Below is an excerpt from my sociology class that I wrote towards the beginning of this semester. An aspect I’ve learned and taken away from English 110 this semester is in-text citations and usage of quotation sandwich. To make the assignment I wrote for sociology go more into depth and back up my opinions better I should’ve included in-text citations from the two films I had to watch. Including these in-text citations and quotes from the film would’ve made my writing stronger. I could’ve included the quote and time stamp and then utilized the quotation sandwich by introducing, explaining, and connecting the quote to my writing. Something that I did utilize in the sociology writing that I took away from my English course is the usage of proper punctuation and comma placement. From now on when I write I want to make sure I always quote from the sources used in the assignment if given the opportunity.

Sociology Excerpt:

“The social factors that were found to affect health that surprised me were, economic status, and ethnicity. I think this surprised me so much because economic status doesn’t seem like it would have a correlation to health. The fact that people are being diagnosed with depression so much more if they come from a low income and the fact that the suicide rate increases just because someone’s laid off of their job or doesn’t have that much money is shocking. After watching these episodes, I realized that it really does make sense. We live in a consumeristic world that’s motivated and powered by money. The idea that society shoves down our throats every day is that the more money we have, the more things we’ll have access to and the happier we’ll be. Which is somewhat true, but only because so many people believe this. If you can’t afford health care and your job doesn’t give you benefits, it’s literally just impossible for you to be healthier than someone who does have access to these things. It’s really sad to think about that our country doesn’t feel a moral obligation to take care of our poor and pay more taxes. People would rather have more money than know that everyone has access to healthcare and a roof over their head. It’s also surprising that Mexican people are healthier when they first came to America versus after they’ve been here a while. I think the fact that these are correlated just goes to show how many unhealthy habits America has and how we’re not as supportive of legal immigrants as we should be.”