#10 What I have learned in Introduction to Sociology.

           It is quite interesting that the class has started in summer, however, now Christmas is coming soon. It is true that time goes by so fast. Honestly, I wasn't that interested in sociology class. However, as the course progressed, it became more and more interesting. While I was taking in Introduction to Sociology, I have learned so many things during this semester. I would like to talk about three things that I was interested in more than the other subjects.

            First, I have learned that creating social norms, reacting to them and following them isn’t sociology but beyond it. It is how we see the world from not only our perspective but also by others too. Sociology is the study of society and human social interaction. Social interactions and their consequences is the subject of sociology. I have learned how the shaping of a society depends on the shaping of the individual itself.

            Second, I believe that the education is the strongest weapon to move up their social class. As I have learned in the class, there are many different social classes in our society; Upper class, middle class, working class, and lower class. Moreover, throughout the inequality and unequal distribution, in lower class people were suffering from poverty. In order to overcome poverty in lower class, we need the education seriously. Furthermore, in chapter 9 mostly talks about social class and global inequality. Especially, chapter 9 was the most interesting chapter for me. I didn't recognize that the United Stated has the same problem as my country which is South Korea. Our country has an unequal distribution and poverty in lower class too.

            Finally, I have learned what deviance is. In chapter 8 says that “Deviance, behavior that does not conform to basic cultural norms and expectations, and its relationship to these questions of self and identity.” I was really curious how people consider whether who deviance is or not. Moreover, Deviance could relate with social culture, structure, and power.

            In conclusion, I am really happy that I met great sociology professor and classmate so that I could learn more about sociology in this semester. Thank you for everything. 

#9 Race and Ethnicity

   
       The article, "The Hispanic Dropout Mystery: A Staggering 30 Percent Leave School, Far More Than Blacks or Whites. Why? by Susan Headden" talks about the dropout rate for Hispanic students. It mentions that there are some reason why the dropout rate for children of American-born Hispanics is higher than the other races. First, language is one of the barrier to Hispanic academic success. However, main problem is the one third of Hispanic children live in poverty. Also, the lack of academic tradition, many Hispanic parents don't aware of education as much of American schools as whites and blacks do. For the solution, the school have to focus on more Hispanics. From the article, I realized that education is the most important thing in our society and also school should have right system to equally teach their students, take care of their students more.

#8 Chapter 9- Class and Global inequality

     
       In Chapter 9, a textbook talks about social class and inequality. There are four different major U.S. social classes : Capitalist(or Upper)class, Middle class, Working class, and Underclass(or Lower)class. Throughout those four different classes in the United Stated, the textbook explains that there are class inequality and unequal distribution. However, it also mentions that people have chance to move from one social class to another. It is called class mobility. Later on, it talks about the impact of class inequality on social life such as health, education, work, politics, and lifestyle. Moreover, chapter 9 explains about class inequality causes the poverty.
        The article called "Cause of Death: Inequality by Alejandro Reuss" is quite related with chapter 9. It discusses the relationship between social inequality and health. It mentions that there are health dangers between lower-income families and higher-income families in the United States. It also indicates that comparison of the level of income inequality for lower class and higher class. Lastly, it says that "greater income inequality causes worse health outcomes independent of its effects on poverty"(2) which is related with chapter 9. I believe that because of the big gap of income inequality between lower class and higher class, so many problems were caused.
      The video "People Like Us: Social Class in America by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker" also talks about the social class in America. I was quite interesting the first video which was basically explaining that people were guessing what social class they belong to based on their appearance with only seeing the pictures. Even though I grew up in lower class, I was trying to wear nice looking clothes.  I was quite caring about what people think about me. Even my mom told me that you should wear nice jacket so that people don't think you are in lower class. It is really ironic. Back to the point, Social inequality exists in our society. However, I believe social mobility and my ability!!!!!!!!!!