Monday, 11 March 2013
God grew tired of us
This week in class we watched a movie called "God grew tired of us", it was about the lost boys of Sudan. They were forced from there homes and out of their country to a UN relief camp and stayed there the majority of their childhood. Then a few of the older boys were chosen to go live in America. It was a complete 180 for them, going from getting water from a river for daily use to having water run from the sink. They have never had these luxyeries when they were growing up so even using the bathroom was a challenge because they had never used a toilet before. I think Americans take what we have for granite because we do not realize how easy we have it. This movie has made me realize how fortunate we are to live in such a privillaged society.
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Hi Nolan, please be careful of spelling: luxuries, granted (not granite), privileged. I agree that many of us take these things for granted, but can you share some specific example from your own life? What do you think that you take for granted? Or after watching the movie, did you think differently about your everyday life? Did you notice new things? Try to apply the sociology of culture to your own life; share your own unique example.
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