The Sociological Perspective

The essay by Aviva Chomsky helps to clarify what the sociological perspective is and how it affects groups of people because it shows the difference between the views of the “Elite upper class” and the “middle working class. Some of the differences of their views were evident when Chomsky showed her class “Portrait of Teresa”. Little students, the upper class pupils, couldn't believe the conditions of the city and that people were forced to work, however the Massachusetts students, the middle class pupils, didn't share the same view because they understand that people, even in America, take the bus and have to work to support their families.Both schools share the same views on how the US is “better” than other countries because of their education in US history courses. When talking about anti-US sentiment, she refers to both schools viewing those who didn't have the American ideals as “bad people”. The author determined the cause of that assumption was the lack of knowledge and learning they had on the other countries’ point of view.

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For example, a death of someone close. Someone who has never experienced that won't be able to understand the pain and sadness that goes along with that tragedy, but because of their understanding for sociological perspective, they will be able to put themselves “in the shoes” of the person they are consoling. It will also help people understand to not be so quick to judge because they were raised differently or had different experiences. Sociological perspective helps people to analyze situations that they are unfamiliar to them before they make assumptions. Understanding how everyone's perspective differs can help one to recognize how everyone is different and how what they think may not be the same as that of someone else, as in the students in the