The episode conveyed three stereotypical drug dealers, however, there was also a chemistry teacher that was a drug dealer and this chemistry teacher doesn't represent a stereotypical drug dealer. The three younger drug dealers were represented in a way that you would expect a drug dealer to be like:
-They had a lack of education and were young
-They carried weapons and carried around a lot of money
-They wore baggy clothes, such as jumpers with hoods
-They drove around in a yellow lowered car, playing loud music
However, in this particular episode of breaking bad, the chemistry teacher got involved with one of the younger boys who he taught in his chemistry class. The chemistry teacher started drug dealing with the younger boy and they agreed that they would start making drugs together. This is not what you would expect of a teacher who was 50 years old. The chemistry teacher was smartly dressed with a family and drove around in a family car. When you looked at the teacher you wouldn't automatically think "drug dealer". This represents the difference between a stereotypical drug dealer and somebody who isn't presented in a way that they would look like a drug dealer.
Watching this episode of breaking bad helped me to understand that someone can actually be part of something even if they don't look like they are presented as a stereotype. For example, the chemistry teacher didn't look like somebody who would be involved in drugs but he was, someone can be part of something without them looking and being presented in a way that they would be part of a situation. After we watched the episode of breaking bad, we discussed it as a class and discussed the difference between the way the younger drug dealers were presented and the ways in which the chemistry teacher was presented as a drug dealer. After we discussed it as a class and we had taken some notes down, we were given a question to write a paragraph on. In this paragraph I had to write about everything we had just discussed as a class in a paragraph and this was how are drug dealers represented in the first episode of breaking bad.
When answering this question I had to ensure that I wrote why the chemistry teacher wasn't conveyed as a stereotypical drug dealer, these reasons included:
-He drove around in a family car
-He dressed smartly
-He has a family, with a child
-He has lung cancer, you would expect him to enjoy his life, rather that wasting it making drugs
-He had two jobs, which should make him enough money, why would he need to out more work on himself to get more money
I had to ensure that I clearly showed the difference between a stereotypical drug dealer and the chemistry teacher, as this was very clear when watching the first episode of breaking bad.
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