Journal # 15 ” Relating life to a social theory”

One thing that I can think of is when I was 18 years old and  became sick with my stomach.  I used to eat alot of junk food, fast food, and everything else that isnt good for you.  My stomach couldn’t handle it anymore and I got really sick and could not eat anything other than white rice and bread for a month.  I lost 30 pounds in this period and i was petrified.  I ran through so many tests, like ulcer tests and sonograms.  They finally said that it was a acid buildup in my stomach probably due to all the terrible food i used to eat.  After this I began to eat much much better.  I believe that the social variables were always going out with my friends and always eating what they ate, which was always fast food.  My action was to eat more healthy so that my stomach could get back to normal and I would never have to go through this again.  The perceived severity was the thing that really scared me because I thought it could be something worse than what it really was.  In time, I have adopted to eat better and my stomach has never felt better. 

Journal # 14, “Binge Drinking”

the most interesting part of this reading I thought was about how the campaign wanted to correct students misperceptions about their peers alcohol consumption.  it says if students knew the real statistice of how many of their peers really drank, then they would also cut down and there would be a drop in binge drinking.  It feels like every kid out there feels that they have to drink because they think everyone else is drinking also.  This is not always the case, there are plenty of kids out there that don’t drink.  The word that everyone doesnt always drink has to be spread out there in order for people to believe it.

Journal # 13 “We just don’t care”

While i was reading “Fostering sustainable behavior”, I couldn’t help to think to myself this will never work, especially in New York.  I think our society as a whole just does not care about the environment.  We have to worry about school, money, work, family and so many other things that the environment that we live in takes a backseat even though it is very important to take care of it.  We just have to much to think about and worry about to worry about the environment around us, its sad but true.  There could be all these gimmicks and programs but the bottom line is we will lose interest in them very quickly and go back to our old ways.  I know people say we can change the world one by one, but i don’t agree because there are always going to be people that don’t take things seriously and so the people that do try and care will become discouraged and just quit.