The Vicious Circle

In this article it gives a very interesting statistics on how much the drug rate in teenagers has increase. The race however between the teens that are committing the crimes are the same for white teens and color teens. However people in the society does not  understand that and when they hear about the crime they just assume that the criminal different race. I think this article deals more with the secondary deviance because these kids that are on drugs does not really learn the lesson that they suppose to. However in the article it mentions that the kid are getting more scared when the police treat them with taking away their driving license rather than jail. For me this makes no sense, how can a teen not care about their freedom rather they care about driving a car. In this argument the primary deviance is shown. Because teens are scared on loosing their license and more likely they not going to commit the crime again.

I think this article is very interesting because it shows to the people that not just color teens are criminals. White teens are involved in that too and even more than the color kids. Also for me it was very interesting that kids are more scared of loosing the ability to drive rather than jail. I would not want to loose my freedom. I think that prisons for teens needs to me more educational because they are so young still and they can still change it just takes effort. However no one wants to take that responsibility and no one really cares deeply about these teens that are committing the crimes.

All of the sudden i saw Sociology when...

All of the sudden i saw Sociology when this week we went to jail. I must say i learned a lot while i was there. There is soo many Sociological terms that i can applies to the day that we spent in jail! When we were in jail i saw a Phenomenological theory. When Sargent was telling us the statistics on how many inmates come back to jail after they are released. This theory explains why they do that because they have a positive view on themselves and they do not think they are doing anything wrong with it. So they commit the crime again and go back to jail! Also the shaming theory can explain why the criminals are put into the jail. They are put in there so they would see how ashamed the people are of them and the would make them change themselves and learn the lesson. However not so many Inmates take that out  of jail. Because they are have no goals and nor role models so they could change. 
In one of the court hearing i saw the only women that was in it. So i could applie the Feminist Theory to her because her crime was not as what the men would commit but it was close. She was charged with beating up her boyfriend who is in the wheel chair, however the boyfriend was beating her up too so they were both being deviant. This week and the field trip was very interesting to me because in my future i do want to become a lawyer so this was a good reality check for me. I really liked seeing the court hearings. It was very interesting to me because i did not know how did proceed. However jail part was not one of my favorite parts because it is just scary on how much some inmates do not care that they are in jail. 
Thank you for a great field trip Mrs. Haas:)

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.