Socialization/Adolescence Reflection

1. Today I happen to be wearing the necklace my family got me for my birthday last year. To me it is very special because my family started a tradition of getting me a new charm for my necklace at special events in my life. To me, family is very important. Not only is family where I come from, but it is how I raised. Every person is affected by how they are raised. Our nature is our habits and our nurture is how we are raised and how it affects us. My necklace says a lot about me. I love dance and in dance you must set goals to accomplish. No matter what you can accomplish anything but have fun too. It says all my different accomplishments and values, along with my family and how I am raised. In the future I don't know exactly what I want to do, but would like to go into education. A lot of this is from my nature and nurture. My family is very proud of accomplishments and working toward goals, along with helping each other. Being in education I would be able to help other grow too.

2. As an Adolescent, it is very easy to fall into the trap of social status. Because we are constantly changing out minds and working towards different goals, we are unable to establish a social standard. Adolescents are constantly changing their minds of what they are doing. The only thing they can control is their social status and how well the fit in with society. Or if they are able to keep up with the social levels of society.

3. The socialization process is way different in this generation than any other generation. Teens and kids are constantly trying to keep up with technology and social changes. Between computers, texting, and cell phones, socializing is always available. Concerns about this are the how it will affect kids socially. If they are constantly talking through different technology's will teens be able to communication well in person or on the phone? Also, will it make socializing completely different than the past? In the past teens talked in person and saw each other more. With the different technology's adolescents social patterns are changing each day.

4. Gender differences start right away. As babies, when we are born boys are determined by the color blue and girls are determined by the color pink. Generally, girls are supposed to be more girly and sensitive and boys are supposed to be more manly and not as emotional. But in reality, things aren't always that way. People just set different standards for boys and girls. Boys tend to play more sports like baseball, football, and basketball from the time they are young and girls tend to dance, skate, and do gymnastics. By seperating the different sports in the very beginning girls and boys start right away having different socialization. When I was in 3rd grade I did Ice Skating and Hockey. Being a girl doing both of those sports was very different. In ice skating I had a class of all girls and in hockey I had a team of all boys. Because of this pattern, I switched over to skating because of the gender differences.