Final Blog

1. Today when I woke up I decided to wear a pair of jeans, and a cute sweater to school. I wore my moccasin boots and I let my hair go wavy. I think that when everyone gets up in the morning, including me, and decides what to wear, they are letting nurture take hold of them. I wear whatever is in style and when something new comes into style I always think that I need to have it, along with most girls my age. I always try to look put together and I never wear sweat pants. I think that part of me could potentially be nature because my parents always look nice when they leave the house, they never look like a mess. I guess I can argue that my decisions in the morning could be be either nature or nurture, but it all depends on the way you look at it.
As a teenager I think that it is very important to have a job and learn how to manage your own money and experience the real work world. I have a job and I think that it was nurture that made me want to get a job. I was always taught that money does not grow on tree's, and that being able to work hard for something you want is important. Right now I am pretty sure that I know what I want to major in and what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I dont think I was born with this knowledge. I had to do research on physical therapy and I had to learn about it before I realized how much I love it. Because this was not a natural gift, this goal is nurture based. On the other hand I have a lot of good role models and powerful people in my life, like my parents who gave me the ability to work hard. They have showed me how important it is to graduate form college and get a job.
2. Social status power is so important to adolescence because they are always so worried and concerned about what people think of them and what their appearance is. Status power has taken control of peoples lives because all they want to do is having the hottest boyfriend and the cutest cloths. Something about Status power makes teenagers rude and selfish because they want everything for the benefit themselves and their status in life.
3. The socialization process is much different for children today because we have grown up in a much more advanced society. We have a lot of technology, that everyone depends on. We have computers for research and homework, instead of the library, we have cell phones, that teenagers are obsessed with and we have t.v.'s. Instead of learning how to have correct social skills, teenagers just text their friends and create relationships with people without even talking to them. This has caused a problem in our society because people are forgetting important skills, like reading the newspaper instead of watching the news on TV. yes these are valid concerns, but I don't think that people in our society realize what has happened as the technology keeps on improving. People don't realize how dependent they are on technology, so there is no way that people are going to change.
4. There are many gender issues in our society today and some of them have played a role in my life. Today girls are expected to be emotional, dependent, ditsy, passive, attractive and fit. These are all qualities that the stereotypical popular girl in school, or in the movies wold have. I am a girl that is not always those qualities. It bothers me when people think that all girls are ditsy and passive. I am neither of those characteristics and I am OK with that. I don't want to be spacey and stupid. I think that its OK for girls to be smart and be able to take control. They shouldn't let people walk all over them.
The same things happen in guys lives too I think. Guys are expected to be assertive, brave, insensitive and independent. Once again these are the qualities that only a perfect guy from the movies would obtain. Not all guys have to be insensitive. I know from experience, that no girl would ever want an insensitive guy. Girls want someone that will care about them and respect them, and a guy that insensitive and assertive would not do the trick. Also, its OK for guys to be emotional. It OK for guys to have strong feelings, that's what makes them have great personalities and great character. being the tough guy all the time must wear them out.