Observation In Social Class

The North Hanover Mall is an average shopping center with various stores and small attractions. Typically, the mall is not over-crowded; however, during the evenings and weekends it is well-traveled. There are the average chain stores such as JCPenny’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hallmark, and Bath and Body Works. Likewise, there are some smaller, lesser known stores, for example, a few nail and hair salons, cafes, a pizza shop, and a sports apparel store. In general, there is a diverse mix of people shopping, from ethnicity to ages and group sizes. The night I choose to do my social observation the mall was much busier than I had anticipated. There was a Halloween event and an antique car show; both circumstances brought more individuals than usual into the shopping complex.

Yet again, his grandfather found him a high school, Germantown Friend's School (GFS) where he passed the entrance exam, the faculty at GFS were aware of Mark’s promising academic potential, but they were concerned about Mark’s deafness. He didn’t want to disappoint his grandfather so he decided to attend few classes. After that, it was convincing that Mark would be fine, but in reality, he wasn’t fine. He would have no clue about the discussions in the classroom, most of time he would just be in his own world because he wouldn’t know what’s happening around him. Mark thought that if he nods “yes” or says, “I don’t know” in most conversations, he would feel part of the group. Eventually, he got an interpreter in his classes, but even with an interpreter he would stay a few steps behind from the class. On the other hand, when other students saw the beauty of American Sign Language, they were mesmerized by it and some even went out of their way to learn it. Due to the lack of use of ASL, even Mark was sort of shocked that he was able to comprehend so much information through the communication of ASL. He stumbled through his years at GFS, but still graduated as the only deaf

I decided for my social observation the mall would be a good place to start. I came there on a Friday evening when there should be plenty of people to watch. I also sat in the Barnes and Noble café after that to observe. I expected to see a lot of people shopping and conversing. A few things did stand out to me within the few hours I was there. Some things I didn’t expect to see. We are expected to behave a certain way in public determined by our culture as to what is acceptable. Some people stay well within the lines while some might stray outside the norms but never too far typically. Usually the ones to travel to the extremes are adolescents and teenagers. This is what I observed.

I can say I’m a multi-instrumentalist. I can play the harmonica, the trombone, the ukulele, the bass, the piano, the electric and acoustic guitar, and I’m probably forgetting one. But really I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for her” (Montes). “One of the big things I teach my kids is how through hard work, you can accomplish anything. Whenever a kid shows up to a lesson, I always ask them if they practiced, and sometimes they say no because they don’t have a piano at home. It reminds me of the days when I couldn’t even afford a piano, but I push those thoughts away and work towards helping these kids fulfill their dreams as I’ve fulfilled mine. Music teaches the kids how to work through a tough song, and through time and practice, they always get it at the end” (LaBeau). Ronnie’s School of Music has performed annually for several of the city’s prominent events: the Arroyo Lighting at Christmas, Saint Anthony’s Fall Festival, Winter Texan festivals, and many more. LaBeau teaches students of all ages, from three to ninety seven. The majority of her students, however, come from Saint Anthony Catholic

Class Matters is a very interesting site to determine how society sees an individual. I found it entertaining inputing all my information. I am in the 51st percentile for occupation, 69th percentile for education, 18th percentile for income, 29th percentile for wealth, and overall in 41st percentile average. This matched my expectations for I know exactly "what I am worth" to soceity. I almost have a bachelor's degree, I have a good job even though I do not receive much income, but what lacks the most is my wealth.

It is my firm belief that if Mrs. Hess-Bolte didn't love what she did then she wouldn't be doing it. She spends hours hours working with students and even more try to improve herself for the good of the choir. She gives up her free time to help with the musical and, as of the writing of this paper, has just spent five days on a bus touring with students. If she doesn't love what she does then she wouldn't do all the things she does and it is for that reason that she deserves the best teacher

In the beginning of class, Mr. Watson started the class by passing out a monthly newsletter which I thought was a great idea. Afterwards, He begun with class working on the concert pieces. A lot of the time, Mr.Watson would play the trumpet with his only trumpet player. He would also work on the percussion part whenever they needed some work. His class was very well mattered the whole time. This middle school class was not disruptive throughout the class, and they got through a lot of music in their forty-five minutes. This is how the class

This session in particular involved transitioning into college. A young boy had lost his hearing with age and he is going into his senior year of high school. He stated to the group that he was looking into colleges and his mom, who was also present, was afraid about his academic success. This student chooses to use hearing aids and lip-reading as a method of understanding what hearing individuals are saying. His mom stated when teachers do not follow with his 504 plan, he ends up doing poorly in the class; otherwise he is an academically high achieving student. Both he and his mom have high hopes, he wants to attend Brown for a science major. He instantly became sad when mentioning that Umass is more proabable due to his hearing loss. He seemed to be timid about asking for help or enforcing his 504 plan with teachers. The student stated that it is a hassle for the teacher and he would rather manage with what he can.

In Mrs. Pollard’s room I witnessed several lessons that made me pay attention to the way they were addressing basic music competencies. For instance, there was one activity where Mrs. Pollard pretended to have a ‘mute button’ that she could press while the students were singing a song, at which point the kids would mouth

It should be mentioned before anything else that I thought the California School for the Deaf in Riverside was a college of some kind and that I would be communicating and learning from adults throughout the night. So, when I saw mostly grade school level children, with maybe a few high school level kids scattered throughout, manning the tables, I was, in one word, surprised. I wasn’t intimidated by being taught by someone so much younger than me, in fact, I was actually put at ease. The California School for the Deaf created such an excellent atmosphere and had a majority of the tables manned by such patient children that a ball of anxiousness and stress, such as myself, was able to feel calm in a room full of over at least a hundred strangers.

One of the many reasons I think The Watcher is an excellent addition to a classroom collection is the versatile ways in which it could be incorporated into a lesson. Topics covered in the book touch on why we study chimpanzees, habitats, endangered species, and animal advocacy, all of which would be great subjects for study. In incorporating this into a lesson plan, however, personally I would choose to use this book during a lesson on endangered species. An important concept we see presented in Janes story is that she immersed herself into the chimpanzee's natural habitat without interfering or destroying their home. Her actions are an important lesson in conservation and in addition to this book, the students could read additional stories

This essay will be discussing the extent to which social class and poverty affects health and illness. Firstly, what is social class? Each person’s perception of social class can be different; is social class defined by a person’s accent, the area they live in, or something as simple as their income? Project Britain describes social class as “The grouping of people by occupations and lifestyle”. (Cress, 2014). To find social class Sociologists group people according to common factors, they compare people and various criteria can be conveniently used to place people in social groups or classes. Next we ask the question what determines a person’s health, the NHS defines health as “Physical and mental, it is the absence of disease”. (NHS 2017).

Upon shadowing a fourth grade teacher at Deer Ridge Elementary School, I decided to talk with her about the students in her classroom. Mrs. Riley first set the scene of the school for me by stating that it was in the southwest suburban area of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and this particular school was not hurting for money. She then began to explain the different children in her classroom. There were twenty-eight students from a variety of different backgrounds. There were also two students with ADHD. My first thought was, "What exactly is ADHD?" and, "Would these two children stick out from the rest of the students in the classroom?".

Unfortunately collectivism cultural suffer from the social class. Many people nowadays give a lot of attention about the person social class. Education and hospital are depends on your social class. The better education and better medical serves are always goes to upper-class people, because they can afford the cost of it. I notice that, many people now look at what you were and what family you belong too. A real example happen in front of me, I was in a beauty center and two women entered and asked for a serves, both of them came without reservation. One of them look very high states women who belong to an upper class, and the other women is look normal and you can say she’s from middle class. What happen is that, they told the women (middle

This assignment will discuss the main observations in Whitechapel. How well Whitechapel taken care off, poor housing and public transport. if a community is well taken care then the people in the community will be encouraged to go out more, which will help them to have social inclusion and a form of unity within the area. I also believe that not only will it help people socialise but it will also encourage individuals to go out and exercise more which will reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and improve health in general. Public transport also relates to the determinants of health as it reduces pollution and increases the health and wellbeing of individuals and poor housing comes with many other environmental health factors which also supports the theory of social health determinants. People who live in overcrowded environment have a higher risk of falling ill which will be discussed further on in more depth. (Marmot et al, 2003)