Jarvis Clutch Chapter 4 – Question
After reading chapter 4 . . .
Choose one of the following:
- Answer one of the questions at the end of the chapter. Make sure that you write down the full question at the start of your response.
- Respond/reply to one of your classmates who has already posted a response. Take the question to the next level or in another direction. Be thoughtful and respectful in your response. Remember: If you take this option, make sure that you click the reply link in the comment to which you are responding.
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I wonder how many students here have problems with code switching and stuff like that, because I really can’t tell. I feel like this chapter is something that you have to be social spy to observe. It seems like we can all do these without really questioning ourselves. I wonder if we can really go and correct yourselves in these kind of ways…
I don’t like to think of a spy I like to think Jarvis is called a “Student under cover?”
I agree with Emma E. I don’t think Jarvis is a spy I think he is just an observer of the world and writes down his noticings
I can’t tell either. I think when peopple have trouble they sort of keep it secerent. Im not sure if that goood or bad. but persony I think if people have trouble they should speak up and help
I agree with James, code switching is hard to see right away. Some people may have a problem with code switching, but you don’t see people hang trouble with it at LREI. But it is important to use. I feel that it’s weird if you talk the same way to everyone, even a dog. So I feel it’s important to know who you’re talking to.
I agree, I talk to my friends different then to my parents. But i think it wouldn’t be good to talk to everyone the someway. Like if i wined all to time to my friends. I do that to my parents.
I agree. It is weird How different people talk to their friends then to their parents. Why does that happen?
Yeah. Like also when I talk to people at school I don’t do certain things. That also might be something. Even with longest LREI friends, who I’ve known for 7 years, I have still known my parents for 11 years and I talk to them more than I talk to my friends. I feel more free when I talk to my parents and I speak what’s on my mind.
I agree with James because you can’t really tell if someone is using a code unless you really listen and so for example if someone who you just met you will have like a kind of scared voice.
Ya me too Alexa,
I wonder how many students have the problem with code switching?
Because, in our grade I think people are very good about using their language properly. It rarley happens to me at least, when somebody makes a joke thats bad or rude in some cases.
I think that most of the time at least in Jarvis’s school when your different, people stay away from you. Maybe they should, or maybe they shouldn’t but they’re staying away because your like Sen, Emily, Reginald, and Celine. Either way its not fair. How would you fell like if you didn’t have any friends except your grades? I wouldn’t feel very good, and I would be to embarrassed to ask anyone. How about you?
I think that it isn’t nice to stay away from people you think are weird. Once I met a person who I thought was really weird and annoying, but then once I got to know her, she became one of my best friends! Another time I met someone really weird and she never quite became a close friend or a real friend, but I still always tried to be nice to her even though I didn’t like her. And plus, she has a couple of close friends she can rely on. I think that just because someone is weird that you shouldn’t avoid them because they could be really nice and you don’t want to make them feel bad just because they aren’t great socially.
I know some people who make everything a joke and I admit that it’s extremely annoying to be around that person. I also think that it’s mean to just walk away from someone that’s talking to you, even if it’s boring.
I agree with Georgia, just because someone isn’t socially good, but they might have good ideas and you might end up liking them.
I agree with gorgia even if someone is weird or isn’t “cool” you should still make an efort, and sometimes you become friends.
I agree with Charlie, for example; if someone always dresses like they are going to a wedding and wears glasses doesn’t mean that just because the “coolest” kid in school doesn’t have glasses and dresses like he is at home.
I agree with Glenn I know one kid that’s kind of socially awkward but he’s a very nice person.
Sorry I mean Gwen.
I agree with Georgia. I don’t want to name any names but last year there was a kid who was weird but I still hung out with him, regardless what other people thought. I tried to defend myself but just socially it was almost impossible to become close friends with this kid because of the pressure of which group I could be put in.
I also think that if someone is so annoying, people don’t know how to react except fro being mean. Sometimes people don’t even realize they’re being mean.
Maybe the question we have to ask ourselves is what does “weird” mean? Maybe we are sometimes more worried what other people will think if we hang out with someone who is “weird.” In a community that values “differences,” maybe the idea of weirdness as something bad starts to disappear.
I agree with Georgia because everyone is weird so treating someone that is extra weird or even just a little bit weird would be like treating yourself badly. If you think that some one is annoying, (like Georgia said) you should at least try to get to know them and see if he/she is a nice person…..
I think that there are a lot of people in our school that have issues talking and representing themselves.
I completely agree with Lindsay that it’s not fair if you’re treated how some of the kids in Jarvis’s school are treated. Then again those kids are can be rude and unpleasant to be around. I’m not saying that they deserve it, I’m just saying that someone should say something about their behavior.
I agree. If the person who is being bullied, there’s sometimes a reason for it. Bt instead of bullying that kid, you should tell them what they’re doing wrong and what they could improve on. If that kid doesn’t try at all, or just isn’t successful, help them improve. Just don’t be so rude that they end up staying in the annoying selves they are. They might not even be annoying, they could just be afraid of who they really are, but instead of improving, they’re making their social life a hazzrd.
Sometimes that thing that we want someone else to change about themselves because it would make things better for them can be really hard to change. The fact that it might come easily to us does not mean that simply telling someone to change means that they can. So I wonder if sometimes our efforts to help can in fact make things worse. So the question then becomes what is the help that can really help?
I think that it’s not good to stay away from people you think are weird. You could be entirely wrong. Georgia said something I completely agree with. There was this person I thought was really weird and I didn’t really like her, but I started talking to her and now we are good friends. Another time, they didn’t become my friends, and like Georgia said, she has friends she can rely on and is close friends with. You should at least give them a chance anyway.
I think that Georgia and Kiki are definitely right because if you don’t really know someone you should get to know them before you judge someone. And that you shouldn’t just say that they are mean without really knowing them.
I also remember when we did the friend auctions, and I wanted to put all my money on, has a their own type of weirdness. To me I am weird. When someone says “You’re weird.” I take it as a complement. I think that everyone is a little weird in their own special way.
I think that you should change your “language code” when you are talking to an adult and when you are talking to a kid because if you came up to the president and said “Sup yo” that would put you pretty low on the social scale. That’s different from if you were talking to a kid at recess and you said something like What’s up to them.
I agree. You probably want to make a good impression on adults, so I would be more formal and polite around them. When you hang around with your friends, you can talk slang, because they are not your English teachers. It is not great to get into the habit of just talking slang or being very formal because then adults will think of you as the kid who is not polite and always talks slang. you friends might think it is weird if you always are talking very formally and polite.
-peace out
I think that being funny and having a good sense of humor is not necessarily having funny jokes or disses, it has a lot to do with timing. If someone’s Grandma just died, one way not to cheer them up is tell a joke about a hockey puck. You need to know when is a good time to tell a joke, and what joke is appropriate. If you have timing down, you still need to have a good idea of what the people you are with will enjoy. Adults might enjoy a different type of joke than kids. Another important part of having a good sense of humor is understanding jokes and knowing when to laugh. If you think someone is joking and they are not, or vice versa, it will be really awkward.
I agree. Everyone has many chances in life to get many friends, but if you’re SO BAD that everyone is talking about you in a bad way, then that kind of effects the ‘chains’ that connect your friendships. If you have many friends, then you will be really successful in life because people trust you more. If you are annoying and untrustworthy, then you won’t be as successful in life. What is life without friends?
This is a good point. Most conflicts in this school often start with someone who was “just joking around.”
What are some common social mistakes that you have heard kids make?
I think that I have seen some people people accidentally cut kids off in the middle of a sentences before like the example in the book, but not as extreme.
I have seen groups of kids talk to each other but kind of exclude the kids in the group that they might not be close to or like that much. I don’t think this is fair because that almost looks like bullying in a way where you don’t say something to them, but you do something to them. When this happens I try to talk to them and try my best to include them in the conversation.
Answering the same question…
I have seen this many times, there is someone saying something to a person or a group of people and one person purposely tries to make whatever is said sound gross. Almost everyone has done that AT LEAST ten times in their whole life so I am not thinking of anyone specifically. I think that this is a social problem because it not only ticks people off but it also cuts people off when they are speaking (and that builds onto what spencer said).
I am answering the question about sense of humor. What it means to have a sense of humor in my opinion is not try to hard to make a joke without having to really think. If you have a bad sense of humor you could be making a joke only you think is funny. If you can’t make amazing jokes you don’t have to make jokes you can laugh at others or not care.
” I wonder how many students here have problems with code switching and stuff like that, because I really can’t tell.” I don’t think people have trouble because sometimes I see people do things and everyone seems to know. So i think most people don’t have trouble with code but a small majority do have trouble.
“What are some common social language mistakes that you have heard kids make?”
I have heard kids make some language mistakes that were kind of like Celine who was always negative and don’t know how they sound. Of course they weren’t as bad as Celine, but I don’t think other people around that person like listening to them. I also have seen some people that were kind of like Jeff who were trying to be funny around other people. Again, they weren’t as bad as him but I don’t think the people around that person enjoyed the jokes.
Why do they have codes
“What are some common social language mistakes that you heard kids make?” I have heard kids say things that they do not think out before they say or it might be thought out and it just comes out wrong and sometimes it’s a peer pressure mistake. But some kids just say things that are mean and don’t even care and this happens with everyone and people never care because it sounds fine to them.
Yeah, when I talk to my parents it’s much different than talking to my friends. I don’t know why I do it it just works that way for me.