Day Care

In sociology this week we talked about socialization and how it affects young children. One of the reasearchers said that children that were placed in a daycare are more likely to be mean but smart. Thing that they forgot to include though was that it also stimulates the childs mind to be more social around others the same age as them. So ya they might have a mean side, but they also develop more of a tendency to be more open around others and be more social.
When I was little I was constantly put in a day care. Yet I have continuously made new friends in many different areas, and all of them say that I am generally a nice person. I find it funny that some of the nicest people I know come from day care childhood. Makes me question some of the views in the reading.

England Bar Fights

Universal signs are ways that we communicate with the world, even if we do not share the same dialect. Hand signals are one example of the universal signs we use in order to tell people what we want, or what we might not want. But in different countries the same hand gesture can mean different things. Like how in America we use the "peace sign" but throughout most of Europe, it means the same as the middle finger would in America. Yet people get so offended so quickly without thinking of where the person who is giving the hand gestures culture originates from. They are so used to their culture and their ways that it is almost expected of them to act offended, even if the person giving the hand gestures meant no harm in the first place.

My uncle went to England two summers ago and he decided to go to a bar with a few friends of his. The bar was very loud, so loud that the waitress couldn't even hear what my uncle and his friend wanted. So my uncle decided to resort to hand gestures. He held up two fingers, the "peace" sign, for two more drinks and an ok gesture,which in Europe means a very bad name to call someone. The waitress was furious and walked away, refusing to take anymore orders from my uncle and his friends. Later that evening the manager of the bar came up to my uncle and explaned the situation. But the fault really lies within both him and the waitress. It is partially his fault for he should have been more informed about England's culture before going there. Yet it is also the waitresses fault for not considering that my uncle was from America and not England.