My Social Location: Positive Points Of View

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What is Social Location? Social Location is looked upon by sociologists as a way to find reasoning in why people think and behave the way that they do. For example, a person who has grown up in a healthy, clean, and stable environment will most likely has a different, more positive point of view rather than someone who has grown up in a poor, unkempt, and unstable environment. Perspective plays a big role in how a person sees the way they should live and behave in the world. The things that you have experienced in your life up until now affects your thinking and ambition towards the world around us. What is my social location? My social location refers to a happy, healthy, and stable upbringing. I have a positive outlook

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