My First Mexican Party: Socialization Process

My First Mexican Party I have had several experiences where I went through the socialization process. I was fortunate to grow up with parents who wanted me to see all different aspects of the world, which meant doing a lot of traveling. I have been to different regions in the United States, Europe and in the Caribbean. The experience I have decided to focus on happened in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I attended my first traditional Mexican party. This paper argues that a Mexican birthday parties have a specific culture and socialization process that I became a member of. I experienced parts of the socialization process and a new culture when I attended a Mexican birthday party with my friend Juan. My friend, Juan, and his family are about
Mexican children are raised to believe that family is most important and should always be put first. Another idea stuff would be mindset of parties and other family gatherings. Mexican families put a big emphasis on being together and value every second of it. Food is one of the most important aspects to a Mexican party. To jump start my socialization process, I went to his house early to assist in the food preparation. There it was just his parents and siblings, so I felt pretty comfortable. According to Mead, I recognized his parents and siblings as significant others. I knew who they were to Juan, and how I should behave around them. His mother asked if I wanted to help her in the kitchen with the meats. Because I saw her as a significant other, I started to mimic the way she was cutting up the meat and how much of eat spice she was putting in the bags to be
His family started showing up about an hour after the party was supposed to start, according to him it is a part of Mexican culture to be late, which would fall under the action stuff of the Mexican culture. As they began to arrive I observed what could be considered as a symbolic interactionism. I noticed that the men wore darker jeans and a bright color shirt that matched their wives, and the women wore bold tops with bright colors and patterns. The children were dressed as if they were attending church and were punished if they removed or damaged a piece of their outfit. As stated in the book “the Real World an Introduction to Sociology” on pages 80 and 81, their clothing could also be considered material culture. Juan said the outfit choice plays a big role in parties, that the nicer and brighter the outfit meant more respect towards the host family. Based on my observation, I concluded that bright colors meant a happiness and excitement. I also learned that the clothes they wore were used as a symbol of gratitude for the