Observation Exercise 9/17/09

While watching the video at home, I was able to see so many more things than I had seen in class. I recognized more details and was able to relate more to myself. When he kept saying "No mom, I don't eat fish," he did not change his mind easily and was saying it very fast. That reminded me of myself sometimes when I'm with my mom. When I listened to the video I was able to realize that this conversation had happened before, because the son seemed to reply like this was not the first time she has asked. Also when I listened to the video I found out that the mom just wanted her son eat the fish for good reasons, but the son did not want any part of the fish. While watching the video I was able to see things like the son ignoring his mom at the beginning and his mom just trying to show him that fish is very healthy for him. While just listening to the video you can somewhat get a sense of the idea, however you would not get as much as if you were watching and listening. Watching the video a second time definitely gave me more of a clear picture of what was going on in the video and made me look out for most of the details I had missed in the first veiwing of the clip.