Sociology 101: Entry 9 LAST ONE
Final Thoughts: Social change happens because we begin to act in new ways. What have you learned in this class? What actions and what changes, if any, are you going to make as a result of taking SOC 101?
Two words. Food. Inc.
Not to say I'm currently changing my eating behaviors (still eating fast food with my dad because he's finally happy with his life and I can't bear to say no to him). But, I do plan that when I live on my own and don't have to preach suggest to the people I mooch off of and do not pay rent to what food to buy from farmers markets. I don't want to support the way food is processed in America (well, mostly the fact that factories don't clean the manure off of cattle before butchering them and cutting the meat I eat off. No one messes with my meat.)
I've also considered my racial and social class more. I'm more aware that it factors into my life than I was before.
But I've got to say, that Anthropology is more interesting to me academically. I pefer to learn about why cultures function the way they do, what motivates the structure of cultures. Learning about society and how it affects me makes me really sad inside. I feel a little like I'm trying to avoid the problem, but I'd prefer to see it as getting a new fish.
You leave the fish in the bag it came in, and let it sit in the water of your tank for a while. Then you put the fish in the tank. The ideas from SOC 101 are currently in my mind and some of the stuff makes me see my country a little differently. I need to get used to it before I can start to really look at it for what it is and how I can make a difference.
Two words. Food. Inc.
Not to say I'm currently changing my eating behaviors (still eating fast food with my dad because he's finally happy with his life and I can't bear to say no to him). But, I do plan that when I live on my own and don't have to preach suggest to the people I mooch off of and do not pay rent to what food to buy from farmers markets. I don't want to support the way food is processed in America (well, mostly the fact that factories don't clean the manure off of cattle before butchering them and cutting the meat I eat off. No one messes with my meat.)
I've also considered my racial and social class more. I'm more aware that it factors into my life than I was before.
But I've got to say, that Anthropology is more interesting to me academically. I pefer to learn about why cultures function the way they do, what motivates the structure of cultures. Learning about society and how it affects me makes me really sad inside. I feel a little like I'm trying to avoid the problem, but I'd prefer to see it as getting a new fish.
You leave the fish in the bag it came in, and let it sit in the water of your tank for a while. Then you put the fish in the tank. The ideas from SOC 101 are currently in my mind and some of the stuff makes me see my country a little differently. I need to get used to it before I can start to really look at it for what it is and how I can make a difference.