In class this week, we looked into the ideas of micro and macro sociology. We did this by doing our activity on the boat. We kicked people off who we saw as unfit or unimportant. However, we kept people on the boat who we thought would be useful. For example, we kicked of the old couple because we saw their age and decided that they weren't going to be able to do their share of the work.  On the other hand, we kept the pregnant cheerleader because we saw the value of the life that she had in her. We used this experiment to show what affects our decisions everyday. Some of the larger things like living in America, going to the school that we do, being the age that we are etc., have shaped the way that most teenagers in America see the world. We are taught to value health, youth, usefulness, and education. That is why year after year, the results for this project are relatively the same. However, smaller things, or micro sociology also have a way of shaping us. Things like what our families are like,the friends we hang out with, the clubs we're in, all shape us. For example, I can be associated with and shaped by the general groups that I'm apart of like living in the U.S. and being a high school student. But I might be different than kids in my own school because of the people that I'm friends with and the way that they have shaped my outlook on life.