Kids?!

We were asked in the lecture if we think this film was shocking. Well…yes. I must say though I wasn’t as shocked as maybe I should have been. When the film first came out I think it would have been a lot more shocking to audiences than it is now. This is mainly because excessive drug taking, sex etc are quite common in films featuring teenagers. I suppose the thing that shocked me the most was the age range of characters – or how old they were depicted anyway. Watching the four male children smoking drugs was unconformable watching for me. I guess this is because I have a younger sister and I couldn’t imagine kids her age behaving in this manner. I don’t agree with this kind of behaviour even in films because those kids were not over the age of consent (he said they al were but just depicted as not) and they were still doing it.
I obviously didn’t like the main character because he treated girls like crap and he had AIDS! It was an important message though. I just find it crazy that these girls didn’t know that if a guy asks you to sleep with him on the first date he obviously doesn’t care about you. I guess that was a message. The girl diagnosed with Aids went on a journey in the film that I think the audience could relate to because of the sympathy we feel for her. All her mates were sleeping around and yet she does it once and she gets aids.
It was a thought provoking film but it would have been nice to see a better ending with maybe her telling Telle about the aids. It seemed to build up and then just stop. It didn’t really go anywhere. It was more like a documentary because there was no plot with beginning middle end. It was just following people around.

Heres a link that gives you some info on the film - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/

Field trip?

Well what have we been doing so far?? Smoking, Stealing, masturbation,Infidelity .... I'm thinking some sort of trip to LA where they make all those Naughty movies...just kidding.
umm... I don't know....Mars. We should have a practical field trip or something. Something we can all enjoy. I'll have to get back to you.

Infidelity

All I can say is – it is not okay to cheat on someone. If you are in a relationship you should be 100% committed no matter what. I mean everyone finds people attractive even if they are in a relationship, but you shouldn’t act upon it! You obviously think the person you are with is pretty great to be going out with them in the first place, so that is what you must remember if you are tempted. I don’t know if I’m just being terribly old fashioned (I am all of 19 years old) but that is just the way it should be.
If you’re in an open relationship then that’s a different story because that means you are both agreeing to it. I can’t think what kind of original relationship you must have if you need to go to others to be satisfied but there you go.
I define cheating as doing it behind your partners back (not literally of course - that’s just crossing a line) and that involves lying, selfishness and scheming. How can you look your partner in the eye when you’ve been with another behind their back? I couldn’t do it. I’m awfully honest though. It’s just such a horrible thing to do if you do cheat. I mean if you’re unhappy then leave that person and pursue the next – don’t have that ‘cake’ and eat it! A relationship is a two way street – a compromise - and if you’re a person that only thinks of themselves then you shouldn’t be in one.
Heres a helpful site if you've been a victim of infidelity - http://www.infidelity.com/