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It doesn't matter what social class system you fit into; it affects your lifestyle and lifestyle. I was born into a low-class family as a kid, and the life I lived, I say the lower class wasn't the best. I remember when I was around four or five, I was really good at soccer, and I wanted to join one of those seasonal teams. I remember a lot of my classmates I had they had parents who were paying for their soccer team. I remember I used to be jealous of those girls because as much as I wanted to, I knew my dad couldn't pay for a soccer team. I was good at soccer and dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player. I remember I would always tell my dad you don't have to worry about paying for a soccer team because I'll be the best, and I'll be offered to join a team I was offered, but my father didn't have enough money to buy me this soccer team uniform. I grew up not knowing what McDonald's was. I never learned to say I wanted this because, at home, everything was transparent. We were taught that no matter what, don't ask for something that you know you can't have.
I remembered how my dad bought me a plushy, and I was the happiest kid. I still have that plush with me, but I remember how much I cherished it as a kid because we were broke, and I didn't get to play with toys like other kids. Instead, I would have to wake up super early in the morning and go with my parents to sell tamales outside the laundry place. We didn't have much, which was OK with me, but I remember that my parents would ask my brother and me to be quiet when the house owner came asking for rent. I remember the owner knocking at the door and my parents telling my brother and me to be quiet so he'd think we weren't home, and it worked. The time that it hit me that I was in a low-class family and where it really affected me was when the house my parents were renting was sold I remember I still will always say this she was messed up. She promised that she would allow us to live in the same home, just the home would be under her. The homeowner sold the house, and my family was almost homeless. We had debt and no place to go because this lady had promised she wouldn't take our home. I remember telling my parents you guys don't have to worry because when I get older, I'll buy this whole place in cash, and we will be happy. I went from having my room to living in a small studio apartment. It was hard to adjust to living in an apartment when I lived in a house my whole life. I was not too fond of it. I never told my parents how much I despised that woman. My dad made a pact with himself and promised us that by the end of 2016, he would buy a home, and it would be our home. My dad worked hard, and we got a house here in Stockton; it's a huge house, and my family and I are very happy my dad kept his promise, and two years later, he built his own company. He made his own construction company, and to this day, his company has succeeded, and we have become a middle-class kind of high-class.
Being in a low class affected me mentally, but I learned to be independent. I also learned that if I try as hard as my dad did, I can accomplish anything and that even though my life has changed, I will always relate to those low-class families because I was there. Some people don't have the luck my dad did, and that's heartbreaking because I know how it feels to want a burger and not be able to ask for one. I know how it feels to want a toy and know that you'll never have that toy. My greatest memory of being in a low-class family is Christmas Eve, Christmas for my family wasn't a big thing due to needing more money to buy presents. There was a time when my dad had gotten money from taxes and had filled the whole living room with presents. I'll never forget how happy I was and thankful that Santa had finally brought me presents; I was excited to see all these presents when I never knew that I could have a toy, even multiple toys my dad bought for us, and that has to be one of the greatest memories I have it doesn't matter what social class I fit into because as long as we have our family that is all that is valid and something money cannot buy.

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Deviance can promote social unity by creating a sense of shared morality among members of society. People witness deviant behavior and are reminded of the importance of following social norms and values. This reinforces social solidarity and promotes social order. For example, when someone is caught stealing, it reminds others that stealing is wrong and encourages them to follow the law. This helps to maintain social order and cohesion. Deviance can also promote social change by challenging existing social norms and values. When people engage in deviant behavior, they may challenge the status quo and question traditional beliefs and values. This can lead to social change and progress. For example, civil rights activists who engaged in acts of civil disobedience were engaging in deviant behavior, but their actions ultimately led to social change and progress.
In conclusion, the functionalist perspective on deviance sees deviance as a necessary part of society. Deviance can promote social unity by reinforcing shared morality and social norms, and it can also promote social change by challenging existing social norms and values. While deviance is often seen as a negative behavior, it can serve a positive social function by helping to maintain social stability and promoting social progress.

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Gracey,  Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp

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Gracey,  Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp

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Most of us have a blank memory of kindergarten, but I do remember that you're taught to be respectful toward the older, follow the rules, always be safe, and always have fun. When I started kindergarten, I remember it as a fun but toxic place. I didn't enjoy being separated from my mom, and I remember crying every morning. I always cried because I hated leaving my mom, but kindergarten taught me how to write my name, pronounce words, and read. When we get to kindergarten, we learn about social skills and the function of the school environment. The teachers will teach us routines to follow orders with unquestioning obedience when these make no sense to us; we could get disciplined to do as we are told by an alternative person without significant protest. It's always the good students who submit to their routines at school. Still, those who find the more important part of their identity cells work, such as in the playgroup outside school, children who refuse to submit to the school routines or rebels will become known as the bad students, and often problem children in the school for they do not learn their academic curriculum and their behavior is disruptive in the classroom. Most often, the teacher isn't comfortable with the bad students, but I don't think it has to do with the students being bad; I think it has to do with not having control. Teachers, professors, whichever kind, we are always taught to respect and obey. What I don't understand now and didn't understand in kindergarten is why we don't have to question everything teachers do, every task, every procedure, and every lesson. Just because some struggle academically doesn't make them bad, and some are book smart, that doesn't make them good kids. I think kindergarten and school, in general, are why we are so strict with rules because as we get older; we learn that we need to obey the law because if we don't, there are consequences. As we get older, we realize that if we break the rules, it can impact our lives in school. If we broke the rules, we would get detention or suspension, depending on the problem. When we get older and graduate high school, those problems, those rules we break, they're called laws, and if they're broken, we get consequences such as jail time, court, prison, and tickets. In school, rules are the law, and if a student violates them, they learn to own up to their mistakes. School is like a preparation/education for students to learn about the real world. Kindergarten is better than we think, and how it's read or described how I described it. It's also beneficial in that it opens children's minds to absorb, create, explore, ask questions, learn to do new tasks, and solve problems. It's a window of opportunities for their students who fall and become one of the best ones in the class.

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 Required entry: (Adapted from an assignment by Joyce Johnson) 

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I work as an area manager for Amazon. I deal with many people, and in most cases, the only reason I would speak to an associate most likely is an issue that I was brought up or saw. I will break down my task as an area manager so it's informative enough to understand the situation. I'm a very quiet manager; I don't speak much and stay at the desk office; most of my days contain meetings or dealing with vendors. The only valid reason I will go out of my office is to speak with supervisors, operations managers, or associates; sometimes, I will walk around the building to catch up on issues and barriers throughout the shift. In this situation, I was called by one of the supervisors about an issue with a driver. There was an associate who was much older than me, and well, he had been caught driving high on a forklift, and amazons biggest priority is safety; this was a safety issue and a violation issue; I was trying to conversate with the associate (I will call him nick), and he wasn't listening to me, as an operations manager that is only 19 I would understand why I wouldn't be acknowledged. Still, as I asked Nick, "What happened here?" he tried lying and telling me nothing had happened. It was just the supervisor making stuff up; I thought it was bizarre how he was lying to me when there was a broken, tilted pallet outside the trailer door, and he reeked the smell of weed; I wanted to get an honest answer from Nick because he had violated safety procedures due to his unsafe working conditions and had put other associates, along with himself, at risk. As I was trying to conversate with Nick, he wouldn't take me seriously and laugh when I spoke about the situation he was in, he was an older Hispanic guy, and I would understand why he wouldn't want to listen to a 19-year-old, but im his boss. I found it weird how Nick wasn't aware of what he had done and the safety issue concern he had made; I found it also crazy how he didn't take his boss seriously because even though we are both people outside of work inside or the workspace, I'm his boss. He should've respected me instead of laughing and joking about a serious situation. I can't imagine myself in a situation like this precisely, but that is because I like to own up to my mistakes. I would rather be honest than lie, but if the roles were reversed, I would understand why he wouldn't listen to me or chose not to; older people are stubborn and don't like the young people to teach them or coach them so I do understand that part but the way he acted towards me that day was crazy and weird because he was angry at the supervisor for snitching and was mad at me for coaching him and sending him to HR, but that is our jobs. There is no reason to be mad over your own mistake.

Another situation that was weird but also uncomfortable happened to be in my chemistry class; this happened on an exam review day; it wasn't a lab, so we were able to sit anywhere we wanted, so I decided to sit at the lab table so I had more space and a girl decided to sit next to me I was cool with it. Things started to get oddly weird, so I was wearing a pretty nice anime hoodie with the characters embraced in the sweater and Japanese letters on the back. She complimented my sweater, but it wasn't just verbal. She touched my sweater as if it was a flirty touch; I was confused and shocked that she had done that, so I wiped my hoodie right where she touched it because it was something I felt I needed to do. I said thank you and moved my seat a bit away from her so that the same thing wouldn't happen again. The professor had offered extra credit if we solved a problem on the board, I volunteered, and when I came back to my desk, she had my iPad mini in her hands, and she was scrolling on it as if it was hers; I got my iPad and asked what she wanted with it. She just mentioned it was a nice iPad and that she thought it looked good on me. Isn't that a strange, weird comment? I put my phone next to me, and I had it facing down; she got my phone and started looking at it and trying to unlock it. I pulled my phone away from her hands and said, "Excuse me, what is your deal?" she said, "I thought it was cute" I got my stuff, walked towards a different table, and stayed there. I was so uncomfortable that I had to ask my older brother to come to get me outside the class because I was afraid she would try walking with me, so I sprinted to my brother and told him what had happened. She violated my personal space, making me uncomfortable; I thought she was weird, and I didn't particularly appreciate that she touched me. It made me feel super weirded out. I don't think I can ever be in a situation like that. It's violating a person's bubble, and that is something I wouldn't like to do.

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Police are typically responsible for maintaining public order and safety; they enforce the law and prevent, detect, and investigate criminal activities. Thinking about police duties and the safety they're supposed to provide us makes them superheroes, but these heroes who protect our community hurt people. Still, they're cops, but just because they're cops, they can abuse criminals? I understand criminals are horrible, and some don't deserve respect for their crimes, but I also believe these criminals are human. They aren't just things we hurt, they are human. As I read this reading, it made me think, why are we allowing police abuse? I'm not saying all police are the same because they are not; it reminded me of George Floyd's abuse and how the cops did not face the proper punishment, and the world went crazy. I do appreciate how the police recognize and honor some rough equation between the behavior of the suspects and the harmfulness of the force; what I don't agree with is how this continues to happen after they have recognized their mistakes; the people who are supposed well actually meant to keep us safe are hurting the people who they have swore to protect. It makes people not trust the police force, and in general, it makes them just as bad as criminals, but this topic isn't discussed often. Still, I agree that police officers who abuse their power as protectors should face the same outcome as criminals or, even worse, punishment for their wrongs and failing people. The system fails not just African Americans but everyone. It always leads back to culture, race and social class.

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Anxiety is the umbrella term for uneasy, dreadful feelings we primarily experience as our nervous system reacts to stress. Anxiety might make us feel like it is dragging us through life according to its whims. We may have to postpone fun memories because of our anxiety, we may not choose to attend social gatherings because of how it will make us feel, or we might simply just reduce the scope and size of our anxiety to a manageable level. Trying to manage anxiety holds relinquished control over our lives. Suppose we let anxiety be the driver in our symbolic journey through life. Anxiety is mental health condition making it difficult to get through our day. Still, they can differ from normal feelings of nervousness or anxiousness and involve excessive fear or anxiety. The quote "The sane are not "sane" all of the time, nor are those labeled "insane" actually insane all of the time." Everyone experiences anxiety and fear; they are normal and helpful human emotions that help us deal with danger. However, some people experience excessive and irrational anxiety and worries that become ongoing and distressing and interfere with their daily lives, which could result in an anxiety disorder. In my psychology class, I learned a lot about mental disorders, and I won't forget the story my professor spoke of; it made me realize we might come across people who have a mental disorder in our day-to-day life and not know because of the pills they take that helps control their disorder and to everyone they seem normal.
Another thing I found interesting about this topic was that they said the employees get used to these patients and that the patients don't affect them at all; they become insensitive to the impact of patients; it made me understand how nurses in the ER are so insensitive when it comes to an emergency I always thought they were just people who didn't want to help. Still, all it was was they had seen it all and now were insensitive to the situation. As I dreamed of becoming a nurse, I realized how scared I was to become "heartless" I didn't want to be unfaced by everything, especially if I was to see people suffering. I would help in a heartbeat, but as caregivers spend more time in their job, they become numb to the cries for help; in this case, it would be in a psychiatric hospital.

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Former prisoners face challenges at every level. A person's successful return to society can be viewed through how adequately they can meet six basic life such as residence, family, livelihood, health, social connections, and criminal justice compliance, Many of the prisoners have limited education and work experience, and that makes it difficult to secure employment after they are released. According to several studies, "about seventy percent of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts." As incarceration and involvement in the criminal justice system, many former prisoners might be viewed negatively by former employers or individuals within their former professional networks if they previously had one.  (im sorry i didn't enjoy this reading)

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When we hear the word friend for most people, it means someone important in our lives and someone we care about and love, but in a situation where it's either a friendship or survival, that's a hard decision. As I read about this story, I was initially skeptical about the main topic, but as I began to read, it made sense why eating friends is the hardest decision. I don't have many friends, but the ones I do have they're important to me; as much as I love and care for them, I would always choose myself and my life over theirs, Yes, I know it might sound messed up, but I know if the roles were reversed, they would do the same. When I read about the desperation the hunger these people had and fighting the urge not to eat human flesh, it made me feel sick but also empathetic in a way. Reading the details about how these people ate others is bizarre. The main point I made while reading this is how human emotions work; one of the sections states how they wouldn't eat friends, but others were also other people's friends; what was the difference? I don't understand how they chose strangers first before their friends; if we all are human, I wonder if it made it less difficult to eat someone who is just a stranger; instead of eating a friend with who we share good memories and just remember how they were before they died just thinking these people were alive not too long can change a person appetite. It's strange how Canessa and Stranch would mention how these people's souls have left, but their bodies remained. I wondered what made their friends so much more different than these strangers as I read. I wondered if this is how people are driven to do things they don't want to do, if convincing people to believe a certain statement is a leader or a sinner, the way some of the people were trying to convince others that eating dead humans isn't bad at all but instead is a way to survive. I think it takes guts just to eat someone knowing that they were human, but also I understand it is a way to survive, but I think the way these people ate the dead bodies, they should've done it respectfully find a way to put the soul to rest before consuming a person body.

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A wedding is every girl's dream, a perfectly beautiful day of our lives, the day our closest and dearest friends and families get together to celebrate one's love. Weddings are beautiful and magical. I find it amazing how so many marriages in cultures and races exist. I have never dreamed of a wedding. I think just finding someone to love is enough, and I don't find weddings to be much of a big deal but a waste of money. I think celebrating our love with our partners is enough to be happy. I do agree with the religious beliefs and traditions. Still, I think we rarely get to dream of such experiences; most teens and adults don't marry anymore but instead, move in together as a form of commitment. If I were to have a wedding, though, I would love a wedding on a beach during spring, fall, or maybe winter. I would love it if it were small with just a few people, and I would love it if I had a bar with a lot of booze because I love to drink. I would love to capture every moment and celebrate my love with everyone I cherish in my life. As a kid, I dreamed I wanted a wedding with my prince charming, just like in every Disney movie. I remember how badly I wished I could have a wedding like the little mermaid. As a kid, we all dream of things that now seem so strange and unrealistic; I learned that as I grew older, the image of love I had wasn't as I imagined. In today's society, it's hard to give someone your heart when they might already have a broken one, it's hard to trust people, and marriage isn't in many people's minds; I think what is most in people's minds is sex. Overall, if I ever marry someone, that person will certainly be what I consider my soulmate and the love of my life. Until then, I think a basic wedding with just cake and lots of alcohol will be fun and memorable, especially if I have my best friends.

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Family life is changing. Two-parent households are declining in the United States as divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation are rising. And families are smaller now due to the growth of single-parent households and the decrease in fertility. As a result of these changes is no longer one dominant family form in the United States. Not only do women have fewer children, but they are having under different circumstances than they were in the past. Virtually all births occurred within marriage today. These two life events are far less intertwined. While people were much more likely to marry and stay together in the past, today, a few women have children with more than one partner, sometimes during marriage and sometimes outside of it. American society has traditionally viewed men as the family's providers, while women were seen as the homemakers and primary caretakers of children. However, such attitudes toward female gender roles have changed significantly. For example, there's now almost universal support for female participation in the labor force and political office. American moms have also been attaining higher levels of education, exceeding the male average, especially among the younger generations. It has become more common for the wife to have a higher education than the husband among opposite-sex married couples. I learned how the interaction between family members and intimate couples involves a shared understanding of their situations. Spouses have different communication styles, and social class affects spouses' expectations of their marriages and each other.

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White Wedding/Marriage and the Family-JCB

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White Wedding/Marriage and the Family-JCB

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I didn't know that a wedding dress could symbolize your desire to settle down and be committed. The white color on the dress represents moral purity and innocence, and wearing that color in your dreams has a similar meaning. The white dress represents your selflessness. A generous and supportive relationship with the people around you: you want to help others and feel the need to solve their problems. A diamond ring is a symbol of sincere love that lasts forever. That's why an engagement ring should have a diamond as a sign of marriage and shared happiness in the future. Nowadays, diamond stones in small boxes symbolize engagement, the first steps toward the wedding and a new life with someone you love. Ultimately, every engagement ring's meaning is the same as the promise of eternal love. It's a promise that two people give each other to love and cherish one another through the good and bad times. That said, when looking for a relationship with someone else, there are practical matters to account for, and careers become a useful lens for exploring those practicalities. You must be in a relationship with someone who knows the peculiarities of your career and is ready to make some sacrifices for you to succeed. In that situation, when it is either a relationship or work, we should understand what kind of relationship we want; therefore, by beginning a relationship with anyone, we can tell them what to expect and see if they can work with it. A wedding is made for two. You must consult each other regarding big decisions such as your wedding. Some even say that wedding planning is a couple's first test of compatibility before they enter their married life. Wedding planning can introduce both the bride-to-be and the groom-to-be to how their life will be once they get married. So, it is important early on to practice dividing the work, delegating tasks, and deciding as a couple during the wedding planning. It is also an excellent way to put your dynamics as a couple when solving issues and problems.

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Counting Beauty- I had a hard time understanding the instructions for this 

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Counting Beauty- I had a hard time understanding the instructions for this 

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I searched for big brand names, such as a makeup store named Sephora, and found this page interesting; on the main page, it has some of the products sold there. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the most popular products that are purchased, the one that gets shown off on the main page, but as I scrolled down, I saw this that led me to a link how it is stating that Sephora strives for equality and where customers can be respected and feel welcomed. As I noticed the images contained most African Americans and no Asians or Hispanics, it made me think that there is a certain point they want to make. Since there is a big controversy over African Americans' racism and discrimination, Sephora uses race to make its brand more popular and welcoming. I went to one of my favorite stores and brands, box lunch. I enjoy box lunch a lot for its variety of options, and as I scroll through the home page, it has a lot of people that have purchased from box lunch. They have skinny people and bigger people; women and men are shown, and all types of races are shown. It's amazing to see them value customers. I searched United States Of America people, and all races showed up, but it made me think, is the US the type to accept all races? I don't think it's about race but more about social class and privileges, I have lived in the united states my whole life, and I have never seen a white person get treated the same as other races. If there is something about the united states, they're not close to equality but far beyond it.

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For my toy store observation, I decided to go to Walmart; as I went to the toy section, I noticed that they had a lot of plushies in bins. I am a big fan of plushies, so I went to look. They had squish mallows they're soft mochi plushies, and could be for either girls or boys. Walking closer to the toy section, I saw blue boxes of lego city toys. They had a bunch of them and a lot of toy Fortnite guns; they were all with blue formatting letters or blue boxes. I figured it was to help kids determine what toys are meant for boys and set a barrier between the two genders. It is to find that separation between boys and girls sections and help girls find a girl toy and boys find boy toys. It is easy to determine what toys fit kids, but The toys are not just separated in the stores; the segregation reaches to marketing, where advertisements are filled with stereotypes and directed towards young boys or girls with seemingly no in-between or common ground for example when we see Disney channel commercials if it's a boy toy we will only see boys playing them. Still, we won't see any boys in the commercial if it's a girl toy. When it is a toy brand, it is easy for a parent to get a more appealing toy for their children; as I walked around the toy section, I realized how most boy toys are used to create a more strong appearance and build a boy's masculinity while a girls section it contains more caring and women task such as a kitchen to cook and babies to take care of. I observed and concluded that even toys influence gender inequality and gender identity.

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As women's roles in military service become increasingly prominent, there is a growing need to understand women's unique challenges during military service. The standards are never the same for men and women, and it was established that to join the military and reach fitness qualifications, a woman must be able to complete the same requirements as men. Typically women have continuously faced challenges in career advancement and gaining cultural acceptance within the military's women navigate the military. They are consistently being socialized by and learning from those they serve. As previously stated women's integration into military culture largely depends on their ability to adopt a masculine persona and distance themselves from all feminine traits. Masculinity and femininity are not innate and not explicitly taught; soldiers learn to navigate masculinity and femininity through everyday learning at work and how they interact in a military environment. However, during this navigation period, female soldiers are confronted with what is described as the glass floor: an invisible, discriminatory obstruction that prevents women from being fully accepted and acclimated into the male-dominated military subculture. A woman's succession into the military masculine culture depends on her ability to appear, communicate, and behave as a man physically. Such masculine mannerisms are evident in female soldiers' cutting their hair short, wearing no makeup, and wearing unfeminine civilian clothing.

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The Importance of being beautiful is an impact on first impressions, an open door for opportunities and success. If you are beautiful, you get better jobs, and even though you might not have the brains for the job, you have the looks. I think in this society, being beautiful is a normal nature in everyone's life; think about how many women you see a day with too much makeup on or those women who have such a strict diet that they miss out on trying foods they want due to having a fear of gaining weight its been normalized that being skinny, having a nice looking body being curvy and having beautiful skin is what makes a person beautiful its about men raising such high standards for women and women trying to reach those standards. Women try so hard. It is upsetting at times; it reminds me of life in Korea, how it is common for a beautiful girl to get a good job just for being pretty. South Korea has a first place for setting one of the most dominant beauty standards in the world. Korean skincare products are today's most preferred beauty essentials to look presentable, without a doubt.
South Korea is notoriously known for its hyper fixation on outward appearances and cosmetic surgery. The extreme focus on appearance pressures women and men to conform to societal expectations and spend a relatively significant amount of money to undergo cosmetic surgery procedures. The glorification of certain facial and body features can cause individuals to feel ashamed of their natural features, which could lead to lower levels of self-esteem. This is problematic, considering that many institutions in South Korea reinforce a one-dimensional and uniform image of beauty. It is truly an epidemic. I have very high expectations of myself as having nice clear skin. However, it does not work for me because I suffer from hormonal acne, but what does work for me is maintaining an appropriate form.
I currently weigh 88 lbs and have the body I always wanted. However, sometimes I get upset that society has influenced me to be this way. I will admit I am not like a typical teenager who wears much makeup and girly stuff; I like comfortable, not too revealing clothes and light natural makeup is my thing. I used to want to fit in society's standards so badly that I wanted to fit in with all these other girls until I realized that I could not reach those standards because as much as I wanted to be accepted by other women, I was the way I was. I cannot change that. I do wish I had a smaller nose im insecure about it. However, I do love my shiny eyes. I love how my smile is so white and straight. I enjoy wearing makeup and covering all my imperfections, but I have to face reality when the makeup comes off and see how I truly am. As a woman, I have to constantly hide who I am to not seem odd to others,  I used to cry so much because I would feel so much pain after the hard workouts I was doing, but as a result, I got abs, and I am so proud of them. I think being able to normalize women's bodies and beauty is a path to feeling beautiful in our way, I may have acne and an ugly nose, but that does not mean I am not beautiful at the end of the day; a person body is just an object what is important is ones soul and personality that is what truly makes a person beautiful .

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Regardless of gender, we all have a basic need for communication as a form of expression. Women typically use communication to build relationships with others, and they do this by expressing empathy, including responding to others, sharing feelings and ideas, and giving verbal support. Conversely, men are more likely to use communication to give information, establish and assert an individual status, and gain and keep a conversational stage. Men and Women adopt distinct styles of interpersonal communication. In contrast, women's conversational emphasis is on the process, and men's on the outcome. Generally, the two sexes communicate differently, and to accomplish distinct goals, they often misunderstand one another. In certain situations, a Woman is often disappointed and frustrated in relationships with men because they reveal themselves and reach out for connection, while men maintain emotional reserve and independence. Men also may be unsatisfied when a woman responds to their problems by providing empathy and emotional support instead of instrumental assistance.
Furthermore, women and men may need help understanding and appreciating one another's narrative patterns. In reality, men and women differ in many ways, not only in their physical appearance but also in their conversation styles. As a woman, I tend to conversate with men formally. I was raised in a Hispanic household, but I wouldn't say I like speaking like my family members because they use the wrong words, and some are disrespectful and may come as rude to other races. Im fluent in five languages, and I enjoy Japanese and Korean because I can use formal speech and won't appear rude; I use the same language concept but in English when speaking to older people and young people in the form of respect.

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Americans say poverty results from societal inequality rather than an individual's fault. In the reading, poverty is stated in numerous functions. The main one that caught my attention was the first one when it states, " The existence of poverty ensures that society's "dirty work" will be done."  It is heartbreaking to think that society sees poverty as a way to use people's desperation and needs to have them do unwanted and underpaid work, such as physically dirty work or dangerous, temporary dead end and undignified and menial jobs. Forcing people who have no other choice to do the dirty work at low wages; as Americans, we should all work as a nation to get people who work these jobs to get higher wages because all the work put into our society is thanks to these people.   Another function of poverty that drove my attention was the fourth when it states, " the poor buy goods others do not want and thus prolong the economic usefulness of such goods day old bread and fruit and vegetables that have been thrown out, secondhand clothes" It reminded me of how my family would purchase groceries from the 99 cents store to maintain enough money to pay for rent, and we will always have to go searching for the cheapest and sale items, having to go to the grocery outlet store and buy groceries that were close to expiration to have enough to eat for a week, gratefully my father has grown into a better income, and now we won't have to suffer from these income issues it is still heartbreaking to think some families may suffer from these social issues. It is hard to want some things and not be able to ask for them because you know there isn't enough money to get them. It made me understand that poor children experience extreme neglect and social deprivation thanks to poverty. Poverty and income inequality leave children without reliable access to nutritious food, healthy homes, quality health care, and other resources to support their healthy development and later success.

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Sexuality and gender play a big role in everyone's lives; it is usually influenced by children at a young age to be careful and to separate their friendships based on sex. Self-recognition of gender identity develops as a child's physical body does. Most children's asserted gender identity aligns with their assigned gender. However, for some children, the match between their assigned gender and gender identity is unclear. I found it interesting how this reading opened my eyes and made me realize that Children's gender arrangements help lay the foundation for the more overtly sexual scripts of adolescence and adulthood. Extensive segregation between girls and boys and distinctive social relations within their separate groups provide gender-differentiated contexts for learning. Groups of boys experience shared excitement and bonding focused on general rule mischief. Girls are organized in friendship pairs linked in shifting coalitions and bond more through mutual self-disclosure; they teach and learn strategies for maintaining and ending intimacy. Heterosexual teasing and rituals like "chase and kiss" heighten gender boundaries. Separate gender groups – which sustain somewhat different meanings of the sexual and ritualized and asymmetric relations between girls and boys, prepare the way for the sexual scripts of early adolescence.

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The example in the text states how the teacher tells the judges how they should look at the student's weight. In many cases, women grow up with the mentality to be "picture perfect," meaning following current beauty standards and being skinny is one of the key concepts. When I was younger, I was always told I was too skinny, so my doctor suggested I eat junk food to gain weight. As time passed, I gained weight, but it was enough to be considered overweight. Not only people but also doctors have a category to place people based on age, height, and weight; some maybe fall under the category of obese. It's upsetting how our society is that we must meet certain expectations to be accepted; I have struggled with loving myself because I have always been influenced to be a certain way. Being a woman is hard. I can say that because I am a woman who struggles to be noticed because of my gender, the one who has given up on so many dreams due to not being a man, I'm the one who can't go outside and have fun because she is a woman, I'm the one who has to clean because I'm woman, it gets exhausting hearing over and over again how a woman has to do certain things, how we can't do what we want because it is not ladylike, who cares at the end of the day woman never get what they deserve, we suffer more than any man, we go through changes that cannot compare to a man and overall woman get seen as weak and vulnerable when thanks to the woman we are here today.
We should normalize women and men to be equal; we are all human and deserve perfection. Even if some may be considered ugly or beautiful, fat or skinny, kind or mean, it doesn't matter. We all deserve respect and opportunities. We all know and love filters; they help us hide those imperfections and make us beautiful I believe that social media is why there is so much comparison and such a high female standard. We all see them if we scroll on our social media. We all see those perfect women with perfect bodies, faces, skin, eyes hair. We see them all in the perfect life. If there's something about women they judge, Yeah, you might hear some women say they love females. They do anything for them. They fight for their rights, and some females do that, but in most cases, they envy you. I have never met a woman that doesn't judge; even myself has judged others. I won't lie; I have been jealous of these girls born with perfect bodies and faces. When I wake up every morning, I see my acne and these girls' glowing skin. I wish I had that skin; I wish my skin were so glowy, soft, and smooth that I could show it off just like them. I sometimes look at these females who have nice bodies, and they make me work ten times harder for a body like theirs. I think the ones who bring done women and women themselves.

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Becoming Male was an interesting read because it gives women the perspective of a man's world; it made me wonder how my life would be as a man, haha. It states that women are quieter, neater, daintier, and generally more subdued; it depends on the woman; there could be a time when the woman is loud, dirty, and annoying. I know some of those girls; women are the same as guys in personality and characteristics. Wise, there are times when men and women touch worlds, maybe from different perspectives, but it can also be the same. It's impressive how a man's perspective of women is that they're weak, neat, kind, vulnerable, and soft when in reality is that women are taught at a young age to learn these characteristics.
In contrast, men get the complete opposite and get influenced to be the bigger person. The male figure is often seen in a negative light despite the clear importance of a male role model today. There is much misunderstanding and confusion around the male figure both within society and for males. Males are portrayed as powerful and arrogant when many are battling with their thoughts of living up to expectations of the typical? It is a clear paradox that cannot be neglected when the good mental health of males is at stake. Let's face it, life is tough! It's full of pressure, expectation, and stress. We are expected to earn more and work harder and longer to achieve everything we are told is necessary to live a successful life. Now these expectations are true of all of us living life's journey, but as a man, having to live up to expectations of what success as a father is, what husband and son mean, and working towards building their career, this burden can be immense. Men are normalized to build their careers, care for their families, and be successful enough to withstand anything financially; a man is thought to be tuff, hold in emotions, and never show too much because it can be considered "sissie." Truthfully men have it hard mentally, and it's upsetting how masculinity has not evolved throughout the years.

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Beauty is a social norm. It is based on societally agreed-upon ideas ingrained into our systems and psyches over time and has been accepted as the norm. These ideas of beauty slowly become embedded into our minds on a micro level and affect how we operate. There is a bidirectional relationship with societal forces, including media, marketing, businesses, government, and other institutions. These forces influence youth, affecting appearance, cosmetics, behavior, and clothing. Beauty can and does change from place to place, culture to culture, and person to person. It is demonstrated via society's products, patterns, trends, wants, and desires. It is influenced biologically by pheromones and natural physical attractions. This shows us that it is a social norm. The threat to family well-being is when that socially constructed idea is assigned a different value or worth based on physical appearance. Bullying, fewer academic opportunities, and loss of employment can all be linked to the idealized conception of beauty. The halo effect can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Those who fit the social construction of attractiveness are perceived as more valuable members of society, which may lead to preferential treatment and more, thereby increasing the person's likelihood of succeeding. The essence of beauty is general, that is, typical, and proportion, harmony, balance, and symmetry are cited as conditions for the screening, so beauty is an objective being to others.
Recently, as the slim face of the sleek V-line has emerged as a standard of beauty for modern people, more and more people are looking into how to lose weight and lifting procedures. Today's standards for women are long hair, small waists, and flawless skin. Women are required to be this "perfect image" when the reality is that nobody is perfect. They are also expected to wear makeup daily, work at the gym, stay skinny with curves in the right places, and be young. Many women think they have to fit into the "beauty standard." Often it is because they have this image of other women from social media, even though most of the time, people on social media do not even look like that; yet due to this image social media women are portraying, young teens today have been feeling down about themselves. Even affecting men feel less confident because of their beauty and masculinity standard that requires them to be good-looking, muscular, stylish, and successful. The media edits too much and can destroy the personality of people. Everything human is gone. Beauty standards seem unreachable, and their "beauty" is unachievable, which can harm some people's mental health. This should not be a role model for individuals. I look up to real people who admit who they are and are not afraid to show that they also have "flaws," making them human and relatable.

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Toys most commonly associated with boys were those related to fighting or aggression, wrestlers, soldiers, guns, etc. Unsurprisingly, girls' favorite toys relate to appearance, Barbie dolls, ballerina costumes, makeup, jewelry, etc. Boys' toys were rated violent, competitive, exciting, and somewhat dangerous. In contrast, girls' toys were associated with physical attractiveness, nurturing, and domestic skills. Regarding the educational value and development of children's physical, cognitive, artistic, and other skills, neutral or moderately masculine toys tended to be the most popular. We concluded that strongly gendered toys do not support optimal development as much as neutral or moderately gendered toys. Toys alone will not change decades of socialization that have strongly influenced our perception of boys wearing blue, having short hair, and playing with trucks, while girls prefer pink, growing their hair long, and playing with dolls. It will not change how boys are taught that masculinity is good and femininity is something less. I am a girl, and when I was young, I never enjoyed playing with dolls; instead, I would rather play with car toys and toy guns; maybe getting raised with only boys made a change/impact in my life that I was very "ladylike" as a kid because I enjoyed sports but "guy" sports which makes me feel as this could be a controversial topic, I think it is socially constructed. Labeling toys is unnecessary because, as kids, it does not matter what color it is or what it is. As long as we have fun, it is all that matters.

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It is normal to want to spend time with people with the same interests, background, culture, and language. It is possible to create a sense of belonging that is important. The only downside is that it can also set up a difference between other groups and, over time, this might lead us to think that our group is better than others. We often put labels on people. Such as, he dresses like this, so he must be into this music, or it could be a comment such as " She goes to that school; she must be rich. We can also stereotype people from different racial backgrounds as "lazy," or "brainy," but instead, we should not judge a whole group. We should get to know people from different racial backgrounds and learn how much we have in common. When we feel angry or frustrated, we can often look for someone else to blame for our problems. However, as a community, we can do the same thing. People who look or talk differently to us are easy targets. You can hear it today in comments like, "Those people take our jobs" or "They get government handouts all the time." Nearly all the time, these statements are wrong. Many of our attitudes are shaped when we are young, its starts when our family members or friends express racist opinions; commonly, we will take on those views ourselves. The issue is that they can stay with us for a lifetime unless we do something about it. I am forced to conclude that most white people do not get the core concept of systemic racism. It means that racism is part of the system we see. It is happening all the time. It does not turn itself off because you forgot to think about it that day.

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Showing my color was very interesting to read; I think people are taught color, and this is one reason why discrimination still exists nowadays. Growing up, my household never learned color. We get household members representing black, white, and Spanish, which we never believed. I usually got friends of all colors and races; I never thought you couldn't be over because we are various colors. The word discrimination or racist only brings so many negative ideas to my brain. I like the language or the actions of those languages never existed. People who should learn what it means also throw this language around too much. Sometimes it's used in the wrong environment to make people confused; again, if it didn't, it wouldn't be the question. I find it sad that people of color can't show their true emotions and always have to keep a mask on so they won't "show their color." To understand colorism, perhaps, we have to understand self-perception. When the reading states, " Color can't go there," it is heartbreaking that at such a young age, they have to adjust to being outcasted from certain events and places because of their skin tone. I cannot say I can relate to this because that has never happened to me; there was a certain situation when I went to Mexico as a kid, and I felt outcasted from everyone else because I didn't know much Spanish. I think that experience doesn't get to compare to what people of color must feel every time they step out the door of their home and have to learn to adjust to the weird, messed up questions, the stares, and the rude comments. Young colored children have to learn not to show too much color, as their parents educate it; it's upsetting how these young children have to learn to be not too white for whites and not too black for the blacks. I don't think children should be getting educated like this. Even though the civil rights revolution has been created, there is still an ugly specter of racism that cannot easily vanish. Behind all this, some lives, particularly Americans, have an identity bubble that often is used for nothing more than a weird alchemy of history and choice. .

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Music plays a very important role in my life. I listen to music at any time, when I first wake up, on my way to work, when I'm showering, going on a drive, or just relaxing at home before I go to bed; I listen to music when I'm sad, lonely, happy or stress it is always a way to escape reality and help me feel good inside. The text states that music is something we don't need to survive; I find this statement controversial because music can heal and help us overcome hardships in life. I find music healing. I only listen to Korean music because it helps me ease my mind, concentrate, and learn a lot more Korean. I listen to soft Korean music when I want to relax and feel warm and cozy in my heart, and I think we all can relate to that good feeling our favorite artists and songs give us. I enjoy listening to Jackson Wang (Chinese Singer) and Jimmy Brown. Their music is so healing and wonderful. Jackson wang is my role model. I learned new languages because of him. I found it fascinating how he could converse with many people because he knew the language, which made me want to learn as many languages as possible to do the same. I have learned Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean, I want to learn Thai next, but it's a bit more challenging. Jackson Wang brings so much art to his work; his concerts are filled with magical features, his new album is called "Magic Man," and he has been making his concert so unique and memorable; more impressive than his physical feats is the mindset he has less of a magician and more of a motivator, imploring his fans to manifest the magic inside them.

The reading stated how Black music started to reflect urban environments through amplified sounds, social concerns, and cultural pride expressed through music. It combined blues, jazz, boogie-woogie, and gospel, producing fast-paced dance music with highly energized guitar work appealing to young audiences across racial divides. As I continued to explore black music culture, I discovered new genres and artists that expanded my understanding of what was possible. From James Brown's funk to Tupac's poetic lyrics, black music continued to evolve and innovate, always staying true to its roots while pushing the boundaries of what was possible. As I developed deeper into the world of black music, I learned about the incredible musicians who paved the way for future generations. Legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald inspired me with their talent, creativity, and resilience in adversity. But it wasn't just the music itself that captivated me. The culture surrounding it was how black musicians used their art to express their experiences, struggles, and triumphs. Through music, they connected with audiences across racial, social, and economic divides and created a sense of community that transcended boundaries. Looking back, we should all be grateful for the role black music culture played in shaping who we are and our music because It has taught us about creativity, resilience, and the power of art to connect us all. And it has given us a deep appreciation for the richness and diversity of human experience and the importance of celebrating and honoring our differences.

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The emphasis put on sports may be excessive but for a good reason. Sports are entertaining to play and to watch. Participating in a sport is particularly beneficial in high school. Sports teach teamwork, perseverance, and a healthy lifestyle. When I was in high school, they offered various sports such as baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, soccer, swimming, wrestling, softball, and track/field. Soccer caught my eye because it has been a sport I have enjoyed since I was four years old; soccer has played an important part in my life. I grew up loving the sport because it is my dad's favorite sport; he used to play it as a teenager and was one of the best players to play in his city. I grew up in a city where soccer was very popular, and they offered free subscriptions to soccer teams; my parents signed me up for one of the teams, and I was one of the best kids playing at that time, so I was put in the higher leagues as a four-year-old I was playing with six and eight years old. An experience I had while playing was gender discrimination; even though I was playing with people who were older than me, I was still getting discriminated against because I was a girl and soccer was considered a guy sport; as I grew up, soccer began to be a toxic sport because I was constantly struggling to keep up with the guys even though I was a good athlete I was unable to maintain my position as forward I was struggling to keep up with the speed and the skills. When I turned fifteen, I lost interest in the sport and realized that it was a sport that I could be good at but could not join the professional league because I'm a girl.

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I do not necessarily believe the solution to this issue is taking money away from the rich, which is a whole other argument in it, but rather helping to teach a produce a generation of young people who make as well as know how to create more wealth for themselves in the long term. I want to say that inflation and taxes alone have stripped over 50% of the total wealth from these bottom 40%-60% of Americans in their paychecks, with nothing to do with the rich and their own volition. Fixing these issues first could help to ease the issue drastically. However, this is not the full answer. Suppose you are a poor American child whose family has lived in poverty all their lives and whose school is servery underfunded. In that case, it will be no surprise that your parents and school would send you this notion that your situation is helpless. In many communities, these feelings of helplessness become so ingrained in the psyche of these kids and, eventually, teens that many of them resort to crime or just another solitary life like that of their parents, further continuing this cycle, only getting worse generation after generation.

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Social inequality is a fact of life in all societies. Inequality has been shown throughout history and has affected various countries, including the United States. Social inequality refers to a distribution of resources based on socially defined characteristics, while global inequality is the systematic differences in power and wealth between countries. Children who live in poverty don’t have the same opportunities as those who live in a higher-income county or family. Discrimination, segregation, and unequal income and resource distribution have caused inequalities. These two types of inequality still affect our society today, making it difficult for people to strive for a better future. The upper class has a distinct set of institutions that provides social and physical separation from the rest of society. These institutions teach a complex set of values and beliefs to both young and old. Sociologically, we can study social inequality as a social problem involving structural conditions, ideological support, and social reform. The two main ways to measure social inequality are inequality of conditions and inequality of opportunity. Inequality is an unequal distribution of wealth, income, and matter. Homes, for example, sit at the top of a multi-million dollar mansion. In contrast, homelessness and people living in a housing project sitting at the bottom of a hierarchy are unequal. Discrimination at the individual, community, and institutional levels is a major part of recreating social inequalities about race, class, gender, and gender. For example, women are paid less to perform the same tasks systematically than men. Sociologists have conclusively demonstrated that racism is built based on our society and exists in all social systems.

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At the beginning of this paper, I was driven by these words " Many of us want to get ahead in life desperately." I can 100% agree with this because my biggest fear is wasting my time, and what I want most is to be set, and I want to get to the top as soon as possible. When it states, " What it means to be successful during our childhood." In my family, its never been a type of "success," but it has been a "satisfaction" Most of my family members have never seen a career or studies to be a success; instead, a good-paying job and being a hard worker is enough to consider yourself a success, it does affect us in a way because we are never influenced to study and go to a good university it isn't as a big of a deal as other families. When I began college, I was set to become a nurse because I wanted to help people. When I spoke to my parents, they were against my studying because they said it was a waste of money and time, and that brought my motivation down; as I began college, they didn't like how much time I would take to study. They would tell me I was wasting my youth and joke about me becoming a nurse. They still make dark unnecessary comments that drive me to try harder, I realized I wanted to become a software engineer, and I have wanted to tell my family, but I cannot do that because I know they will say that my career path is a man's job. Overall, all families are different. Some families may have a career and life set for their children when they are born, and others may let their children be what they want to be, or they may get a family like mine that doesn't see school as a success. Another section that caught my attention was how a person's childhood as a lower class could differ and the cultural activities between a low and high class. When I was younger, I grew up in a low-class family. I remember how much I wanted materialistic things and how much effort it would take to ask for something; when I grew up, I was given my brother's school uniform to wear for school because we didn't have enough money for me to get a new school girl uniform, it affected me because I always wanted to dress like a girl with skirts and high knee socks with a cute top, but instead, I would have to wear oversize pants and shirt, I would also have to wake up at 4 in the morning every day before school to sell food outside the laundry room, I don't think much kids have to do that, but it was the way I was raised, once I began middle school I learned that I couldn't have everything I wanted so I adjusted to what my parents could provide for me, as I turned 16 my father had launched his first construction company and my low-class family went from selling food at 4 in the morning to owning a company with 20 employees, and a lot of job opportunities. The reading states how."independence" is influenced in a family. Most parents indeed want their children to be independent and be able to support themselves, meaning individuals can make anything of themselves that they wish.

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This reading was interesting because I never thought coffee could be used as a sociological phenomenon. It made me think about how most people drink coffee before starting their days and wonder if there could be a deeper meaning. Once I began to read the chapter, I learned that morning coffee isn't just a mundane habit but speaks volumes about social classes. A cup of coffee can vary what social class you belong to by determining how a person consumes it and the way one may enjoy a cup of coffee; reading this fact made me want to research. I found out there is a "coffee test" that will help determine who you're by the way you enjoy your coffee and coffee order; I found out there is a chart that explains how the coffee you order is based on the person you're. While reading this chapter, it also brought to my attention how tableware can determine your social class you're, I never knew there are more than 35 different types of forks, and each has two, three, or four tines. According to author Bill Bryson, forks with four tines are the most popular. I find it fascinating how silverware and a cup of coffee can easily be influenced to determine a social class; overall, the lower and middle class is unaware of these factors. I come from a middle-class family, and I have never learned about the differences in forks or tableware in general in my family; they're all used for eating. An example used in the chapter is when it explains how a high-class family influences the children to take piano lessons and exposes them to artwork. The middle class fails to expose their children to those kinds of experiences. As stated, my parents have never exposed me to anything that will benefit me artistically. Still, I learned about art on my own and became a very good artist, and now that I have grown up, I hope that my future children get exposed to the beautiful world of art.