Thursday, August 25, 2011

Silence

On our first day of Sal's sociology class our teacher walked in and sat amongst us in silence. For the first few moments everyone sat in silence looking around wondering what was going on. Finally someone spoke out and asked what we were supposed to be doing. I realized that this silence would not have been so awkward if we had not been so used to having our teacher come in and tell us what to do right when we sat down. So when Mr. Salituro was silent it left us all confused because his actions were not what we are used to. I believe that there are times when we are so accustomed to noise and people talking that there are times when we all talk just to talk. We talk at times about nothing and I think it could be just to fill that awkward silence. I thought the silent experiment was a perfect way to start out class and get us all thinking sociologically.

Who Am I?

There are many things that make up who I am. I am not much different than your everyday high school senior. I am into sports and enjoy spending times with my family and my friends. I believe that these things shape and influence my life. In the case of sports I play football and have a goal of playing in college. This goal helps me with the decisions and life choices that I make. My family and friends that I associate myself with support my goal and help me to achieve it by keeping me on the right track. The people that influence me are the same friends and family that I talked about earlier. They inspire me to be the person I am.