Diary Entry 9 - Tagging

Diary Entry 9, was interesting to me. The composer had a lot of energy to do the wrong things, such as tagging people's stationary items instead of doing the right thing, their school work. This composer is slightly similar to me because sometimes I spend more time trying to get out of school work instead of actually doing the school work when I might as well have done the right thing in the first place.

Reading about how they got away with what they did shocked me slightly because I wouldn't "ditch" school to go and smoke and I would not tag public property because I think it's a waste of time and most of it looks ugly. I don't quite understand what it would be like for the composer to hear gun shots at night time and have drug dealers rule the streets because I definitely could not adapt to those sorts of situations.

Diary Entry 2 - Racial Segregation

Diary Entry 2 was not a surprise to me reading about the different types of groups where only the black, white, rich, poor or nerdy kids would sit in their own racial or cultural groups where they did not mix with other students. This diary entry reminded me of my old school. Everybody was segregated in their own way, if you sat with or spoke to a "rich" kid or any other person from a stereotypical group, people would look at you and judge you instantly without any hesitation. This relates to the people in diary entry 2 because they could not and would not sit with any other person from a different background, social status or culture.

The diary entry is very similar to my own personal experiences and demonstrates that the only reason for this type of segregation is everybody's ego. I believe that people can make a change for the better and can sit with other people that are from a different race or culture. Living in Australia has taught me that no matter what your race, culture, background or social status we are all equal and you also learn to embrace the different cultures and races as a nation.