HW 53 - Survey Analysis

The thing about the survey is that it was incredibly personal. I didn't like answering all the questions because even though it is anonymous, it is still nerve racking to answer such personal questions in such a public place. The thing about the Internet is that once it is here, it can never leave. There will always be copies and records of it somewhere. The similarities that i noticed between the questions is that they all judged how you viewed yourself and how others view you. It isn't looking for information about you directly, but it is looking for what you think the information about you is. Some questions were purely about ourselves, such as any of the questions about sexuality. But even the questions about family and friends all ask about what we think about ourselves and how those thoughts go about what we think of ourselves. That's probably why i was so nervous about completing the survey. I didn't want other people to know what i think about myself because that is something to be nervous and self conscious about.

What i noticed about the results is that for the most part i was with the mainstream group. Almost all of my answers were part of either the biggest or the second biggest percentages. I also noticed that there wasn't a lot of family abuse or any inequalities or complaints about the home life, and there was not a lot of sexual activity and drug use. There is a lot of talk from people about it and yet there wasn't very much of it on the survey. For the most part people were very happy with their lives and what is going on. There weren't a lot of depressing answers and because of that i think that the images people put out about themselves can be false in order to make them seem more socially acceptable.

In the second professional survey i noticed that there were high percentages of people who had carried guns, been in fights, threatened to kill someone, or considered to kill themselves. All of these things mixed together are a very dangerous mix because they make for a person who is angry and has nothing to loose and something that can really hurt someone in their pocket. Our survey showed that we, as students really aren't that angry or dangerous and that is because this survey wasn't meant to expose that. This survey was meant to show who we are as individuals. The second survey conducted by the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey is meant to show how dangerous teenagers are and how the way we act and the things we do are dangerous and harmful to ourselves and the people around us. It is all about the questions that are asked. The type of questions that are asked are the types of answers you are going to get. By asking about guns and violence you will get answers about guns and violence. The motive behind the survey can show just as much as the answers. Asking anyone about violence, no matter where you ask, is going to get some negative responses and because of that, by asking people already accused of being violent and dangerous, you are only going to prove your point.