Sweet sixteen

The Breakfast Club is a coming of age film about a group of high school kids that have been sentenced to a saturday detention. Each of these kids represents a clique or a stereotype within the average high school demographic. Throughout the film they learn that appearances are not everything and that they share more in common then they are aware. Under the eye of their principal this group struggles to sit through the detention without getting at each others throats, but they somehow manage to form

Quinces & Sweet Sixteens, Celebration and Importance Sweet Sixteens, Quinces. However you call it, or whatever your name for it is, we can all agree that turning 15 or 16 is a very important step in the life of any girl, in any culture, background, religion or place. So in this newspaper issue I took upon myself to interview some of my peers at Highland, so I can share how they will celebrate or celebrated their Quinces or Sweet Sixteens, as well as the importance of those events to them. I interviewed

involved, talkative, and much more. Traditions have always been kept in the Latin culture, that being said I attended my fair share of sweet sixteens. I became infatuated with the thought of having

As a wimpy, averaged height, sixteen-year old girl in the 10th grade, I experienced betrayal from one of my closest friends. It all started on the fifteenth day of May. It was approximately 6:00 a.m. I was still knocked out like Tyson knocked out his opponent, in my twin sized bed, underneath my solid, hot pink comforter that kept me warm like an oven after baking chocolate chip cookies. I had an alarm set for 6:15 a.m to wake up and get dressed for hell; another word used to describe school. As

My sweet sixteen birthday party was exactly that: sweet. Every girl wants their sixteenth birthday party to be spectacular, and while mine did not necessarily have all the bells and whistles it was fantastic. There were games, singing, dancing, even a Ouija board made an appearance, but by far my favorite was the photo booth. Small props were on a table while a high-tech camera was situated in front of a plain canvas backdrop. Several photos were taken in the span of two hours, yet the most special

reason being that I am an Asian American myself. The portrayal of these common stereotypes however, does not imply or mean that Americans view it in a positive light. Some of the most renowned and racist films in history are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Sixteen Candles. In addition to these films, I will be examining and analyzing the television series Gossip Girl and Fresh off the Boat to access a different perspective on the subject of how minorities are seen in American society. Asian America is known

China, they say "You do not act like people from North Eastern China!". I ask them why, and their answers are roughly the same: people from North Eastern China are hard to get along with because they are quick-tempered and violent, but I am nice and sweet. Some of my friends even believed that North Eastern China is very dangerous because there have been many gangsters. However, when I asked them why they believed so, they could barely give me an answer because they did not know how they came to believe

false images and beliefs leading to biased judgements. Particularly in mainstream media, Asians are portrayed as nerds, unattractive and foreigners, creating unjust implication for people of Asian descent. A few years ago, I watched a movie called Sixteen Candles with my then nine-year-old cousin. One of the characters was a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong who pathetically hit on and was rejected by Molly Ringwald, a white classmate he lived with. Dong is a perfect example of how Asian

The film “16 Candles” has very little teacher presence. However, even the lack of teacher presence presents ideas about teachers and their roles in the schools. The film “16 Candles” opts to focus on the lives of students outside of a traditional classroom setting. The main focus on the students also contains several tropes about American high school life, including gender and race. The representation of these suburban parents, teachers, and students in “16 Candles” is comparable to the suburban

Red Sorghum, a novel written by Mo Yan, depicts events of horror on the Sorghum fields during the battle between the Chinese and Japanese. As the novel unfolded the role of Red Sorghum as an active character in the novel was established. As an agricultural necessity for the Chinese, the participation of the plant in the story declared that the people’s relationship to the grain is far deeper than the just a means to earn money for business purposes. The contributions sorghum made through its life