Social Awkwardness

Social awkwardness is seen in high schools all around America and is highly prevalent due to a variety of reasons. One of the more uncontrollable causes of social awkwardness is an unfamiliar disease known as Asperger’s syndrome. Asperger’s syndrome is a kind of autism,     that results in a diminished growth in one’s social skills, as one with Asperger syndrome tend to appear to lack empathy a lack of a certain degree self-restraint, the inability to effectively respond to situations. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, about 2/10,000 suffer from Asperger’s Syndrome. Though the ratio is quite small, the total number of school going children with Asperger’s Syndrome numbered about 64,000. The social exclusion based on a genetic deviation from social standard is largely due to the effects of conformity, as society disclaims principles of acceptance and equality. In the process, society begins to reverse its principles to fit the prevailing attitudes of society, which, in a high school setting, depend on the values of the popular students.  This stigma manifests itself in daily interactions between students, which will be represented in the film with scenes of loneliness, harassment, and self abasment . Other scenarios such as sly bullying and social awkwardness in the classroom could also be used to portray social awkwardness due to Asperger’s syndrome. The  film’s conclusion including an explaination of symptoms of Aspege’s syndrome, its causes , effects  will be used to create a feeling of empathy and to revive social conscience of equality and harmony.