prom assembly

Today's prom assembly was a pretty good picture of sociology. A lot of norms were to be followed in order for it to run smoothly and it ended up going well. All the students had to realize when it was time to be quiet in order to give the speakers a chance to be heard. Along with the speakers, students had to cooperate when it came to filling out the ballots for prom court. In order to signify that we were done filling out our selections, we had to raise our ballets in the air for them to be collected. Being upperclassman, we all know our limits and what is expected of our behavior at assemblies. Cooperation was essential as a group and surprisingly it happened. During the guest speaker, everyone quieted down to show respect and be attentive to what she was saying. Everyone did what was expected of them and was never rude and interrupted her. Students were respectul and abided by the norms that were apparent and we all allowed the assembly to run smoothly. Finally, at the end of the assembly, we knew the order we had to leave and we filed out by sections and no one went when they weren't suppossed to. The main part of sociology that I saw today was conformity and cooperation. Everyone acted respectfully and in an organized matter in order to accomplish a successful assembly.

prom...

So I can definitely not wait until this prom drama is over! It's really getting obnoxious at this point and even the parents are getting too involved. I saw a ton of sociology this past week with buying prom/after prom tickets, and with signing up for tables. Some girls were just so catty it was mean girls 100%. If you are not in their in-group, you can NOT sit with them. It's like breaking a law to even write your name down at their table. Secondly, there was parents going psycho over after prom tickets. They were so concerned with their kid getting into after prom and they will do anything to see that it happens. There are parents literally calling the moms in charge of after proms that are willing to pay more than the original price to get their child onto a bus going to after prom. To me, I remembered all of the parenting styles and customs we have previously discussed and I thought about what American parents would do, as opposed to the Chinese woman who was very strict on her children. To her, after prom would not even be a question, it would be an automatic no. Finally, I saw sociology when I went to peaches to look for a prom dress. There was pretty much a pecking order and they were very judgmental there, I was actually pretty shocked. I went with a friend, and she had her phone out while we were looking at dresses and a lady came up to her and told her that if she would like to be on her phone, she must go in the designated area, and not while she is on the floor looking at dresses. I saw other people with their phones too and it was almost a taboo to be on their phone, and it was really frowned upon. Another folkway that I saw was like if you were to wear or try on a shorter dress for prom, they didn't really approve or understand. In their eyes they thought that if you were going to prom you needed a nice fancy longer dress instead of shorter cute one, and when I chose a short one, they didn't really care as much to service me or help me out and I was pretty shocked by that. I am just looking forward to how much sociology will be seen at actual prom and in the upcoming two weeks, it should be interesting to say the least!