Final Blog

My name is Adam and I am a senior at a well-known high school in the north shore suburbs. I am one of three children in my family. I enjoy watching and playing sports during my free time. My biggest influences in my life are my parents. Both my parents have given me great opportunities to succeed in life and have given me a great set of values. Due to my parents ability to give my life structure, I have many goals for my future. A few immediately goals are to maintain my grades at the level they are at, and to get accepted into a university of my choice. One of my long-term goals is to earn a degree in some sort of business profession.

I would change, in light of our sociological experiences, many parts of my original blog:

My name is Adam and I am a senior at a very large, and diverse high school in the north shore suburbs. I am one of three children, all of the same race and ethnicity, in my family. I enjoy helping others and working with people, whether through sports or volunteering. I watch and play sports in most of my free time. The role models in my life are my parents. Both my mother and father have raised my to strive for success and put forth all my effort. They have taught me to be accepting of everyone. One thing I enjoy doing is looking at the world in a different perspective. In this I mean that I like trying to do certain things and see the results that occur. Stereotypes have minimal influence in my life right now, yet in the future, i may encounter some interaction. My biggest goals for my future are to maintain my grades, and earn a degree in a respectable profession. I believe that these goals are, in a way, shaped by the culture I live in. In the culture i live in, the majority of the teens go to college, lead a middle-class lifestyle. Another way that my life is shaped is by the media. The media, whether television, newspaper or radio, affects everyone around me. Whether hearing about a bad things, or learning about some new medicine to cure a disease, we are all effected by the media. I would classify my major status, as of now, as a student. Everyday in my life, some part of school plays a role in my life. My future is shaped by the way I perform in school and the things I learn. Sociology and studying the people around you, has changed my life and views as a human. 

Race: Crash

While dicusssing race in class, we came across a video that helps me see and understnad the way it is perceived in our world, as a whole. In this video, a experiment was taken where they placed little girls and buys in a room, and asked them to slect which doll was associated with the such charactersitic. Out of about 20 children, about 10-15 chose the white doll over the black doll. I feel the point of this video is to explain and show the world how we are not changing and need to progress towards the better. A few things in this video made me think of the way I was taught and raised. In my family, we are never taught to disrespect anyone for any reason. In the case of race, I haven't had any problems with anyone of similar or different race. If I go back farther, I'm sure there was some interaction between races, within the lives of some relatives. These stereotypes and beliefs haven't really effects my lie widely. A great way for our class and everyone to learn from this, is by moving away from racism and preventing its negative effects on the next generation. By everyone participating, we can really have a strong effect. 

Another way that race has been brought into my life is through school. Going to Stevenson is a way to experience certain races first hand. Although there is some interaction, i wish there would be more diversity. i would like to see how everything would flow with different races and everything in our large academic environment. In terms of the people that I spend most of my time with, they are all white. There is for sure a lot of "clicking" between groups of the same race. 

One way I feel we can portray our opinions is through media. Many movies explain these views and how violence and negative things are the only results that come out of this. I cannot specifically think of a great movie, but there are many out there that do a great job.