SOCI 3422 Blog

I just wanted to say that I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The in-depth analysis at some of our minority groups and fun facts in history really created a new dimension for me. I hope everyone enjoys his or her summer and that finals aren't too much of a headache! Professor Warren, may your retirement be as relaxing as possible--it's time after 27 years.

I can't believe how fast this semester has gone and even more amazed how fast this class went as well. There are many things that I will take out of this class as I continue to go to school and beyond that. It's strange to think that we were able to go through two text books and learn so much about other cultures in our class. I've learned so much in these 16 weeks than I have learned years and years of history courses throughout middle school and high school. It's good to know that I've learned things way beyond that of which grade school textbooks were skeptical to teach. My eyes have been really opened with all the things I have learned in this class and I hope that everyone feels the same.

This has definitely been my most eye opening class of the semester. It was interesting to find out so many of the facts about immigration and colonization into the United States. Of course, I knew that immigrants were treated poorly and unfairly given stereotypes, but I had no idea the injustice that they faced once they reached land. I think the presenters did an excellent job of portraying what life was like for these different minority groups. I especially enjoyed the presentation on Mexican Americans. The skit was great and they did an excellent job of engaging the class while still remaining fun and informative at the same time. While I don't agree wih everything Dr Warren had taught us thus far, I will say that I have a new respect for those in such minority groups and appreciate the things that I have been blessed with.

I just wanted to take a quick moment to Thank all the presentors for their hard work and insightful presentations. We had a lot of usueful information and great visual display, which should help everyone on their second exam. I never thought I would see an actual "Skit" for a presentation, but whatever gets the job done is great.

-Andres

P.S. The skit was good by the way.

Hey everybody...
I haven't been able to figure out how to post my part of the presentation to the blog...
So Im asking that you all reply and post your email address...IF YOU WANT THE PRESENTATION

P.S. Good job on the presentation group members!!
Whoop Whoop!

I'm not gonna lie, I am having an interesting and challenging experience with taking this class. You may all know me as "that guy" that doesn't buy all of the stuff Professor Warren tells us, and occasionally speaks out about it. I do not agree with a lot of the things we have discussed in class. The history part of the class is fascinating, learning about different minority groups is always nice, and I believe it should be required of all students. However, when we discuss current day topics and the whole WASP running the show deal, I disagree, and tend to tune out. Now, I scored well on the test because I know the answer she is looking for, regardless of what I personally believe. I just want to challenge some of you all to think about the current day in a different light. Yes, there are still old money WASPs that do have influence. But there are also major role players in society that are in no way WASPs, a sort of new player in the game. My example, and I apologize for offending people (since I know this will), is President Obama. I'm not here to argue his background or anything related to that. I would just like to point out that if our society was still entirely run by discriminating WASPs, I highly doubt we would have put him in the place he is in. He may be whatever percentage Caucasian, but he is also part African American. In his lineage, there are signs of Muslim descent, regardless of whether or not this was passed down to him. I am in no way knocking our President, I just don't believe that if the WASPs had as much power as some would claim they do, that he would be in his position. Also, I disagree with the portrayal of lack of upward mobility. I believe that every student sitting in our class, as well as Professor Warren are living testaments of upward mobility. With the amount of scholarships and grants available to us, mixed with the endless possibilities ahead of each of us, I don't see how you can agree that we are "stuck" in the class we were born into. Work hard and be rewarded.

Again, I'm sorry if I offend anyone. I just think differently than Professor Warren does, and have had some stuff on my mind.

I'm very excited about class on tomorrow.
I cannot wait to see presentations soon! (Hopefully my group does not have to present yet!)

This is my favorite class. Each day I come to class expecting for professor Warren to literally, "Tell me something I don't know." Professor Warren is rewriting just about everything I learned in high school about history!

Keep up the good work Professor!
P.S. We need to kill the wasp!!

I spent several days researching about my targeted minority group for the group project/presentations and realized that the available resources seemed to be limited at the McWherter library. This of course was only limited because the topics plugged into the search bar (databases) were limiting the search itself. I found that there are many articles and books available if you widen your search a little more. If you search history and separate countries at a time, you'll find all forms of resources to read and pull information from. I personally have a mini library at my house to browse through and choose from to pull subject information. One of my favorite books is "20th Century Day by Day", which offers occurrences, major or non, throughout the world every day of the century. If anybody would like to borrow this book just let me know!

After going over the test in class, there were some questions I missed because I didn't read it carefully. Next time we take a test, I will have a better idea of what to study and read the questions more carefully. This class is very enlightening and I like how we focus on all of minority groups and not just one. Its up to our generation to abolish racism and teach our children differently then we were taught. Knowledge is power.

What day is the paper due? I wonder when will she change the syllabus.