Agents of Socialization

i am like my family in a few ways. first, both of my parents are really hard workers, which i feel like thye have passed onto me. when i put my mind to something, i work my butt off to be the best i possibly can be. and sorry mr. smith school usualy doesnt fall into that category. next, i am a really fun loving person, i joke around all the time and i dont take anyhing to serisously or let myself get stressed out, which is exactly how my parents are, chill and all. my parents said that i first started to show a different personality when i was in 6th grade, because thts when i started to "go crazy" as they said. i had so much energy and no place to use it so i ran around the house and was always playing and being active, whcih they incouraged and i thank them for helpin me love physical activities. i respect the jobs my parents do, but as ive said before i dont want to go to an office everyday and follow the same routine day in and day out. id have to really love my job, somethin i feel both my parents do. i think that if you are influenced enough that there is always a chance that a little part of you can be changed, but i think that it wouldnt be a monumental change, jst some small tweakin in ur lifestyle. besides my family i'd have to say im heavily influenced by my friends and sports. my friends is an obvious one, how they talk, act, dress, is pushed on me everyday because i always see them. sometimes if my friend says a certain word or phrase or something and if ive hung out wiht them enough, ill start saying it to. im just used to hearing it. also, i have been influenced into sports because of my friends. my "career" of mma started when my good friend told me about how awesome wrestling was, so i took what he said and decided to try it out, which was the first step towards my passion for physical combat. sports also has shaped who i am. the idea of a team sport has been pushed onto me since forever. i now think as a part of a group, and i try and see an outcome to a situation that will benefit the group better, not just me. i also learned lifelessons in dedication, hardwork, and a never quit state of mind. i can take these lessons from sports to shape who i am, and to use them in everyday activities throughout my life

unit 2 culture blog

1. in my life i would have to say a defining example of "water" is the community of buffalo grove and its attitdue to schooling. living in bg, it is shoved on u at a young age that the key to success and only way to be happy is doing good in high school, going to college next year, getting a good job, and starting a family. i feel that everyone is being told this, so its nothin new or exciting, its just how life is here in bg. i dont think this is necessarily a bad "water", but when peopl ask others where they are going next year and they say, oh im working and not goin to college, we stare at them and think, wow theyre not going anywhere. its not because were mean, its because weve been taught that and have grown up thinkin that.

2. i ride the "water" surrounding me. i am going to be like 98% of the school and go to college. no surprises there. its hard to swim out of the water, and i give kudos to those that succeed by working straght out of high school without a college education. im applying to 5 big 10 schools, and so in this example i fit the "stereotype" of bg, a kid going to a big school with a dream of success and a family down the road. i realize how much im influenced. i really do think its weird that some kids dont go to college after high school. ive just been brought up in a way thtt says college=job=success=money

3. the american values i embrace are physical fitness and individual personality. i'm a workoutaholic and i believe that everyone has teh right to be themselves all the time no matter what anyone says. i think i can adjust self-fulfillment and concern for the environment. i want to fulfill tasks that will make me feel good inside, that dont just benefit me but maybe a group of people or the environment. i want these two ideas to go hand in hand if possible. i "creatively" adjust values by making them my own. i would like to be able to tweak culturally influencing values into ones that arent based on individuals like i feel most values are. i want american values to better everyone, the poverty in the world, global warming, peace, all that good stuff. pretty much i would like to be able to make people less individualistic and instead think as a group and a world community.

infantilization

infantilization is a common thin happenin in our world. it is defined as kinda "dumbing" down consumers to make it easier to sell products. in commercials producrs infantilize adults, then adults make child like decisions when they buy stuff. in my world school is the big thin tht makes me feel like a child. bathroom passes? in high school? were 17 years old and we have to do things that 10 yr olds gotta do..thts wack. i think the micro levl would be a classroom, were we are like kids and th teach is the paren was has an hour to watch his or her kids. at the macro level i think were being hurt. we will go into the outside world nd think tht we are gon be babyed and helped thru college and life, but really were not. so i def think were gettin harmed in all this.