Week 2

This week in Sociology, we performed research projects. My group decided to study stress factors and see if they varied based on race and gender. I was inspired to bring this suggestion up to my group because earlier in the week, I was sitting at my kitchen table attempting to do homework, but I was too busy stressing out to actually get anything done. I wondered what the statistics were in terms of students having serious reactions to academic stress, such as suicide or self medicating. It was alarmingly high. I was outraged. An environment that is supposed to be preparing us for our futures is instead making us not want to have futures. No one is taught how to cope with stress. I went to Soc. the next day and was given the opportunity to perform some type of research, so obviously I wanted to conduct an experiment and be able to watch the data unfold in front of me. After we made a survey, I posted it on my Facebook and Twitter and got an overwhelming 74 responses...and I was the only one in my group that had posted it already. It was unbelievable. Upon viewing what people said, I was shocked to see that so many people stressed about the same things I did. I don't know if I'll be given the chance to go anywhere with my information, but I sincerely hope I get the opportunity to educate some of the higher-ups at SHS as to what they're doing to their students. Without students, our school ceases to exist, and they need to see the error of their ways.