SOCIOL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Loan, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Asian Americans
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Heart and soul of what thinking sociologically is all about. Moving beyond common sense understanding on how the world works. Looking at the world differently than you"re used to. Not assuming too much -- not assuming you know already how the world works. As human beings we are cognitive conservatives disregard, devalue, discredit information that doesn"t agree with our preexisting beliefs on how the world works the mental schema. Contradicts what we already believe in confirms our biases on how the world already works. Sociology gives us the thinking tools to be more open minded and critical minded. College -- what is the most familiar to us! Past few decades college is the prereq to entering the middle class. Obama: going to college is an economic imperative. College is the default option relatively new phenomenon. Seen as the logical next step after high school. Students feel like they have to go to college.
