Lara Pabanderovde Lasan Student# NOD180322 pg. Assignment # Student Name: Lara Pabandero-de Lasan ‘Student Number: NOO180321 Course: Introduction to Sociology Professor: (1) Class Schedule: Thursdays 8am-10:40am, Room #:J110 ‘Thursday, November 2014Lara Pabandero-de Lasan students! N00180321 pg.2 Soci or ors Dinner Dance (1 “The social location “imposed” and the one that is part of the self-identity ofthe cousins from Norther Ireland are very different. Looking back from the story, I could gather that there ‘were two separate groups of Irish, the main ethnic identities of Irish and Catholic and the other ‘was of Northern Irish and usually Protestant and British. And in the 1960's a terrible bout happened which lead to each side having some hateful feelings for each other. Of course, ancestries of ancestries will tell their loved ones and families about these stories and those {younger generations will either take it to heart or just even respect it “The problem with this story isthe same with most cultures, they are stereotyped. The cousin at the seniors party was from Northem Ireland and was stereotyped as someone coming from main land, who was actually the enemy atone point in time. can sympathize with the cousin withthe sain feeling because itis the same for me, my grandfather is of Spanish detent Sd some poople who don't know me, and jut judge me by my face instantly thnk Iam Spanish, ‘but my family, my mother and father are fl blooded Filipinos. Same with my husband, he has full blooded Filipino parents but he isa litle bit of what we call "Chinky” eyes, and instantly they say he is Chinese. Another thing is that there are many dec in the Philippines, like in ny hometown there are two languages spoken, Pangalatc and Tlocano, Tam from the Pangalatoe pat of Northem Pangasinan City, and they always mistake me for being llocano, but [don't realy like that when they think Lam Tlocano because Mlocanos have a reputation of being “stingy” especialy with money and am not like that, in the Philippines that is bod trait 0 to explain, my situation was far off from the cousin from the story in class because they had 3,500 people die because of the differences ofthe main ethnic identities of Irish and the ‘Northern lish, but to an extent I could understand why the cousin was very offended and hurt by the musician's choice of musie, without doing his research first. The musician imposed an ‘ethnicity, and the cousin's social location, he thought that he was being accommodating and ‘courteous for playing Irish songs, without knowing that he was doing the opposite. If were the one-man-band when the same situation arises, 1 would hope that I do not inflict the same pain that he did to the cousin, and instead of choosing myself what song to play, T would ask them the make song requests to make sure that the song played is the actual song that they want to hear. This goes out to any cultural differences or not even cultural differences because not everybody like the same music, Ttis not hard to ask, and if I were the one asked ‘what song I wanted to hear, I would even feel important because ofthat gesture. With the issue at hand, the friend blamed herself for what had happened. She blamed herself for thatthe cousin got offended, but it was the musician's fault, Also she had lived in Canada for a very long time and she was already in Canada before the “troubles” began back in Ireland, Also, in her family there are Catholics and Protestants in her family and [am assuming they got along even with the differences maybe because they are family. ‘The friend did not ‘experience the feeling of al the hatred, she did not witness what had happened back in Ireland ‘and that is why this was not very significant for her, compared to the cousin who went through ‘the nightmare ofthe astroeities that happened. | believe that at that point in time, the friend couldn't have done anything to prevent the musician imposing of the ethnicity, because it wasn’t her actions but l ean empathize with her for feeling bad because she was the host ora critical patt of the party organized, l¢ 26lara Pabandero:de Lasan Students 00280321 pg.1 ‘Assignment #9 Family: Canadian Fertility Rate Student Name: Lara Pabandero-de Lasan ‘Student Number: NOO1 80321 Course: Introduction to Sociology Professor: [1] CClass Schedule: Thursdays 8am-10:40am, Room #:J110 ‘Thursday, November 2014 (A eCLara Pabandero-de Lasan Student NOO180321. pa.2 Family: Canadian Fertiiy Rate I always hear my sister who has two girs, (ages 4&8) say “you needa million dollars to raise one child” and lays think to myself she fs exaggerating, this coming fom someone who is just one year married with no plans to have children until finish school and start paying of my OSAP. Bul thinking about it, the expenses my husband and I have on a monthly basis if” already tight. My sister takes her children ll sot of activities (gymnasts, tap dance, pop dance folk dance, piano lesson, soccer, ballet et.) since the two girls leaned to walk. On top ofthat, when they started to go to school even in elementary they ned 0 wear uniforms, and all their other expenses, I guess until the “chilis stable enough to live on hisher own parents are there fra aspects in an individ’ life, especially inthe Financial par. So I ean understand ‘where my sister is coming from, Some ofthe reasons why I hin thatthe numberof children Canadian couples ae having are getting ower is because othe financial sabilty everyone wants ist. I could be an example for that, 1am already in my late 20's anda lot of my relatives, especially back in the Philipines ask me wien I plan to havea child, and my answer remains the same “when we have our own house not an apartment, nd when Iam financially established and nt in school. Ihe baby comes, the baby comes, but if we can help it, we will put it off until we ae “sete” maybe ‘within 5 years, Tam thinking that, I want to be able to provide for my children along with my ‘husband, without living life per paycheque. With right now we have rent, insurance bill, utility bills, transportation, and all ofthat my husband is shouldering because | am studying full time and only working parttime. Also I know a lot of people my age want to have their career first before starting a family, very career driven and putting off even getting married for later. Another reason is just like my sister and husband say that two is enough, mind you they ‘don't pay for dayeare because they are fortunate enough to have relatives who take care oftheir two gitls for afew hours after schoo! before my sister ean pick ther up. Tuition is expensive ‘my mom started a college tition fund for my brother because he was born here and she started right when she gave birth to him so that she was only puting ina litle bit per month. When I graduate I will already be in debt because of my OSAP, I was too old when we immigrated to ‘Canada for my mom to stata tuition fund because that would mean most of her salary would go into that and there were other expenses that needed attention,ara Pabandero-de Lasan Student NOD2180321 9.3 ‘As discussed in class, children are the most expensive investments we ean have. All the ‘money goes into diapers that gets thrown into the garbage in just a few hours of use, children’s clothes are so expensive because they grow out of them so fast, and school tuition right now is through the roof. “We can’t even use children as equity for a loan” compared to a house ora car that could be taken away by the bank. Government measures like here in Ontario such as tax breaks for families with children, Universally supported daycare, universal health care, could entice couples to have children to procreate and raise the fertility rate. This is seen quite significantly in Quebec, I have relatives there who are very happy about the supported daycare and also the baby bonus of eash rebates for giving birth to subsequent children of up to $3500 per child on the 3% or thereafter. Al am. ‘waiting for is for me to finish my studies and I want to start a family as soon as we ean if possible, I believe that that is what the ultimate goal ofa couple is anyway, to have children but the issue here isthe other factors that affect the situation. As forthe immigration rate going up, the population for Canada is going up but the fertility rate is still the same or lowering. Even if we have a lot of immigrants coming in, most of them are still adults coming in and not children, in the end these individuals will age ata faster rate, compared to one that is bom here in Canada, The population of Canada will be of adults looking for jobs, then the unemployment rate can go up, many people will need to go out ofthe ‘counity to find work. In addition to that, schools can close down, which is very hard to think about because there are not enough children going to them. Hence the importance of the fertility rate going up as supposed to adult immigrants coming into the country. So itis still very important for Canadians to raise the fertility rate so thatthe population ofthe “little people” could be proportionate to the adult population, so that we don’t go through multiple “baby ‘boomers” phases where a large chunk ofthe population will go into retirement without sufficient replacement rate