The movie, Mean Girls is much more relatable than Rebel Without A Cause because it’s set more in a modern time. Plus the stereotypes in Mean Girls is more commonly seen in other films and real life. There’s the group of three girls who are the most popular and basically rule the school. Then there’s jocks or one well-known jock and his posse who is typically the boyfriend of the popular girl. The main character usually is the least popular in school, but throughout the film something happens to make her popular. These are the most common stereotypes seen in movies and what some people think high school is like.

The film, Rebel Without A Cause portrays all the stereotypes, but it’s not accurate. All movies aren’t accurate in portraying real life, but because Rebel Without A Cause isn’t a modern movie, it’s even more inaccurate than modern movies. With modern movies we can at least relate a little bit to it.

Rebel Without A Cause has that one group of tough kids, who think they own the whole school. The main character, Jim, is also tough and breaks rules, but is different than Buzz and his group of friends. Jim has family problems at home that he keeps to himself. And then there’s the female lead, who is with the antagonist in the beginning of the film, but ends up with the protagonist in the end. This is usually a cliche in most movies; the male protagonist almost always steals the female lead from the “bad guy”.

My core moral belief is to live to do what I want, not what others want. I’ve realized that the things I do affect me the most rather than other people, so why should I make choice based on others opinions or wants.

This belief applies most to me in high school right now. A few years from now I probably won’t remember or care about half the people here or the things they’ve done and vice versa. I shouldn’t really care that much about what other people are going to think of me because down the road, we’ll all separate and none of that stuff is going to matter.

The most difficult questions for me to answer is describe yourself and what do you love doing/what do you want to do when you grow up? During the first day of school teachers would have us fill out a worksheet with little fun facts about our self, and I’ve always despised those. I would always sit at my desk thinking for a good five minutes until something decent came to mind like: quiet, shy or short. And then for questions like, what will you be doing 10 years from now? I always answer with doctor, nurse or teacher. Even though that’s not the direction I want to go in at all.

Until now, I’ve been stressing over what profession is best for me, but also what meets my parents’ approval. Not too long ago, at the dinner table my parents asked me what college I wanted to go to and what I wanted to major in. Once the word ‘college’ came out of my dad’s mouth, I subconsciously answered, “I don’t know.” Of course there are possibilities lingering in my brain, but I was afraid to say not a doctor or something that made good money. I didn’t want to disappoint them. And I didn’t want to be a failure.

I am still unsure about what career path to take, but I’ve realized the things that I want to do and the things I don’t. And that’s a start, right? I learned that being a doctor when I don’t want to is just going to make me more miserable than I am now. I’ve realized that I don’t have to shape my life into something my parents want or something the world wants. “..don’t get caught up in the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will” (Benny Gordy).

Instead of hiding and keeping my thoughts to myself this year, I’ve actually stepped out of my shell and stopped caring about what other people think. I’m no wildflower in a field of wheat, but I’ve stopped trying to be what other people want me to be. I’ve learned to think for and lead myself instead of following others’ footsteps because I was afraid to be different. I’m actually a lot more courageous than I was before in voicing my thoughts and opinions instead of keeping quiet because of what people would think. However, I am still very reserved and never in a million years will I step out of a crowd and scream at the top of my lungs.

Everybody has the ability to alter public space. However, certain people alter space more so than others because of stereotypes. People sometimes make judgement and assumptions even when they don’t want to or aren’t trying to. Teenagers, for example, can alter public just by standing there and doing nothing. Adults expect teenagers to cause trouble and just assume that they’re up to no good. Things such as race, gender and the way one presents him or herself play a role in altering public space. 

The best idea of the millennium is that everyone should have access to information through the internet. Of course, internet access isn’t a human right because a human being does not need the internet to survive. However, in today’s society having access to the internet does make life easier. Now a lot of teachers hand out assignments that require the internet and if a student doesn’t have internent at home, it would be very difficult for him/her to complete the assignment compared to a student who does have internet. The United States have never declared that people have a right to a cell phone, but people have come to the idea that a cell phone is a necessity. Even though a person isn’t going to die becuase they don’t have technology, Americans are always searching for and inventing new technology that would make life easier. We depend so much on technology and are always trying to make things better. While having internet access might destroy some people’s lives, it also makes other’s lives a lot more easier.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html