the most troubling in Teenage Wasteland

The section I found troubling for me was when people in Bergenfield were still referring the dead kids “troubled losers”. As the author said, even after they were dead. This section makes me wonder why they were referred by this. Were they really trouble makers or innocent kids? This seems unbelievable how four kids could die together and for the same reasons, because I believe that there are great reasons behind their death.  These kids in this particular town possessed evil among them which was controlling them through their last breathe.

The situation was widespread because of the tragedy that has happened in Bergenfield. The fact, there are many suicidal case among Kids in other towns, but the four kids altogether in Bergenfield was alarming to the community. No one could place a finger at any one else, because these particular kids were labeled as bad kids. Their behaviors had affected even in death, because people in the town do not seem to care about their deaths. Although, there were few people who dedicated songs for them but still this has nothing to do with who is responsible for the suicide. What I understood from the reading Teenage Wasteland, by Donna Gaines was that these kids were part of gang group which lead them to die together.

Gang group have rules to follow, principles by which they make judgments, beliefs, symbols that represent them and above all norms, what they’re expected to abide appropriately. Perhaps, language as well for this group to communicate among each other, however, the question still stands why would four kids decided to end their lives at the same time and same place. Because I do not believe that any culture could bind people to die together. There must be a secret behind this dilemma. Therefore, it is important to choose the kind of friends we mingle with.

 This caught my attention because it the main issues many people are facing nowadays, but they seek for answers and solution to end it. However, in this reading the reason behind the tragedy did not seem to be revealed because there was not much evidence or maybe since the kids themselves were trouble makers people seemed to care less for investigating the case. For instance, find their backgrounds, what culture they belong to, were they religious and what lead them to die together on that faithful day. All these questions could be investigated to find the true in this case.  

 

 

Who am I?

I am a west African student, from Guinea Conakry with full of dreams and ambitions. I decided to pursue my education with the hope to make my dreams come true. I landed in this country seven years ago without any english. However, i struggled to learn as much as i could back then just to be able to communicate with people around me. As a child, back then i realized nothing is impossible in this life. Moreover,if other people can speak the language why shouldnt i speak? i was determine to used the opportunity i have to engage my self in reading books in my classes.I challenged myself to throughout my High School years, which i found beneficial to me ever since.Knowing that where i came from lack of so many opportunities a person could have.

 I decided to continue my studies in order to achieve my goals, because i believe without an education a person looks just like an empty bottle which will always make noise. Curently, my major goal is to complete my studies here in BMCC and go for a career in human services. I chosed this field because i love helping those in needs. Further, i feel that my country is not a well develop country which means there are many people who need help but they are denied to have the help because of who they are or where they came from. Therefore, me, taking sociology this semester will help to understand why human beings behave in certain ways to a fellow human. i believe, it will not just give me this concept of human behavior but also deeper imformations of how we react and see the world in a better sense.

In Peter Berger reading, "Invitation to Sociology". He clearly explains what is sociology and how sociologists should engage themself in the field to become a good sociologist. In our society, people see things differently. In other words, we have our own individividual perspectives when it comes to see the world. For instance, some people may thing that Slavery was a good thing to become rich. while others think it was totally wrong and inhuman practices to become rich.

Well, i believe my biography is being influenced by something in history, because as an African in this country people usually treat you by your skin color or by the language you speak. People may discriminate you in any for that fact that you're from a different race. However, one have to learn how to live with it especially in this country. If the native Americans and Africa Americans had endured it all the way from the begining to the end, why won't someone else endures the same discrimination? People tend to judge you even if they do not know you. this is why we should know human behaviors and why we do act that way in order to fully be able to judge one another. This is exactly what good sociologists do as explain in the reading of "Invitation to Sociology". The tend to dig deeper for information about human beings.  they use scientific method to convey knowledge and evidence to the society. Therefore, i think any one can influenced history, it just depends how one sees it been part of a society.

We, humans tend to ignore things that we think is little. However, if we analyzed everything or atleast few of these things then we will learn more and better. Having said that, i sometimes ignore things that i surely know is interesting, but once i sit back and about it then i realized how crucial that was. The only different between a sociologist and another profession is that sociologist are interested in even the things that many people find boring. They like to have as much information as they could to advance in their research.