The second reading that was due for this week involved the entertainment industry and their display of the people from different classes. The claim to this article was that the middle classes instill good values in one another and the lower class people are displayed in darker colors with confused and incorrect values on things such as education.
We mentioned the movie Rudy and how the kid with a tremendous dream was viewed as slow. Well, this article would be incorrect to say that Rudy was demonstrated as slow because of his family's lower class status. However, it would be absolutely correct in it's claim that lower class families are viewed as caring about school less. Even when Rudy is on the right track at a community college outside of Notre Dame, his father does not acknowledge his grades more than a simple good job. Rudy was supposed to grow up, graduate from high school and work in the factory with his father. His lack of discipline when it came to school work hindered him in his quest for a dream to play football for Notre Dame. I will admit to disagreeing with many of the educated claims in the book this semester. Most of these articles make valid points and if it wasn't for these writings, we would never be educated enough to think outside the box and develop structural, credible essays. It will be hard for me so change my habits of watching movies for entertainment because I have done it for so long. I will work on reading both sides of the situation because it will benefit me in later classes.
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