The Final Entry

When I first started sociology at the beginning of the semester, I figured I already knew everything, that it would all be common sense. And while a lot of the things we learned were common sense, there were other levels to everything we learned that taught us more in depth about not only what was happening but why these things were happening and how they affect us.

Mrs. Castelli taught me more about sociology than I thought there was. I thought sociology was just things like mannerisms and the idea of global emotions. I didn’t know that race, wealth disparity gaps, and what we expect from the different genders was sociology too. I was surprised by some of the things we learned in this class and was quite intrigued and interested in others.

One subject in particular that interested me a great deal was the idea that what we have come to expect of males and females is not innate, but rather a learned ideology that stems from years upon years of the same expectations. We watched a film in class called "Missrepresentation" which was about how the media portrays females and how that makes females feel about themselves and how it makes males feel about females. I'll spare you my rant, but if you feel the need to read, here is the link to my blog entry about the aforementioned film, Missrepresentation Indeed.

Overall, this class was quite the eye opener. From what I have learned about race recently I have been noticing a lot how true it is that racism is ever present yet people like to pretend they're not racist by pretending races don't exist (which is just silly). It is actually amusing to bring up the subject of race and watch people squirm, uncertain of how to remain politically correct. But I don't just enjoy the practice of what I've learned, I enjoyed just learning it. I have always love learning and school and if that makes me a nerd, or weird, then so be it! I very much loved this class because it took things that I was already at least partially aware of and taught them to me more in depth and from different perspectives. It was as enjoyable as much as it was an interesting and unique learning experience. I can honestly say that I am glad to have taken this class and would like to learn more about it in the future if given the chance.