Your from where?

The movie we watched in sociology this week was crash! and wow that was such a good movie! When sal explained that there wasn't going to be a main character I thought the movie was going to be weird and that I just wouldn't like it but keeping an open mind i ended up really enjoying the movie! I thought about how we sterotype people and how wrong that really is... from now on I'll try my best to treat everyone equal I don't want to be like any one how was acted racist in the movie! my favorite storyline in the movie was the Senators or Mayors or whoever it was wife fell down the stairs and no one but her house keeping was there to help her... it goes to show people who have money are only interested in when the party is or what's going on for the weekend but when it comes to helping out anyone but themselves they can't.

Is all race

The only reason race is out there is because we are the ones who created it... people discriminate because as growing up there parents did or friends did so they grew up with that. TV brainwashes and so the public. Its a known fact that there is more African Americans in jail then white people.... why is that? When people hear my grandma speaking Spanish they assume she is Mexican but she is really Puerto Rican they also assume is most likely doesn't have a lot of money, so when they see her car or house its shocking to people, i think that's really unfair to her that people look down on her but I look up to her because she is very diverse and can speak 2 languages which i cannot. But race is out there and I don' think there is anything anyone can do to change people's opinions on it...

A new experience

My parents always told me you don't know how lucky you really are. And I am know realizing I had no clue, going to school here I always have in the back of my mind the feeling of wanting more, watching shows on MTV with nice cars and huge houses I want it! Until we started learning about the lower class I was aware that there was people living in poverty but I didn't realize their struggle they live through daily. When I thought I had a bad day I didn't realize there is people out there who have a bad life, as some students express its there fault that they are in poverty but my opinion has changed! Your life is what you have been born into its not your fault its just the way it is... So maybe lending out a helping hand is more appreciated then we thought.

More like a game of chance

The life we one day have is the life we are born into, it's just like a roll of the dice... And life is what we make of it. The people who live in poverty and who have to walk to work everyday I feel bad for... but the women who worked at burger king wasn't poor me feel bad for me... she knew there wasn't anything she could do to change what life gave her. I know a lot of people think people who are in poverty its their faults but this class is teaching me maybe it's not all their faults... maybe they just got a bad roll...

30 days WITHOUT!

30 days in prison seems more than enough time to drive me crazy! I can't even imgaine 30 days grounded... and for some people in our class how would they live without edline for 30 days!? lol I'm just kidding! but watching that show made prison seem pretty easy... I don't understand why they don't just make prison confinement, it drove that one guy on the show crazy... hopefully that would scare people into not going but i guess not. I don't really know anyone who has ever been in prison and i haven't been there so I had no concern about it! but now that I actually see what its like I wish there was something I could do to help people learn their leason...

A School of Saints

I wouldn't say our high school is filled with Saints! but people like the gang the Saints we read about in the last article! I found the article to be so true! Not just at our high school but any where you go there will be people who make trouble and people who cause trouble behind the scenes. I think about 90% of our school would be considered Saints and the rest seen as Roughnecks because there is people who don't like our school system! but what i learned from this reading if i want to get anywhere in life and still have a fun time just manipulate the system! JK!

What a waste of time

When I first sat down to do the un-tv homework I thought it was really interesting all the edits and cuts that go for only 10 minutes. I never realized how many there really are i didnt pay attention to the techincal effects, i just watched. but when it came time for me to sit there and stare at the tv for thirty minutes which i only did for about 15 i thought what a complete waste of time, almost as i felt in the nothing assignment we did. But since i had so much time and after watching someone else watch tv i never realized how much time i spent literally doing nothing but watching something... but why? its not like anything teenagers watch does really relate to their own lives. because of this i'm not going to stop watching tv! but i might think twice before i sit done and nothing gets done... not homework, not cleaning my room, or even hanging out with friends.

Beers and Weers?

Geeks and Freaks is such a great show I'm really sad that they don't play anymore because if they did i would totally watch! but relating this past episode to sociology with agents of socialization Lindsey and Sam both have out grown their influence of their parents, where they are influenced more by peer groups, friends, and school. Lindsey is torn between who she really wants to be friends with because they are starting to rip her apart. i can relate to this episode because i don't spend as much time with my family anymore, most of my time is spent at school or at work not at home, and the people i'm already all day i would say influence me most. but i wonder if we ever get to an age where we are no longer being influenced at all...

were tuesday people...

Watching Tuesdays with Morie made me really sad but at the same time made me realize a lot of things I never even thought about until that movie. I thought at first it was kinda weird a movie was making me feel that way until the end and realized it was based on a true story. In the movie when Morie mention asking the bird on his shoulder if today was the day he was going to die, and if that moment if he was to die if he would be happy with his life. I find myself thinking about that once a day. If I'm really happy and if there is a day that goes by where I'm not I fill it with a lot excitement! I'm so glad Sal played that movie for us! and i really am looking forward to the next movie! or maybe even watching the girl who thought she was a wolf! lol

My Values

Its so interesting that American's differ so much from other countries when it comes to values! There is such a great visible difference between the US and other countries such as Germany but when it comes to Stevenson it is thought we all have the same values... I sort of disagree I think that are families are all different, we might have the same background or not but or families are all different and raised maybe similar but differently causing are values to all differ but when we come to school we interact with are peers and friends and some of their values are placed upon us. Causing Stevenson student to conduct this chain of grasping its students one by one to have these values. but why are we all so alike? is it maybe really like stevenson as other schools just not noticed as much?

Culture

Tomorrow i leave for vail, colorado and i'm so excited but something i'm looking forward to is to look different gestures people use out there. every year when i go there seems to be a lot of people from europe and i'm interested to see how many different types of people and cultures are there this year and watch and observe unlike times before i didn't pay as much attention. today in class when we talked about a lot of the hand gesture i thought it was crazy how different things are in different places but i know not to use the "your mothers a whore" gesture in front of any hispanics just in case!

A Bronx Tale

The movie a bronx tale opened my eyes to the ways things use to be back when. I feel things are some what similar i saw the groups sonny was apart and felt his role wasn't more important than mine. He played a role of a son to his father, a friend to his friends, and a son-like figure to sonny. I wouldn't say collogero was in Sonny's crew but Sonny and Collogero acted as a group just the two of them, i realized that in the scene where the bar fight breaks lose and we see collogero duck for cover not acting as a active crew member. His overall Master Status i thought at first what the relationship he has with Sonny which to C has a lot of importance but when they are at the wrestling match and C stays with his dad it shows his true master status is his role as a son to his family, to his father.

Gang Leader for a Day

Gang leader for a day was the most interesting reading we have had yet in sociology! It made me really think! i thought it was very cool of J.T. to let Sudhir know that he didn't need a survey to understand his people and the projects it was observing and hanging out with them. There are two different ways to get information in soc but i think hanging out with people and observing them gets a lot more accomplished then a survey. when you take a survey you don't always answer honestly! but when your hanging out with some who is a friend you might get all the answers needed in a better way. I'm very happy for Sudhir and his accomplishments i thought it was a wonderful story.

Sociological Mindfulness

I felt today was exhausting in sociology! the article we all read had to do with this idea of sociological mindfulness and all though its great that everyone got to voice their opinions about it i felt we were in some kind of debate class instead of a soc class! i know there was a lot of people in our class who thought wow there is no way the whole world can become like this but that to me is not what the article is asking us to do! today our class was being the opposite of sociological mindful, we were trying to prove or disprove this idea! i never thought about how the social world was created by people or how social life consists of patterns wintin patterns and this article was something that got me thinking, made me want to be more of an aware person of the people around me! i hope other people feel the same!

"If Hitler asked you..."

Although i've only been in Sociology for a few days it is really interesting!! The Meyer article i read is something i watched in other classes and thinking about it in a sociology way is something i have never done before! i thought it was so shocking that all those people would place harm on another human being! it just shows how society today has been taught there whole life to obey authority. some people will obey without question! i guess its good some kids don't question their deans but the kids that do end up being punished! is it that we are trained to obey authority or are we just scared if we don't what could happen?  

About Me

well the reason i named my titled DownUnder thoughts is because Australia is my favorite place to travel, i went there 2 years ago in the summer to participate in the DownUnder Sports Tour for cheerleading. i am no longer in cheerleading but that won't stop me from going back to Australia! something else people should know about me is i love animals! i have 2 dogs (chocolate labs) and a cat at home, with a puppy that will be coming in March which i'm so excited for! AND i love to ski! its my favorite winter sport! i guess thats all for now! see ya in class!