Social-autobiography
Growing up in a vulnerable society requires that one fully adapts to the surroundings and develop survival skills. In my younger days, development was taking its course, and hence various social amenities had not been put up. The major social amenity that had not been put up was the healthcare facility—surviving a decade in this situation required one to be immune to certain amenities such as healthcare. Alongside hospitals, schools too were limited, and this made many pupils of my age not to have access to education. This essay reflects on my social life dating from my childhood to the current level I am.
Q1.What are your acquired and ascribed statuses?
Born in an average economy family, my social status journey opened up. First being in an average economy family, I did not struggle much in accessing the necessities. This included access to education, good health, and a good home to stay-this formed the basis of my achieved status. The school helped me in achieving more status later in life, through learning, I was able to join tertiary institutions which helped me make up my career. In joining the tertiary institution, I did a marketing course, which made me a business person in the community. My ascribed status based on my race, having an American dad and an African mother, my race can be adequately named African American. My ethnicity can be based on my interactions with the American’s and Africans as having parents from a different ethnic group.
Q2.Who decides what age you began working? Is it a luxury to get not to work and be a student?
Due to the formal setting of the locality and the developments work taking place, a need for a working environment was made necessary. However, who was to work and when was the driving force at that period. My parents worked round the clock to have bread on the table and bills offloaded. This act motivated me to become an elite person in society. According to sociological theories, age is directly related to the role one plays in society. At a young age, my parents regulated every behaviour I indulged myself in. At an advanced age, my social conscious adjust to the forces of the economy, and this automatically makes it necessary for me to work without being influenced by the parents. Not working and being a student was not a luxury to me. My parents had taught me that to have a luxury; a cost has to be incurred coughed from the rewards of work. This, therefore, made no sense to me of creating luxuries and leaving my responsibilities based on excuses.
Q3. How did you make it to community college? What does that mean to you and the people who raised you? Do you have friends who do not attend college? What is the attitude toward college? Who instilled those ideas in you?
Education being the only backbone of fighting poverty in the society my parents had in mind, they did their best so that I could acquire education. I joined my primary education with a lot of determination and constant driving force from home. All this got me focused only on pursuing my only goal in school, which I did achieve after the course. This achievement secured me a position in our community college. By joining the new tertiary institution created a different person in me; new roles and responsibilities awaited me ahead. To my parents, the joy of having me achieve their ultimate wish was evident. My fellow friends who did not make it to the college had to figure out how to move on to the next stage of life. The agony in some of them was visible. To them that did not attain the required mark to join the institution, some had a negative attitude to the college while others had no attitude at all. It is through talking with them that I learnt of their feeling towards the institution.
Q4. Do you participate in group sports? Does participating in group sports bring with it power and/or prestige? Why do you think that is?
In college, a lot of learning activities took place day in day out. According to the social theories of interactions, we learn of how roles and those of others from interacting with them. Having this in mind, participating in group activities was my best endeavour in college. In my opinion, participating in group sports enhanced teamwork and power were achieved. This is supported by the fact that having various people take part in one activity allow giving of various supportive ideas, and hence a concrete solution is established.
In conclusion, my entire life has been a learning experience. Traversing from the toddler I was to the person I am today. My interactions in various institutions have greatly helped in shaping the person I am today. The school has equipped me with literacy skills and knowledge, which helps me in making appropriate choices and decisions. Having acquired reasonable skills, I can fight for my position in society. Every choice that one makes opens a new channel of consequences, some of which may be hard to get over. Bad company ruins good morals.
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