American

The question is can we really be 100% American? Literally we can't be, why? Because the United States is made up of so many different races and cultures.
In the reading  "THE 100% AMERICAN" it tells about a basic day of a man. But also it describes that all of things he uses came from a different country.
So how can we be "100% American" when our world consists of things from other countries? America may be made up of a lot of countries but we have kind of made our own culture out of it. Also in the United States there are many different races. How can we have our own culture when there are so many? American culture is all of those put together to make a very unique culture.
When you put all of the "Elements of a Common American Culture" together that makes up what the American culture is. Individualism, Capitalism, Modernism, Religiosity, Secularism, Consumerism, and  Monoligualism are the elements that make up the culture.
Is America Multiculturalism or a Common Culture? I think Multiculturalism would be the correct answer but like I said before we make it into our own specific unique culture. No other country in the world has a culture like the United States. More and more people keep coming to the United States and the diversity is getting larger too.
So I think that we are a Multiculturalism country but we put it all together to make our own unique culture with a lot of diversity. We are 100% American but not everyone here is actually American.

Ship Wreck oh no

In the situation of a Ship Wreck people would have to make tough choices on the spot. Maybe the toughest choice would be who to keep on the life boat.
The decision of who to keep would be made on knowledge and strength. Other things that you would consider when deciding would be age. A four year old and a eighty year old wouldn't be much help.
But you would have to be ethical and have a heart at the same time. People who have kids compared to people who don't have kids. You should definitely keep the parents.
If there was celebrities on the boat many people would try to help them but you have to think, would they be much help?  Americans would probably try to save the celebrities but if there is foreigners along they wouldn't care. Americans can be selfish at times and in this situation I am sure it would show a lot.

It would be a very tough situation and the choices would be even tougher. But you would just have to think about others and how it affects everyone.

Social Imagination

Kids being born today are going to grow up different because of many things. There is a lot more media and technology now that will shape their lives. Communication is a lot better that also will shape their lives. Even the kids born before me didn't have as much technology as we had.

Growing up somewhere else would change me completely. Living in a small community you get the opportunity to know everyone around you. You have some worries but not as many if you were living in a big city. Another thing that would change has to do with school and sports. In a big city there wouldn't be as much opportunity to participate in activities like you can in small schools. I have played Soccer, baseball, basketball, and football since I was little. If I was in a bigger school that would probably be cut down to one sport.

A lot of things I worry about have to do with either sports, school, or what I am going to do in the future. I shouldn't worry too much about some of the things I do because I have it better than a lot of people. Some people have nothing and aren't as lucky as me to have both parents. 

I worry about school all the time but it doesn't seem to help me to spend more time on it. But if I didn't worry about I wouldn't get anything done. So its not bad to worry about it a little bit. 

Freaks and Geeks

Last week in Sociology class we watched an episode of Freaks And Geeks. There were a couple groups I could sort out in the episode. The first one I sorted out was the cool kids/rebels, led by Daniel and Nick. Lindsay the main character kind of wants to get involved with that group of people later on in the episode. The other group I saw was the "geeks" it included Lindsay's younger brother Sam and two of his friends. During the episode they were constantly picked on by a bully so they were scheming a plan. I think  Daniel and Nick's group holds a lot of the power in the show. They walked around like they owned the place. Alan, the kid that bullied Sam also had some power. Alan used bullying to have power.

There were a few symbols in the episode. Like Lindsay's army jacket, she started wearing it so she could try to fit in with the cool group.  Another symbol would be the dance. Sam really wanted to go to the dance with Cindy so the dance caused him a conflict trying to get the courage to ask her.

I can relate to some of the things in the episode. Like getting the courage to do something and being nervous about it. I don't wear the clothes I wear to fit in though. I worry about grades a lot but I admit I am a pretty big slacker. Its not bad to worry about grades because you are supposed to get good grades. I want to go to college so I can get a degree and start a good career. All in all I think this episode showed good examples of how people change to fit in and change to get what they want.

WHO AM I

Hi my name is Chazz, and this is my blog. Things I enjoy doing consist of playing sports, fishing, hunting, and other outdoor activities. Family and friends are also a big part of my life. I like to think I have many friends that enjoy being around me as much as I enjoy being around them. Things that make me happy are being with the people who like me and doing what I like. I think my purpose in life is to make the best of it and make other people's  lives better.