Queen Bee Classifications

Night Rough Draft Although Wiesel does not use the word “genocide,” his account of his experience shows that it was definitely genocide that he witnessed. Throughout the book there was plentiful of evidence to show the eight stages of Genocide. They all had something to do with the Jews in every way. In Genocide there is a stage called classification which shows up a lot throughout the book.

Apis mellifera scutellata is cross between a European bee and an African bee, also known as the “Africanized Honey Bee”, or even the “Killer Bee.” It is very similar in appearance to a typical European bee, but is slightly smaller in size, though microscopically so. The differences between the European bee and the Africanized Honey Bee are exemplified primarily through behavior and biological patterns. Africanized Honey Bees are much more prolific than European bees, reproducing up to six times more yearly than European bees. The main difference between the Africanized Honey Bee and a European bee is that Africanized bees are far more aggressive than European bees, and are more protective of their nests. The willingness of Africanized bees to attack unprovoked has earned them the nickname “Killer Bees.”

In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd the characters go through the struggles of discrimination and racism. In the beginning, Rosaleen offends some of the biggest racists in town and they end up running away to the calendar sisters, that neither of them knew anything about. In the end the become close friends and even end up living with them. Rosaleen is a major character in this novel. She has been Lily’s (the main character) nanny for since Lily was born. Throughout the novel, it shows how much closer they become. At the start she was awful at comforting others but by the end she is able to understand emotion is very good for Lily and the other characters.

Martin Luther King once said “segregation not only harms one physically, but injures one spiritually it scars the sole it is a system for whatever stares the segregated in the face saying you are less then you are not equal to.” Jim Crow was a law discriminating all, except the whites. Even a decade later the Jim Crow laws are still affected.

Trying to find individuality in a world of social expectations is the most trying challenge any one person is expected to overcome. “The Queen Bee and Her Court” by Rosalind Wiseman gives readers an in-depth look at high school cliques and social hierarchies, and the effects of peer pressure while trying to find one’s self. From the Queen Bee who utilizes her power to control the wannabes, to the target who is just waiting for the end of high school, everyone can see themselves as at least one of the author’s stereotypes. Before starting this assignment, I will admit that I was skeptical of the idea I could even possibly learn anything from this article. I asked myself “How can the author really know how high school is?” Over time, however, I realized the truth in everything that she wrote. High school is a place to figure out individuality and gain a sense of self. It is hard, however, to do so when there are so many social expectations and societal rules to follow. As I pondered the truth of the difficulty of these expectations, I realized that not only is this exemplary of high school; however, it carries on throughout college and even into careers. No matter where life takes someone on their path, there will always be a “Pleaser,” there will always be a “Target,” and there will always be “Sidekicks” and “Queen Bees.” The most important thing is learning to co-exist with the peer pressure that comes with the ever repeating social patterns. As author Collin Hanks

Classification- Writing that arranges people or items into different categories is classification; for example, organizing items based on where they belong or who they belong to.

In the film “Mean Girls” there were many types of peer relationships expressed. Friendships are described as a reciprocal liking, trust, and loyalty between all participating dyadic parties. An example in the film is the relationship that Damian and Janis hold because they are loyal to each other and the liking is mutual. Peer acceptance is to the degree one is liked by their peers. In the film Aaron Samuels is very much liked by his peers. Perceived popular is a child that is considered popular based on their peers’ perceptions. Regina George is a prime example of teenage girl perceived as popular. When students described Regina George in the film these type of comments were made, “Regina George is flawless”, “One time she punched me in the faced. It was awesome.”, and “she always looks fierce.” Cliques are polyadic social groups that are voluntary. A main clique in the movie is “The Plastics” which consists of Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith. These forms of peer relationships are a lot more complex than just a group of friends, these relationships of dynamic in early adolescence.

The definition of prejudice may vary among the different psychologist but most will agree that prejudice has something to do with prejudgment, typically negative, about a group. (Fiskie, 1998; Jones, 1997; Nelson, 2002 ). According to Plous (2003), Prejudice is not exactly considered an opinion, but an attitude which includes feeling such as hating the group, rather than believing they’re bad. Within psychology, we can link prejudice with discrimination and stereotyping (Plous, 2003). Although each may go together, they can be done separately. Prejudice and discrimination are most likely absent in a positive stereo type (Plous, 2013). For example describing an ethnic group as “family oriented”. Stereo typing does little to no harm without discrimination or prejudice. A generalized form of prejudice may lack discrimination and stereo types, such as being against foreigners.

During the summer I was assigned a summer reading, “The Secret Life of Bees”. The book is based in the 1960’s in South Carolina when the Civil Rights Act was signed by president Lyndon Johnson, and by that you’d know there was a lot of discrimination.

There are billions of people on the earth, so to navigate the social world some labels are necessary. Putting people into groups such

The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply

It could be the fact, that the majority of magazine models and regular models are very thin white women. Even in movies and television there is rarely a depiction of the “average” or “above average” woman of color. This could be a large part of the problem. When some of these women were taken to the doctor as children they were considered to be too thin by their mothers and given medicine to curve their appetites instead of being properly diagnosed. Since, doctors are at the top of the medical ladder, what they is diagnosed is usually taken very seriously. When the doctor agreed with the child’s mother that the child was to too fat even though the child was not, this could leave lasting effects. When the child’s environment tells her that she is too fat, she has no choice but to conform.

People no matter their intentions always categorize others based on their first impression. With the media today, many believe that it is getting worse. Whether it be in movies, on social media, or even in the news there are many people in the world trying to change these bias views and change the way people look at each other. Everyday people no matter their race, gender, or class are faced with different stereotypes and different bias views that many wishes to overcome.

I knew that bees were important pollinators, and their numbers are slowly declining, but I was surprised that Missouri alone has over 450 species of bees, and that there were over twenty thousand species worldwide. Since bees sometimes have only a select few plants that they pollinate, this mass variety helps all types of plants in the different habitats that the bees live in. Due to the monarch’s large distance traveled during their migration, they are able to pollinate various flowers throughout the three countries the fly through. Another interesting thing was that because monarchs only live an average of eight months, during a migration, there can be up to at least 5 generations of butterflies. This can help bring in monarchs to new regions

Human beings tend to see the group that they associate with in a more favourable light than the groups that they do not associate with. This is known as “in-group favouritism” (Turner and Tajfel, 1986) One explanation as to why this is done is that we boost our self esteem by viewing the group we belong to in a more favourable light than the group with which we have no affiliation. This seems quite logical in that we feel a sense of pride when our group seems somewhat better or superior to other groups.