Blog Break

The more I successfully plow through Charon's "Ten Questions: A Sociological Perspective", the more I question myself, my beliefs, my "truths", my whole reality.

I will make time to explore the works of Marx, Weber and Durkheim.

On one hand, my university education is stimulating my intellectual curiosity mainly through reading the great works of great thinkers. Yet, the whole cut-throat-race-race environment is not conducive for slow and steady exploration of ideas.

The pressure to attain a certain Grade Point Average takes the fun out of studying-especially when you know that it's not just what you know but , it's what you know relative to others that matters more.

Everything society now is, its beliefs, norms, ideals are all socially constructed and mainly perpetuated by those on top. So why should I subscribe to these?

Sigh. Just another rat in the rat race.

It's difficult to break away from all this, especially when it's as if the whole world is against you.

How apt that I'm listening to Marvin Gaye's, "What's going on?"


Lyrics | Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On lyrics

Back to the Secularization.

Macroeconomics is screaming out to me. Hush, hush, I'll talk to you soon. Soon. Patience.