Fight Night round 12 FunctionalismVsMarxism

To disprove Mrs. Basi's theory, our blog topic for this week is Which sociological theory has
withstood and will continue to withstand our rapidly changing society:
Functionalism or Marxism? In my opinion, functionalism wins this fight. It is defined as a sociological perspective which emphasizes the functional importance of institutions in society, and their role in maintaining a value consensus which leads to continuity in that society. We in the U.S basically live in a functionalist society, where different institutions play different fundamentally important roles, to help our society strive.



Marxism on the other hand is defined as a sociological perspective, written by Karl Marx, focusing on his division of society into an economic base and superstructure,and the analysis of class conflict as the main source of social change. While this theory may possibly still exist in certain countries, in the majority of the world, it's dead, has been dead for a while now. The closest example that smells remotely like class conflict pushing for social change recently in the U.S is the Wall Street debacle, and that can't really be classified as Marxism. So now you tell me, who the clear winner of this fight is.

Pros&Cons of classes of the future :-)

To clarify classes of the future are the online classes. There are many benefits to an online class. The student does not have to do his/her work within a specific time everyday, does not have to be in the same room at the same time everyday. If he/she does not understand the material he/she can always ask the online teacher for help, or just browse the Internet. There is no late work(unless the student chooses not to work on the online classes), and students can work on their own pace. It is my opinion however that the cons of an online class outweigh the pros. While it is true that there is no set time for the student to do his/her work, for certain students that isn't always a good thing, some of them may never log in to do their work. They may forget, or just not get the same motivation they would in school. While it is true that the student can "email" the student for help, face to face interaction is the best way to learn, and nothing says that the student will be looking up anything to do with his/her online class while they're browsing the net, they can be looking at anything (Facebook). While it is true that students can work at their own pace, without the proper motivation their pace can be to slow.

Republicans (smh :p)

This week we have to blog about the 2012 Republican Primaries. The 2012 republican primaries, are selection processes in which voters for the Republican voters, get to choose the Republican nominee for  President of the United States. This primary, was the first primary influenced by the Tea Party Movement, or TPM. TPM endorses reduced government spending opposes tax in varying degrees, and reduction of the national debt, and federal deficit. The name adheres to the Boston Tea party in 1773. Anyways two candidates who ran in 2008, ran again this year; Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney. This year's primary was also filled with scandal, with Hermain Cain, and Rick Perry. In order of popularity the Candidates are/were Mitt Romney, Newt Ginrich, Ron Paul, and Nick Santorum. While i'm not a Republican, i really liked Ron Paul, and thought hat he was the best candidate, but apparently the Republican voters don't agree with me. I will agree that Republicans are the ones who gained this country its freedom, and that this nation was founded on Republican ideals, however in our current era, in my opinion, the Democrats have carried this country, and stopped it from destroying itself. (just look at Obama's stats). Sorry just had to add my opinion.