Sociological Thinking

This week in sociology we learned about about sociological mindfulness and sociological imagination. Sociological mindfulness is being aware of how people and your environment have an effect on you as a person and shape what you are. It's weird to think that so many of the different things that I am interested in formed because of interests of my family and people around me. Take for example my interest in tap dancing wasn't formed though my own mind. I was the younger sibling of two sisters who both danced (One of which is a professional dancer). I was actually forced into going to my first tap class sending me to a dance class was easier then leaving me at home. I then started enjoying tap classes and keep with it to this day. Being a tap dancer provided me with a ton of amazing experiences including, performing in china and at millennium park with Chicago symphony orchestra. All of these experiences would have never had happened if my family life was different and it's crazy to think that I could be a completely different person then who I am now if maybe I had one sister instead of two. So many things have big effects on who and what we are and a lot of the time we don't really think about it. But when you do take the time and think about why you are what you are it's mind blowing to see how others can shape you.     

Who am I?

Hi there! My name is Dylan! I am currently a senior in high school and having an blast! I love radio broadcasting and have already committed to college to major in Radio. I also broadcast my high schools sports games including Football, basketball, hockey and baseball. My favorite to broadcast is Hockey. Although it's tough to do because of the fast pace it's a lot of fun because hockey is one of my favorite sports. I also love playing video games it's one of the main things I do during my spare time. I am also a big Baseball and Hockey fan and I am a big fan of the Cubs and the Blackhawks. I just recently went to the first home game of the year for the Blackhawks which was a blast and the Hawks won.

As I said before my passion is radio. All four of my years in high school I have been part of the radio station. I did a show with my friend Brett every friday and now this year i started up a second show with my friend Ross every Wednesday. I am also part of the sports broadcasting team and try to make it to every broadcast that we do even if im not on the air.

My biggest influence in my life is my cousin Scott. He currently works as a DJ at KissFM in Chicago. Over the past few years I had been able to spend time with him in the studio and learn about how a professional radio station is ran. He was the one that got me really interested in radio and got me to pursue it as my carrier.       

My cousin SpecialK

My biggest goal in life is one day to be a DJ on a big time radio station. I really just want my voice to be heard by people. I like to be entertaining and I never have a bad time when im on the air. It's hard work sometime but the results are always good.