All of the sudden i saw Sociology when... AGAIN!

All of the sudden i saw  sociology when i went to London and stayed in the family for the whole week. I did not really know how to speak English at that time so it was supper interesting for me. I stayed in the family of 2 kids and a mom. the first thing that shocked me the most was that in the bathroom if you want to take a bath there was 2 faucets. One for hot water and the other for cold. When first time i wanted to take a bath it was very difficult for me because it was ether very very hot or very very cold so i really could not figure how to do it.  They just have  different norms that i had to fallow and adapt to it for the whole week. However it was pretty difficult with the bath part. Different countries had different norms and some norms are just very hard to adapt for some people. However it is a good experience and sometimes it is go for people to learn something new.

Symbol Blog Post

Football in American culture means Sunday night. The majority of American population every Sunday attached themselves next to the TVs and watch football.

Fast food is very important in American culture. SO many people are always in the hurry so they do not get to eat dinner with their families sitting at home. A Lot of people eat on the go and that is a symbol of how busy the society is.

Facebook is huge in American culture. A lot of people want to be connected and in touch with each other. Facebook is the place to do that. A lot of Americans are on facebook because they believe that everyone is connected and that's the way they talk with their friends.

Americans value their cars. If you have a nice new expensive car that means you have money and you can afford to buy and expensive nice looking car. However if you do not have a lot of money you buy and old cheap car or you do not have a car at all. Symbol is if you have a nice car that means you have money.

Starbucks coffee in American culture represents daily morning. A lot of Americans include Starbucks coffee in their daily routines. Because we are so busy stopping for coffee does not take so much time. 

All of the sudden i saw Sociology when...

All of the sudden i saw Sociology when i moved to America in 7th grade. For me at that time everything looked so different. The language was completely different i did no understand anything what people were saying to me and i sort of felt stupid. Also i felt like when i was trying my hardest to say something gin English people would just get annoyed with me. When i came here it seemed that people were constantly moving and never stopping. I never understood the eat on the go process. For me it just seemed so weird and out of place. It was very hard for me to get used to the new culture and adapted myself to it but i did it. I got used to the fast moving life. I do know understand the process of eating on the go. But at that time i was a stranger in a huge country with a bunch of new cultures. It is hard for someone from different culture to adapt to another. It takes time and a lot of hard work witch i did. There is Sociology all over us. Going from one country to another or going from one town to another it always fallows.    

Beamused in America: American Television

1. In this article Stefan Schirmer is comparing  the TV shows in the America to the TV shows in Germany. He is calling American TV as pretty disturbing. He says that most of our shows has to do something with crime. He was surprised to see so many killing or about killing shows especially during the day ( before 4 pm). Also Schirmer says that Americans are more contribute of being in front of the camera in the TV shows. He does not understand why do we need more than 100 channels. Most of us watch 4 channels the most anyways.

2. Stefan finds this culture strange because he cannot understand how can we take so much crime on TV. He thinks we already get daily news witch more than half is filled with crime reports. On top of that we have all these different shows about crime. Germans are not used to that. They like cooking shows better than killing shows.

3. Americans value their television. If you have over 100 channels that means you are "cool" and not poor. They like to be able channel surf while sitting on their buts. Also we are so used to watching and hearing about crime, so it really does not bother us to be watching tv all day about crime. Americans do value their television.

All of the sudden....

All of the sudden i started thinking sociologically when, one weekend i went to a very small town. This mall town is Putnam, IL. A town that education is not the first instinct to do for a young kinds. However their first priority is to work on the farm from the sun rise to the sunset. It made me want to get inside their shoes and see why they do not wanna go to school? why they do not want to get an education and a better life? Seeing all these young girls walking around with their children and the tummy sticking out made me realize how lucky some people are. But then again i started thinking about those young girls and young guys... They do not know better. They do not know how doest it like to go to school and have an education. They did not realize that maybe they are too young to have kinds.It made me realize a lot and it made me think so much. By thinking i came to the point were it made me realize that these kids do not have a great role models. They do not have no one to look up to and we all know that we always like to have a role model and that open person we always look up to. Sadly these kids do not have this opportunity in the land of no where.

I do believe that we all need someone to look up to and these kids cannot do that. When i visited the small town that's when i started thinking sociologically. In the land of nowhere. 

-Guoste

Who am I?

I am Guoste and i came here from Lithuania in 7 grade. Yes, i am a 100% Lithuanian. I am  friend. I try to be the best i can for my friends and always be there for them. I love helping people to solve their problems. I am a helpful person. I love helping people and i love making a difference. I am a daughter to my parents. My parents means everything to me and i do not know what would i do without them.Sadly my parents got divorced. I live with my mom here in USA while my dad lives in Lithuania. I get to see him every 2 years and it really makes me sad because some days all i wanna do is see my dad.  I am a sister. My little sister totally completes me. She is my best friend and the person that always puts a smile on my face no mater what. She is only 3 years old but she knows how to make me happy. I am a huge sports fan. I love playing basketball. When i play basketball i forget about all the problems that i might have in my life and i just play. Basketball makes me who i am because anytime i need to forget my problems i just pick up a basketball and leave everything behind me. I am a person that loves to smile and always ready to help someone.

The biggest influence in my life is my mom. She is always there for my no matter what and she always have the best advice when i need one. She is the person that i can talk with anytime and about anything because i know she will always understand. My dad is a huge part of who i am also. Since he is so so so far away i miss him so much however he thought me so many thinks that are useful in life. My family is very close. However my mom and I do not get to see our family so often we are still super close.My boyfriend had though me a lot also. I changed a lot after i meat him. he thought me how to live day by day and not look into the future so much.He made me to believe in myself more and he showed me who i really am. Last spring our family experienced a tragic. I know a word tragic sounds so big and scary. This is where my last most influential person comes in play. My moms brother, my uncle. He is like a second dad to me. Last spring brake we got a call from my family in Lithuania with some bad news. My uncle passed away. He was only 40 years old healthy and i thought he will live forever. It was a tragic to me and it still is because i felt like i lost my dad. I could not believe it for very long time and i am not sure if i still believe that it happen. To me it still seams like i am having a very bad dream and i really want to wake up from it but i can not because it is reality.  After that i live day by day because you can not ever know what will tomorrow bring.

I am  a dreamer. I dream a lot and i dream big. I have so many goals that i want to accomplish and i know i can do it. My biggest goal right now is to finish high school with good grades go to a small 4 year college. My biggest goals is to study law and to get into a good law school. My goal is to always stay close with my family. I want to never stop smiling and i want to always believe in myself:)