Hw#9-Freakonomics Response

While watching the film they used a lot of surveys and what statistics have been shown with people in everyday life. One example was when they talked about different black and white names and to see if that would their determine their future and who they are as person. They randomly asked people on the street and had two different opinions by a black man and an indian man who both had different views on it. The black man agreed that it the name doesn't define who they are as a person just by where they grew up at and how they were raised like the girl Tempris. On the other hand the indian guy opposed the idea. Another example was when a school is Chicago decided if paying kids $50 dollars for getting above D's would make them do better in their classes. In some cases it was true but in most of them it was not. The black kid was actually improving in his grades but the white kid would improve then go back and forth to failing showing his really did not care about his grades because he didn't like school. Paying students can't help do better they are just going to do waht they want to do living in the present not the future.

I think that Freakonomics does serve as inspiration good example to our attempt to explore the "hidden-in-plain-sight" weirdness of dominant social practices because it shows how people react to a little rewards such as the $50 dollars for good grades and how the creator paid the girl with m&ms so she would go to bathroom not only are teens smart enough to get what they want but so are little kids. If you wnt somebody to do something most of time they want to be given something special or rewarded for their accomplishment. Looking at the film it showed the insights of other people and what they think. How to get from A to B. Relating back to the food unit it would be interesting if people where given money to eat healthier or be rewarded to eat buy the neccesity they need in order to eat right would is really work or will it fail? Only time will tell.