The movie 12 Angry Men came on TV yesterday and I had forgotten how much I loved it. The basic synopsis is that a jury of 12 men are trying to decide the fate of a Spanish-American juvenille accused of killing someone. The movie covers racism, stereotypes, discrimination, assumption and so many other interesting topics. It really reminded me that no matter where or how you pick a group, there is always a person in the group that has each of the following personality traits -- mean, meek, loud, talkative, know-it-all, rule oriented, bossy, lazy and probably a few others. That is probably why I always hated group projects!
Last semester there were two South American girls in my French class. They both only spoke Spanish and French, but their accents were so thick that I only understood about 10% of anything they ever said. And even though we rarely communicated, I could tell that I really liked one of them and that the other one got on my nerves to no end. Remember, we probably only spoke 10 words to each other, but just by smiles, frowns, pestering, laughs, cheating and body language I could tell which one I would have wanted to be my friend and which one I never wanted to see again.
I don't know what this proves except that even if you can't communicate with someone, you can still figure out whether you like them or not. And no matter what the association, or even the language, there are annoying people in every group.
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