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(H) 535-546: Wishard, Caught Between the Ages

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(H) 535-546: Wishard, Caught Between the Ages

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(H) 497-507: Leidner, Over the Counter at McDonald's

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(H) 497-507: Leidner, Over the Counter at McDonald's

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(H) 411-424: Ehrenreich, Nickeled and Dimed 

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(H) 411-424: Ehrenreich, Nickeled and Dimed 

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(JCB) Chapter 3: Fast Food/Work and Economy 

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(JCB) Chapter 3: Fast Food/Work and Economy 

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I feel like fast food workers are really underpaid, even people who work in the food industry. They have to deal with a lot of crazy people who cannot wait more than 5 minutes for their food or drinks. And working at a fast food place for a living is not live-able. Rent is expensive, food is getting more and more expensive everyday, clothes don't last as long as they used to and clothes are not cheap. I saw that starting next year McDonald's workers are going to get paid $20 an hour which I believe is great. I work as a night shift lead for a cookie place for $17 an hour and I get so overworked that I feel like 17 is not enough for what I have to go through every night. And with how everything is so expensive now, I don't have enough money to spend any on myself since I have to take care of my two dogs and I make sure that they eat before I do. I feel like the government should start changing laws so that people don't have to work 2 jobs or work every single day just to live.

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The time I bought something to "fit in with a group" was when I bought my Nintendo switch and Playstation 5 just so that I can spend more time with my boyfriend since he plays a lot of video games. By getting both of these now we spend a lot more time together by playing all the time. But growing up I never had to get something just so I can feel welcomed. If anything I always got asked where I got my things from and people would get things that I am interested in so that way we can have something we can both talk about.

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(H) 269-276: Meyer, If Hitler Asked you...

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(H) 269-276: Meyer, If Hitler Asked you...

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Shopping has always been apart of our lives even back then many years ago. I feel like shopping helps a lot of people because shopping can be fun sometimes. But I know that shopping for some people can be stressful because they might not have enough time to get everything that they need or they might not have enough money to get the things that they need. It's very interesting to see that there is a photo of Sears that has the closing sign on the building in the textbook. In Stockton we still have our Sears and Im not sure how we still have ours when it seems like no body shops there anymore and since a lot of Sears shut down a while long ago.

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(H) 249-264: Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the dead

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(H) 249-264: Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the dead

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(H) 135-146: Goffman, The presentation of the self in everyday life

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(H) 135-146: Goffman, The presentation of the self in everyday life

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(JCB) Chapter 10 Branding/The self and social interaction 

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(JCB) Chapter 10 Branding/The self and social interaction 

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This chapter talked a lot about how people present themselves by what brand of clothes that they wear or what they own. Such as how a lot of people have apple phones and say that apple is way better than samsung. And a lot of people dress a certain way to show and express how they are as a person. Not everyone dresses the same, own the same things, wear their hair the same, etc.

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I went to the barnes and noble Starbucks area for this assignment. The environment of this place was very welcoming and quiet. Although sometimes it is a little hard to find an open seat since a lot of people come here from Delta to go some classwork or people like to sit with their friends while they drink their Starbucks. Some people talk to others that they came here with and some people who came alone have headphones on and are doing their own thing. The only time that strangers talk to each other is when they ask someone who is at a table alone if they're waiting for someone so that they can grab a chair. I feel like the people who come with a group of friends tend to be more friendly since they are in a good mood and very talkative. The main groups of people who come here are people in their ealry 20s and teenagers. Sometimes there are some older people just to get some coffee while they read their books.

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(H) 63-72: Pager, Would You Hire an Ex-Convict?

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(H) 63-72: Pager, Would You Hire an Ex-Convict?

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This question is very controversial. I don't mind if someone at a fast food place or clothing store was an Ex-Convict. I mean how would anyone know besides the person who hired the ex-convict? I think people who have been to prison and have done their time do deserve to have a part or full time job just so that they have something to do and give them a sense of purpose. I think if we gave more people a chance they can change. I believe everyone deserves a second chance at life and they should be just as equal to everyone else.

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(H) 29-47: Henslin, Doing Sociological Research 

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(H) 29-47: Henslin, Doing Sociological Research 

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I had no idea how many steps went into a research model. I also didn't know that there are six research methods which are called research designs. The six research methods are surveys, secondary analysis, documents, experiments, unobtrusive measures, and participant observation. Each method lends itself much better to answering particular interests or questions than do other methods.

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(JCB) Appendix (401-402) Advertising/ Research methods 

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(JCB) Appendix (401-402) Advertising/ Research methods 

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This chapter talks about how everyday of our lives we see advertising and how we cannot escape it. Which is true but I noticed some apps such as Youtube and Spotify have an option where you can pay extra to get a premium account so that you don't have to watch or listen to ads. I do have a Spotify premium account for my Spotify but when I am on my way to work, school or a road trip I always see advertising on busses, billboards, the radio and even posters.

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JBC p.50 Contrasting Marxist and Durkheimian

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JBC p.50 Contrasting Marxist and Durkheimian

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A food that serves as a totem in my own life are tamales. The rituals that surround this food are you have to go out to the store to get the corn husks, make the masa or breading from scratch and prepare the meat or other ingredients to put inside the masa. For my family it holds a sense of belonging because it brings us all together to bond with each other while we make the tamales since it is a long process and the more people you have to make them the faster they will get done. Some things that would be concealed from this would probably be the recipe since everyone has their own way to make tamales.

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(H) 118-134: Clark, Sympathy in Everyday Life 

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(H) 118-134: Clark, Sympathy in Everyday Life 

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There are rules to sympathy which are 1. do not make false claims to sympathy, 2. do not claim too much sympathy, 3. claim some sympathy, and 4. reciprocate to others for the gift of sympathy. I think it is very important to have sympathy for others because if you do not people will see you as a heartless person. And when people see you as that it can affect your day to day life because people don't want to surround themselves with people who wont care for them.

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(H) 109-117: Hall & Hall, The Sounds of Silence 

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(H) 109-117: Hall & Hall, The Sounds of Silence 

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Few of us realize how much we all depend of body movements in our conversations or are aware of the hidden rules that govern listening behavior. I've always been really great at reading body language and reading peoples eyes when they talk to me or others around me. I instantly know when someone is lying to me or how they are feeling without telling me directly how they feel. I always thought of this being a gift since many people I know do not know how to read body language.

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(H) 87-91: Miner, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema 

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(H) 87-91: Miner, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema 

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From this reading the Nacirema focus on the human body. What their appearance and health looks like and each household has at least one shrine so that they can do their rituals. Their rituals are only centered around their bodies that are only performed by men.

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Studying food sociologically can help us understand social and ecological problems associated with our systems of production and consumption. This chapter talks about how in certain parts of the world some countries eat animals that would not be typically eaten here in America. What others eat in their own country could controversial here in America. This chapter also talks about how women are typically the ones who do most the work in the kitchen and even write out the grocery list. Which when I was younger my mother did all of that but now that my mom has two jobs my dad stays at home and does all the cooking and grocery shopping.

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JCB p.26 The first thing I bought was....

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JCB p.26 The first thing I bought was....

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I can only remember the first thing I bought when I got my very first job and it was a squishmallow. When I bought it I was very happy because at the time squishmallows were very expensive and popular so people online were selling squishmallows for 2x the retail price. And I ended up getting my squishmallow for retail price. I was satisfied with this item for a couple months since I love stuffed animals and its comfortable to lay on them in bed. At the time I thought it was a good purchase because everyone was into squishmallows at the time and each one holds a value to them since there are tons of different squishmallows. This purchase was shaped by my social location because squishmallows are very popular with young women that are middle class that are active on social media. Which tons of teenage girls posted their squishmallows on social media to show others what they are missing out on.

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The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals. It also enables us to grasp history, and biography, and the relations between the two within society.

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(H) 3-7: Berger, Invitation to Sociology 

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(H) 3-7: Berger, Invitation to Sociology 

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Sociologist's main job is to study people. Sociology is more of a special kind of passion than a job that feels like a chore. Sociologist's have many questions about why people do and are a certain way and it is fascinating to them to learn and understand.

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(JCB) Chapter 1: Jeans/Discovering Sociology 

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(JCB) Chapter 1: Jeans/Discovering Sociology 

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I need to have a sociological imagination so that I can connect personal issues to larger social structures and historical context. As I am reading this chapter all I can think about is how everyone has their own personal preference on what jeans they like to wear. I personally love straight legged high waisted jeans since it doesn't feel like my jeans are sticking onto me like glue and it holds my stomach in. The chapter talks about how can each thinking frame help us better understand the sociology of jeans. And my answer to that is the thinking frame talks about how what material is used to make jeans, where the jeans are out together, how the jeans are put together, where the jeans are sold. All of these things correlate to sociology because it takes a group of people to get the material, put it together, price , and sell it.

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Based on this reading my understanding of Sociology is the study of groups. There are other forms of social sciences that are similar to sociology. There is history, political science, economics, anthropology, and psychology. These are all similar to each other because they all are interested in people, groups and structure.

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I am taking this class because I am undecided on what major I want to do. I want to go to a private school to become a nurse in 3 years but I also want to become a social worker. So I am taking this class to see if social work is the career for me.