Reflection

Throughout this class, we have discussed and studied what makes sociology so important and the basis of not only what it is but why it matters. We have stressed the point of importance that social scientists must have ways to reach the public attention, or else their research becomes unheard of to the majority of the people it could have potentially helped. With that, the relevance of the study to everyday life or decision making must be there, because if it is not, again the majority of the public readers will not take note of the research. Naturally, it is just as important to think about the values of public sociology while designing and carrying out your research if it is the avenue of which you hope your project to go. However personally, I believe that you can make your sociological research more based on public sociology after the fact while presenting your findings. All and all it is still an important aspect of sociology to be able to reach more people of all classes and demographics with your research unless it is very specialized to be helpful for some people.

I believe the class held me to a higher standard of sociology that I had not fully experienced yet, which in turn made me more efficient and a more well-rounded sociologist. Specifically with reaching out more through public sociology. All of these questions that have been answered have been, in a sense, what has been the guiding force of the class, and because of that, we have all grown as deeper thinking and more sociological students.