when their in a different group or place. When they get picked on, the “Unpickables” began to think of themselves the same way those who were being mean to them do. That information supports my idea that it hurts others when peoples identities are not their own.
This matters to the real world because when people change their identity the world is not seeing them for who they truly are. If people and the world are not seeing who that person really is then that person might not be able to learn lessons. If parents, teachers, and friends help discover what those peoples identities are, then I believe those people can discover who they really are and how they want to act.
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Blog Post: The Middle School Life
Does the way teenagers present their identities change depending on where they are or the people they are with?
When in middle school, there’s is always a time in your life where You feel like you need to change and put on a cover,
and change who you are because, your first choice of friends aren’t always that great, out of my experience.
Yes, I do think teens ”we” do change our identities based on the people we’re with because
of the group we chose to “hang” with Some people you feel like you need to act exactly like them and just throw yourself away just to fit in or be with the in crowd, most choose to do that and some are wise enough to be themselves.
Unfortunately I had to learn this the hard way, “ it was the first day of 6th grade , I was so excited for middle school I think to myself… Then I was stuck in this world of drama , cliques and cat fights, the next thing I knew I was acting like one of the mean girls and I started making my friends do the same act like a total snob, I didn't even realize what I was doing until M told what I was doing and everyone I know got the wrong reputation of me that I wanted them to get.” So that’s how I learned to only read about those characters in books and not try and be them in real life. So now once in awhile when “role playing” starts up again I tell myself “this isn’t who you are”. And that’s how I learned it the hard way, so I slowly change
my groups of friend. This is why I believe that people change because of who they are with. I hope you learned something from this article before you learn the hard way.
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Does the identity of a teenager change depending on who they are and who they are with?
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I do think that the identity of a student will differ depending on who they are and who they are with. Also, it depends on their surroundings. In class, we read a text called: Cool Kids. It says that kids who engage in pseudomature behavior are known as the “cool kids”, according to their peers. But really, they are just gaining maturity physically, not actual maturity.
Teens that engage in pseudomature behavior have a higher chance of doing drugs or alcohol by their early twenties. That’s why other teens sometimes refer to these teens as role models, so they try and act like them, by doing bad things. Drugs, shoplifting, early relationships or even drinking. So teens identities will change depending on who they are around or with. Especially if they are with the teens who engage in pseudomature behavior.
Works Cited:
“By Popular Demand”,. Kathiann M. Kowalski
“Cool Kids” in Middle School Fizzle Out Later On,. Javier Panzar. Los Angeles Times.
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“i will be chosen”, Ramesh Kathanadi
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