Response to the article

This article made me sad but it is to true. Boys are not allowed to play toys however girls are allowed to play with boys toys. I think there is nothing wrong if the boy plays with girl toys however his gender is a boy and society says he has to act that. About the costume that he wanted to be a princess i find nothing wrong with that because it is Halloween. People allays dress up however they want and there is nothing wrong. For example my 3 year old sister does not want to be a princess, instead she wants to be a pig for Halloween.Me and mom at first did not understand where did she get that from and i kept on asking her Gabby don't u want to be a princess? And all she said was no and I want to be a pig. So my mom went to the store and got her pig costume. But just by reading this article i understood that there is no reason to push all these things that are labeled as "gilrly" and for "boys". Especially at the young age kids should be allowed to play with what they want. Like my sister again she has race cars and plays with cars sometimes. I do not see anything wrong with that. However society has painted this huge picture the way girls should act and the way boys should act that in the end it might hurt some people.   

All of the sudden i found myself thinking Sociologiclly.....

All of the sudden i found myself thinking sociologically when i was babysitting my little sister Gabby. Gabby is only 3 years old and everything to her is so fascinating. Per day she asked about 1000 times why....? Why the sky is blue? Why is it night time? Why is my name Gabby? Why i have to go to school? Everything is why sometimes it really starts to annoy me but when i was babysitting on weekend i thought about this big question WHY? sociologically. Gabby is 3 years old and by asking questions like Why? so much she is learning so much. That weekend each time she asked me Why? i tried to explain everything as best i could that she would really understand. I realized that i was socializing her into this environment.

My mom has taken a huge role in Gabbys socialization. Since she was little she took her to the story times in the Library. Also she was taking kid rock classes at the park district, with thought her how to count, dance, colors, opposites, and also how to interact with other kids. This fall Gabby started to go to pre-school, with she really likes, and also she takes dancing class on Monday. My mom really wants her to interact with other kids and have fun at the same time.

One day when i came back from school i asked her how was her day and how was school? She told me that the firemen came to her school however she did not go into fireman truck and they did not bring the dogie with like in the cartoon Caillou.This was when i started to think sociologically again. TV was a huge influence on Gabbys socialization too. She remember seeing the cartoon and she was able to connect with her day at school.    

Each day Gabby learns something new. My mom, my step dad, and I myself play a huge role in Gabbys socialization. However TV, her pre-school and her dancing class have a part also. Gabby is socialized each day and that what makes us happy. 

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