Tuesday, January 11, 2005 @10:41 PM
It ain't so bad after all...
So, school started with a bang and a wham today. The first creatures I saw in school today were two beings dressed up gothic style. Massive, big, outrageous hairdos. I was like Wow! Where on earth did they find the time to do that? Definitely attention seeking-they were incredibly successful in doing that. All eyes on them! Not a very pleasant way to make me feel welcome in the ever so unfamilar NUS. That made me feel like all uncomfortable, uneasy, and weird. Like is this an instituition of learning? Well, maybe that's the results of introducing creativity in the school syllabus. It definitely did wake me up. So that might be a good thing after all.
First lecture of the semester! Sociology of deviance. Pretty cool stuff I'm going to learn from there I would say. And guess what? Teaching assistant - Mr Lloyd Chia. When the lecturer introduced him, I saw the spiky hair, and was like, it's him?!?! Interesting how coincidental things can get. Now I like this course. If I get the lecturer as my tutor, I'll be more than happy because he's really interesting. And I don't think Lloyd's gonna be boring. So there, the module that I'll probably enjoy loads for this semester.
Some stuff I thought of in school bout deviance and crime. Both deviance and crimes are social constructs, defined and made up by the society and law to restrict ourselves. The queer thing is that "street" crimes are always published and documented, but not "suite" crimes. "Suite" crimes consist of the rich and the powerful. Seems like the terms deviance and crimes are always associated with the vulnerable, marginalized, lower society. It is always about the poor and the powerless. Interesting how classification can create certain results huh?
Here's just a thought "Deviance are human actors whose subjectivity are to be appreciated, not corrected."
I suppose the above is true, but we've never really thought about it that way have we?
Still got memory verse to memorize before my leader whacks me on the head.
"Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all hings, holding promise for both the presen life and the life to come."
1Timothy4:7-8
