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Darby Leaf Intro to Soc 1/31/17 The word culture is a term that many people use to rationalize behaviors and represent all sorts of people and their different patterns. It is the sum of social concepts that humans recognize including our behaviors, beliefs, and practices. Culture depends on the many different influences that it may encounter. One reason that culture may differ from place to place could be related to environmental changes that are associated with a specific area. Sometimes it…

The right of confiscating a phone during a fight becomes permitted. The usage of electronics during school have increased because of the advancement of the cell phone. With society changing the way you use phones, it has also changed the ethics in school with using phones. Educators have the right to take a student’s phone away, if it interrupts the classroom. Overtime, cell phones became a big part in school, to cheating through a phone, to recording fights. The right of confiscating the phone…

An interesting sociological insight that I picked up from this article, is a relation between the Roughnecks and marginalized communities. While marginalized communities are clearly at a much larger scale, I noticed that the concept that defines a marginalized community, that they are a material legacy of injustice, can apply to the Roughnecks too. There were several reasons throughout the article as to why the Roughnecks were termed as more delinquent than the Saints, even though their…

Texting has always been a way of life for young adults; being able to send and receive messages in a matter of seconds is revolutionary in itself. However, today’s generation has taken texting to an extreme. Recently, texting while driving has become a growing issue among young adults. Texting while driving is dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Research is key to creating persuasive messages to deter young adults from texting while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety…

Many people have most likely encountered a distracted driver. And the odds are you’ve been one at some point. Even with the plethora of anti-texting and driving propaganda, we still seem to do it. But first off, who is actually texting and driving? According to statistics provided by distraction.gov, 38% of accidents caused by using a cell phone involved people of ages 20-29. Surprisingly, adults 30-39 hold second place with 20% of the crashes. Teens 15-19 only make up 11% of these crashes. For…

Multiple different technological advances have happened within the past few centuries. As many would say, I believe the cell phone has grossly effected every day life, however not in any positive light. I believe the modern day attachment to these screens in our pockets have not ony driven us further from eachother as one, but given us all the opportunity to hide who we truly are behind a keyboard on this ellaborate device, one which the population is required to have based off of the standards…

Jaci Lowry Invention Research The invention I decided to write about was the invention that changed the world, and the one that I believe was the most influential in United States History. A telephone is a device that allows for users to have a conversation. It transmits sounds, usually voices, through wire or radio. Bell’s invention was not the first by any means. It was just better and clearer. Alexander Graham Bell, a scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator, is…

Students bringing phones to class lead to tragedies, unless given permission by a teacher or school official. Phones distract other students. People use phones to cheat on tests or quizzes, also, phones allow students to cyberbully during school hours. Some schools provide strict no phone policies and students get in trouble if the phone makes noises or gets spotted by a teacher. These few reasons found out by Prezi.com why phones allowed in classes on the internet, picked out of many. Phones in…

“Shut Down Your Screen Week” may be well intentioned, but it isn’t very practical. It can’t be properly enforced and screens are a good tool for school. “Shut Down Your Screen Week” can’t be properly enforced. The people who are addicted enough to their screens to need help won’t follow the rules. They will use their phones when at home, where teachers can’t stop them. This could breed misconceptions that rules can be easily ignored in life, hurting us students. Secondly, screens are a great…

1-1. What is the “Post-PC era”? The post PC era is where wireless, mobile devices such as iPads and notebook out sell PC’s and become the mainstream popular demand. 1-2. Define the term “knowledge worker.” Who coined the term? The term “Knowledge worker,” is workers that are typically a professional, relatively well educated; and who create, modify, and/or synthesize knowledge as a fundamental part of their jobs. Introduced by Peter Drucker, who coined the term. 1-3. Name your two favorite…