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...response from the CS50 grading staff was also not immediately clear...
...student also said that his views were not unique among current and former CS50 TFs, noting that several other TFs he had spoken to about the possible change also said they were not in favor...
Another student, who has worked as a TF for CS50 and also asked for anonymity, said he was cautiously optimistic about the grading change, though he still has many concerns...
These similarities between the Joneses and their genuine counterparts, though comically portrayed, are also troubling. They suggest that perhaps normal families operate around the goal of self-promotion. Are we just selling our images to one another, and to those around us? When parents encourage their children to excel, is it for their own betterment, or for the reflections of their success in popularity and material gain...
...film’s action in reflections—in mirrors, the sleek surfaces of the Jones home, and, during the climactic sequence, in a swimming pool. This technique effectively communicates the characters’ absorption in their own images, and how they define themselves through their purchases. It also accuses the viewer of engaging in the same kind of tireless self-promotion. Not only does our consumerism make us fall prey to advertisements, but our fixation with self-image puts us in danger of becoming advertisements ourselves...