Soc 350 #7 Tell me I'm wrong...10-29-2013

I guess I had a hard time understand Cooper's ideas. I know that I am a stubborn and at times  fierce person. If I do something wrong how could I now if no one blamed me for and told me. If I and other people train me and myself but I pick how to follow and what group to be with. Then I am a form of power. Am I not? As a power should I not be held accountable for my actions. If I am never corrected and told I am a influential person that holds power how can I make sure that I use my power in the right way. I picked the song "Hero" by Superchick for the fact I thought the song played really well into my idea. I know for me being a big sister that it is important for me to be open and now how I affect my younger sister. For example in the song the following lyrics play.
"No one talks to him about how he lives
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
Doesn't know he's the leader with the way he behaves
And others will follow the choices he's made
He lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide
His brother who wants to be him is just nine
He can do what he wants because it's his right
The choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life"
I think most people can see that they have faults and accept the idea today that they play into how the act and do things. For me though maybe its a fault but I cannot help but feel that I need to hold people accountable to there actions. I am not saying that it should be carried out in the harshest way. I understand that its hard to see and to stop from something people are so use to. But should they not at least be told when possible that what they are doing is wrong. Even at times if it is harsh. I believe at times being harsh is the only way to make some people see things. For a example to elaborate. I love my grandfather that being said he drives me crazy. He believes I should become a dentist that speaks Spanish then I would always have a job. He can at times be judgmental and bias to the ways he grow up. Yet though all that I still love him and forgive him. Yet the one place I cannot seem to let things go is him smoking. He has done it for more then half his life. So I understand its hard and he has tried to stop but he goes back and to me that is giving up and being weak on his part of something I now he can do. I know he wants to stop and he wants to live a longer life to see me reach dreams and goals that he wants to see. So is it be being wrong when I accept that its hard yet still lock him out of his own house for a few minutes because I told him not to go outside and smoke? Even if it was just a joke. Should I accept that he won't ever stop smoking and I should come to terms with that and not blame him. 

 P.S. He did quite and has stopped smoking for almost a year!

soc 350 #6 learning the social ethic through music...

So this song that I used for this week is by Yui and it is called rolling star. Below are the lyrics in its original form Japanese and then translated into English.

Original / Romaji Lyrics	English Translation
Mou gaman bakka shiterannai yo  Iitai koto wa iwanakucha  Kaerimichi yuugure no basutei  Ochikonda senaka ni Bye Bye Bye	My patience is running out I want to say what I wanna say Coming home from the bus stop at twilight Saying bye bye bye to sad backs of others
Kimi no Fighting Pose misenakya oh oh	You gotta show you Fighting Pose oh oh
Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa  Arasoi mo naku heiwa na nichijou  Demo genjitsu wa hibi to rabu de  Tama ni kuyandari shiteru  Sonna Rolling Days	A world like I have seen in my dreams Without conflict, just daily peace But in reality, I tend to worry about Troubles and the daily grind Those Rolling Days
Koronjattatte iin ja nai no  Son toki wa waratte ageru  Norikonda basu no oku kara  Chiisaku hohoemi ga mieta	Even though you keep on falling, You laugh and get up every time As I board the vacant back of the bus You flash me a small smile
Kimi wo tayori ni shiteru yo	I must place my trust in you
Yume ni made mita you na Sweet Love  Koibitotachi wa kakure ga wo sagasu no  Demo genjitsu wa aenai hi ga  Tsuzukinagara mo shinjiteru no Lonely Days	Sweet love like I have seen in my dream Lovers searching for hidden refuge But in reality, on the days we cannot meet, Continue on but I believe in Lonely Days
Oh yeah, yeah... Tsumazuitatte Way to go  Yeah, yeah, yeah!  Dorodoroke Rolling Star	Oh yeah, yeah... Even if you stumble, Way to go Yeah, yay! A muddled Rolling Star
Naru beku egao de itai keredo  Mamori nuku tame ni wa shikata nai deshou	It pains me so to see your smiling face, but Is there no way to protect you till the end?
Kitto uso nante sou  Imi wo motanai no  All my loving... Sou ja nakya yatterannai	There is no meaning to this lie, none at all All my loving,  Without it, I can't go on
Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa  Arasoi mo naku heiwa na nichijou  Demo genjitsu wa hibi to rabu de  Tama ni kuyandari shiteru  Sonna Rolling Days	A world like I have seen in my dreams Without conflict, just daily peace But in reality, I tend to worry about Troubles and the daily grind Those Rolling Days
Oh yeah, yeah...  Sou wakatterutte  Oh yeah, yeah...  Tsumazuitatte Way to go  Yeah, yeah, yeah!  Doro doro ke Rolling Star	Oh yeah, yeah... Even if you understand it all Oh yeah, yeah... Even if you stumble, way to go,  Yeah yay A muddled rolling star

I picked this video for the fact that I really love how this song moves me. That way even if its in its original language it still has the same meaning and feeling as when in English. I though this would be a respecting and individuals own experiences. By listing to the song in its traditional form shows my respect to try and understand before I break it down into English. For me music is a wonderful way to share ideas and tell stories  Music has its own divers are of topics and types. So for example the song "The cup song" by Anna Kendrick.Brake the song down into parts and really look at the lyrics  and try to understand what it is really about. It makes me wonder what all the song I really like are saying. If there reason I like them so much is for the fact that they have a underling idea to them that connects them all in away that I do not see. I know that songs are connected with what the writer wanted to get across as the idea. I also now that songs can be a part of history and a reflection on the time as to when they where written. It makes me think of what other musics have transmitted over time. I have always loved music even when I was little. I wish that I could read it better but I feel that even if you do not have the skill to read it you can still understand it. The music gives you a feeling that at times can not be explained. I always wonder if everyone feels this way about the music or if the mass majority feels a different way about it and why they would feel that way. 

SOC 350 #5 Measuring success

How do you measure success  Is it by how much money you have. What type of grades you get. Do you pay more attention to in innerworld success or outerworld success  
Why do we measure are self. Is it for the fact that we want to know how good we are doing. We grow up being told to be good. It might even be culturally passed on to us to compare ourselves to others. I'm school we strive to get grade knowing that means we are doing good. But is it really good. It's just a teacher grading papers on what they view or how much we understand a idea. Would it not be better I we could just focus in being happy. To get rid of the anomalous that are in the way. Should we not just be happy and base if off are values of things. For me I would rather say if I am happy or not off what I think happy is not what others tell me it is or should be. What are they to say that I have succeeded at nothing? I might not get good grades on papers but that does not mean I don't understand or I am bad at it. It might just be the fact that I have very bad spelling or the person grading the papers does not agree with my ideas or theories.I feel if you are happy with what you have done and you can at least make it on your own your doing good. Even at times if you can not make it on your own does not mean you have failed it just means that in some part or way you need help in a are for now. So I want to pose a challenge to you. I want you to really think of what you base your success on and if that's the best thing to base it off of. 

Soc 350 (Sumblog Disconnect to Reconnect #4) 10-8-2013

For me this week I was really interested and the way that we are so connected. I really like that we are all connected and how this is a good thing for us. At the same time though I think that it disconnects us.We are not focused in on one small group of people we are connecting to a large group. I think that we cannot focus on the small group for the fact that we are so caught up in wanting to be a part of the large group. We forget to take the time to stay connected with the small group that is with us. We are so determined to be a part of the global community to have the most people to talk to and know about. I feel that at least for me its like collecting coal when you think they are diamonds. But the true friends that are diamonds you end up not being able to keep. It makes me sad to think that this takes place so many times to so many people. The video that I have posted above I though of is for the point of how we affect the ones around us. We are all connected and then the fact that with one idea things can change. Things will only change though if you or I are willing to act upon the idea to be the odd one out and stay true to that idea. For me I fallowed this idea by not having a facebook. So I hope that you will fallow through on what you think should be different as well. That if that’s with not having a facebook or getting out more and being social. Then I hope you will take the shoot to do it.