week 12

This week in sociology we learned about Deviance and how they differ form what we know in are usual social norms.We looked at an article a group of students in the 70's called the Saints.They where a group of eight male white middle class students. Many people had said in the article  referring to the boys saying how great students they where and popular in the community.But They also violated some aspects of their school's society.Like how they would ditch classes and and go to the pool hall but the teachers did not notice it.But there was another group in the school the Roughnecks that were not the greatest students to be at the school but they did the same types of things the saints did but they usually got caught.So they both violated the norm but it mainly only effected one group .

Some times I perform  a deviance but mostly in a positive way.eating during class.Some people don't like that because the people seem distracted.But I share so people don't have to miss out .I only east in class if we are watching a movie so I don't get side track during note taking.So if done in a non disrupted and positive manner, you can do deviance that are not violent or rude.

Service blog

This week I perfumed 10 hours of community service for the Special Olympics bocce ball tournament.I was there from 7:30 in the mourning to 5:30 in the afternoon.I also went to a training oration given at my school.The supervisor that was with us was my Sociology teacher Mr.Salituro.I was assigned to court Q for the tournament.The first thing that the court's groups had to do was set up the court.It was changing at first but once everything was put out the pieces were all coming together. .I thought it was an extremely great experience to interact and have fun with the athletes.During the matches I was the score keeper and it was my job to keep track of the score and to announce the winner of the match.I did feel kind of sad because i had to give the team the news that they lost even though how hard they tried.The game was hard to understand at first but was the matches got going I began to really understand the rules clearly.The competitors were very great people.They really got into the game and they were always so nice to me at my court.I would cheer and complement every athlete we had on our court.The most exciting part of the day were the gold medal matches.To be apart of a such important matches was very exciting.Even one of the matches my court had went into overtime which was extremely exiting. To see the cheering and smiling faces of the athletes makes it worth it.They showed me that you can do anything you put your mind too as long as you believe you can and work hard.So one the bus going back I had realize the power volunteering and what a couple hours of someones day can make a great experience for other peoples lives.

week 11

This week in sociology we talked about the depictions are society has about girls and boys.This Week we looked the different toys that where advertised to the different sexes.Toy depictions of what both sexes look like ,like barbe, are created with an image that influences children to strive towards that image.The clothing, body figure and even thought process are influenced by the toys to make children want to make these changes. Look at Barbe,it is impossible to have that body figure even with a large amount of surgery which would be very risky.So the images toys produce influence kids to have there image rapped around the toys image.


When my sister was young her image stared to reflect on the toys she played with.When she was younger she loved polly pocket.She had bought clothing very similar to the ones the doll had.Beach hats, bags,they were almost twins.As she is getting older  the pocket fad disapered. But the influence lives on in todays media but not as bad as it was before.

Week 10

This week in sociology we learned about the social influence that the media has on human development.Tv advertisement now has some major powers influencing child  social development.This week we watched a video about the influence of a advertisement on child development. Research had shown that the media advertisement has on even very young children.They are making now video games for toddlers now. These companies want to influence thee young children of today so they will become the super consumers of tomorrow and pretty much surround their culture with what the media advertises.so now major cope rations have the power to pretty much control the kids society.

When I was young I was very influenced by media.When I was little I was obsessed with power rangers.That was what my life was center around. I had every toy watched every episode and wore a porringers costume for 3 different Hollween's.It was just centered around it. I just want to by everything that had to do with them.But as I got older I was able to grow over it.

Week 9

This week in sociology we learned about human nature and how some abilities that people have to learn from social interaction that you just do not know when you are young.In class we read an article about a girl name Genie.In 1970 she was found a California home, locked in a small room and tied to chair.She has in there since she was 20 months old and authorities found her when she was 13 years old. She had been living in that room isolated from the world for over a decade.She was unable to eat,talk walk or even straighten her legs.When doctors gave her an intelligence test, her intelligence score was the of a one year old. Because of her isolation and drama that she experienced before she was discovered, she was unable to learn the skills like taking or walking because she had no social interaction. By the age of 21 she was able to do some of those things but because of that situation she was in she unlikely be able to fully comprehend and develop those skills as much as other people her age.


Most skills that people learn like eating walking talking to not come naturally.You have to learn them.Until maybe a year ago I did not know how to snap my fingers.It was really hard to figure out.I tried mimicking people doing the motion but that did not work.I took a lot of peoples advice but that did not work ether.Until one of my friends gave me the best instructions on how to do it. After that I could snap my fingers with no problem.Even with a skill like snapping you fingers you have to learn it.