To do nothing.

We were assigned an assignment in Soc class. The assignment was to do Nothing. It seemed like the easiest homework; all you had to do was stand somewhere for ten minutes and do nothing. It seemed so simply but felt impossible. I chose to do Nothing during my lunch period at school. It was so awkward, I felt weird and as if everyone was looking at me. it was really difficult because there was soo much going on, and soo loud. I kept telling myself think nothing, do nothing. I catch myself people watching a lot and thinking. It was really hard to get in the zone but once you did get in the zone you felt as if you weren't there, it reminded me of the bell that Sal hits every morning before class starts. This experience made me realize how people are contently thinking, worrying, or just doing something. We never stop and think to ourselves to do nothing. In fact we think doing nothing is weird, awkward, time wasting, and impossible.

Independence..??

Americans have different values than other cultures do. We read an article called "The Values Americans Live By", and it classified 13 general values that Americans live by. By reading this article I have realized how different American values are from other cultures. We also just started watching Tuesdays with Morrie, and I saw how Mitch fit into several of the American values listed in the article. Some of his values were time and its control, work orientation, and success. Mitch is a workaholic and puts work before anything else. He is contently worrying about work. There are some values I can also apply to myself. For example independence.  I have always felt like I have to grow up to be independent; that dependency on someone is a bad things. I hear it mostly from my dad that he wants me to grow up to being an independence women and just to "do me". I hear it from my mom also she'll say "to never dependence on a man".  The only people my parents think we can depend on is our families. I never got it because don't I grow up to having a family of own one day, doesn't that mean I have to depend on someone? I never really got it but maybe i well once i get a little older.  

Subcultures Everywhere...

A subculture can be defined as a group with in a society that has its own shared set of values, customs, mores, attitudes, etc. A subculture can be organized by race, ethnic background, religion, age, occupation, and hobbies. SHS can be classified as a subculture because of the different mores, folkways, language, symbols, and values. Some of the values at SHS is getting good grades (doing AP classes), and going to college and knowing what you what to be in the future; where as someone who goes to a Chicago public school might just be concerned about graduating high school then worrying about knowing what they want to do and the college they would like to attend. A subculture that I am a part of is being Turkish. Both my parents are Turkish. Although I have different values than my parents and view the world wayyyy differently, I would still consider myself being apart of that subculture. A more, as a young women in my culture is to be basically be a servant. For example women are expected to pass out the food, make tea and pass it out, if were asked to do something we have to obey, cook, clean, do laundry. I don't like this at all. I have respect and if I am asked to do something I will but that's only if I'm asked. I find it wrong that women have to do everything around the house. Sometimes my dad says, "what kind of lady are you". And mentions how the way I am is because of America. I disagree with a lot of my cultures mores and values but I also agree on some. Subcultures are everywhere and everyone is part of many subcultures.