Thursday, January 6, 2011

Who Am I After Sociology?

At the beginning of the year our first blog post was about defining ourselves as a person. My identity as a person hasn't been redefined, I feel that I am the same person I was before I took the class. Though the way I view the world around me has changed since the beginning of the year. I tend to think with a sociological imagination more often now. I question a lot of the things I see and try and figure things out by creating cause and effect scenarios that end with the event I question. Why does this person behave this way? How did this person end up like this? Why did this happen to me? I've began looking at class structure in society differently, as an invisible wall that separate people from interacting. Culture I now see as something that makes people unique. I've seen how the media can skew viewers opinions on topics and stretch truths. Mainly I've learned to notice the bad part of society. Though, by doing this I have greater appreciation of the good parts of society. Overall, I'm glad I had taken the class and I appreciate the fact that my out look on society has changed for the better.