Reflection

How has your perspective about popularity changed after doing this investigation ?

Media: Before starting our exhibition we didin't know that popularity was such a big problem, and we thought that we couldn't do anything to stop the problem, but now we know that it IS a very big problem that may cause exclusion, peer pressure and bullying. Also in some extreme cases it can cause murder or suicide. We now that we CAN do something about it so it stops. The various investigations we've read made us conscious of the huge effects that social status has in people's life, as important as to lead them to success or total failure in their lives. It has also been shocking to see how different popularity can be depending on the context, how in some other schools from different socio economical status popularity is gained through totally different ways from our school. That has definitely been determining to our investigation. Today we are very conscious of how the popularity that we live at school is not a healthy one, and there must be something we can do about it.

Interview: Basing on the interview we did in the schools La NIña Maria and the school Ciudad Cordoba they told us that the most popular people were the ones that were respectfull and the ones that had talent for music or other talent the most obidient with his parents and everyone were popular by their personal virtues ( La Niña Maria) and in Ciudad Cordoba they told us thtat the popular ones were the ones that shared theyre talents at break and were good and talented at something alll of them were popular also by their virtues. And so I learned that Colombo popularity is so different from the schools we visited because Colombo just bases on the boys or girls that are rich or beautifull or bullies etc.. and this is not a GOOD POPULARITY!!

Survey: We have seen through out our surveys that we have done this is the information that we have searched in schools such as Ciudad Cordoba, and Niña Maria.

Previous Knowledge: I used to think that in Colombo being popular means by being the most dumbest the mostfashionable the most sporty and the unpopular person is the one that always is rejectred the most unfashionable the nerd and sometimes the least sportiest. The popular person is the one that with his family is like the rejectred and the one that his family doesnt recognize him by his virtues and the unpopular one is the most important in the family the talentive and the one the familie is proud of.

BY: Elena Arango Ulloa 21//5/12 and sofia rincon 24/5/12