Sub-Culture vs Culture

I have learned a small amount of information over the years about culture and what it means to be part of a culture but it wasn't until our class discussions and review of chapter 2  that I began to understand there is more to culture than just the simple definition.
 It was very insightful to learn about sub-culture and counter-culture and with the understanding of these two topics I am able to understand what it means to be part of a culture and the different components.  After reading "Teenage Wasteland" and the in class quick write, I was better able to make the connections of understanding what it is like to be in a sub-culture and how it differs from the dominant society.  "Teenage Wasteland"showed us all how the teenagers that together committed suicide stood out from the rest of society in how they expressed their own culture of with music and clothing inside their larger culture.  This also illustrated a sub culture because it illustrated a different way of approaching suicide rather than the individual taking their own life like we hear about everyday.