Social Construction of Reality

This week in Sociology, we learned that the Social Construction of Reality involved how our society influenced how we experienced the world. That means that our actions are based on what is socially acceptable at the given time. For example, this week during class, Mr. Salituro decided to come to class in a Pitbull outfit. As I saw students entering the room, everybody seemed really confused as to why he was dressed as Pitbull. However, when he showed us the picture of him dressed as Gru, from Despicable Me, with his family on Halloween  the whole class seemed alright with the idea, and he even received a lot of compliments. This is showing Social Construction of Reality because Halloween is recognized as the day when people can dress up as other characters; however, when Mr. Salituro showed up to class as Pitbull, on a random Thursday morning, the class seemed confused. That's because it isn't normal in our society for the teacher to randomly dress up on a typical school day.