It takes unique person to be mindful of others. Growing up in this society we were already taught to think certain things by seeing a person's color or what ethnicity they were. I definitely keep an open mind and like to see things from other people's perspective. I have judged people before then got to know them and was completely wrong about what I thought about them. Another way of how I think I exercise sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination in my life is being born in another country. I was born in a third world country (Philippines) and it is completely different than here in the States. Growing up with a very large family who were always together and didn't care much for have the highest of things has made me look at things differently. My parents have made me not take things for granted and to look at things from other people's perspective. I have learned that you should not judge people until you know their background story because it can explain why people act a certain way. I have a friend who went through a very traumatic experience at his old school and because of it he had to transfer to a new school and he has never been the same ever since. Now he has learned from this experience and knows not to hold on to that one moment.
Friday, February 1, 2013
This week..
This week in Sociology we talked about the difference with sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination. The difference between the two is that sociological mindfulness is to be open minded and to see and appreciate the unique qualities in certain things and sociological imagination is being able to take our own situations and seeing the relationship it has with society. We watched many videos in class that showed us how one voice can make such a huge difference. One video we watched was how a woman got president Obama "Fired Up and Ready to Go" by saying it over and over again until he finally said it. I believe this relates to what we learned in class because President Obama had to see things from those other 20 people's perspective. At first when he walked into the room he wasn't expecting to see only 20 people and then later he couldn't quite figure out why they all kept chanting, "fired up, ready to go." Obama had to be mindful of those other people and see how he had an affect on them (the society) and by using it in his campaign it made the people stronger and started appreciating the unique qualities of how one voice started this wave.
It takes unique person to be mindful of others. Growing up in this society we were already taught to think certain things by seeing a person's color or what ethnicity they were. I definitely keep an open mind and like to see things from other people's perspective. I have judged people before then got to know them and was completely wrong about what I thought about them. Another way of how I think I exercise sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination in my life is being born in another country. I was born in a third world country (Philippines) and it is completely different than here in the States. Growing up with a very large family who were always together and didn't care much for have the highest of things has made me look at things differently. My parents have made me not take things for granted and to look at things from other people's perspective. I have learned that you should not judge people until you know their background story because it can explain why people act a certain way. I have a friend who went through a very traumatic experience at his old school and because of it he had to transfer to a new school and he has never been the same ever since. Now he has learned from this experience and knows not to hold on to that one moment.
It takes unique person to be mindful of others. Growing up in this society we were already taught to think certain things by seeing a person's color or what ethnicity they were. I definitely keep an open mind and like to see things from other people's perspective. I have judged people before then got to know them and was completely wrong about what I thought about them. Another way of how I think I exercise sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination in my life is being born in another country. I was born in a third world country (Philippines) and it is completely different than here in the States. Growing up with a very large family who were always together and didn't care much for have the highest of things has made me look at things differently. My parents have made me not take things for granted and to look at things from other people's perspective. I have learned that you should not judge people until you know their background story because it can explain why people act a certain way. I have a friend who went through a very traumatic experience at his old school and because of it he had to transfer to a new school and he has never been the same ever since. Now he has learned from this experience and knows not to hold on to that one moment.
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Dina,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading about your experience with coming from the Philippines. It's wonderful to know that you are able to break the mold of this society and follow the values your parents have taught you.
Great post!
Yes, I think your experience has given you a sense of sociological imagination that most of us don't have. Thanks for sharing.
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