Small Town Sociology

Chapter 3 of Essential of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach by James M. Henslin discusses the topic of socialization, which is the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group—the knowledge, attitudes, skills, norms, values, and actions thought appropriate for them. Sociologists try to determine how much of a person’s characteristics comes from “nature” (heredity) and how much from “nurture” (social environment). Studying feral, isolated, and institutionalized children, such as The Skeels/Dye Experiment, have helped them understand how “society makes us human.” The theories and research of Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, and Piaget to explain socialization into the self and mind. Cooley’s looking-glass self theory focuses on how we believe others perceive us.

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There are many stereotypes associated with people who live in the city and people who live in a small town. A lot of stereotypes lean towards people who grow up in a small town do not have the chance to receive a finer education, or everyone who lives in the city are rude and arrogant. On contrary to these stereotypes, people raised in a small town can receive an adequate education and not everyone who lives in the city is rude. Personally, when I transferred from a middle school with a 1000 students to a school who had roughly 300 students I noticed

What was it like to live during a time when white and blacks went to separate schools? Thanks to the Little Rock Nine, younger and future generations will never have to know. Led by Daisy Gatson Bates; students Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls took action (History.com). These brave and determined students helped shape education into what it is today by being the first African American students to attend Central High, an all white school in Arkansas, on September 25th, 1957. They chose to fought for what they believe in no matter the consequences, all for the chance to gain equality. They broke the societal norms of segregation,

On May 17, 1954, The Supreme Court declared that all public schools segregation unconstitutional. In, 1955, The Unite States Supreme Court ruled that all schools need to be integrated as soon as possible after the case Brown v. Board of Education. Daisy Gaston Bates, President of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People in the Arkansas Branch, enlisted nine African American students to attend the largest predominately white Central High School. Bates and her husband, L.C Bates, co-published the prominent African American newspaper of the Arkansas Press that encouraged the Little Rock nine to be known everywhere. African American students went through numerous interviews to determine if they were qualified to attend a predominantly

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“We wanted to widen options for ourselves, and later our children.” These are the words of Earnest Green, the first African American student to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Earnest Green, along with eight other African American students, was a part of what was nicknamed the Little Rock Nine, the group that integrated Central High, an all white public school in Arkansas. This integration was a result of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which said segregation of black and white students in schools, was unconstitutional. These nine students attempted to enter Central High September 1957. The Little Rock Nine’s integration was met with extreme opposition, including Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus calling in

Ozark, MO; Population: 18,348, Demographics: 90.9% White, 5.5% Hispanic, 2.6% Interracial, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Asian, and 0.2% American Indian, Median Income: $48,929. (1) Ozark, Missouri is the place where I lived for the first nineteen years of my life. I was raised in a middle class, interracial, family consisting of Irish and Mexican bloodlines. My mom and I are white, my step-dad is Hispanic, and my brother is White/Hispanic. The majority of my friend’s family’s socioeconomic status is in the $200,000 to $300,000 income bracket. Our town also includes the fourth largest Assembly of God church in the United States with an average attendance of 8, 850. (2) This is the society I grew up in and there are a lot of things I

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Moreover, kids aren’t held as responsible for the poor choices they make and never learn from mistakes. “Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks. I’m afraid of them and they don’t like me because I’m

After reading all fourth articles, I believe I have a stronger understanding of sociology. However, it is complex and I still have a lot to learn to fully grasp the significance of sociology. One thing I’ve never thought to analyze is social location which is seen in all four articles. Social location is an important concept in sociology because it gives you a better understanding of what category people belong to in society. What makes up a social location is obviously the location, race, religion, gender, and culture.

Living and growing up in a small town is better than doing so in a big city.

Three broad models of criminal behaviors are the following: psychological, sociological and biological models. Actually, it is difficult to completely separate them and it is generally accepted, that all of them play a role in the interpretation of behavior. Though psychological principles can be applied across all the three models, they all have some specific ones, which would help in implementing across different crime control policies.

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).

A lot of people grew up in small towns, but it is more people that grew up in big cities. Most kids that grow up in small towns are bored when kids in big cities have something to do everyday. It’s safe to grow up in a small town and very dangerous for a big city.