Cultural Observation Essay Example

Observation: October 7th, 2011 – oak court Mall - 2:45pm to 4:15pm I walked into the Oak Court Mall from the second level entrance to observe the young people of today. As I entered the mall, my first thought was that watching young people surely could not generate an entire three to five page report. You see, I have never taken an interest in watching people that I did not have any direct contact with. I took the escalator down to the first level and I ordered some Chinese food and a lemonade drink. I found an empty table and proceeded to let the observation begin. Much to my surprise, I began to pay close attention to a group of very young white kids at a table about three rows up from where I was sitting. The first thing I noticed about them is that they each had body piercings and tattoos covered most of their arms. This group’s ear piercings consisted of unusually large holes with large objects in them. I wondered how they will feel about the dramatic body art they were advertising in about twenty years from now. Next, I saw two young white boys sporting blonde spiked Mohawk hairstyles standing around just outside a video game store. They appeared to be staring very intently at something on the back of one of the games that they each had purchased. This only lasted as long as it took for them to notice three little black girls, who could not have been more than thirteen or fourteen at the most, as they walked by. These girls wore the most revealing and tight little shorts I think I have ever seen on anyone before. When the girls saw that the boys were looking at them, surprisingly, they seemed to get offended. I wondered why since they were showing off everything that should be left to the imagination. Of all that I noticed tonight, no other kids in particular stuck out in the crowd to me. Once I finished up my meal I left the mall. While driving home, I thought about how all those kids appeared to be starving for attention and