global sociological imagination

I believe there are many things you do in life without thinking of the actions, such as Dr. Quist-Adade’s experience of planting the cocoa beans. I’m sure when he planted them he was just doing what he was told with his aunt and uncle, and never thought at the time that one day people all over the world would be using his cocoa beans that he had planted.

My experiences are a little different than that though. I love to volunteer, I feel it is a big eye opener and every time I volunteer, if it is small or big it somehow impacts me and changes me as a person. I have been very fortunate, and have had the opportunities to travel a lot. My mother is from Mexico, and all of her family lives there, and I go there about every two years or every year to visit. Every time I am there it is a new experience, but every time I am there I do some sort of volunteering. I have given away a lot of my clothes to young children who wear sweaters and pants in 40 degree weather. I have given food to families on the streets who are selling bracelets for 10 cents to survive, or young children selling packs of gum for 10 cents. I have also been to Sweden with my soccer team. While playing there we found a Kenyan team and we ended up being friends with them and at the end we gave them many of our clothes, and gave them soccer balls and went to eat with them. This made me realize things we take for granted everyday they have never experienced in their lives. I remember something so simple such as popcorn they had never had it in their lives, and that just made me realize how lucky I am to live in Canada and have such a great family that gives me great opportunities. So I think my experiences of helping people from third world countries have impacted me in so many ways, more than anything else ever could.

Introductory Presentation

Hi! My name is Laura Pringle, I am 18 years old and currently in my second semester of university, here at Kwantlen. I graduated in June 2011from Elgin Park Secondary School, in White Rock. Although it is a drive to come to Langley everyday I prefer it. I am generally a very happy and positive person, I am a hard working and determined student. My hobbies include, hanging out with my friends and family, and playing sports, mainly soccer. I have played soccer since I was 5 years old, I cannot imagine my life without it, although right now I am taking a break and will be continuing playing in the spring this year.

I am currently in the BA, general studies program. I am still undecided about what I want to do in the future, which is why I am in the  general studies program. This semester I am taking, sociology, marketing, and computer business systems. I enjoy being in the general studies program, this way I can take a bit of everything, and get more of an idea of what I plan on majoring in, and what I plan to do in the future, and for the rest of my life. I am not too worried right  now about not knowing what I would like to do, I know it will come to me, and when it does it will be perfect!

I decided to take sociology because I am interested in people, and the way people do things. I like that we create the society, and by taking this class I hope to get more informed about people, and the way people do things, because it is fascinating, we are the world.  Sociology is also more of a fun class although it is hard. It is not like psychology with equations, it is more fun and there aren’t many guide lines to it, because  people are always changing, as well as the society.