Sociology
Reflection Paper #1 on Invitation to Sociology by Peter L. Berger
*The SOCIOLOGIST is a person intensively, endlessly, shamelessly interested in the doings of men.
In this article, the curiosity plays a role which drives people to explore the field of Sociology. Just like Berger said in the article, curiosity grips sociologist in front of a closed door and it make sociologist want to open it and obtain the new knowledge. In personal extent, I believe that curiosity also plays an important role in human development. For example, because we are curious about sky, we have astronomy. It is one thing that pushes people to think, to discover, and to advance. Generally, sociologists study the way that people acting and interacting with each other in a society. In the meantime, it is not so simple, sometimes they need to study their own life, sometimes they need to study and contact with some fearful, distasteful or boring information. In fact they keep on studying their lives. They could not leave their job in the company or in the laboratory; their job will accompany them any moment because they are also living in society. I found myself thinking what I had been drawn towards in the past. I was asking myself questions about whether or not this person he was mentioning in his article had any relation to who I am and how I think. I know that in the past I've wanted to work in a people orientated field mostly because people are so interesting to me. Seeing cause and effect play out with society is one of the most amazing things I can think of. "Why" has always been my favorite word. Now, after reading this, I can place a finger on where my mind was going with all of
*The SOCIOLOGIST is a person intensively, endlessly, shamelessly interested in the doings of men.
In this article, the curiosity plays a role which drives people to explore the field of Sociology. Just like Berger said in the article, curiosity grips sociologist in front of a closed door and it make sociologist want to open it and obtain the new knowledge. In personal extent, I believe that curiosity also plays an important role in human development. For example, because we are curious about sky, we have astronomy. It is one thing that pushes people to think, to discover, and to advance. Generally, sociologists study the way that people acting and interacting with each other in a society. In the meantime, it is not so simple, sometimes they need to study their own life, sometimes they need to study and contact with some fearful, distasteful or boring information. In fact they keep on studying their lives. They could not leave their job in the company or in the laboratory; their job will accompany them any moment because they are also living in society. I found myself thinking what I had been drawn towards in the past. I was asking myself questions about whether or not this person he was mentioning in his article had any relation to who I am and how I think. I know that in the past I've wanted to work in a people orientated field mostly because people are so interesting to me. Seeing cause and effect play out with society is one of the most amazing things I can think of. "Why" has always been my favorite word. Now, after reading this, I can place a finger on where my mind was going with all of