Nothing

This week in sociology, we were given a very interesting assignment. The homework was to do nothing. This sounds easy, but I found extremely hard. You had to do nothing for a minimum of ten minutes, and it look at least six minutes to stop people watching. I did it in school at the Point, where there were people constantly walking past me. I just couldn't focus on the task at hand. It helped to keep reminding myself to do nothing, and just have a clear mind. It didn't exactly go the way I would've hoped, but for like 30 seconds, it kind of worked. In my life, I've mediated, through an elective at a convention, a couple of times. There was a professional who helped us get to the mediation stage. There I found it very easy to mediate, and I loved that feeling of just having a clear mind. Therefore, I anticipated this assignment to be easy, but to my surprise it was very difficult for me.

G-d grew tired of us

This week in Sociology, we watched a movie, called "G-d Grew Tired of Us." It was about African American men from  Sudan who were living in poverty and hardships. A couple of those men were given an opportunity to leave Sudan and come to America, where their lives were changed. They hoped to come to this new country to work and get an education. With their new experiences, they had the goal to help their friends and family back in Sudan. When the men arrived to America, they experienced Cultural Shock. They were confused of how everything worked and of the new cultural and people surrounding them. I have never experienced cultural shock to this extend, however I have experienced cultural shock, in a very minor way. When I was little I went over to my friends house, who was Indian, and ate dinner there. Their dinner was a meal that I've never experienced before. All I was used to was grilled cheese and pasta, they served me a traditional Indian style dinner, which was filled with curry. I wasn't used to this style of cooking, but it opened my mind up to new ideas.