#sociology

,,Alright. Due to the fact that my shift begins in approximately five minutes and 34 seconds I’ll make this very quick. As you probably now my name is Dr. Spencer Reid and I work for the Behavioral Analysis Unit here in Quantico, Virginia. My earliest child memories are about my mother reading me the earliest Valentine’s poems, which includes Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules. The veriety of books she read to me played an important role in my vast basic knowledge in many areas. I have an IQ of 187, giving me the title of a genius amongst peers and others. An eidetic memory and the possibility of reading 20,000 words per minute are also among my special skills. I’m an expert on historical serial killers, statistics, geographic profiling, graphology, and body language. My PhDs are in Mathematics, Chemistry and Engineering and I have Bas in Psychology, Sociology and, because I got bored, I’ll soon have a BA in Philosophy. Is there more to say? You said basic information, which is why I’m confused and undecided. Well, my mother says I’m so skinny because I drink too much cofee, which reminds me I have to get one before I get into the building. I hope I could help you with your vague task.’’

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Der Doktor drang sich zu einem schmalen Lächeln durch bevor er auf dem Absatz umdrehte um im nächsten Augenblick sein ursprüngliches Ziel wieder in Angriff zu nehmen. Die letzten Worte der unbekannten Person, die offensichtlich amüsiert aufgrund seiner wahrheitsgemäßen Antwort war, veranlassten ihn dazu seine beherrschte Mimik für einen Moment entgleisen zu lassen.

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,,Thank you very much, Dr. Reid. If our viewers want to know more about you they simply have to get to know you themselves.’’

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Reid stand in der Tür des Cafés und musste einige Male im irritierten Schweigen blinzeln.
,,Wait.. Did she say viewers? And who wants to get to know me?’’

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Do not abuse on such petty issues. They won't solve problem. They are depression catalysts they will make you even more sad. First of all take a long deep breathe. Take
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Now say Thank You to Allah while looking at sky. Dil Se!
They are in Urdu. You are worried. Don't. Find a way to change them in English. Ask the concerning for this. I can do it, but first try it by yourself.
Second thing. Up till now you were disturbed so that you missed classes, assignments and such.
From now, you have came out of this phase. 30th July 2020 and there is a new You. Ab pareshan nahi hona. Naa job k burden se, na guzray huay failures se. Wo guzar gaye hain. Wo time. Wapis nahi ayega ap k paas k correct karein wo time. Ab ka waqt hai. Make it better. And I am here for you.

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Allah bless you.

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Dual BA Program Between Columbia University and Sciences Po là 1 chương trình song bằng, với 2 năm học ở Sciences Po Paris và 2 năm học ở Columbia University in the City of New York, và khi tốt nghiệp thì sẽ lấy cả 2 bằng Đại Học của 2 trường. Với bạn nào đi Pháp thì chắc chắn biết Sciences Po Paris danh tiếng thế nào (7/8 tổng thống Pháp học từ đây ra, bao gồm cả Macron) và Columbia thì chắc cũng ko cần phải nói. Sciences Po Paris là một insitute (cực kì) elite ở Pháp, dịch ra tiếng Việt là "Học viện Chính trị Paris", và hệ undergraduate của nó có 3 campus host cái Dual BA này: 1 cái là học vể Europe-Asia (campus Le Havre của anh), Europe-North America hoặc Europe-Africa (Reims) và Europe-Middle East (Menton). Theo học ở Sciences Po sẽ phải học những môn như là Econs, Political Science, Law, History, Art, Sociology và năm 2 sẽ phải chọn 1 trong 3 majors là Econs & Society, Politics & Government và Politics & Humanities. Khi chuyển sang Columbia năm thứ 3 thì chọn major gì available ở Columbia cũng được.
Về độ khó của Dual BA.. haha. Nhiều người nghĩ rằng việc app vào Dual BA sẽ dễ hơn app vào Columbia College (CC) bình thường, nhưng với anh (và rất nhiều bạn học cùng anh), thì bọn anh đều cảm thấy quá trình tuyển chọn của Dual BA comprehensive và kĩ càng hơn cả CC, và độ khó thì có thể nói là tương đương. Nhiều người nói là dễ vì acceptance rate cao hơn CC, nhưng sự thật là vì CC trên Common App nên số applications nhiều hơn rất nhiều Dual BA, trong khi Dual BA phải app ở portal riêng và không nhiều người biết về nó nên một khi một ai đó đã dành đủ efforts để điền một cái seperate application thì they are extremely highly motivated. Yêu cầu luận của Dual BA là 2 bài, 1 bài 1000 từ và 1 bài 700 từ (hoàn toàn khác với luận CA), và chỉ một khi pass được vòng xét hồ sơ thì mới tới vòng phỏng vấn. Ở vòng phỏng vấn, mọi người sẽ được phỏng vấn bởi cả đại diện của Columbia và Sciences Po, và oh boi haha nếu đại diện của Columbia chill vl và hỏi những câu typical phỏng vấn Đại học Mỹ kiểu why Dual BA thì đại diện Sciences Po THỰC SỰ TEST KIẾN THỨC (chính trị, kinh tế, xã hội, etc) CỦA CANDIDATE và thậm chí còn vặn vẹo và kiểm tra xem candidate có thực sự prepared for college không. Điểm số không phải là yếu tố chính được xét với Admissions Team của Dual BA, ít nhất là anh cảm thấy thế, mà cái họ tìm kiếm là những học sinh thật sự nổi trội, knowledgable và ambitious nhưng vẫn cố gắng học hỏi và có vision cụ thể mình muốn làm gì. Có những người từ chối offer từ Stanford, full ride Yale-NUS, Vanderbilt, etc. trong năm của anh để đi học ở Dual BA, thì em đủ hiểu độ competitive và chất lượng học sinh như thế nào. Nói thế này ko phải là bảo CC ko competitive, mà là Dual BA có một cách approach khác hẳn với CC và anh nghĩ Dual BA khá là 'kén' học sinh. Với những ai muốn học thiên về STEM hoặc sợ sống tự lập (Sciences Po ko provide housing hay ăn uống), sợ explore cái mới và học ở môi trường truly international thì maybe this isn't for you.

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There's not much controversy to this, really. The further back you go, the more you exclusively hear voices chosen for their ideological value. Socrates' life trajectory & lifestyle are basically identical to that of Jesus Christ, & they weren't too far apart chronologically. Neither wrote anything; they were teachers, whose lessons were recorded by others. By Plato, in Socrates' case. Some Socrates trivia for you teens, impress your teachers with that shit. Or just google "Socrates" & read for like, 25 seconds. Fucking $20000 degree lmao. Anyway.

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Was Socrates "on the money?" I'll say his: his thought was the "origin story" of western rationalism. That's science, that's maths, that's democracy, logic, all of it. Like a lot of rationalists & also like Jesus, he was a very pious dude, tho ultimately history paints him less as a prophet & more a critic; the first rationalist.

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Is any of that "true?" Fuck no, but that's not the point. It's about who's USEFUL, & to who'm, & why. That kind of thinking is your critical theory tradition, & is happening NOW - the exact opposite end of history to Socrates. Recent big names you should be familiar with: Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze & Guattari, probably Habermas I guess. My more obscure interests are Hans Jonas, Axel Honneth (not an obscure figure, very influential thinker), & Jean-Philippe Deranty, who I had the privilege of learning from one-on-one for a bit. Philosophy of work.

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Maybe obscure to non-Americans but a worthy mention for on-the-money-ness: Alexis de Tocqueville. Early critic of the United States back when it was a shiny new slave colony, & painfully prescient.

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There are lots of live, boring arguments now over ethics, language, death, even the nature of matter, but imo the real shit is social philosophy. As you'd expect it's closer to sociology & cultural studies than traditional philosophy-crossovers, main one being science, but linguistics was huge for ages, & psychology has always been a hotbed of philosophical implications.

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I could go on & on, but really there's only one name you need to remember. Haters won't like it, but the REAL nerds from across the ideological spectrum will immediately recognise: Karl Marx. If you want "on the money," Marx did it metaphorically, theoretically, AND literally. He wrote the definitive critique of capitalism - which is no mean feat at all, just on its own. Many ppl alive NOW fully believe that capitalism is just...a perfect economic metaphor for the natural state of man. It's just REAL.

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No. It's just shit some rich ppl made up, Marx figured it out & detailed its strengths & flaws pretty accurately like 150 years ago. Das Kapital. Check it out. As in google it, DO NOT try to read it. It is horrible & very esoteric & translated from Ye Olde Russian. It still, somehow, still POPS tho.

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Lot of dumb bullshit in the history of philosophy, but Marx' works are still absolutely foundational. We would not have economics without Karl Marx.

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Сейчас я вам кое-что объясню.

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Образование в Америке - расширенное, т.е ты за 4 года должен пройти и свою проф. программу и хулиард дополнительных предметов, которые не относятся к твоей специальности.

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Как выглядит мой обычный семестр? У меня есть 4-5 пар, которые присутствуют в профиле, а еще 3-4 пары являются дополнительными.

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Дополнительные пары могут быть любыми, но должны отвечать соответствующим требованиям. Например, Art Credit, Science Credit, Sociology Credit и их дохуища.

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Почему биохимия? ну блять, из всех зол, а именно: геологии, физики и картографии, я выбрал то, что хотя бы смогу сдать.

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В этом семестре у меня есть биология и социология, но в основном у меня профильные предметы. Вы же наверняка задавались вопросом почему у меня есть история, литература, психология и прочие предметы. Это всё часть программы.

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This is a very complex question to answer. But I'll just say a little about what I think. First of all, calling this a prison is pretty complicated. See how life is in Venezuela and North Korea. The life in society in these countries cited have much more difficult norms to feel free within them. We here in Brazil have a much greater freedom than in the countries I have mentioned. However, this does not happen when comparing Brazil and the USA. For example, it is very difficult to start a business and employ people if I want to develop myself as an entrepreneur here because it is a country full of unnecessary bureaucracy and with enough obstacles for any entrepreneur that does not exist in the USA. Here the state tries to grow much and average of everything. They say we have the right to vote. But we are forced to vote. Then come the question: how can this be a right, if I am obliged? It does not strike me as such a free society. But if we speak of demoracria, we can admit that we have much more freedom in democracy than in a dictatorship or a monarchy. However, we could also say that democracy is dictated by 50% + 1. Still, I have the freedom to express my opinion without being dead or dead, even having to admit of corruption that occurs without having the power to change, since the great Most people in Brazil do not care about studying politics, history, geopolitics, philosophy and sociology with the depth necessary to avoid falling into the corrupt promises that we have to admit in power. Even though I do not have enough power and freedom to change all that, I can very well live my life, earn my money, express my opinions (as I am doing now) without the worry of being tortured, imprisoned or killed for that alone. Henry David Thoreau said in one of his works that in a world of injustice, it is only natural that the place of the righteous be in prison. Just as Gandhi stated, when he was in prison, that there were free people in prison and people arrested at the "freedom" of coming and going on the streets. That this is a matter of conscience. And yes, in that sense I agree with both. Freedom is not just a point to do whatever we want. But if what we do will affect the life of another or other people in an unfair, negative way to the point of being cruel. Which is unacceptable. So to live in what we call "society" you have to have limits to not harm another person and other people should have limits to not harm yours. Since we are not all capable of doing this without imposition, we need these social norms, of course I am talking about the laws, for examples to be given and we can create a society with the clear message: if you do not behave civilized in a society called civilized, will be punished and used as an example to the others. Not wanting to go too far talking about Discipline and Punish, in which Foucault describes how these examples were implacable and cruel before and how they have changed until today.

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I used to blog for a bit back in the day, and all I did was complain about things (I had a short stint where I would rewrite mythology using my own narration, that was fun but I'm not as creative anymore). I mean, I pretty much had no friends so that was the next best thing. Blogging for me was means to an end, I had a need for an emotional outlet to write down my thoughts, paired with an urge to create things and have output. College changed that up, I was writing all day every day and it became work instead of leisure, also maybe my mental health improved and I had no need to write, my defense mechanisms no longer a need to kick in which led to me becoming less funny over time. Nowadays I only write when I feel particularly inspired or emotional, I would have days of motivation but I would use that motivation to write productive stuff like project descriptions on my Behance, scripts for future projects, or discussion of more serious topics. I actually want to start writing on Medium to launch my Sociology career and score points with Grad school admissions. So yeah, you can find my blog in my bio, probably.

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My sociology teacher who was many a thing. A closeted Marxist, a social gadfly, an observer, a dreamer, and his mind, oh god his mind is unlike anything I've ever come across. I'm in awe of that man's mind.

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Here's a letter I wrote to him a year ago to thank him for all he'd done for me and his reply by email, which I didn't at all expect. He's not one to show much emotion. I look back on it from time to time. I hope you get a glimpse of how great the man is through this small interaction.

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"Dear Mr …,

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Firstly, I’d like to apologise for my being perpetually absent from your lessons in my last year. I did however, still enjoy them. My being absent was never a reflection of your excellent teaching standards – though I think and hope you already knew that.

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Mark Twain famously said, “don’t let schooling interfere with your education” and I really do feel like you developed my education a great deal. You taught us all far beyond the curriculum and I feel as if you’ve helped students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds get a far better education than they could have ever bargained for. So thank you for all you’ve done. I for one, deeply appreciate it.

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I’d also like to take this opportunity to say I think that you’re probably the best teacher I’ve come across during my time in education. I do not say that lightly. I have come across some awful but also equally brilliant teachers, but you take the lead in being brilliant, by far. Your teaching style has been something else altogether.

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I know at the start of these two years, there was a lot of laughter from the class, we didn’t quite grasp where you were coming from, but over the course of this time with you, we’ve been stirred into life. I know I have. Sir, you’ve opened my eyes to the notion that things aren’t how they should be. Someday when I make a change in the world, no matter how small, it will boil down to the moments where you inspired me in class (or during those lengthy discussions I used to have with you – I loved them so much I’d go home and frantically write down all your ideas so I could reflect on them from time to time. I’m going to miss all of this an unbelievable amount.)

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Thank you for all that you have done for me. I will never forget it or you.

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All the best,

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Habiba"

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I don't get this either .. the dictionary definition of racism is to hate another race, so thats pretty straightforward to understand. The sociology definition however, confuses things by explaining racism as 'privilege and power.'.. and white people are said to have both. For example: when white people commit crimes their sentences and punishments are less than those of people of color who committed the same crime..

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So basically .. from my very limited understanding, reverse racism is the argument that white people have a desire to prove that people of colour are not the only ones that are put at a disadvantage or targeted because of their race.

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The reason they say 'reverse racism doesn't exist' is because a repressed group apparently cannot be racist towards those in a dominant group… They can be prejudice but not racist apparently.

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