I've worked at a moving company since I was 15. The good part about the job is that you get paid good money basically to exercise. The worst part is that you never know how long the work day will be until you get to the person's house. I once moved a hoarder who got evicted from her home. Her entire house was full of plants and rocks that our crew of 3 guys spent 14 hours moving. Rocks get really heavy after lifting them all day.
Picture of me from a news article (explains the bad quality)
What stood out to me from the reading was the excerpt from the "Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High" by Margaret J. Finder. I always thought of the yearbook as something that everyone could celebrate and bond over at the end of the school year. I never considered that it could have the adverse effect for some students who might not be able to afford the book. I sometimes chose not to buy the yearbook while I was younger, but I never felt alienated by doing so because I had the option to buy it if I wanted to. For some students, not being able to get the yearbook might make them feel embarrassed and separated from their peers. I thought it was interesting to read the different kind of impact the yearbook has on some students.
Not to mention how such a simple thing like a yearbook can create boundaries and separations between students reflected by how they interact with a selected group of their friends, even though the schools mainly wanted the kids to keep in touch with others that are a part of their grade despite their relationships to each other.
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Not to mention how such a simple thing like a yearbook can create boundaries and separations between students reflected by how they interact with a selected group of their friends, even though the schools mainly wanted the kids to keep in touch with others that are a part of their grade despite their relationships to each other.
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I was also unaware that yearbooks have negative effects on many students. Growing up, it was always exciting to get the new yearbook. I often times didn't receive one, but I never saw it as a bad thing. Yearbooks are expensive! To go along with what Brian said, it's pretty crazy to me that the littlest things, like a yearbook, can create a sort of social standing between students.
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