Final Blog

Looking back at the blog that I wrote at the beginning of the semester, I do feel as though my mindset has changed. When I go out I see things more in depth than I had before. My sociological imagination has evolved since I learned about what it was at the beginning of the semester. I see how people are connected to each other in the world. This class helped me study my surroundings and myself a lot more. It made me take a deeper look at who I am. I liked learning about cultures in this class. That has always been an interesting topic to me. At the beginning of the semester, I wasn’t too interested in cultures. It really intrigued me to learn more about the different cultures in the world and how they interact with each other and live their lives. People in China live different lives than we do here, in the United States. I know more about that culture because my dad goes to China a lot for business. What I like about the American culture is that it’s one big melting pot of different people. Anyone can come here and live here, it doesn’t matter your race or religion.

I still believe that my family is my biggest influence on my personality and my view of the world. This is because I live with them and have grown up with them and learned their view points before I was able to learn my own. Because of that, I am the way that I am. I don’t have a problem with my view on the world I just wish that there was no more racism because it has evolved so much since the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Racism now covers not just skin color, but sex (male or female) and religion. These things then change the way people socialize.

When I was doing my service project I realized that little kids socialize differently with their peers than adults do with adults. If they didn’t get what they wanted then they would cry and complain and scream until they thought they would get what they wanted. We, as the teachers would then have to threaten to send the kids to the office if they didn’t listen. I hate being the “bad guy” but sometimes it’s necessary. I also learned that in different countries people greet each other and use different hand motions when talking. Like in France people greet each other with one kiss on each cheek, in America we wave to each other and say hello.

I definitely have a much different out look on life after taking Sociology this semester. I really wish this was a full year class! I feel like this class has helped me get ready for college next year. What I’ve learned has made me feel more comfortable in my own skin and the environment in which I live in. I’m really sad that this class is overL