How I Was Socialized Growing Up

Coconut or Mexican-American? The white board scribbled in blue marker with the letters “T.A.G” was the only thing in the room besides the perfect rows of desks as I walked towards my assigned seat at beginning of my fourth grade year. “Everyday at 11:30 you will be taken out of class and brought to this room. You are all here because you are at a more advanced level in math than your classmates. You are TAG students, Talented and Gifted. This is a little more challenging work, but it will prepare

Beyoncé and Pat. We are told how the bridge between the two shores is destroyed and Beyonce has to make a particular sacrifice to Gilligan for her to be able to be with Pat,who is separated from her by a river full of hungry piranhas. This story has all types of twists and turns that display the true colors of each character involved. I personally believe that Bubba could be categorized as the most horrible for beating Pat in the manner he did. I don’t think it was actually necessary to have a

Growing up in a small town and going to a small school I knew pretty much everyone that went there. At my school we had a learning center, where kids could go if they were struggling or had a disability. There was only one student in my school who had a disability, he had an intellectual and physical disability. The other students that had a disability had non physical disabilities and autism. Growing up I helped my mom with twins, one had autism and the other one had autism and cerebral palsy

to those that are traveling. School books have alternatives such as EBook’s, and children now have access to Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. We live in a generation where children are more socialized than those born in the 80s-90s. For example, a child who was growing up in the 80’s-90s had Legos or Barbie’s to entertain, while a five year old now has a tablet. Who do we have to blame for this? None other than ourselves; a two year old can

that we too hold our own set of beliefs. The socially constructed term ‘family’ traditionally is defined as a unit that is related by marriage or blood, share financial responsibilities and care for any children/dependents (Lofquist et al., 2012). Growing up as a Haitian American, my ideas of what it means to be a family have been greatly influenced by my cultures and my religion. The Haitian culture greatly emphasizes family relationships and familial

an example, I have interviewed two people from different generations and asked questions about their experiences and beliefs about masculinity and femininity role. Although there were similar answers, it is evident that gender is socialized differently between generations. The understanding of gender socialization is manipulated differently; however, there are similar beliefs throughout different ages of life. The first person I interviewed was Ron, a male born in 1942 that grew up in Mississippi

For the first reflection paper assignment, the “How Would You…?” question located on page 168 presents the question that is discussed in this paper. This particular question states, “As a human development and family studies professional, how would you describe the ways in which parents influence their children’s notions of gender roles?” (Santrock, 2015, p. 168). Parents play a major role in their children’s gender development. Fathers and mothers are also “psychologically important to their children’s

I obviously have been changed a lot since I came abroad. The experience of being lonely is really a fast way to force oneself to be mature. When you are mostly on your own, you had to be grown. I had to face most of the situation that was pushed on me, to be paying attention on university subjects is one of the biggest deal in the course of growing up by myself. What I had experienced did not make me feel regret, it would be an important improvement. The first big step is travel by an airplane alone

energy. Lately, I have been wondering if shedding the added layer of femininity painted over the natural state of our embodiment enables women to move through this world as the subject, the one seeing instead of the one being seen. Specifically, I wonder about makeup as a subtle, yet symbolic reinforcement of gender inequality: causing me to think well, what if I never wore makeup again? Recently, I had a woman say to me: “you don’t need makeup! if I had clear, youthful skin I wouldn’t wear makeup

in a new direction in terms of how our medical system is run. In fact “socialized medicine” has been mentioned numerous times in the current presidential debates. This is not the first time in American history that this issue has been brought up, in fact universal health care has encountered many social and political