Family....

My uncle is always the talk of the famiy, even when he is not around. My Uncle likes to drink A LOT, and always seems to do or say the wrong thing at family events. My family members are pretty used to it now, and just try to ignore him after he's been drinking or they try to keep him away from the drinks alltogether, but that never works. There's always a debate about who he is going to ride home with, because after he drinks, no one wants to be stuck in the car with him. It has basically become a known fact that at any family event involving alcohol (which is almost all), my uncle is going to get drunk, do or say something crazy and tell everyone how much he loves them. Even if he's not at a family evernt, something he did from a previous event will get brought up.

Glossary

The "ET"= Joliet
West= Joliet West High School
Central= Joliet Central High School
Packed= Alot of people
Caking/ Heating/ Riding= Talking about someone in a bad way, making jokes, or teasing
Raw or soak= Usually describes clothing or shoes and means that they are nice
Out the game= Means that something is played out or out of style or just ugly
Gangs:
ESC= Eastside Connect Gang
DPG= Dog Pound Gang
PRG= Patterson Road Gangsters
HTY= Hill Top Youngings

Posting #10

For my mini-ethnography I plan to start it out by telling why I was interested in my subculture and why I choose that subculture. I plan to proceed through the paper by just going through the steps of my research and everything I did in order to get to know my subculture better. I think this will help my readers understand my subculture more just by knowing each step I took in researching this subculture. For my conclusion I plan to explain my purpose for researching that perticular subculture and express what I feel everyone should get out of my research.

(Question 1): This research project was done in the 1986. If you were to re-do this project today, at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, what might you as a researcher do differently? What would you do the same?

In some clips there should have been some subbtitles to understand what they were saying. Research more ancsents and languages. I would still interview the different ppl from the towns.

(Question 2): What are some of the flaws with the study? Are there any groups that are under-represented? Over-represented? How might you make the study more appealing to an audience (visually, instructionally, etc?)

The people from the south were over-represented to me. I feel that there should have been more interviews from the west and other areas.

(Question 3): In your opinion (and based on some of the things discussed in the clips), how important is language in terms of how we perceive others? What is revealed (or others think is revealed) about us when we talk?

Language is very important. People judge you based on your dialect and how you speak. If your dialect does seem as proper as yours then they tend to look down on you.

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1. We are in my friend's living room of her house, on the couch in front of the big screen t.v. She is laid back person, very hardworking, and focused on her she schoolwork. Her and I both went to the same school and have both lived in Joliet for a most of our lives.


2. My recorded words are those that seem to be most inprortant. I think the fact that her and I are both considered to be in the "good" goup of teens, we have a fixed position that the other teens are just wrong.

3. Yes there are gaps. You can tell that she feels strongly about the situation. She not very fond of her city.

Questions About My Subculture (Joliet Teens)

*Why do my readers care about this issue?
The teenage violence that goes on in Joliet is a big issue, but its not the only thing that the teens are about. I my readers are from Joliet, they will definitely care that im clearing up what the usual stereotypes say about this city.
*What will my readers want or need to know about this issue?
My readers should want/need to know about Joliet as a whole, even aside from what I am writing about, my readers should know more about this city.
*What do my readers already know about this issue?
Some readers may have already heard of Joliet therfore they already know about these issues. Some readers have never even heard of Joliet and know nothing about the issue.
*What do I want my readers to learn about this issue?
I want my readers to learn that the stereotypes arent always true, they have some truth to them, but there's alot more to Joliet teens then what is said.
*If I am trying to peruade my readers of something, how easily will they be persuaded?
I dont think it is going to be too hard to persuade my readers that not all Joliet teens are what they are made out to be, becasue I do give examples of both sides,the good & the bad, and I do have information to back up my argument.
*What will my readers use my writing for?
My readers will use my writing as information about a place they may have never be to, or as something to look at before they visit this place or as a reminder in case they meet a Joliet teen, they will not jump to conclusions about then or even as something to read in order to determine whether or not what they heard was true.