"Find your big gigantic drum kit!"
Today we watched the pilot episode of Judd Apatow's tv series "Freaks and Geeks". It looks at the high school academic and social lives of various groups that attend McKinley High School. The freaks, burnouts, geeks, jocks, MATHletes, and a many others. Your task is to sociologically breakdown the episode by looking for examples of the three sociological theories introduced the other day. What structures do you see? The smoking patio, lunchroom, gym class, the lockerroom etc. All these structures have unwritten rules that society has created. Who are players in these structures? What happens when someone doesn't fulfill their role? What symbols were prevalent during the episode? Lindsey's Army Jacket, Sam's Jacket, the dodgeball, the drumkit. How does that symbol mean something different to different people? And lastly, who holds power in the episode? What conflict arises because of conflict? Is there a change in society due to that conflict? This gives us a small example of how sociologists explain how society operates.
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