Freaks and Geeks

Functional theory- things that make society work. Ex:When the athletes and bullies have a nerd to beat up.
Conflict theory- when one group exerts power over another group. Ex: When the school bullies pick on someone that is way smaller than them.
Symbolic theory- a symbol of something. Ex: Lindsay wearing the jacket that her grandma gave her.

There are some dysfunctions of the bully group. they are just mean and don't like anything or anyone. The bullies are the ones with the power in this episode in my eyes. They have power because everyone is afraid of them and no one wants to stand up for themselves. They use it because they know that they can get away with it and they enjoy doing it.

One very big symbol in here is the coat that Lindsay wears all the time because it was her grandmas and she was with her grandma when she had died. Or the drum set because that is what Ken Miller wanted and loved to do. Lindsay was wearing that because she missed her grandma and Ken finally found something that he loved to do.

I can relate to losing a grandma like Lindsay did. I don't have a jacket or anything to wear but i cant relate to how Lindsay was feeling in the pilot episode. I'm going to college because I want to make more money than what I would make if I just went right into the work field from high school. I don't really stress over getting good grades because I don't need to be a 4.0 student to go to a two year college.