In today’s daily news, we hear about the issues surrounding the world and the effects it has on society. However, to better understand the social, political, and economical issues that people encounter, we must analyze the concept of “Social Imagination” created by Wright Mills. This theory helps one enable a clear perspective between the differences of an individual problem and better focuses on how that issue affects society as a whole. Throughout the past century, health issues such as diabetes has become a controversial topic around the world. It has come to the attention of many that low income families are now turning to fast food options in order to be finically stable. Yet, most of those family members continue to work crucial hours
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Children are also showing a lack of social skills when it comes to informing either their parents or school authority about bullying situations occurring to them or others. All three issues target the idea that they are inherited by other factors such as money, class, and social life. These problems continue to expand and it is important that one understands how society affects everyone’s behaviors, thoughts and ideas in similar ways depending on one’s situation. Since 2008, reports have proven that many low income families continue to turn to fast food alternatives, as a result of unfordable pricing of healthy produce. In the online article by John Vidal, “Global food crisis triggered cultural shift towards junk food” published by the Guardian, he mentions how in third world countries people stress working hard labor for better pay in order to support their families. As a result, Vidal states “as people worked harder and longer, and migrated to towns, other regions or countries to find work, more turned to heavily marketed convenience food, particularly unhealthy processed items with high levels of fat, sugar, and salt- a more westernized diet” (2016). Many people feel the social pressure to help maintain the stability in their family by providing the necessitates of …show more content…
It is odd enough that children are staying quiet about an issue that affects their mental and psychical health, but even more odd about the way parents are addressing bullying. Sue Shellenbarger from the Wall Street Journal, address what mechanisms parents are using to help increase their child’s confidence in confronting bullies in the article “When a Bully Tragets Your Child” ( 2016). During the years of middle and high school, many children face social issues such as appearance, lack of confidence, and even relationship problems. Those are some of the factors that bullies take into consideration when selecting their next victim. In this case many children feel defenseless, “avoiding telling their parents because they’re afraid mom or dad will contact the bully or the bully’s parents, sparking further embarrassment and retaliation, research shows” (Shellenbarger 2016). Bullying is not something a child inherits so easily, there are many factors to it. One may be how puberty and maturity is advertised throughout TV shows and books. It’s become very common in society to warn children about the “popular kids or bullies” who get everything they want and if they don’t they will find someone to take their anger on. Rather than focusing on ways to get
Children are also showing a lack of social skills when it comes to informing either their parents or school authority about bullying situations occurring to them or others. All three issues target the idea that they are inherited by other factors such as money, class, and social life. These problems continue to expand and it is important that one understands how society affects everyone’s behaviors, thoughts and ideas in similar ways depending on one’s situation. Since 2008, reports have proven that many low income families continue to turn to fast food alternatives, as a result of unfordable pricing of healthy produce. In the online article by John Vidal, “Global food crisis triggered cultural shift towards junk food” published by the Guardian, he mentions how in third world countries people stress working hard labor for better pay in order to support their families. As a result, Vidal states “as people worked harder and longer, and migrated to towns, other regions or countries to find work, more turned to heavily marketed convenience food, particularly unhealthy processed items with high levels of fat, sugar, and salt- a more westernized diet” (2016). Many people feel the social pressure to help maintain the stability in their family by providing the necessitates of …show more content…
It is odd enough that children are staying quiet about an issue that affects their mental and psychical health, but even more odd about the way parents are addressing bullying. Sue Shellenbarger from the Wall Street Journal, address what mechanisms parents are using to help increase their child’s confidence in confronting bullies in the article “When a Bully Tragets Your Child” ( 2016). During the years of middle and high school, many children face social issues such as appearance, lack of confidence, and even relationship problems. Those are some of the factors that bullies take into consideration when selecting their next victim. In this case many children feel defenseless, “avoiding telling their parents because they’re afraid mom or dad will contact the bully or the bully’s parents, sparking further embarrassment and retaliation, research shows” (Shellenbarger 2016). Bullying is not something a child inherits so easily, there are many factors to it. One may be how puberty and maturity is advertised throughout TV shows and books. It’s become very common in society to warn children about the “popular kids or bullies” who get everything they want and if they don’t they will find someone to take their anger on. Rather than focusing on ways to get