18th and 21st amendments

The 18^th amendment banned the sale and the consumption of alcohol in the United States. It took effect in 1919, and it was a major failure. It is also the only amendment to be repealed from the constitution.

One reason why the 18^th came into effect was because religious groups who considered alcoholics and drunks a threat to the nation. The purpose of the amendment was stop the manufacturing, transporting and sale of all alcoholic beverages. Some of the effects were that it was difficult to enforce and it failed to eliminate crime rates, such as bootlegging became very popular.

Because of the 18^th, there were limitations put out on the consumption, manufacturing, transportation, and sales on alcohol.

One current issue that would involve this amendment would be drunk driving. I believe that if prohibition would have still been in place, I believe that there would be less drunk driving incidents. But I feel as though other things would rise, things like illegal use of drugs and alcohol.

The 21^st amendment of the constitution was used to repeal the 18^th amendment nationwide. It was ratified in 1933. It was set into place because there was getting to be such a problem with the illegal consumption, manufacturing, transportation, and sale of alcohol. People were doing things no matter how illegal they could be.

A reason why they created this amendment was because there was concern about the effects of drinking, and people that were drinkers, were starting to start their own societies. These groups became a very powerful political force, and they began to try and reinstate alcohol. The effects were that people were starting to get very angry with the government.

This amendment was made to put an end to riots on the government, put an end to bootlegging, and to just overall get rid of prohibition. Today this amendment means that people can legally consume, make, sell, and transport alcohol without getting sent to jail. An example of this would be people in bars, liquor stores, drunk driving, and underage drinking. I believe stores make it too easy for kids my age to illegally buy alcohol, I believe drunk driving is increasing along with underage drinking.

Bacha Bazi.....#NotMmk

Bacha bazi, also known as “boy play”. Say you are an American soldier and you are inside your military base, and lying in your bunk, when outside you hear an Afghan officer assaulting a young boy that he brought into camp. What do you do? Do you sit by and just listen to the young boy screaming for his life. Or do you step up and go outside and stop what is happening outside. American soldiers have been told to not do anything about this. Why you ask, because in the country of Afghanistan, in their culture, it is socially acceptable to do this. How do you fell about how our soldiers are there to put a stop to things like this, but they are told that they can’t cause any conflict.

I don’t know if what you would do, but I would most likely try to put a stop to the end of this atrocity. In America, child abuse, and the raping of children will put you in jail for more than likely ten plus years. Like of course that when people in America read this article about it, they freak out. But the government tries to keep these things quiet. But like I said above, this is acceptable in Afghan countries. I just do not approve of this; I think that this is very wrong, on many levels. Like, it’s just morally wrong to molest young children, and also, it’s in the bible that a man should not have any intimate relations with someone of the same sex. I don’t know, I just feel that it’s incorrect to have these soldiers just sit back and listen. If they feel that what is happening is wrong, I believe that they have the right to step in for their morals, since that is what we are doing is trying to make them a better country and to be rid of all that activity.

Dear Auntie.....Piggy's letter

Dear Auntie,

I just want you to know that I'm stuck on an island and I have no idea where it's at. I was on the plane and just all of a sudden, boom, all I know is that I'm in the ocean swimming towards this island. I was walking along the beach when I met this boy named Ralph. He was a quite a fine fair haired fellow. He and I got to talking and we both realized that there weren’t any grownups anywhere that we could see. He asked me my name, so I told he could call me anything he liked, except for Piggy. He laughed just like everyone else does back home. We were walking around when we found this lagoon by the sea. Ralph just took all his clothes off and jumped in right away, but I was a little shyer than to just jump in like that. I just slowly eased my way in. I wish you could have felt how warm the water was Auntie! But then I found this shell just like neighbors have! It was almost exactly like the conch shell they have! So I told Ralph about it, and then he had a thought. What if we weren’t the only boys on the island? So he tried and tried to blow into the conch shell, but he just couldn’t get a good sound out of it. So he asked me to do it, but you know just as well as I do that I couldn’t do that because of my asthma! But then he tried again, but this time it worked great! He blew on the conch time after time, and wouldn’t you know it, but kids starting coming left and right out of the jungle! Ralph told me when kids started showing up that it was my job to keep their names. Finally this strange group of boys came out. The boy in front that led them, I didn’t like him, not one bit. He was tall and older than some of the kids, but he was very mean and very cocky, his name was Jack. He even had one boy pass out and he got mad at the boy. His name was Simon, and I like him. Anyway, Jack and Ralph wanted to go see if we were really on an island or if we were just separated from all the grownups. They took Simon with and I really wanted to go with too but Ralph said I had to stay back.     When they got back, they told us we were on an island all by ourselves, and kids got scared and were asking questions about the creepers, and beasties, and the beast. But Simon said that none of those were true, he said it was all of our imagination. Simon is just so smart auntie! But then Jack butted in saying that he should be our leader, but I stood up for Ralph, because I know that Ralph would be a good leader. So we had a vote to say who was in charge. Ralph won over Jack. So Ralph went on to say how whoever held the conch during the meetings got to talk while everyone stayed quiet, and we all ruled that it was very fair. Ralph also said that when he blows the conch, it means we are having a meeting, or we are going to eat. Then Jack said he wanted to be in charge of something, so Ralph told him to take his choir and make them hunters and gatherers. Jack seemed to be ok with that. I had some good ideas, like how we need to build shelter and build a fire so people know that we are here, but no one listens to me. But the second Ralph says the exact same thing; it’s all fine and dandy. So they went to the top of the mountain to build a big fire. And it worked really well right away. But then it started to die out and they started getting careless with the fire and started a great big fire in the forest. Kids were scared, but when everything settled down again, we did a head count. But I have to tell you Auntie, there was a little boy by the fire when this happened, and we think he was burned to death. That’s so sad that we haven’t even been here very long and someone has already died. I’m just really scared Auntie, and I want to come home. So please, when you get this letter, come find me and all the other boys before things get to out of control.

Love, forever and always

            Your dear, little Piggy <3

Micro vs Macro

Microsociology versus Macrosociology, otherwise known as the big picture, compared to the little picture. How do I perceive these two things? Well microsociology would be like, how I am right now; in high school, in a small town. Then macrosociology would be like, the state, or the country or even the world. Now for a comparison to the boat project we did in class, the little picture would be every individual on the boat itself, and the big picture would be everyone on the boat. So, to try and tie things together, being on the boat, you have to try to fit in or be likeable amongst the people on the boat. So like in life, we try so hard to fit in, and try to be liked. We want to be able to see ourselves in the big picture, the picture where nothing is wrong, everyone likes us, and we are doing well in life. Now the big picture doesn’t show us the people that are struggling or failing in life (or the people who were kicked out of the boat). When you look at the real scheme of things, it’s so easy to just keep looking at the little picture, like we only want to look at the things that are right in front of us. We as a person need to start looking at both the big picture and little picture. The boat activity really made me think about how in microsociology; we just tend to protect ourselves from the world. But, in macrosociology; we tend to be more outgoing. So I believe that a way I can fit into both the big picture and the little picture is to try and take chances in life, and to never regret the chances I take.

Sociologic Perspective #1

Yesterday in my sociology class, we watched a video or “Ted Talk” by a man named Sam Richards. His video was all about how we as people need to use empathy. Empathy being that we need to step out of our own shoes, and step into another person’s  shoes, and just try to see things from their point of view. We as people tend to be self-centered, selfish, and not care about other people. To kind of give an example of this, Richards talked about the people in Iraq and their oil. He talked about how we as Americans, didn’t say anything about when the terrorists were terrorizing their country’s people. But the second that oil became a thing, we sent troops over by the thousands. But to the people in Iraq, we aren’t there for just oil. We’re there to force Christianity upon them, and get rid of the Muslim religion. How would we feel as Americans if we stepped into the Iraqis shoes and saw their point of view about us Americans. The media plays a big part in this. The media is very notorious for saying the things that we want to hear, and not saying what we should hear. So what I’m trying to say is that I agree with what Richards was saying. I believe that we need to step out of our shoes, and consider how other people may perceive different situations.

My teacher also had us look at how we see ourselves fit into society. Well, I see myself fitting into the big picture of society as a regular, hardworking middle class American. I do hope that I do something memorable in life, but I’ll be just fine with my life no matter what happens. I plan to go to college, get my education, and live my life out as a physical therapist, and or athletic trainer. But if that’s not what I’m going to be able to do, then that is just fine. I’ll live my life out no matter what happens.