Blog #5

      The part of last week's class that stood out to me was the first part of class when we talked about gender and the roles associated with it. The part of that discussion that interested me the most was our talk about the difference in gender identity and gender performance. I didn't really know there was a difference between these two. After talking about it, I took a closer look at some of my peers. One of my friends is a female, but she dresses somewhat like a boy. I have talked to her about it before, and she said that it's how she feels most comfortable. I never questioned her, and I'm glad I didn't since now I'm more educated about why she maybe feels that way.

Week 4 Blog

Last week in class, the part that stood out to me the most was when we watched the movie Veronica Mars. It was a good movie to show us how the different levels of classes affect others. She use to be part of the "popular" and rich kids until her dad's investigation turned her friends against her. She was depressed and down because of how her social status had changed since then. I also found it interesting how they portrayed the rich kids and the things they value. Also, how they show gender differentiation. They show Veronica as a smart girl who wins her battles by being clever, and they show guys solving their problems by being violent or destructive. We got into our groups, and I also found it interesting the points of the movie that stood out to my fellow classmates. Most of the groups had a different focus on parts of the movie. Since starting this class, I have been paying a lot closer attention to the people around me. I have been watching them to see what they value and who they surround themselves with. Until now, I never paid any attention to these kinds of things. I am starting to be able to learn a little bit about people just by watching them.

Week 3 Blog

I thought last week's class was a very interesting one. The part I thought was the most interesting was when we got into our groups and we had to list the characteristics of the different levels of class. When the people from each group wrote the characteristics on the board, I thought some of the one's that people put were interesting and funny. When I was out at different places this week, I tried to look at people and their characteristics to see what class seemed to be in. I wanted to see how close my classmates actually were. It was pretty amazing how right they were. I wrote down some of the key characteristics listed for each class, and you could tell someone's class level just by these few characteristics. Most of the people I paid attention to had characteristics of middle class. I could tell just by they way they talked, dressed, and acted which class they belonged to. It's pretty amazing what I am able to learn about a person now just by paying close attention to how they act.

Class Blog #2

The part of class That i found to be most interesting was when we watched the video, and it talked about the different social classes and the effect they have on others. I was paying attention to my co-workers on Tuesday night and I tried seeing if I could distinguish the diffrent social classes between my peers. I paid attention to who they interacted with more than the others around them. I did notice that the older women tended to hang around the others that were around the same age. They all are servers trying to raise a family on their wages, so they are in the same class, which gives them some common interests. The younger employees interacted with mostly everybody, but they also had certain people they seemed to talk to more. There are a few high school students working with me, and they seemed to hang out together more than they did with the older women. Also, there are a few guys that work back in the dish area, and not too many people would associate with them, for whatever reason. There is also one guy that works with me who is a little bit different from everyone else. He only seemed to talk to people when he initiated the conversation. Noone seemed interested in being seen with him or conversing with him. It was quite sad actually. I never really stopped and looked at my peers around me to see the different social classes. It really made me see how important it is to treat everyone as an equal, no matter the social class they're in.