Student societies

In the article "Goths in Tomorrowland" Hine talks deeply about the hypocrisy from adults in our society. The adults who judge teens are the ones who raise them and they 're the people who will one day replace them as regular adults working regular jobs and cohering to societal norms. At the moment, it is necessary that we adjust society to be more open to topics that afflict such a large portion of us. Matson talked about how she was afraid to talk to the adults in…

pediatrician for four months in 2016 and volunteering at Beaumont Hospital. Extracurricular activities that I am involved in are student council, National Honor Society (NHS), and Key Club. NHS and Key Club have both allowed me to participate in community service activities. I have been a devoted member of student council for the class of 2017 for the past three years. In student council, the members and I bring ideas and make decisions to create a year-long calendar. We plan school events,…

The ‘front-end analysis’ approach is the starting point to collaborative change. Imagine the shape of a Chinese Checker Board with students or learner being represented in the middle section gaining something from each capacity involved in the process. This organizational shift in pedagogies (method of teaching) where the benefits of the end user is the focus and all parties across the…

Forrest Gump is a perfect example of someone using their sociological imagination. The movie is based on Forrest telling strangers stories about his life. They were simple stories to him, but the movie viewers got a deeper look into his impact on society from the 1940s to the 1980s. Forrest took part in many pivotal moments in United States history. He used his sociological imagination while he reminisced on his life without even realizing his impact he had on the world. Keywords: sociological…

I would like to preface my argument by stating that I do not believe the societal advancements in technology have been completely deficient. There have been many positives that have come out from our ever growing technological advancements as a society. However, I cannot help but question the long-term side effects of what was once completely foreign concepts, now accepted, and ingrained into our everyday lives. The problem isn't just social media, but rather the long list of inventions and…

Over the years, countless things has shaped the way our society views people and things. Some things our society has strong opinions about are schooling, body image, and Social Media. If you ask an older generation, they might say that technology is dooming us and creating an irreversible problem, but if you ask someone in my generation, they might reply with a completely different answer. To get a better look at what someone my age thought, I sat down with Bailey Lundberg and asked for her…

Technology alleviates human connections. People spend more time with technology at hand than face-to-face communication with a human. An aspect of this problem is, instead of bonding with another individual, the attachment with a computer is much greater. The loss of human interaction is larger than the loss of technology. The mental health of the human race, it is clear that connection with other people is an essential human need. The article titled, “Technology is Destroying the Quality of…

What would society be like without the technological advancements and discoveries we have today? In the novella Anthem people fear technology and science. The government and most citizens don’t want anything to do with technology. Technology is primitive and is progressing at a slower speed than present day. The government brainwashes children at a young age to fear creativity and curiosity to ensure that nobody will try to make their own inventions. The government doesn’t want people to be more…

For the United States, it was incredibly difficult to be raised in a period of sustained prosperity and consumption and respond to these hard times efficiently. American political attitudes and institutions adapted as needed to the horrific events. The focus of this paper is to relate functionalism and the Great Recession with one another, comparing and contrasting Durkheim’s ideas with what took place in America several years ago. Durkheim noted that function can mean either “a system of…

clothing Yoshiko warns us about in his novel “Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights.” Yoshino advocates for a society where the dichotomy between the True Self and the False Self is unnecessary, and we are as honest an unashamed as children. I agree with this dream. Covering is indeed the hidden assault on our civil rights. From the need to cover in today’s society, disturbing connections can be drawn to the literal and cultural genocide of…