week 6

This week was very interesting with all the different cultural norms, and how if different cultures things we think are weird are normal. The toilets in Japan are greatly different from the toilets in America, and from the perspective of either culture the other is odd. It was funny to see how crossing he road was so different in different places, from dodging cars to walking a steady pace.Overall this week was very eye opening to how sociology can be related in real life situations, and how important it is to be sociologically mindful.

week 5

I think C belongs to many groups hroughout the movie. C is a son (in 2 ways), a part of his family, a friend, a gangster, a lover, student, and many more. As C progresses throughout the movie his master status changes. As the story starts C is a loyal son to his father, but as he progresses throughout his life he pulls away from that master status. C becomes more of a son to Sunny then to his real father. Overal I think C's master status is being a son, though he changes fathers quite frequently. C has many minor statuses hat change his life dreasticly, being a gangster and lover mainly. The groups that C surrounds himself with ultimatly help to define his life.

week 4

I thought the activity we did in class where we had to create groups that we where a part off really helped me to see my life in a new way and the lifes of others in a new way. It helped me to see what prioritys i had in my life right now. It also helped me to see what other people value in life, some things i dont think are important may greatly define other peoples existance. The main thing that my life is based around is my family where others it may be religion, even though i don't care for religion it can be the sole reason that one may go on from day to day. If you are mindful of others you can prevent judgeing people based on our perspective.

week 3

sorry Mr.Salituro for taking so long to post this week i am traveling this weekend to my cousins wedding so i haven't had a internet connection to post till now, the abandon ship activity was interesting / predictable, before we began the activity i guessed who would be kicked off the boat and i picked exactly the same people that would get kicked off. It was interesting to see how people where kicked off the boat, due to physical capabilities, strength, and abilitys that could be useful both on the boat and after they are saved. The techniques that people used to kick the others off was funny to watch, most arguments didn't make sense, people where ganged up on or just realized that they where of no help to the others and left. I think the main reasons people where kicked off is just based on our social norms, in some cultures the eldest would have survived, or the scenario would play out differently.