A Bronx Tale

Collogero is a young boy just like any other young boy in the suburbs. Except that for the fact that he witnessed a shooting by Sunny, the neighborhood tough guy. What Collogero had witnessed was not only hard for a young boy to handle and see, but is also hard for any one not living in an inner city area to even understand. People do that that we don't always realize. Different groups may have different values that we don't understand. Those different groups may also believe what's right and wrong may be different than what any other person in the suburbs might believe.

Groups are what make up our lives. They are what define our values and how we fit in to the society that we are in. Even if we don't think we are a part of a group within a society, some way we always are. In the movie, Collogero becomes very close with Sunny, together they are a part of a society of fear. Every one is afraid of Sunny, so whoever is associated with him they will also fear.

Just like how they fear Collogero as he is growing up.

Sunny and Collogero are grouped together in a more specific place. They know that all the killings and bad things that Sunny does are bad, but for some reason they can't resist leaving it. They both know that it's better to just keep things the way they are. But as the movie goes on, Collogero changes and he starts forming his own groups and thinking his own way. As his dad always told him to stay away from Sunny, eventually Collogero realizes that everything Sunny does is hurtfully wrong. Especially when he almost went to attack the African Americans with his friends.

Even though groups are what can define ourselves and our status, eventually things can change. Collogero went from a little boy to Sunny's high top master status just from the group of fear.

Lost Ship

Last week we did an activity that gave students in the class an opportunity to take on a role as a character. 16 people were given a character that they would portray on a "lost" ship. In order to do this, some people would have to be kicked off.

I thought it was very interesting to see what every one would do. Because not only did people have to leave, but every one had to decide who was going to leave. Based on the characters descripitions people then decided.

I specifically noticed that some people took more leadership than others and the people that stayed were people that every one thought would be beneficial for the boats survival. In other words, it was a first hand insight into seeing how people would react in a situation like the lost ship..

Freaks and Geeks and more

So last week we watched the TV shows about a spinoff from the 80s, Freaks and Geeks.

For me, watching this was very funny because I felt like everything was a cliche. Like every one in the TV show is the stereotypical high school. Also, What I found extra interesting was how the freaks automatically picked on the geeks, and that the tv show was very specific on who the geeks would be like. Also, I saw how Stevenson was actually a lot different because of the size and 20 years later.

What I also like about the class, is that we are given the opportunity to figure out how we would handle a situation, then find out how other people handle a situation. When I was observing the boat that needed to pick survivors, I realized who teamed up with who and who was left out. It was very funny to see that no matter what we do, people can make decisions that we don't really understand until we analyze them.

After looking back on Friday, I understand that they logistically tried to kick the people off the survival boat that wouldn't be beneficial in the outcome.

Who am I? Ask the Bean

Hi!! My name is Kyle and Who am I? 

This year I am a Senior, which is pretty cool being the oldest at school.

In my life I am mostly influenced my family and friends. I believe that it is really important to be close with my family. Because no matter what we are always there for each other.

In life I like to complete goals. If I start something I always like to finish it instead of quitting even if I don't like it. I think that it is very important to always follow through because in the bigger picture you will never regret finishing what you have started.

I always like to have fun, no matter what I'm doing I think it's really important to remember to have a good time but be serious what you have to be.

Outside of school, I love to dance! This summer I did Joffrey Chicago's summer intensive for 5 weeks. I though the experience was amazing because not only did i get to work on dance all day, but I got to reach out of my comfort zone and do a program on my own.

First Day

On our first day of class we were each greeted with a handshake. So pretty much I felt awkward at first because we were all pretty much quiet. In order to make the class awkward, every one became very quiet. This created an interesting classroom. After sitting for a while people started to talk, and I knew a few people in class including Buck so I was trying to figure out what was going on. Finally I'm a senior which is pretty exciting :)

We also discussed if we would ever electrocute some one. Right away I said no because not only do I not know the person I'm electrocuting, but I don't like to hurt people.