race take 2

This week we have been watching a movie CRASH about different people in the world, but not only also different races. During you can see how different races stereotype each other and other races. A part that I really got related to was when the cops called the persian family muslims and that remained me that in my childhood me and my friends used to call any arabic we have seen in Israel muslim/ terrorist because that was the culture we born in to and all the Muslims country that around us that affect our way of judging the arab people.

Race

This week in sociology we talked about "race". We tried to prove that race exists in different activities such as the balls activity, to put 20 different people in 5 categories, and even by finger prints, but nothing worked. The only thing we could of take from this experiments it that skin color comes from the place you live. Our class as group during one of the activities classify people by their skin color. As a human been we think that if a person is dark is black, or if person is light so he is white. We judge people by their color and not who they really are. To be from a different race it's not always bad because in the end of the day that is what makes us different from each other.

Bocce Ball Community ervice

I spent part of my weekend volunteering at special Olympics helping special kids to play the game.  This was considered community service but it did not feel that way too me.  I was more than happy to spend my time with them helping the kids that are less fortunate to play a game they care about.  I was really honored to go their and help them out

It started on a beautiful Sunday morning with a slight breeze and I was happy to wake up so early for community service.  I was almost late for the bus, but was glad i made it.  Then on the bus i played cheerful and soothing music to lighten the mood and get ready to help out the special kids with the game.  I could not wait to get their and help out.  I was so excited and glad to help out the kids and could not wait to get off.  When i got off it was a great relief and ready to help out and could not wait to meet all the new friends that i would have and never forget about.  I could no wait to meet amazing and wonderful kids that would change my life forever

I was really ecstatic to cheer them up and their attitude towards life was amazing even though they had different circumstances than us and they had a better attitude than most people i know.  It change my perspective on things and made me have a better attitude towards life overall everything.  The way he handled obstacles and challenges were really inspiring.  It made me feel good and realize that no challenge is too hard and cant be overcome.  Anything is possible and they really helped me understand the meaning of that.  I'm glad I went to the special Olympics and helped out.  It changed my life forever and really glad I helped out.

Game for Life

In the last week we have studied about class system in the US. To understand it the best we played monopoly with a similar rules like in real life. Each and one of us in groups of fives got a class in the US system. After playing the game for like 45 min we have tried to conclude the results of this game. The most common thing that we came with was that no matter how hard you try the chances that you will succeed and go up by a class is much lower, than you are actually can go down by your class. I'm not saying it's impossible, but is it really hard. I see it related to my life in which my parents decided to move everything behind and move to a different country that success is a little bite more likely to happen if you invest the same amount of time and energy(hard work).

social class

An activity we have done in class was the coins game. Each students started with three coins and a chance of 50% to win a bet. This game reflect how things happens in life that some people starts from the same point, but with a little bite of luck can have a lot more, or in the other hand the results that have been shown were that most of the class after couple of minutes stayed with nothing and two other students share between them the sum of the whole class. this reflect that some people have a higher point to succeed because they don't sacre to put big amounts of money in risk to compare to others that don't have this amount to put and have only one shot.

Deviance

Deviance is the repeated or serious violation of society's expectations. Deviance also can be positively or negatively it's all depend by the person or the place you are doing the activity. Example from my life was that last Monday I helped one lady to carry her lagged upstairs in the train station and she thanks me, but in other place a lady that I might would like to for the same thing would think is disrespectful that I want to touch her private thing, and she can do it alone. 

men=women?

In the past week we have studied about how men or women should behave in our century. Men need to be tough, not sensitive, strong, and never scared from anyone or any thing. In the other hand we have women that need to be organize, clean all the time, and sensitive.  I found two videos that show that if you give a chance to women they can be exactly like men. As you all know all ready my biggest passion in life is basketball. In a week ago I have watched one game that Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks scored 50 points a game. After searching in the internet for a long time looking for a something that can improve that if you give a little chance to women they can be good as men and that what I found:  

http://youtu.be/FGhMvT5VBC8.

One example from my life is that in Israel men and women drafted equally to the army and the capable to serve in some units as men