Blog 8

Watching the In the Line video really made me realize the realities outside of this affluent area. It shows the struggles of what people go through from different backgrounds. It was really shocking seeing the ex-CEO living on welfare and having to take completely have to change careers, to a teacher, to make it. It shows what people have to go through in life just to make ends meat. I think that it relates to sociology in the sense that it shows how other groups of people living in America struggle everyday. We do no realize how good we have it at times. I think we need to really be more grateful for everything we have.

Bernies Books

I headed back to Bernies Books this last Tuesday to give me my final Hour. It was a 2 hour long event. Everything was the same this time, but we were able to get more people to attend. The fact that Bernies Books is capable of packaging over 30,000 books a week is pretty impressive. Watching the video again was pretty heart warming. This event is pretty easy event, but the video at the end really proves you are getting something done thats very useful.

Sunrise

Last Wend. I attended the event for Sunrise, the local retirement home, where we interacted with the older adults. We made them arts and crafts to keep. It was surprising to see some of the attitudes on their faces. Some were actually a bit mean. I would have thought they would love our company. This has been my least favorite event so far, but I did not mine interacting with a majority of the people their. I really hope I do not have to live in a retirement home till much later in my life. This event totaled 2 hours.

It relates to class in the sense that we interact with the past generations, and we see how they are different in the sense of how they interact with others. It gives us the opportunity to see how generations have changed.

Bernies Books

For one of my community service events, I attended Bernies Books where we packaged books for students who do not have the resources we have. The event lasted 2 hours and was pretty enjoyable. We were in teams of four, where 3 people bagged while one person, myself, boxed up all the books in bins. We were packaging books for kids in 3rd and 4th grade. We also saw a video on where the books were going and what it meant to the kids. This has been my favorite event so far, probably because of the video at the end showing us how happy all the kids are. I will be back to this book pantry very soon. This counted for 2 hours.

The way this related to class was we were helping under privileged kids. We were helping the lower class become more educated by providing them with books that provide valuable information.