Social Class

As a child it doesn’t matter but as you grown up the class become clearer and clearer. While I was growing up I thought my dad was rich because he always gave me what I needed, but as I got older I realized that my dad never graduated from high school but got his GED because he had to drop out and help my grandmother. He always wanted better for me to get good grade and go to college but still try instill the values that his working mother taught him and her parents taught her, something is not worth it if you don’t work hard for it, for them it was money for food and clothes, for me its school and money.

Social classes mean a lot more than it should in the U.S. from high school students to middle age men and women, they all see people by where they come from and who their parents are. Who their parents are reflect more than who they are because of social classes. 

Changing Social Connections?

Yes I do believe that American are more isolated by technology, virtual worlds allow people to have complete lives from the comfort of their own homes and it’s a problem that needs to be solved now or our world will solely revolve around computers. We put so much of our lives on computers that we rely on them so much that we would be lost without them, I can’t go a day without my cell phone or computer even my DVR. We rely on computer so much now I can’t even image where we would be in 10 years, will my car drive itself or my paper type with I’m thinking without me saying it aloud. 

The Criminal Justice System

How you think our society should change how we deal with a certain type of crime or criminal

Honestly, no don’t think that we should change the way we deal with certain types of crimes or criminals. We deal with hate crimes differently than assault crimes because they are fueled by a different kind of vendetta. We deal with murder differently than manslaughter become one is accident and the other can be intentional. I don’t think we should deal with certain crimes or criminal differently because I think we have a lot more things to deal with like a simple technicality can cause a guilty man walk free or it taking years to convict someone due to lack of man power. 

Nature vs. Nurture: What's Your View?

The debate has good point from both sides but personally I don’t believe that just because of your genes you are destined to turn out a certain way. Children that have been adopted and have never known their own biological parents, have more characteristic from their adoptive parents because of the way they were raised. My best friend Tracy was raised by her single mom until the age of 6, that’s when her mother married Tom. Tom raised Tracy to be an independent self-reliable woman something completely different from her biological father that walked out on her and her mom. How someone is raised will determine what kind of person they will become not by who's genes they carry. 

Understanding how American Culture Looks to Outsiders

I do believe that people around the world think of our culture like that, comedy sketches and songs about our country. Many people around the world would find our culture of singing about the pride for our country is a bit over enthusiastic about pride and country. I think it is a bit ironic that BBC used a British actor, Hugh Laurie, who plays in an American medical show. The repetitive nature of our songs makes the meaning strong but to other cultures it's funny. 

Sanford Prison Experience

No, the Stanford Prison Experiments was not ethical, the prisoners and the guard’s sense of self were lost, truly believing that they were the roles they were playing. The researchers could of/might have caused psychological trauma in the future for both the “guards” and the “prisoners.” I would like to see how the people that participated in the experiments were affects by it psychologically in later life. Did the guards become violent after the experiment, having experienced a form of authority and being violate towards fellow participants (prisoners) of the experiment? 

Week One Introduction

Hi everyone,
My name is Natalie Gomez and I am 21 years old. I work full time as a server in Tyson's Galleria. I hopefully will receive my Associate's Degree in Social Science in December and will transfer to GMU by next spring. I plan on going to law school and practice family law. I am taking Sociology 200 as a requirement but I am interested in learning more about the subject. i am looking forward to reading everyone's blogs.