brinshannara | Sociology and Me

I am discovering that I actually, really, truly love sociology.

You may wonder "Why the fuck are you majoring in Sociology if you don't like it/weren't sure you liked it?" which is a fair question.

I took Sociology because it didn't have any pre-requisites and because I'd taken one (ONE) sociology class in CEGEP -- an introduction to sociology. (And hey, with that class that I passed, I got exempted from it at the university level. Go me.)

In my not-so-illustrious CEGEP career, I took 23 courses. I passed 7. I didn't go to class, I didn't care, etc, etc. It wasn't for lack of trying that I failed. [edit: Okay, no, it WAS lack of trying, because I simply didn't try. Thanks for catching that,

llnaughty. :)]

I learned exactly three things from my classes in CEGEP:

1) I love Italian, and am good at pronounciation.
2) If you walk down the street straight at someone, at least in North America, they will move to their right (your left), and if you step to pass them on the left, they will be VERY confused.
3) A man once ate a bus, over a period of several years, and this shows that "what is edible" is really a social construct.

So, based on the latter two, which I learned in my Intro to Sociology class, I entered Concordia as a Sociology Major.

And I fucking love it.

The theory is kind of boring, to an extent (classical theory is killing me, but there are cool concepts), but my Sociology of Cyberspace class is SO FUCKING COOL, and not just because it's cyberspace. It's because it's relevant. I can apply stuff from that class to my life very easily. I did the same in Social Problems last semester. The theory is giving us a good base, and I even relate to that stuff (sociological imagination, double-consciousness), but... the point is, I'm actually really enjoying this. I pretty much fell into sociology purely by accident. And it was only an amusing teacher in CEGEP that basically convinced me to try it out as a major.

And I'm REALLY LOVING THESE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS.

It's surprising me. I actually have passion for something that is not related to computers, which just proves my point that it's not COMPUTERS to which I've been "addicted", but rather the social constructs/interactions I've witnessed/experienced.

My Cyberspace prof today even said that (and I quote):

A key feature of cuberspace is that it is social, so anyone who says otherwise is wrong!

I asked him to explain that to my mother. ;)

So yes. I'm glad I'm in sociology, and I'm liking it, and I may bitch and I may moan and I may not know what the fuck to do AFTER I get my BA, but... it feels good to feel good about what I've chosen in school. It's something that's pretty foreign to me, and was pretty unexpected, so forgive the over-enthusiasm. :)

I now have to grab a snack before I go to Social Theory. (I quite like the class, actually. The readings, not so much. But my teacher cracks me up.)