SIMSOC Community Observation Report

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SIMSOC was a prodigious experience that contributes insight on how the society will live in today. SIMSOC revealed that I have thought-provoking ideas about how to withstand in the makeshift society. I was able to identify how community oriented I was on ensuring that my groups needs were in my best interest. I was able to observe firsthand how loyal my group members were. It was not hard to communicate and converse concepts within the yellow group. In my group I was the first one who traveled because I was over human services. I was the only one in SIMSOC who acquired human services therefore it was my job to try and be an advocate for other group to join us. I saw that other groups were not in unison and some people didn’t take …show more content…
The red and blue group demonstrated social acceptance throughout SIMSOC because they possessed the least amount of power and money. The red and blue regions were easily persuaded by the tactics that the only political groups yellow (SOP) and green (POP) brought forth. These regions also had jobs and easily influenced the red region with money, jobs, and subsistence. I was the advocate for my group and I was also over Human services I first traveled to the region because I knew that had no money or jobs. It was an example of social acceptance within this region because they trusted the yellow region because we promised them the necessities they didn’t have. They thought we were kind because we would pay them to work and continue to live and survive in the society. Though the red region was poor they felt good about their personalities regardless of the situation they were in. The blue region, which acquired mass media, also had social acceptance with the green region, which had POP a political party. The blue region was socially acceptant to the green because they promised to provide for those who didn’t have the necessities to make and they did just that. Social acceptance is important in a society because we entrust those who have

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