All for One, One for All

Jersey Shore can get a little bit chaotic at times, with people in the house constantly getting under each others' skin. Even though this may seem like the farthest thing from a tight-knit household, the camaraderie rages hard between Vinny and Pauly D, Snooki and Deena, and the group as a whole. They often go at each other's throats, but at the end of the day, they sit down as a family and have a nice home-cooked meal. For instance, Mike (aka the Situation) is always getting involved in everybody else's business. There have been multiple accounts of this: he constantly gets in the middle of Snooki and her boyfriend claiming that there was something going on between Mike and her; when they were in Italy, Mike and Ronnie got involved in a huge, physical brawl; and finally Mike is almost ALWAYS talking behind everyone's back to someone else in the house, just to gossip and start problems. While he deserves to not even be allowed in the house for all the aggravation he has caused, the house (and MTV for that matter) accept him back every time and try to reconcile their differences. They all remain together and learn to love each other for all of their faults. I think Jersey Shore teaches that even though people may be different from you and have their own problems, you can always forgive and forget for the common good of the group. As for those not causing problems, Vinny and Pauly D are the perfect example of a bromance. They do everything together and have each other's backs no matter what goes down. This season when Vinny was depressed and went home, Pauly D was distraught. He wasn't the same without his brother. We can all try to find that one guy/girl that we can always rely on for help, and know that through thick and thin, that friend will always watch out for your best interest. Almost like our shadow or our second half.

Introduction

Jersey Shore has taken a lot of abuse from all over America for setting a poor example for teenagers. The show still thrives, even in it's 5th season, so why don't we take a look at "the situation" and see if we can extract any good from it?

First off, the show has eight people (four guys and four girls) living in a house located right on the Jersey Shore. The eight residents may live a crazy lifestyle and often butt-heads with each other, but at the end of the day, they come together and love each other like a family. This subliminally teaches the audience the important lesson of comraderie. No matter what happens, the cast of the Jersey Shore always seems to have each other's backs at the end of the day.

The second thing we can learn from Jersey Shore is what not to do. History tends to repeat itself. By studying history, we can often learn how an action led to a certain consequence. The same reasoning can be applied for the Jersey Shore. Teenagers can learn that drinking in the middle of the day will never end well, that cheating on your significant other can often to lead to multiple issues, and you should never talk behind someone's back because it will usually end up coming back to haunt you.

The third thing I will post about (for now) is that the Jersey Shore almost puts a mirror right up to the TV. The people that live in that house that we watch every Thursday night (Jersday) are just a mere projection of the people in America today. Think about it for a second... the cast of the Jersey Shore does not necessarily have to go to a full time job (yes, they work at the Shore Store selling t-shirts but no that does not count as a real job). Imagine if you did not have to work, and you and seven of your friends went on a vacation and in the process of doing so, rented out a house. You would have nothing to do really except maybe go to the beach, but at night, you would most certainly party. What you are looking at is the Jersey Shore. It is conceptually all about a bunch of people on vacation living in the same house for a couple of months, with a camera following them around to every club they hit up.

Should we look up to the cast of the Jersey Shore as role models? No, but rather look up to the creators of the show, the ones that constructed a mirror large enough for all of America to see their inner wild side.