Please answer the question below:
After reading the selection “Making it by Faking It” by Robert Granfield (Reading 10, Life and Society, Henslin) please respond to the questions that follow. Previously in class we discussed how rules differ among social classes. What working class rules did these college students find as barriers during their experience at an elite law school? Do you feel that upward mobility could make one feel separate from their original class culture? Have you experienced class differences in your own life? How significant of a role do you feel class issues play in individual’s lives? How might you be sensitive to class differences in your role as a professional?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Blog Post #6
Originally Due: Thursday, November 1st but extended to Tuesday, November 6th due to the instructor's delay in posting the blog.
Please answer the question below: Question: Chapter 9 discusses social stratification and global inequality. If we conducted a simulation exercise in class, 15% of you would represent the high income group, 30% of you the middle income group, and the remaining 55% the lowest income group. These percentages are based on approximate real world percentages of people in these various groups. This simulation would demonstrate the vast inequality that exists in our world. The United Nations Development Program reported in 1998 that the world’s 225 richest people now have a combined wealth of $1 trillion. That’s equal to the combined annual income of the world’s 2.5 billion poorest people. Further, in 1998, 20% of the world’s people living in the highest-income countries accounted for 86% of total private consumption expenditures while the poorest 20% accounted for only 1.3 percent.
What theory or theories might a sociologist use to explain this vast disparity? What do you feel is the cause of this? What are some potential solutions which leaders in the field cite to address this problem of inequality?
Please answer the question below: Question: Chapter 9 discusses social stratification and global inequality. If we conducted a simulation exercise in class, 15% of you would represent the high income group, 30% of you the middle income group, and the remaining 55% the lowest income group. These percentages are based on approximate real world percentages of people in these various groups. This simulation would demonstrate the vast inequality that exists in our world. The United Nations Development Program reported in 1998 that the world’s 225 richest people now have a combined wealth of $1 trillion. That’s equal to the combined annual income of the world’s 2.5 billion poorest people. Further, in 1998, 20% of the world’s people living in the highest-income countries accounted for 86% of total private consumption expenditures while the poorest 20% accounted for only 1.3 percent.
What theory or theories might a sociologist use to explain this vast disparity? What do you feel is the cause of this? What are some potential solutions which leaders in the field cite to address this problem of inequality?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Change of Due Date
Please note that Blog Post #4 is now due Tuesday, Ocober 23rd due to the cancellation of class on Tuesday, October 16th. Hard copies of the blog will be handed out in class today.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
sagging pants
Sagging pants!
Some people like to be comfortable, but some people are claiming they're letting their pants sag just to express themselves. If they want to express themselves let them do it at home. They should ask themselves do they think that people want to see their underwear. I pretty sure most people dont' want to see anybodies underwear or for the most, their private parts.
To the lawmakers in Louisana, i would say keep pressing keep fighting. If i lived in Louisana, had a teenage daughter and she wanted to date a guy that was wearing pants that were sagging i would forbid it.
Don't these kids know that its officials of their own ethnic background that are against the way the way they wear their pants!? I guess they just don't get it.
To Larry Harris from Miami, i would say hip-hop is not a language, but a style of music and he should know that since he is a musician.
We tolerate African-American teenagers conduct in public, attitude, music, and now they want us to tolerate their display of underwear or their private parts....Where does it end then?
Some people like to be comfortable, but some people are claiming they're letting their pants sag just to express themselves. If they want to express themselves let them do it at home. They should ask themselves do they think that people want to see their underwear. I pretty sure most people dont' want to see anybodies underwear or for the most, their private parts.
To the lawmakers in Louisana, i would say keep pressing keep fighting. If i lived in Louisana, had a teenage daughter and she wanted to date a guy that was wearing pants that were sagging i would forbid it.
Don't these kids know that its officials of their own ethnic background that are against the way the way they wear their pants!? I guess they just don't get it.
To Larry Harris from Miami, i would say hip-hop is not a language, but a style of music and he should know that since he is a musician.
We tolerate African-American teenagers conduct in public, attitude, music, and now they want us to tolerate their display of underwear or their private parts....Where does it end then?
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Thought-Provoking Question #4
Due: Thursday, October 18th
Please answer the question below:
Question: Chapter 4 discusses the major components of social structure, which include; culture, social class, social status, roles and groups. While it is important to identify each of these components, it is critical to understand how a person’s social location in the social structure underlie his or her perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and actions. Please use a character in a movie, television show, book or other appropriate medium as an example to illustrate the importance of social location.
Please answer the question below:
Question: Chapter 4 discusses the major components of social structure, which include; culture, social class, social status, roles and groups. While it is important to identify each of these components, it is critical to understand how a person’s social location in the social structure underlie his or her perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and actions. Please use a character in a movie, television show, book or other appropriate medium as an example to illustrate the importance of social location.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I believe in society today we are influenced a lot by nurture. We see what other people are doing and we want to do the same thing. It could be from a cover of a magazine of how skinny, beautiful and expensive clothing the model maybe wearing, to the latest technology that is out there. Teachers, doctors, and even riding on a bus its part of the influence of nurture. There are different things that people see and do that they get costumed to. For an example,when you are a kid, you have certain people you look up to and want to do the same things that they do. Then when you are an adult, you will then have other different children who want to do the same. It's part of a cycle that everyone is on. People get influenced everywhere they go and anything they do. It's when they want to pick it up or not, that's part of life.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Journal Response #3
Due: Thursday, October 11th
Please answer the question below:
Question: Chapter Three explores “nature” (heredity) versus “nurture” (the social environment) in terms of how our human characteristics are developed. What are your feelings on this? Would you attribute the development of human characteristics to nature, nurture, or a combination of both? Please cite examples from class, the text and your own personal experiences to support your position. How has sociological research/observation responded to this question?
Please answer the question below:
Question: Chapter Three explores “nature” (heredity) versus “nurture” (the social environment) in terms of how our human characteristics are developed. What are your feelings on this? Would you attribute the development of human characteristics to nature, nurture, or a combination of both? Please cite examples from class, the text and your own personal experiences to support your position. How has sociological research/observation responded to this question?
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