Sociological Imagination & Sociological Mindfulness

This week, in class, we learned about Sociological Imagination and Sociological Mindfulness. Sociological Imagination involves individuals and how they're influenced by when and where they live. For example, my dad was born in the sixties in the countryside of South Korea. Therefore, while growing up, instead of going to the movies or amusement parks, with his friends, he went fishing in the lake and hiking in the mountains. As a result, as my brother and I were growing up, instead of taking family trips to places with fun attractions and shows, we visited places with a nice scenery. Even if we were in the middle of Wisconsin Dells, my parents would take us on the boat tours rather than the amusement parks. One time, we were driving through California, and my mom and dad started freaking out because they had seen a sign for a nearby farmers market! As crazy as that sounds, throughout the years, my brother and I gathered a love for mother nature. Through my mom and dad's obsession with nature, we learned to appreciate the world around us; however, that isn't the case for most people our age. Most of the people, in my grade, don't appreciate nature, as much as my brother and I, because we live in a society where weekends are spent indoors due to the new Call of Duty game that just got released for X-Box. This week, we learned that Sociological Mindfulness involved realizing that people had unique qualities and appreciating them. Since the American culture is so different from Korean culture, I often find myself in arguments with my parents. Since respect is such a key aspect, in the Korean culture, I can't even call my own brother by his name. Instead I've been raised to call him "oppa," which is older brother in Korean. I have become sociologically mindful because I learned to understand that my parents were as strict, as they were, about respect, due to when and where they were born. I realized that I might have thought that they were being unreasonable with me; however, I now realize that due to the differences in cultures, I had as much of an influence on them.

My life

My name's Grace, and I was born on January 26, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois. Although I'm South Korean, my family is freakishly tall. My dad is 5'11, my mom is 5'9, and my brother is 6'4. My parents love art, so I have a very deep love for music. Ever since I was little, I loved listening to music, and I've been in choir for ever since I can remember. My idols are Taylor Swift and Neil Patrick Harris, so, naturally, I am in love with the tv show How I Met Your Mother!

 Since my grandparents live with my family, I've been raised to help others, so as I grew older, helping others became one of my passions. Therefore, when searching for a career, I looked for a major that would help lead me to a career in the health profession. I want to be the person that relieves someone from their pain or the person who helps give birth to a new life in this world. My biggest influence in my life is definitely my dad. Ever since my brother and I were little, the nickname we called our dad was "The Dictator." Since my grandpa was never there for my dad, since we were little, my dad made sure that he was always there for us. You might be thinking, wow, he must've been a great dad though! While he is a great dad, he was there for us a little too much. He can be very strict, and whenever he goes out of town, it's probably the most relaxing month of my family's life! 

My biggest goal in life is definitely generic. I want to grow up to be successful, and I want to get married and have a family. I absolutely love kids, so I really want to have children that think I'm the coolest mom ever! Wait, no, I want my kid's friends to say that my kids have the coolest mom ever! Since my mom was born in South Korea, the culture is totally different than it is in America, so she's totally awkward when she enters a room. You know the parents that don't put their phone on silent, in public, and it goes off with the most embarrassing ringtone? Yea, that's usually my mom...