Painting Nails

I was thinking sociology at youth group the other night. I looked at all the kids that go to my church and thought it was intriguing that people from so many different cultures could come together as one group, and get along so well. Although people's cultures are so differnt we still find things in common, there are Korean refugees that have started coming and my friend and I started painting the nails of the little girls. I was talking to one of them and she was telling me about how she didn't always have a dinner or a different outfit everyday. I on the other hand didn't realize how privilaged I was to have a full kitchen, and different outfits for weeks. I then wondered how one thing could bring us together, when our cbackgrounds were so different. People interest me.

Changing Tiiires

 I started thinking sociology the other day when I picked my little sister up from basketball.When I looked across the street at the gas station I saw a guy changing a woman's tire, I was thinking how nice it was when I realized it was my brother. He had been walking by the gas station when a woman pulled in with a flat and didn't have her phone on her, so he had offered to change her tire for her.
 As he was changing the tire the woman kept asking him if she could pay him, and saying how nice it was that there were still good people out there, because not everyone wouls stop to help a stranger. My brother was breaking the folkway that people don't stop to help starngers in need. It's funny to think that that would be a folway, wouldn't you think everyone would want to stop and help people? Because if they were in the situation where they needed help they would want someone to stop and help them.

USA

Mcdonald's represents America because it is a symbol of fast food. It says that you can grab dinner on the way home from work without having to go into the restaurant or cook at home. It symbolizes tasty food for those who don't want to spend a lot, like a teenager or middle to low class America.

The NFL symbolizes America because most of America loves football. When you see the NFL symbol many times it symbolizes watching a game on Sunday with snacks and beer in hand and cheering for your team as loud as possible. Its a symbol of loyalty to your teams as well as quality man-time with your friends if you're a male.

Money makes the world go round! Money is a symbol of America because everyone wants it. People come to America to find jobs to support themselves and family, and people in America are constantly looking for new ways to get it. Money's a symbol of having a job, being able to afford nice things, being smart with investing, or just getting lucky sometimes. It can also symbolize divorce from too many hours at work, theft, shady deals, ect. So it's not always a good symbol for us.

TV is a huge part of America today. It used to be that only the wealthy or a few people had Tevison but now you can find them in every home, sometimes in every room of a home. It symbolizes the media and how they can be in the back of our minds everywhere we go. There's televisions at work, school, even at gas stations now; media has gotten into many places we didn't expect it. It's a symbol of the powere actors and actresses have, that they're seen everyday and of the things America as a whole does to get attention with the media.

Sex is one of the main symbols of young America. As teens and young adults we're constantly being shown that sex is okay to do whenever and with whoever. Sex poses as a symbol of how much America has changed from the time when sex was a secret, nearly sacred act saved for marriage. Now sex symbolizes how we dress (scantily clad ladies, low swaggin pants for boys) and how we act (hungry for attention from the opposit sex, sexy)

I love My Groups!

I'm in a lot of groups and lately I've been more aware of what types of groups I'm in. In each group I have a different role, and usually that role is important to the group. Like at church I'm a volunteer for our food pantry, it's an interest group because all the volunteers there have the same interest and heart for helping people. My kinship Group is my family, My mom, four brothers (Justus, John, Ty, and Levi) and my sister Hannah, the roles I have in this group are usually driving my siblings, taking my siblings shopping (my mom hates shopping), doing my chores and . I do track and Ialong with being an interest group, we're a reference group because we're always going to meets to compete. My role is to run my best even if I feel sick or not up to it, and to cheer my teammates on.