Week 7 Blog - The Daily Fathom: Social Class

In this weeks blog post the focal point will be on social classes and how much they matter in society through out the United States. Social classes are a big part of the work done by sociologist and the importance of being able to classify people in society is vital to sociology.

Now to the question I hope to shed some light on through this post: How much do you think social class matters in the U.S. today? Well this question can be looked at from different angels depending on how you personally classify people in society. Different people have their own way of judging how people fit into society and particularly in the United States where society tends to be very judgmental. I personally think that social class is not as important as many people think. When it comes to putting people into classes and judging them based on those I personally believe it is immoral. But when it comes to how much social classes matter, most people believe they are very important and help define who fits in with whom. Whether you are in the higher social class or the lower class you have a duty to society and if you cannot complete that duty it doesn't matter what class you were in the first place. 

-GB

Week 6 Blog - The Daily Fathom: Social Ties

Americans today can be classified as isolated due to many factors; one of those vital factors is the technology we have available in today’s society. With the vast amounts of technological advances and capability of the technology of today Americans are becoming less social. The need to go out and be around people seems to be going down, because of the interactions going on through out cell phones and social media. These are the main reasons society may be viewed as more isolated now. When it comes to if we should be concerned about this issue there is little concern in my opinion. However, Society likes to keep up with the improvements made in the technological world there for their will always be a need to interact. Real life interaction will never be completely gone, because it is essential in order for us to thrive as a race.

-GB 

Week 5 Blog - The Daily Fathom: The Criminal Justice System

Today the discussion will home in on the conversation about the criminal justice system and how the sociological world sees it. Different people based on their beliefs, affiliations and personal opinions view the criminal justice system in many diverse ways. While many are aware of what happens in the system and may not agree with it, there are rarely significant changes made in our criminal system unless a problem lingers. Sociologist have given their opinions on how they look at the system and are a significant resource into the depths of the study of how criminals are rehabilitated. 

This post will focus on how I think our society should change how we deal with a certain type of crime or criminal based off of what I have read regarding how sociologist feel. In my personal opinion I do not think change is not needed for the system, as I generally feel that the system is operational. The way that we are able to deal with crimes and criminals is all centered on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment. As a society we are hoping to change peoples lives for the better, those people being the criminals may have made past mistakes but the system hopes to correct those and shine a light on a improved life. We do a great job just of controlling the outburst of most crimes and there is no need to change something that seems to be working. In conclusion the system seems to be working fine for now and unless reason for a change is discovered everything will remain the same. 

-GB