...My Socioautobiography 2010 Donna Hill Soc 187 Assignment #3 12/1/2010 At the age of eighteen, I decided to move out of my parent’s home and attend a major university in Atlanta, GA. My decision to leave home and pursue my educational and career goals was one of the major social influences and impacts of my life. For the first time in my life I was able to make choices on my own as a young adult and not depend upon the guidance and/or demanding terms of my parents. I was prepared for the future and unknown since in my own eyes the socialization I’d been exposed to shaped the behaviors, values and attitudes that I viewed as appropriate. Besides I felt as if I were aware of what was considered the “norm” in society. I was aware of the laws, what was legal and illegal and being fully responsible for my actions since I was now legally an adult. Not only was I aware of the legal consequences for violating norms but the unspoken consequences for not conforming to the informal norms of society that included everything from not walking alone, adhering to some sort of “dress code” that wasn’t inappropriate for a school environment to respecting my roommates and making sure that I reported to my classes as scheduled. As most people will agree, my childhood and the way that I was raised and the social interactions that I encountered shaped the socialization of my adulthood. I was one of four daughters and one son of the typical “nuclear family” where both of my parents were married...
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...Chamberlain College of Nursing Socioautobiography Professor Adam Rafpolajd 4 October 2015 I grow up with value of being independent woman, and hard work. I came from a lower middle-class family due to my mother widowed working single mother of three children. In my family, gender didn’t affect much of my upbringing. Growing up with three problems and mother who worked 2 jobs; I didn’t really know what it meant to be what society perceived a little girl should act or dress. I wore most of my two older brothers hand me downs, my wardrobe consisted of white, blue and black oversized t-shirts and baggy blue jeans. The social norm for girls in middle school was to play with dolls, jump rope and/or discuss their latest celebrity boy crush. After school, I would hang out at my uncle’s mechanic shop where I would help fix tires, change the oil and tune-ups for cars and motorcycles. Now looking back at my childhood, I realized I wasn’t like most girls at that age. I fell in love with fixing motorcycles, by the age of 16 I could fix a carburetor and spark plugs in a motorcycle. (TCO 3, TCO 4 and TCO 6). My uncle sold his shop and because he was friends with the new owner; I was able to get my first job as a Lube Tech at 18. I truly believed that I could do anything a man could do, and deserved to be treated equally. With this in mind, I dedicated myself to being the best and hard-working employee. I received a lot of...
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...Sociobiography My Socioautobiography 2010 Donna Hill Soc 187 Assignment #3 12/1/2010 At the age of eighteen, I decided to move out of my parent’s home and attend a major university in Atlanta, GA. My decision to leave home and pursue my educational and career goals was one of the major social influences and impacts of my life. For the first time in my life I was able to make choices on my own as a young adult and not depend upon the guidance and/or demanding terms of my parents. I was prepared for the future and unknown since in my own eyes the socialization I’d been exposed to shaped the behaviors, values and attitudes that I viewed as appropriate. Besides I felt as if I were aware of what was considered the “norm” in society. I was aware of the laws, what was legal and illegal and being fully responsible for my actions since I was now legally an adult. Not only was I aware of the legal consequences for violating norms but the unspoken consequences for not conforming to the informal norms of society that included everything from not walking alone, adhering to some sort of “dress code” that wasn’t inappropriate for a school environment to respecting my roommates and making sure that I reported to my classes as scheduled. As most people will agree, my childhood and the way that I was raised and the social interactions that I encountered shaped the socialization of my adulthood. I was one of four daughters and one son of the typical “nuclear family” where both of my...
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