My gender and sexuality class has changed my approach when it comes to communicating with people I do not know. Instead of approaching someone and using terms like he/him or she/her and guessing from their biological sex I instead try to use terms like they/them. Originally before I knew much about gender I only knew of male and female genders. Using they/them allows it to be more gender neutral and more accepting of people’s preferred pronouns. My Sociology in law class had made me think more critically with what was happening in the environment around me and how certain events have certain impacts to those within society. My Sociology in family and marriage class had taught me to take a step at a time and to think critically on what the future might hold, determining what actions I might take. My Sociology of disability has taught me to try to put myself in others’ shoes, to be able to look from someone else’s perspective. To think about someone else’s own abilities and how I can make what I do more accessible and then applying those ideas to a physical thing. Putting what I learned into practice allowed me to think and plan out what can be altered so I can help others have more access to things that they didn’t before.
I want to work in human resources. Most likely wanting to deal with people and helping them with their problems. I think that the various skills I have gotten from all these classes that deal with institutions give me a better insight for my job than I would have originally had. If I didn’t take them at all, I would have gone in completely blind with no experience about these topics. That would eventually affect my work. Being able to understand people will be invaluable for working in HR especially if I want to work with others. Some of the major skills that I got to work on and improve from my classes are listening, viewing an issue from someone else’s perspective, and being able to think critically about an issue to be able to assist someone with their problems.