Social dynamic

After reading a couple posts about the social dynamic at our school, I decided to add my view to things.

Like others already mentioned, there is definitely a "popular" crowd at our school. They also seem to have taken the responsibility upon themselves of running all the special senior stuff. I think it is interesting that these people (I think we all know who I'm talking about?) are considered popular, because even though they are well known, they are definitely not the most well-liked people in the school. This led me to think about the cliques at school. Though certain groups, let's use the theater kids as an example, might not be the most "popular" kids in school, they definitely have "popular" people within their own little group. I think this holds true to all groups in our school. It's interesting how this social dynamic of "popularity" also is present when you break the school down beyond just that one group of people considered to be the popular crowd. I think the most important thing, rather than popularity, is having friends you love and who love you. Who cares if everyone in school does not know your name? That's the real definition of popularity. I'd rather just know that the people I have decided to spend my time with know me well.

I think since a lot of people have been blogging about this issue, we should see if we can discuss it in class.

-Mackenzie

As we have been working on our personal narratives in class, a knowledge issue that I thought might be able to relate to my specific paper is "What gets someone to try something completely new?"

This relates to my topic, my solo in Ovation (I also wrote my English essay on this). I had never done Ovation before, I was not in any sort of performing group and I had no experience. The fact that my brother had been in the show actually did not have much to do with my decision to audition.  In fact, I don't really know what got me to do it. This is where my knowledge issue comes in... what made me make that decision? It's sort of weird actually, as if I subconsciously knew that this would be one of the best decisions of my high school career. Perhaps I did it because I had watched the show for two years and saw how fun it looked? Well, I guess I'll never know exactly what it was. I am just so grateful that I did it! I want to encourage everyone to take risks and have that "yolo spirit" (sorry if that is annoying). It is interesting to think about how different my life would be if I had not taken that risk last year. That decision to audition for Ovation, as well as for a solo, also led me to audition for the musical (I'll find out on Friday if I made it!). It's hard to wrap my mind around some things seem to be almost pre-planned for you. Well, I just wanted to share a bit of my story. You will hear more about it  in my personal narrative :)

Thanks!

Mackenzie