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Assignment #1 : Welcome to the Sociology of Work/ What is work?

Hello my name is Mariela Eduardo . I am currently working in the Child care business , I am the owner and provider of First Bloom Group Family Day Care . We have 6 locations in the Bronx , two under First Bloom Day Care name and 4 under other names.

My grandparents were and are hard workers . My grandparents on my father side and my grandfather are and were farmers. My grandmother on my mother side was the towns sewer , she was the first to be able to alter pants and clothing .

My parents have demonstrated to me what hard work can lead to and how it looks like. My father was a chef at an Italian restaurant. My mom was a supermarket owner . She owned Luisa Mini Market from 1993-2012 , when she sold/lost her business due to 9/11 , she returned to do what she did before which was home attend/ home health aide. She is currently a Nanny to autistic child.

My ancestry has made me a more appreciative of my heritage and the knowledge to know hard work is necessary life. They showed me that the more knowledge you had of your profession the more you will be paid for, and the less you will have to work and live life. This has pushed me to work hard and do what I knew the best, child care and business, learn the most I can and work hard to success. Have enough to live life and leave meaning behind it.

Work can be one of three things for me. First, it can be a means of survival and hate or complaisant life. In this scenario you only make enough to pay bills and, if you cut back and save enough, you can take a budget vacation which you hate. OR second, it can be a passion where I work hard but I love what I do and anything that it permits me to do is great by me. This is why I pointed myself to a career I love already doing and brought me a lot of happiness. This brought me to happiness with everything it came with, Long hours, underpaid at time and life changing scares and still look forward to the next day at work.

I agree with you when you say Human Capital or Knowledge capital should be considered for Central Education plan . I just also understand that it has a lot of work to be done to it for it to be equal for everyone. It discriminates and underfunded some schools while others are over funded . Some neighborhood have better chance for student succeeding and other don’t just because of income, but all these are problems I consider to be economic and discrimination, if all given the same opportunity of education we will be all in better neighborhoods.