We Are All Sociologists

Alright for those of you who read my blogs may know that my titles have been very, umm, starbucks. I have been struggling with changing the titles of my blogs for a while so I think I'm going to stick with this one. I chose "Staring at Shadows" because shadows can look different to different people and many times we stare at them to try and figure out what it is. Life is full of shadows and each person has his/her own idea of what those shadows are, and that is what makes life great!! Everyone has their own thoughts and when I stare at shadows I only offer my view, I am not telling anyone how to live their life or how they should think, I don't have all the answers and I don't believe that we were ment to discover them by ourselves, that is why everyone's oppinions matter. Lets look at these shadows together, and Michael, I know that you will read this and just in case I own the .com .net .biz .every other suffix so there lol. (If you're not Michael, then you won't understand, so don't ask, and don't worry about how crazy I may be).

Anyway, last night in my soc class I asked my professor why she loved sociology so much more than any other field? Her answer was one that I had been thinking about for a long time. She simply said that whether we know it or not, that we are all sociologists, we all may not know the right terms, understand the concepts, or use the right theories, but we all take part in society in some way or another. She also said that it is one of the only things that never stops. For example if you are a construction worker and you work from 9-5, when you go home you don't construct any more, you leave that at work, you may talk about it with your family or friends, but it doesn't continue of every mement of every day, however, we are constantly interacting with other people, you can't just clock out and stop interacting with others. We are constantly thinking about people too. "Why did he dress that way, why didn't he say 'hi' to me, I wonder if she remembered her report, does she like me, etc?"

So I agree with her, that we are all sociologists. We all bring something to the table, and we can all learn something from anything!! Sorry that this isn't quite as deep as some of my other ones, but I just thought that this was interesting, so leave me comments, kudos, or both on what you think.