Disadvantages Of Being Hispanic Students

B1: Used concepts or ideas from sociology when talking to a friend, relative, or coworker
(Women and poverty) & “snell”
I attend Perry High School, not “prestigious” school but more advanced type of school. Each Wednesday’s the Hispanic juniors attend a meeting with David Snell. He helps, primarily Hispanic students, with anything school-related. David helps us with our grades, talk about our future before and after graduation. Thus, we talk about the disadvantages and mainly the advantages of being a Hispanic student applying to college. Also, he explains that being Hispanic is very helpful in finding colleges; as a result of that college seek out for Hispanic students. As David Began to explain how we can receive money for being Hispanic

Simultaneously, we began to speak about a mutual friend. I began to talk about how she is way too young to have tattoos and body piercings; it isn’t normal for fourteen year old to have tattoos or various body piercings since Mexican parents are particularly traditional. Due to the fact that Yadi (Yadira’s nickname) has already visited Mexico, she knew the particular way of life in Leon, Guanajuato. The mutual friend we had been talking about had lived in the United States for many years, thus she had already adapted to the social norms. In Mexico, it is exceedingly normal for teens thirteen and older, to have tattoos, piercings, and even do drugs and drink alcohol at such a young age. However, in the United States it is not a social norm for young Mexican girls to have tattoos or drink and smoke; although, it may for the boys in the U.S. and Mexico, it is much more often in Leon (city in Mexico in which many Mexican-Americans from around this area are from). She began to argue with me that it is very normal, especially in Mexico. But I rejected her assumption, referring back to chapter One. I told her that “social location” is vital in explaining why it is “weird” that she has tattoos at such a young age. Yadira did not seem to understand so I explained to her that in my Soc. class we learned that social location “can shape our ideas of who we are and what we should attain in life along with our ideas of what others are or are not and what they should attain”. Also, I explained that it can be social classes, race, occupations, sex, religion, race, ethnicity, and age. As I began to explain, I told Yadira that it is unpopular to see young Mexican-American girls with tattoos, at least not in the U.S. Although, it is becoming very popular among white-Americans, it is not as common in Mexican-American households. Being