Finding Sociology

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I noticed someone in a much different social class than me. I was driving home from the bank yesterday when I came across a man walking in the blistering cold with all of his possessions. The first thought that came to me was, "He must be homeless...". I realized that he was in the underclass. He didn't have a home, and he didn't have the money to buy himself new clothes, I know this because I have seen him before  in those same exact clothes. It was just difficult to see. And where I saw him, you would think he would be in a  little higher social class. I saw him just outside Wheaton Academy, a very prestigious and wealthy school. It just goes to show that just because you live near or a by a wealthy neighborhood doesn't always mean that your going to be a part of it.

When it Goes Off

This article is about a man named Robert who he and the narrator went to a riot. What the riot was about is unclear. They have no participation in this, they just wanted to spectate. Early in the passage Robert explains to the narrator that he is not allowed to be Tottenham for being a suspect for killing a man, who was in a previous riot. The police soon intervene to gain some sort of control on the crowd, some of the rioters attempt to rebel, the others remain on the pavement.

Structural Conductiveness: The crowd all stays together on the pavement for fear of getting arrested by the police

Social Strain: The crowd becomes impatient and begins to get violent, which makes everyone else in the crowd impatient and wanting violence.

Growth and spread of a Generalized Belief: the crowd believes if they are violent their needs will be met, creating everyone to feel the same way.

Precipitating Factor: The crowd would like more alcoholic beverages but the bar ran out of glasses

Mobilization of Participants for Actions: everyone suddenly wants more alcohol so they run out into the street causing more of a riot for their drinks.

Inadequate Social Control: The police needed back up to gain control of the crowd.

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Moment =)

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I noticed all the social groups my little sister is in. She is apart of our family, she is a sister to me and my brother, she is in ballet, iceskating, girl scouts, and swimming. With a lot of these groups, they are secondary to her like ice skating and swimming, she talks to a lot of the girls in those classes but they do not hang out outside of it. But some people in her ballet class are primary, they hang out all the time and can be considered best friends. It is interesting to see how much she is apart of and to see her different roles. Her different roles can be a ballerina, a skater, a girl scout, a swimmer, and a sister. The last one is my favorite of what she is.

Vicious Circle

This article isnt that completly surprising to me. The different drug distribution, in my opinion is kind of stereotypical. How white men are doing heroine and cocaine and african americans do more smoking of marijuana. And how the minorities act, it is secondary deiviance, becuase they always seem to keep doing drugs, and knowing the consequences, keep doing it. The prison system for it all, seems like the right thing to do. By moving juveniles to an "adult" prison teaches them a bigger lesson. By them going to a bigger more scary prison it would teach them more of a lesson to hopefully make their next choice a sense of primary deviance.

New Moment

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when I was driving home with my mom and we saw a man walking on the sidewalk. But the thing is, he wasn't dressed in a normal attire. He was dressed in an orange jumpsuit which me and mom immediately think, he is an ex-con! In our minds he was dressed in a deviant way. And at the same time he was breaking a folkway. Most people do not just dress in an orange jumpsuit for their morning walk but he did. It isn't wrong for him to dress this way but he did and he didn't seem to care. He could be seen as a part of the Strain theory because he was norm less in he apparel and he was ok with it.

Response

I think that their child should be able to dress/act anyway that he wants to. If that means that he wants to wear pink and pretend he's a princess so be it. Nobody should be shunned for the things that they like and the way that they act. In psychology last year we watched a movie about kids who were born in the wrong bodies. They might have had a girl's body but they knew in their brain that they were more of a boy. It just made me think that no child should be forced to conform to how others think they should act. I think the parents in this situation did the right thing by not judging their son and making him do what they want him to do. I just dont see why it is okay for girls to act like boys but when a boy wants to act like a girl, the world comes crashing down and it becomes totally unacceptable. Some kids are like that and they should be treated exactly the same as anyone else regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.

Sociology Moment

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when, I noticed how the parental influence on my little sister has changed significantly. She is 6 years old and now she used to want my mom with her at all times, when she came home from school, at the house, with her friends...ect. Well, she is beginning to get influence from her peers. She no longer wants my mom to meet her by the front door because it is now uncool, and it is more grown up for her to do it herself. But I still notice their impact on her as they teach her how to mini golf correctly, how to write more neatly and how to tie her shoes. I also found myself influencing her, from me being significantly older, she talks and acts more like a teenager than her friends do. I catch her saying 'like' in every sentence and she just mimicks everything that I do, because she watched me as she grew up. I became and influence on her.





( Mrs. Haas, i wrote this all Sunday night but forgot to press publish, so it was saved as a draft...I swear I did it!!! then)