Today's lesson was really interesting because it really made me think about my life and how I do things that in certain situations are acceptable and in other situations are not. The spit one (although it grossed me out to no end) made me realize how kinda hypocritical I was being. Although you couldn't pay me money to spit on that spoon in class, I spit sunflower seeds (where you put the seeds in your mouth, crack the shell, take out the inside and then spit out the shell) at my brother's baseball games all the time. I would never do this with my friends, but at his games it's acceptable. I think besides the whole mentality of a baseball game, it also has to do the with the people I'm with. I don't really care what twelve 13 year olds or parents think, but doing it in class would def. be super embarrassing. When you're in the circumstance, you don't really think about how you would never do that one thing, like seeding, at a different environment, it's appropriate for that situation and that's all that matters. You need to take a step back and think about things, I know for sure I'll be looking out for things like that whenever I'm in doing certain activities.
Sal also brought up how culture can affect what you do and how you behave. Over the summer I had the chance to visit Spain through SHS. We stayed in Marbella, a town on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and were lucky enough visit the beach. Little did we know (GIANT culture shock) there were a bunch of women there without their tops, just minding their own business, like they weren't just sitting there half naked, like that wasn't totally weird. And it took me awhile to realize for them it's NOT weird (we were clearly not in Kansas anymore) it's normal for them. Here in the US we go to the beach with all parts of our suits on out bodies. I didn't know at the time it was sociology or the Circumstance of our reality, but I mean I see it now. I really think it's so cool how we can all be so close but view the world differently, and how the circumstance of the envrionment you are in, can affect your behavior. Things you THINK you wouldn't do in a million billion years, you DO do. It's awesome.
I really liked your example about when you were in Spain. I thought that it provided a really good contrast to what is societally acceptable in America, ie: no public nudity. I agree that as a human race, we are so similar, yet so different in our views about what is acceptable... it mind blowing!
ReplyDeleteHa i totally agree with what you said about the spoon thing..GROSS (but of course megan volunteered). Yea I would have never thought about the whole sharing saliva thing until today, because I share food and drinks all the time with friends and I would have never thought to think oh eww we're sharing saliva, until today. I feel that helped us learn about things that are socially acceptable in our society..aka spitting or eating certain foods (kosher/nonkosher), things like that. I feel today's discussion was very helpful.
ReplyDeleteGood example about the sunflower seeds haha.
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