When I think of my experience in Sociology 105, an interesting story comes to mind. To begin, I wasn’t in this class when I first started my journey at Longwood. I was actually in a different course that I wasn’t really enjoying. The course I was in before Sociology, was a good class but the material wasn’t something I was interested in. I quickly came to the conclusion that I wanted to get out of that class and switch into a different one that better suited me. After making appointments with my academic advisor, my honors advisor, and  sending many emails, the stars finally aligned and my honors advisor found this course for me. I told my honors advisor that I took a sociology course in high school and really enjoyed it, so she agreed that I would like this course much better.

The thoughts my honors advisor had about this course as well as my own, rang true, I really did end up enjoying this course. By taking this class, I gained a further understanding of concepts and theories related to sociology. By learning these concepts, it really helped me see them in my everyday life and broaden my horizons.

With all of that being said, there was one aspect of this course that I really enjoyed and was very unique. My professor came up with a service learning project. On certain days when we were supposed to have class, we instead went to a local child day care and read to children. I really enjoyed this and it was something different to do rather than sitting in class and taking notes. We not only read books to these children but my professor told us to try to connect with the children as well. We did this by engaging in conversations with them, learning their name, and even bringing stickers, coloring books and other activities for the children to enjoy.

The document above is my last service learning reflection. The purpose of the reflections was to recap one’s experiences at Head Start (the day care) and then to relate those experiences to topics covered in class. By doing these reflections, I was able to reflect on my personal experiences at Head Start and relate them to other experiences in my life as well as concepts related to sociology.