Learning throughout the Course

I believe throughout this course, learning about Sociology has truly changed my perception of how people communicate with others. Although it is a bit hard to choose only one issue/concept or idea, I believe Demographic Dynamics was one of the main concept that really drew my attention. It focused on the age factor and how it plays such a big role in divorce rates, single home families and etc. The topic was interesting because after reading the chapter, I noticed that there are less divorce rates in the year of 2011 because of how the parents were raised and through the environment and society they grew up in. For example, I started to notice that there was a decrease of divorce rates with those who were born in the mid 80s. From observing families, I became more aware of how old the parents were and when they got divorced.

From the chart above, I believe as families became more aware of their resources, they were able work out their problems more. In addition, as our society increased in a better way, it started to become a "norm" that woman can become more independent so they know better to choose who their spouse would be. Furthermore, there were more marriages in the 80s was because there could have been a decrease in education and independence of man and woman. As quoted from the New York Times, "Families with highly educated mothers and families with less educated mothers are clearly moving in opposite directions."