Sociological Autobiography

Sociological Autobiography

This project is based on finding the theme that is chief in my life, and all my social life depends directly on this theme, while it impacts the social opportunities, ethical values and other sides of life. I was thinking rather long while preparing to write this essay as I really could not understand which theme or maybe a hobby or some other aspect plays the key role in my dwelling. I even searched peculiar internet sites for useful information. First, I tried to think about some sort of hobby that would play an important role. I used to dance and even go swimming but this happened in my childhood, and I did take these activities seriously. Then I tried to think over my beliefs like education above all or work as the chief priority in my life, but these statements also did not suit my inner priorities (Hoffman, 2015). At that time, I even wanted to skip the task as I could not think of the major thing in my life. However, then I understand that I should not deepen into the serious interests and themes but just look over my daily life, and I realized that the major values in my family and my life was actually circling around the family values, task and so on. Family life is the core theme of my dwelling as I have a tight connection with my parents, but also I love my husband and children and try to do all possible for them to live well.

The family is the people for whom I try to go to my goals, I try them to feel happy every day. I was born in a large family, and being the oldest one I had to look over my younger sisters as well as help my mum in the household. The mum usually told me that the woman is responsible for her family; she should usually care about the inner and outer looks of her children. Moreover, the woman should make the house as comfortable and pleasant for her family to live in as possible. Thus, from my early years, I knew that my family and the house we lived in was like a flower that needs extensive treatment to grow healthy and beautiful. These family rules were brought into my family after the marriage, and nowadays, I look after my husband and three children, that require great attention and care from their parents to grow those healthy and beautiful flowers that I my sisters grew. I usually try to develop my skills and improve my education but I also found out that I usually try to improve my family life. I am keen on reading psychological books that help me to build a tight connection with my husband and bring up the children properly. Moreover, I am interested in each issue that could help me improve my skills as a housewife, either my cooking skills or my handicraft abilities, as I like to decorate the house by myself.

The social class of a person influences greatly his/her life as it measures the conditions of human dwelling. There are a couple of ways of measuring a person’s socioeconomic position, like those based on income, status, occupation, education and wealth. However, these socioeconomic position indicators may have various meanings during various life stages. From the point of view of a theoretical perspective, the socioeconomic position during the early ages is linked to resources circulated at the macro-level of society, priory via the parents. During life, there is empirical evidence demonstrating that a lack of a range of resources in childhood is associated with occupational and educational attainment and well-being and health later in life (Lennartsoon, et.al., 2018). I can estimate the social status of my family as the medium because we usually had all the necessary things in life but without any extensions. The situation is repeated in my new family as well, ranging at the medium social status. My husband has a well-paid job, but I cannot work now, and thus it appears not to be easy to bring up three children. However, I supposed the social status of my family is perfect as there are always some goals you can strive for financially and mentally.

My parents usually convince me that a good education and upbringing are the most essential for a child, while lack of those and the extension of money usually leads to the kids’ uncontrolled behaviour as in childhood, so the absence of any achievements in adulthood. Moreover, my parents always taught me that the more educated a person is, the high social status he/she possesses as a person is always evaluated on the basis of his/her knowledge and behaviour and absence even in case of full financial security leads to carrying an individual to the lower social status despite his/her wealth. That’s why I try to get my education and another one, read the books and develop myself. Moreover, my parents always taught me to help people of lower financial status as just the well-educated and generous people could offer a helping hand to the poor not only in a financial way but also in the psychologically one. I have usually interacted with people of my social status during my college studies and also at school, our neighbourhood consists of people of our social status. My husband is from a family of equal social status to mine, which allows us to look just the same eyes into the various things in life and possess similar values. I can say that the class extremely influences my life as it allows me to study, attend any facilities I want and have access to everything in my city. Moreover, the same status allows me to evolve my skills, extend my worldviews and constantly improve my lifestyle.

The formation of my own identity and self was greatly influenced by the ethical considerations that were common in our family. They were those making the theme of a family key in my life. My father is a religious, hard-working person who knows that all the good in life is achieved only with the help of some kind of effort that influenced me a lot. He usually taught me and my sisters that if we wanted to achieve something, we had to put lots of effort into achieving our aims. Thus I studied hard and continue studying in order to achieve some status and respect in society and feel financially secure. My mother’s ethical considerations were majorly concentrated on developing her family and bringing up honourable children that can continue adult life with the proper ethical considerations. I will always remember the coziness of my parent’s house, which was always filled with the bunny smell and was clean and comfortable for life. Our house was the lace of peaceful rest after the constant rate race. I was usually pleased to see the thankfulness of my dada to my mum for the warmness of the house she provided us with. Following the experience of my parents, I always try to put my family as a major priority in my life as it is the only thing that is really worth the effort. Moreover, once I was adversely inspired by the example of my neighbour’s parents, who were usually quarrelling on the bases of improper leading the household of her mother, while the father tried to make all possible for the well-being of his family. Their family history ended in a divorce, and a friend of mine had an extremely negative instance for her future dwelling.

The father always told us that we should first ask ourselves, “Is that the way I should treat someone else? Is that the way someone else should treat me?”. We should always try to treat people in the way we want them to treat us, as only, in that case, a person has the ability to develop norms and codes to direct the behaviour. Thus, those moral codes and norms, along with a set of virtuous traits of character, are what we mean talking about ethics (Shanks, 2018). Of course, treating people properly is quite significant, but the ethical considerations that I took in my adult family life were abandoning any corruption or fraud. Moreover, the ethical consideration taken from my family also influenced my position on the theme of racial inequality as I was usually struggling for the equality of all races and protected those who were offended on the bases of their race. Once, when I was in primary school, I saw a situation when boys tried to require money from a black boy and wanted to fight him, but I started to cry and dared to protect the boy even being very small.

My female gender also influenced choosing the family as the major theme in my life as a woman is always that who is responsible for the atmosphere and well-being in her family. My gender female influenced my choice to have three children and even more in perspective and be responsible for the comfort and coziness of my husband and kids at home. However, I continue my education in striving to work and build my successful career in the future. The statistic says that there are 74.6 million females in the civilian labour force, while approximately 47% of U.S. workers are women, and women are those close to 10 million businesses that account for the range of $1.4 trillion in receipt. Usually earning a bachelor’s degree by the age of 29, 70% of mothers whose children are under the age of 18 work full-time (DeWolf, 2017). Thus being a woman is quite rewarding as despite bearing the children and maintaining the household, they usually have time for work. My family greatly influenced my choice of studying and getting the proper job in the future. In comparison with the male, the female usually deserves the help and compliments, they are usually appreciated by their children more. I think that it is rather rewarding to be a woman.

Along with views on the family, my family played a role in the social issues as I like to communicate with new people to my mind; just interaction can show you what your real price is, the level of your education and many others. I think that the huger the communication circle is around a person, the more advice, help and information she/he can get just for a pleasant interaction. My family always encouraged me in my strive to socialize, providing me with the opportunity to attend diverse sections, play with friends in our backyard and make picnics. I can admit that I had just fair and generous friends who shaped my identity and helped me to become the best of myself. This tradition is involved in my family as well. My family followed the democratic rules that were influenced by the democratic political situation in my country, allowing people to tell their minds without any restrictions or fight for certain rights. In comparison, people in Muslim countries are usually restricted to make some speaking and surely telling their rights.

Thus, the family, my social circle, ethical considerations and values, and the political life in my country greatly influenced the family as the major theme in my life. Starting from my early childhood until now, the family was an essential thing and formed my social identity. I am extremely thankful to my parents for providing me with the opportunity to study in a good school and college that helped me understand how I see myself in the future and what way I should choose. Then, my parents also gave me the social status I have in society that allows me to develop both as a mother and build my career. The female gender influenced my understanding of my abilities to balance work, study and family life. The ethical considerations and values described by my parents allowed me to lead the proper life without any fraud and with a clean conscience. Moreover, my social circle of mine also helped me understand that my life was right and that family as major priority was the proper choice. In addition, the country I am dwelling in provides me with the opportunity to feel myself a free person with the rights and understanding that my country is usually ready to protect itself and give me as much democracy as necessary.

References

DeWolf, M. (2017March 1). 12 Stats About Working Women. U.S. Department of Labor Blog.

 Hoffman, B. (2015, 16 September). The 5 most powerful self-beliefs that ignite human behaviour.

Lennartsson, C., Eyjólfsdóttir, H., Keller Celeste, R., Fritzell, J. (2018, April). Social class and infirmity. The role of social class over the life course. SSM – Population Health Volume 4.

Shanks, T. (2018). Everyday Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics- resources/ethical-decision-making/everyday-ethics

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One of sociology’s central tasks is to show the ways in which an individual’s life is inextricably embedded in and influenced by the social world. Using all the sociological ideas you have learned so far in this course, write a brief reflection on yourself and your story in sociological terms. You may ask such questions as:

What is my social identity? In other words, what groups and categories do you belong to? In what ways do you identify yourself in social terms (i.e. by your membership in these groups)? In what ways are these memberships relevant to you? Consider that group and categorical memberships may be anything from a club you intentionally joined to something that was assigned to you by society (such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender).

What are the elements of my culture? In other words, how do the social formations (society, family, community, groups, etc.), which you grew up in or later became aware of, teach people to understand and act in the world? Consider that “culture” can contain everything from traditions and customs to morals, beliefs, and values.

Where am I positioned in my society’s structure? Recall that social structures, typically, are hierarchical ways of arranging the elements of a society – including all the groups and categories to which you belong. How do you think this has been relevant to your life? What do you think would have been different about your life if some aspect of your social identity had been different?

Note that you do not have to go into detail about anything you feel is too personal or sensitive.

Your report may take one of the following forms:

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