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The Importance Of Socialization In Education

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Start to take the role as a student. In preoperational stage, I developed a language. I was about able to speak. At the age of 4, I went to preschool. I was expected to go to school on the weekdays, even though I did not want to. My first day of school was very challenging because I had to stay in a place without my parents around. Obviously I cried on the first day of school. The teacher had to drag me to the class. This is a major event for kids because they will have to face other kids at their ages. My socialization began here in the school. I was a quiet kid. I was even afraid to buy things with cashier. I didn’t have many friends. My social skills were not very good. Since I was born in a middle class, I have a cultural capital. I …show more content…

However, my mom and my dad didn’t really force me to do things. My grandfather taught mores to my brother and I to always respect the elders. Greeting them with “Wai” (Thai tradition) by press the palms together on the chest and slightly bow. This is a good thing to do when someone is older than you to show your respect. My brother and I have role strain as a student; in contrast, my mom has role conflict. She works in her office at her work place and also a house wife. She is also a care giver that maintains the household. Unlike the United States, in Thai schools, students have to follow the dress code. It is a folkway of social norms to remind all the students that they are there to study and to be respectful to the school. At these ages I learned to follow the rules and laws. The laws are social controls that use to keep group or society together. For instance, I chose to cross the bridge to the other side of the road instead of jaywalking. I knew there will be sanction if I break the laws. For a kid, I would get the consequences from both my parents and the law enforcement like verbal warning.
At the age of sixteen I moved to the United States. This is a formal operational stage. The culture of the United States is very different from where I live. When I first went in the American restaurant, I was being ethnocentrism. I didn’t tip the servers because I was used to my culture. Then my friend told me that I should tip. No tip means I got bad service from the

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