Sunday, April 12, 2015

The Class Trip Film

The short film The Class Trip was wonderfully done. I felt that it really showed how society can make us feel pressured into giving up things that are more valuable to us than valuable in money. The little girl who wanted to try to stay friends with the kids that she had just met, threw away skies that had belonged to her mother in the hopes that her new friends wouldn't make fun of her. This is something that many people can relate to, and something that I feel is occurring more often. With a new iPhone that is always coming out, it's easy to want to give up your old phone that works perfectly well, for the new phone that everyone else will have. We talked about how the more valuable the object, the higher your status is in the group. If you have all the nice things that are brand new, you are seen at the top of the hierarchy rather than the person who has a lot of the old models and hand-me-downs. I feel that is one of the messages the film tried to show. The little girl was a new student and didn't have much, and didn't want to loose her status among her new friends. At the end of the film, however, the little girl is looking out the bus window and looks sad. I believe that she feels guilty for giving up her mother's skies in the hopes of using newer ones with her friends.
-Teghan

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