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Feb 15 2012
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“As people gain the tools to work for social change — and find the courage to go public within and between themselves — two things happen: (1) they spread their message to others who are on the same path without knowing it, growing the community of congruence toward critical mass; (2) they attract critics who help and even compel them to check and correct themselves, purging the movement of distortions and making its message clearer and more compelling. This is one of the points at which democratic and fascist movements diverge. Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.

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Jan 31 2012
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what is sociological imagination?
 
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Simply put — Sociological imagination can be considered as the capacity to see things socially, how they interact, and influence each other.

Basically.. it’s a sort of vision. The more someone understands a set of relationships, the people interacting, and the outcomes that occur .. these sort of relationships can be seen as they happen.

This can be something as simple as ..

A child sitting at a table unattended. On that table is a large plate of cookies. Depending on the environment.. let’s say it’s their home, or rather.. their grand parent’s home. Based on these relationships.. the norms that are embedded within, one could assert that the child may help themselves, or at least focus a great deal of attention on the cookies.

The sociological imagination is an awareness, this awareness speaks to how much someone perceives, and what they may be able to understand or predict based on that awareness. This can be simple things or it can be things on deeper levels.

It tends to grow.. once it starts. The more you see.. the more you learn.. the more you learn.. the more you see.

Jan 12 2012
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The power of Socialization — Sometimes questions aren’t asked & sometimes things aren’t as they seem.

Look around.. where have the lines of reality been blurred into realism? What’s the difference between real & realistic?

sociology, beauty, realism, illusion, socialization, education,

 
   
Dec 06 2011
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So often there is talk about whether or not money does really buy happiness. Finally someone has ventured the time and resources to establish a survey, that with luck & enough data, may finally be able to shed light on this age old question. It’s easy to think, as someone without a lot of money, that an increase in wealth would surely elevate happiness, but the question of validity still persists. This image shows that money can buy happiness, but what is bought significantly determines how long that happiness will remain. Buying experiences opposed to material goods seems to prolong the feeling of fulfillment, the feeling of happiness, the feeling that we all long for…day in and day out. If you’d be interested in contributing to this survey and many others that may help paint a better picture of our own moral fibers, take a stroll over to yourmorals.org. The surveys are free, academically organized, and established to provide a building understanding for our own morals that we can continually cite back to in the future.

So often there is talk about whether or not money does really buy happiness. Finally someone has ventured the time and resources to establish a survey, that with luck & enough data, may finally be able to shed light on this age old question.

It’s easy to think, as someone without a lot of money, that an increase in wealth would surely elevate happiness, but the question of validity still persists.

This image shows that money can buy happiness, but what is bought significantly determines how long that happiness will remain. Buying experiences opposed to material goods seems to prolong the feeling of fulfillment, the feeling of happiness, the feeling that we all long for…day in and day out.

If you’d be interested in contributing to this survey and many others that may help paint a better picture of our own moral fibers, take a stroll over to yourmorals.org. The surveys are free, academically organized, and established to provide a building understanding for our own morals that we can continually cite back to in the future.

sociology, education, happiness, morals, money vs experience,

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Dec 01 2011
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Charles Cooley — The Primary Group It’s easy to look around and see how urbanization and specialization has changed society, the relationships we have, and the morals for which guide us. What type of society do you live in? Large city or small town? Can you identify social relationships that lack cohesion? Can you identify relationships that can stand up against the social pressures of the demanding landscapes? Fruit for thought.

Charles Cooley — The Primary Group

It’s easy to look around and see how urbanization and specialization has changed society, the relationships we have, and the morals for which guide us.

What type of society do you live in? Large city or small town? Can you identify social relationships that lack cohesion? Can you identify relationships that can stand up against the social pressures of the demanding landscapes?

Fruit for thought.

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Nov 28 2011
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Thought of the Day Perspective — How such a subtle difference can change things so dramatically. How does your perspective inform your reality & how different could it be with just a few subtle changes of perception?

Thought of the Day

Perspective — How such a subtle difference can change things so dramatically.

How does your perspective inform your reality & how different could it be with just a few subtle changes of perception?

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Nov 25 2011
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“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.

Privilege comes in many forms — Interpretations and self defined means are sewn by a biased thread of perspective.

Awareness + Perspective = Understanding

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Nov 25 2011
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“Sociology is possible only because human behavior is patterned. Students in a classroom tend to sit in the same part of the room each day - often in the same seat. Concertgoers tend to applaud simultaneously and at appropriate intervals. Elevator passengers almost invariably face the front. The potential gift of sociology is to uncover the patterns and regularities from among many incidents and observations so that perhaps people may recognize their own isolated experience within the context of the experiences of others. But the path of each individual life is unique and unpredictable.
So often the subtle patterns and trends of society go unnoticed by its participants, while the aware and observant sociologists look on, with the desire & passion to understand and make meaning of it all.

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Nov 22 2011
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Perspective and awareness — Whether Thanksgiving is considered a tradition or holiday, one must always be cognizant of what it is founded upon. Lest we never forget.

Perspective and awareness — Whether Thanksgiving is considered a tradition or holiday, one must always be cognizant of what it is founded upon.

Lest we never forget.

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Nov 19 2011
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Live stream of TEDYouth — Enriching and engrossing applications of science and teaching, for the growth and betterment of everyone involved.

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