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Today I’m going to talk about my career: sociology. Sociology is a profession that is not always clear enough. Therefore, it leaves a wide space for the imagination. Showing up next, the advantages of the imprecision of the discipline will be presented. Since I said I wanted to be sociologist, the usual question was: what does a sociologist do? And, until now, it’s hard to find a strongly answer. That’s why in the present essay we are going to talk about some of the many things that sociology does. It will depend on the area of sociology. Here I’ll present some examples: You can study social cohesion in a school, from the sociology of education. you can study class differences, from the sociology of stratification. You can study religious phenomena, from a sociology of religion. You can study the social construction of the city, from an urban sociology. You can study the identity of seasonal workers, from a rural sociology. You can formulate and evaluate social projects...

When I was studying abroad at Universitat de Barcelona, university sent me to do six weeks of work experience. I was part of a research team for a project that aims to characterize the social groups that defend the independence of Catalonia. I hadn’t to staying in another city, I was just in Barcelona. I had to go to the meetings of groups involved in protests, and later interview them. About formal stuff, it was a relaxed project: I didn’t have to wear a specific outfit, nor did I have to meet schedules, only work with deadlines. The work I had to do was mostly about information recompilation and data analysis. It was a work I had done in my country, that’s why it wasn’t a trouble for me. The interesting work was trying to be part of a social movement in a new city. It was a positive experience because I could learn about and with people fighting for a political right. Beyond doing interviews and analysis, the most enriching thing was the field work and being able to be wi...

In the last decades, technology has been almost our best friend. We carry it on our cell phones, computers, television, even watches. It can be a tool for work, study and entertainment. Technology is in our day to day, but what happens when people abuse it? What happens when people delegate other responsibilities to technology? There’s a usual situation nowadays, which is to use technology as a babysitter for children. In the present essay we will review this situation and why it’s not a good choice for children. Imagine you have to do a lot of things (domestic stuffs, work, study, or whatever), but you also have a child in charge. The easiest and fastest option is to give them a screen to entertain themselves. But do we know what are they training actually? According to research, the use of technologies in children causes delayed development in children, as well as attention deficit and decreased memory. It also causes sleep disorders and childhood addiction to electronic ...