“Week One Blog Entry"

I am 37 years old. I work for a company as a Program Analyst, but Sociology has always been my favorite subject. I am from Middle East and since I left my country when I was 30 years old, I have a lot of experience with that culture. I have participated in activities about women’s and children’s right in my home country. I really enjoy the opportunity of freedom of thinking and speech here in the Unites States. Since I have a passion about sociology and the opportunity of great schools and references here in the U.S., I felt I should start studying it academically, possibly pursuing sociology as a career goal. I would like to continue my education in sociology and become a helpful sociologist. That is like a dream to me and would make me feel very useful. That does not mean I don’t like my current job. My background and education helps me understand systems and interrelationships of systems, statistics and probability, and management theories. I hope my background helps me to achieve this goal. The Sociology class structure is very interesting and I like the fact that all students are in touch with each other and can read each other’s ideas. This is very encouraging!!!