Macro Level Perspective Analysis

After reading Chapter 1, my eyes have been opened to a study of human communication that is virtually open-ended. The idea everyone has different perspectives and sees the world differently based on their specific situation in life is hard to wrap my mind around. I can see how I walk through my life as an “everyday actor”. I see things from my point of view, which has been shaped by my personal hardships, challenges, triumphs, experiences and how these things have affected me. Rarely do I stop to consider why someone else may not agree with me or would do something differently or why their perception of a given situation may be different than my own. I like the idea that I perceive things in my own unique way based on my specific experiences and situation in life. To look at something with a macro-level perspective is to study society by looking at a large-scale social structure in order to determine how it affects the lives of groups and individuals. The opposite of which is micro-level perspective. This perspective concentrates on the interactions of individuals and how those interactions create larger patterns. I
Price tags and taxes continued to rise, while my income seemed to be decreasing slowly. Ten year ago, bartending served as a lucrative business for me. Over the past few years, I have noticed people not throwing money around as freely as they had in the past. Tips dwindled as I saw more and more people losing their jobs, applying for unemployment and some on welfare. After learning that I was pregnant with our second child last year, I had to step back and take an honest look my family’s financial future and what changes that could be made on my end so we could remain comfortable. That is when I made the decision to quit my job, where I had been comfortable and happy for many years, and pursue furthering my education in search of a new recession proof