Brandin Reggio
Response 1
After reading chapters 1 and 2, I have come to the conclusion that the study of sociology analyzes how people interact and engage with one another. As an individual living in a world full of people, this course strikes me as being relevant and vital for me to take. I think that it is important for a person to understand how different people communicate and to explore other cultures. The material covered in sociology is of great importance to any person pursuing an education, but it is especially important to me because my major is criminal justice. After college, I plan to pursue a career in law enforcement. I believe that getting a better understanding of sociology is crucial for my success. With the hopes of one day becoming a law officer and eventually a detective, understanding how and why groups of people act differently is a critical skill.
I hope that this course will better help me attain a better comprehension of how groups of people act a certain way, but more importantly why they act the way they do. Studying sociology can help me understand how to better read people and to analyze situations when I have to interact with them in my future work field. I believe that this course will help me become a better student as well. When an individual is in school, he or she is surrounded by various types of people and groups. Learning how to communicate and interact with others can help a person go much further with every aspect of life and school. I think that this skill can even help someone to place his or herself in someone else’s shoes, so to speak. I am also hoping that studying sociology can help me with my various psychology and political science classes, which I also have to take with my major.
As a potential future detective, a major task of mine will be finding out about the acts that people have committed - or will commit. In order to actually solve a crime, one must understand why people would commit it in the first place. I am hoping that sociology will better help me understand and analyze the minds of victims and criminals. Gaining a better understanding of people in general helps any education or career. In my line of work I will undoubtedly come across “deviant” groups such as gangs. Sociology can help me recognize the inner workers of these types or people and misunderstood individuals. Sociology can also help me understand individuals who are different then myself, and I believe to be a good law officer (and a person in general) this is an important trait. Being able to relate to others, even though you may not agree with how they act, is an important skill.
During my life growing up in Newark, I have interacted with many different types of people on a daily basis. My neighborhood is extremely diverse and is composed of many different social and ethnic groups. So, in a way, I am no stranger to sociology. Both sets of my grandparents immigrated to the USA from different countries and speak different languages. Because of them, I was raised around cultures other than American. I also was raised in an environment that is a little harsher and more abrasive then others. I believe that this will help me understand and grasp some of the concepts in this course and is also one of the reasons that I want to pursue law enforcement as a career. I have seen how sinister and evil people in this world can become from being in a negative environment around harmful groups of people. Along with this course, I hope to expand on the knowledge I have already have from my everyday life.
I do not believe that this course is “just another class”, but I feel as if it is a crucial building block for my further education and future career. I honestly hope to learn from this course and incorporate the information which I have obtained into my daily life. I hope by gaining a better understanding of the social world, different cultures, and deviants, there may be a chance that one day I can prevent and stop heinous acts from occurring. Since I was a young boy, I always dreamed of being a police officer. I believe that this sociology course will most definitely help me in obtaining my goal.
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