http://new.ted.com/talks/jeffrey_kluger_the_sibling_bond
sibling rivalries, relationships, etc.
Jeffrey Kluger's TED talk is about just that. As you listen, reflect on your siblings- and if you don't have any- think about the sibling relationships you've experienced- your parent's siblings (aunts and uncles), siblings of friends, the big brother/sister and little brother/sister situations you've come across. The kids that stand up for their little siblings and those that actively avoid them. Share a story that exemplifies the nature of this relationship. Reflect on WHY conflicts seem to exist in these relationships.
Then, connect this TED Talk to Ben's and Cody's relationship. Use examples from the text and the video.
Me and Haley get along but sometimes we argue together. I am the funny one in our family. Haley is the mature one in the family but sometimes I can be mature to. Me and Haley hang out together and go shopping and sometimes play a game together. I miss Haley because she is in college and she loves me for who I am. When she was leaving for college she left a letter on my bed and it was very touching to read, I almost cried.
ReplyDeleteBen and Cody have a strong relationship because Cody said that he needed Ben, and their mother is just sitting in her room and doing nothing basically. Siblings are there for you when no one else is and they love you for who you are. They also stick up for you to. They will also comfort you through hard times. When you’re feeling low you can lean on them.
Me and my brother do not always get along but deep inside we are like role models to each other. When we were younger we were like always there for each other because we could trust each other. When we were younger, we shared the same room and every night we would talk for hours and hours on school nights until our parents shut us up.
ReplyDeleteThis relates Cody and Ben because they are also always there for each other. Sure Ben was probably jealous when Cody was big wolf and Ben was little wolf but I have also been jealous at my brother at times too. But we are still there for each other because that is just life.
ReplyDeleteWhat was said in the Ted Talk sibling was was actually true to sibling relationships in many ways that I can relate to. In my family I only have one younger brother and he is a pain on the butt to deal with. Firstly since I’m the older brother he looks up to me in a few ways like for one being a good influence but that doesn’t seemingly help much considering he has very bad anger issues.
We are complete opposites in many categories, for one what we wanna do for a living when we get older. I wanna become an animator,Manga creator when I’m out of college. And my brother wants to be a million kinds of things he’s not really a one track kind of person. For example he say’s he wants to be like Messi the soccer player even though he almost never practices for soccer and is on the Xbox a lot more than I am. Last summer he wanted to be a filmmaker just because he made really cheesy scripted gun movies with his Ipad(which I had to do all the editing and effects). The scripts were based off overhyped unoriginal gun movies like Top Gun or every Chuck Norris movie ever. And video games like BattleField or Call of Duty. So once again he is not very one track kind of person.
Ben and Cody on the other hand though are almost the complete opposite of my and Peyton and the Ted Talk video statistics. This is because they have a very strong relationship with each other and support each other every step of the way, especially on the football field. Cody even said himself that he needs his brother Ben and cannot live without him in his life. They don’t even really compete/argue with each other because once again they need to work together on the Football field. This is why I think Cody and Ben are the complete opposite of me and my brother and the Ted Talk video.
I look back at the times I’ve argued with my brother, even though my brother is special needs and can’t talk actual words we still argue. We’ve had an unusual bond since we were little little, it was an unspoken bond. The bond is still there now, we don’t usually argue as much because he usually gets to watch what he wants on T.V, gets to listen to what he wants on the radio and most of the time mom gives him his way but he knows I don’t put up with his bad behavior. Mom always giving him what he wants is that memory in the back of her head of the doctor telling her Dalton won’t live past the age of 13, but now he’s 17 and the doctors up here say he could live as long as we do. Unfortunately we already know how we’re going to die because of our rare muscle disease, I will go into cardiac arrest and my heart has to get checked every 6 months or so to make sure everything is functioning properly, Dalton will pass away in his sleep because everything in his body will just shut down.Anyway like typical brother and sister we have our fights, embarrass each other, and he tries not to acknowledge when he see’s me at school but I still come over to him and let him know he can’t pretend I’m not here. In the book Ben and Cody have a great sibling relationship I think. In the video Jeffrey Kluger said there’s usually a smart child, athletic child, wild child and the siblings are always in a competition against each other, in the book Ben and Cody aren’t always in a competition but Ben has the smarts, they’re both athletic and they’re both wild I think but they always have each others back.
ReplyDeleteI think this relates to me and my sister because we are siblings and we fight about everything in life. We also fight about who gets to watch tv and that makes me mad because my favorite show is always on when she is watching something that she already watched a million times.That is so annoying because she gets everything in the world because she is so perfect she thinks. Since my parents got divorce it's been hard for me and my sister especially me because I don't like my dad's fiancé because she is like talking to me like I'm her own daughter but I'm not her daughter which makes mad because she is not my mother and she will never be my stepmom either because I will stay with my mom till I turn 18. But my sister really gets along with her which is weird because she didn't like her and know she does. I think Ben and Cody have a good relationship together as brothers and sometimes fight but are best friends because they both have each others backs when something is wrong. An example is when Sooner got hurt and couldn't play do Ben had a chance to play in the homecoming football game.
ReplyDeletemy relationship between me and my sisters has got to be very hard because well i'm a guy and there girls. they also seem to think that they are my mom and that they control me they also feel that they need to add their opinion on everything someone says.If we get into a fight my sisters feel that they need to get the last word in. i feel though that at the end of the day i do love them.
ReplyDeleteI feel that compared in the normal world that cody and ben get along way to well and they would have to have at least one seen that they fight but they don't all of the scenes in the book is all ways all this lovey dovey crap.
We dont always get along me and my brother but when we do it can be good sometimes. Then we agree with one another its pretty good. The ted talk he said it good to have good times and bond. The way ben and Cody did this is when Ben is dying and being close.
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