Who I am?

What defines me? Who am I? Can anyone really answer this question? Well, to put it in some words, I am simply a high school student trying to relate sociology to my life. This blog is about my life and sociology. Sociology is about the study of groups of people and I could definitely fit into the norm of a typical high schooler. I love fashion, hanging out with friends, and doing well in my favorite sport, track.




I recently started a new school year. One class, in particular, is sociology. The first day of class was really interesting. It started with a teacher, who started the class not at all like a normal teacher. When the bell rang, he sat down in one of the desks and didn't let out a word. All the new students were confused by this action and the class quickly filled with awkward laughter. "What was this?" we were all thinking. "What's going on?" Eventually, our teacher rose from his chair and explained to us that we were apart of a sociological test. Our reaction proved that we were all trained to think that when class started the teacher would teach and we, the students, would sit there and listen. We took the silence as awkwardness, which was also something we trained to think. This made me think about how society has trained or even brainwashed us to think that certain things are normal, even when they may not be.

Scary huh?



Even though I am basically a typical high school girl, I still have qualities that make me different. First off, I'm tall..really tall, 5'9" to be exact. This has helped me excel at running and probably part of reason I'm good at it. I love taking photography, writing, I quit almost every hobby I do, and I have a fascination with the human mind and helping helping people with their problems. I am passionate about psychology and that is why I want to be a psychiatrist. I have been working to get to that point by taking certain classes. This is probably why sociology interests me so much because it is very similiar to psychology. And if you don't believe I quit almost every hobby or sport I try then here's a list:

-ballet (almost fell off the stage when I was 3)
-gymnastics (didn't like climbling that darn rope)
-tap
-art class (6 years old, couldn't draw a sailboat)
-volleyball
-basketball
-dog agility (it exists, no joke)
-piano (boring!)
-flute, tenor saxophone, and alto saxophone in band and jazzband (high school/marching didn't sound very fun)
-guitar (couldn't find a left handed teacher)
-horseback riding (expensive!)

I may have quit a lot of things but I remain passionate on photography, psychology, track, and I am trying my best at french. Do you think society has made me this way..a quitter? Well, all I now is I don't plan on quitting any hobby or sport again. Then again, that list is making me think that I might.

That's all for now. That was all about my life and my sociology class according to Andrea.