week 5

This week in sociology we are learning about culture. How we are  curious about different cultures and the way we interrupt those differences.Like in class this week are teacher talked about we would interpret one of these differences compared to our culture.He talked about thee Japanese toilet and how much of a culture shock compared to the toilets we have.How thee bowl is pretty much in the ground and you would have tho kick the handle to flush or they would have a foot peddle to flush. Compaired to the toilets we have where we sit on to use it.The japanese toilet you have to go in a catcher style squat to use the toilet.It is just so different that it is hard to understand and same for some people who have different style and way of using the toilet then we do.Different cultures have different style and different ways tho use objects that we use in daily life.


when I went to the Bahamas I experienced a culture shock.When I was little we went to the Bahamas on a cruise and when we got in a taxi to go site seeing I noticed something strange to me.That the driver was driving on the left hand side of the road.Which was strange to me because in the U.S we drive on the right hand side of the road.As I got older I fond out that other places to do the same thing.I learned that different cultures preform the same tasks we do but in different ways and the away we do things are sometimes different to them as well.

week 4

This week in sociology we watched the movie Bronx Tale and learned about different stereotypes that are in the movie.We learned that stereotypes are generalizations based on flaws and traits a single person or group.In the Bronx Tale movie you get stereotypes  that people depict that are not true.Like in the movie the main character C thinks that this African American girl he likes has an exotic name which is Calogero. But that was not true. Compaired to her name which was Jane he had the more exotic name then she did. Another stereotype that is depicted in the movie is that all Italians are gangsters.But that is not true as well in the movie.Look at C's dad.He is Italian and he stays away from the gangsters live a working mans life even though he keeps getting offers from the gangsters but does not excepting them because he does not want any thing to do with them.

Sometimes stereotypes appear in my own life. Like people from other states think that all people From Chicago have an accent . Some people from out of state tell me that I have a Chicago accent and I think of that as stereotyping because they are dictating where I am because of my accent.Which is also not true.Many people from Chicago don't have accents. But people don't really notice because it is easer to recognize  the stereotype and know where you are from.

Week 3

This week in sociology we learned about social structure and how there dare different groups that we can be part of by the way we act,are family,friends and many others.We did an activity where we drew a digram with are names in the middle and wrote different groups we belong in like family that we are a part of. After doing that I was amazed with how many different groups that people can be apart of.From there family to there gym class there where so many groups and the amount of groups that could be broken of from the genrarl grouse like from family to mediate family.Then we had to pick the specific role from that group that best fits you.I chose son because sometimes when people think of me they think of me as my fathers son.That is because of the physical and sociological similarities that we have together and how big of a role it is to me to live up to those expectations.What I did find similar to my life in this activity is different groups I am apart of and how they oscillate with my life.For example I have a role to play as being a good friend by landing theme some money but i am also a son and i could be saving that money to do something or give something for my family.These groups could sometimes contradict each other in my life.

Week 2

this week in sociology  we talked about the three socilogical imagination perspectives,functional analysis, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction . Functional analysis is studying of how people funtion in society.Conflict theory is studying of convicts and the power struggles within them of who has the power in the conflict . Symbolic interaction is how people interpret different symbols and there different meanings in society. In class we interped these three prespectives by looking at the T.V show Freaks and Geeks.This show is about a high school in the 80's and the struggles of high school in there teenage lives.While we were watching the show we had to analysis the function of sere ton groups and how they function in the high school For example look at the geeks, they are the smart but not overly popular part of the school but they serve a function of being smart and some times being at the bottom of the food change of popularity. We also had to look out and study the main convicts of the show like how the main charters little brother got bulled and when his friends actually fought the bully the power was in main control of the bully because he was stronger and had the most control over the situation.We also had to look for symbols as well like Jason Sigel character drum set which symbolized to him something he enjoys doing and makes every day worth it and he tells the main character to find that sort of thing and have fun with it.These three perspectives relate to my life as well.some times I think about how some little dales are impotent to functioning in society like what clothes will help you fit in or what chothes to were at sermon parts of the year like sometimes i will wear a football shirt in the middle of base ball season but it would matter to people.Also some times i have convicts in my life that I have not total control in like what time to go to bed because i have to get up early and go to school it is end of decision and my mom sets those rules and i follow them. I can also connect to what the drum set symbolized to Jasons charcater is very similar to what sybolise some things in my life too like watching football with my dad. I love doing it and i also because of that branch out and have become such a huge fan of football because of what it means to me.