Compensation For African Americans

I do not think that this topic got the full attention it should have got instead it only got half of it. This is because our class is 95% white instead of 2 or 3 people, if we had more African Americans it would have been a stronger discussion. While listening to this discussion I heard Willow make a statement saying how would we find the people that had African American slave history. Well, that actually would not be hard at all because all black people originate from Africa, every single one, and the only reason why we got separated was because of slavery. For example the Islands like Jamaica, Trinidad, St.Johns, St.vincent etc, have lots of slave history because most of the black people living there have white or British last names that they were given during slavery instead of their African names. Than instead of going back to Africa they stay where they are, start a family, continue there family tree, and the more generation (1st generation, 2nd, 3rd etc) the family has they forget more and more of their African history and start becoming more part of their new culture. I also heard someone else comment on what is the big deal of Barack Obama to black people and what is the difference between a black president and a female president. well, there actually is a big difference because when blacks first came to America they were slaves and to go from being slaves to being in charge of a nation is a HUGE step and it also let us know how far we have come, that is the difference. I personally do not care if I get compensation because am not full African and I was not the one that was put through slavery or do I know any of my ancestors or grandmas grandpas etc that were put through slavery. I must say though every time I see something that is made out of 100% cotton I laugh and think to my self that I should get what ever that material is for free. On the other hand if the government wanted to pay for my school fees, or I would not have to pay taxes I would gladly accept.

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

I personally think that Euthanasia and assisted Suicide should be a choice just like how I believe they should legalize marijuana because it is all choices. For a person to commit suicide they must be in unbelievable pain, because committing suicide is a big thing, its not something that you can take back. I also think that if someone decided to commit suicide, they should be sentence to at least some type of counseling to make sure they understand EXACTLY what they are about to do, unless obviously if someone is making the decision for them. For example you have a kid that is a vegetable, or your wife was in a serious accident and now is only staying alive by a machine and you decide to pull the plug or inject them with a poison to kill them. Yes some people say that in cases like that the person that is responsible should not make the decision because what if they were in the sick persons position how would they feel. Well, that maybe true but the person taking care of the sick kid or wife must be in pain every time they see them the state they are in, especially if they have memories with them when they weren’t in that state, plus hospital bills, not working enough because you have to take time off work to take care of the sick and many more reasons. To conclude I think that Euthanasia and assisted Suicide should be legalize but serious thought or counseling should be taken before deciding on this decision.

Presentation journal

For the first assignment in our sociology class, the presentation went pretty well. It was a good way to start off the semester for me because i never took sociology last year and i found out who these psychologists are and how they contributed to the world of sociology. My Partner (Johnny Bahdi) and I, did the psychologist Abraham Maslow. He was just a normal person, born June 8th 1970, rasied in brooklyn, was an American Jewish Psycologist, went to highschool, than post secondary school, than became a teacher teaching psyology. He started to beocme famous when he made/introduced his theory of the Hierarchy of needs (aka Maslow's hierarchy's of needs). The Hierarchy of needs is basically a triangle built in five levels, the last levels are more imporant than the ones at the top. The hierarchy involves 5 needs, physiological needs are at the bottom (physiological needs are basic needs such as food, water, warmth, sleep etc), than Saftey needs (security of body, employment, health, family etc) than Love/Belonging needs (friendship, family, sexual intimacy) than Esteem needs (self esteem, confidence, achievement etc) than finally Self-Actualization needs ( morality, creativity, problem sovling, acceptance of facts etc). Before researching Maslow i never actually thought about my needs, wants and how i would order them except making sure i have the basic needs of survival, everything else i thought would just be a want. I did learn something by doing this presentation, so it wasnt i waste of time.

Bonus Assignment

How Do you think you are performing in class?

I think that I am not pulling my own weight thus far. I usually leave my sociology homework until the last day or the last couple hours before it is due. my homework that was due on Monday I started it at 11 pm and rushed, when I could have finished the assignment a week ago, since I had maybe just a few less than two weeks to complete. also instead of reading everyday for 15 minutes I just sat here and listened to my music on my cell phone or talk to people. I only started reading my book this week but I am more than half way done but that also means I could have finished my book two weeks ago and start on my book assignment. I usually start slow until mid terms because I think I can slack off and than I see my mid term and realize that I have to get serious. Or ill start to pick up my work habits at progress reports if I slacked off too much. so I don’t think that I am pulling my weight but when I come back from march break I will start to pull my weight and maybe more and I will put money on that !

Why study how society functions

It is very important to study how society functions because if we do not than our country, or our world will be at great risk and our economy is already in bad conditions. The Inconvenient Truth documentary, this article (A Tale Of Two Farms), and our economy today, also shows us what our world will be like in the future if we do not change.
To begin, Al Gor showed us that if we do not stop polluting, global warming will destroy the planet. He showed us all this by studying previous weather conditions (summer, winter, fall). According to Al Gor's charts our summers are getting hotter, our winters are getting shorter, and the ice in the North Pole is melting drastically. With all the ice melting, our cities that are close to the water will soon be underneath. By studying how our society functions, he also realized that our green house gasses, our plants (ie ones like in Hamilton) and even littering is one of the main reasons of global warming. When our pollution in the air builds up it creates its own atmosphere on top of our earth's atmosphere. It lets the sun's rays heat up the earth but the pollutions atmosphere does not let the rays out. I must say that ever since i saw the documentary of the inconvenient truth, i have notice alot more people caring about the planet. We recycle allot more, we are starting to decompose alot more and started using for natural energy resources (ie solar power, water for electricity etc). If i never saw this documentary, i would never have guessed that our world had this problem, nor would i care, well to be honest i really still don’t care, but i do see why now it is important to study how society functions.
Secondly, the prologue, A Tale of Two Farms, taught me because of our economy, and global warming everyone is suffering. People are losing jobs, farmers are losing harvest because of the weather, and when our suppliers (ie Chinese for there technology) crashes our economy crashes even more. So we should learn to make our own supplies/ resources.
By comparing both of these information’s I came to the conclusion that we should study how society works because history really repeats its self and will continue to repeat its self unless we make a change in the way we live.