One thing I was a little unclear about on the video today was whether the teenage trendsetters of 'cool' were just trying to be cool by being different, or being different because they didn't care if they were cool. I've met both types of people and I think both can be trendsetters. Any ideas about this?
-Melissa C.
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I think both types can be trendsetters, but the followers can only be the type who care. Followers can't be indifferent to cool, it's a prerequisite.
ReplyDeleteAnd I see where you got confused. The video said that mooks are guys who act as if they don't care about appearances and midriffs act as if they care excessively. I'm guessing that mooks can be both uncaring and caring, but midriffs have to be caring... but I'm not quite sure.
-- tori
I think most of the trendsetters are being different to be cool. They are trying to set a trend (hence the name) or at least to distinguish themselves as a leader and as cooler than their peers. The people who don't care about being cool usually remind everyone how much they don't care. This doesn't lead to having many followers, since most followers, as Tori said, care and hang out with people who feel likewise.
ReplyDelete~Becca
Both are possible trandsetters. But not caring (about school, one's future, how one dresses, etc.) is considered "cool" nowadays, I've noticed.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think people should focus more on how *they* want to be, and not concern themselves with how others want them to behave, dress, and so on. Let people accept each individual for who he or she is, not how one acts or what he or she pretends to be.
-Chloe Martianou
Peer pressure can definitely affect how people appear, speak, act, and think. Ever since about 5th grade health class, I've learned about peer pressure. My health teachers always warned about the negative impacts and how to avoid peer pressure, but that's not feasible. Peer pressure is one of those inevitable things; since 5th grade I'd say peer pressure's gotten worse instead of improving. "You are the company you keep" is so true. Groups of friends (we learned about "cliques" in that health class) dress very similarly, say very similar phrases and expressions, and think the same things are cool. That's how clique names form in high school -- climbing the abstraction ladder and at the same time judging/forming conclusions.
ReplyDelete-- tori