Gillian is obviously one of my best friends, but I don't care whose spit or saliva it is, watching her spit into the spoon and then Mr. Salituro putting it onto the table is completely disgusting. I have learned that every activity we do in sociology always has some type of lesson to go with it. After Gillian's spit activity, we learaned that the real lesson was that the people around us help influence our experiences in the world. In America, spitting is something that comes completely natural to people, espeically men.
When I traveled to Japan to visit my mom's side of the family everything is completely clean. There is not one ounce of old gum on the streets or dirt anywhere. It amazes me how clean every single person is. In our society, people throw gum on the ground, underneath desks, its all so gross. Gillian's spit is just part of the experiment and the experience that now everyone shares together.
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It's really interesting that people think spiting is a socially-unacceptable practice, yet people regularly spit out their gum on the streets, as well as their cigarette butts. No one would spit on the carpet in Stevenson, or even under the desk; but (no pun intended), we readily find gum stuck under desks. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteIs it really that clean in Japan? I think it's cool how countries are so different in how they do things. It must be weird going there and seeing everything spotless and then coming back here and it being dirty everywhere..haha
ReplyDeleteYeah I think it's weird that America has become sucha "dirty" place to be. Like in some cities the air is very dirty but the people are just all used to it..it's just what has become expected i guess?
ReplyDeleteLauren i think its interesting that when you visit your moms side of the family you noticed how clean everything was. its unfortunate that our country is not the same. On another note Gillian's spit was gross and i would have never slurped it back up!
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