Socialization. The most important time when socialization occurs is between the ages of one and ten. We obviously learn throughout our lives, but this first ten years is most important in determining who we are for the rest of our lives.

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Tareq Al Jamal

Sociology

Socialization

Socialization is learning. Socialization refers to all learning regardless of setting or age of the individual.   In every group one has to learn the rules, expectations, and truths of that group, whether the group is your family, the army, or the state (nation). Socialization is the process where by people acquires personality and learns the way of life of their society. Essentially, one has to learn Culture. Learning culture is learning everything. It encompasses all the truths, values, rules, and goals that people share with one another. Culture is a shared perspective. The most important time when socialization occurs is between the ages of one and ten. We obviously learn throughout our lives, but this first ten years is most important in determining who we are for the rest of our lives.

Masculinities have a big role between kids especially while growing up. It creates their image to all their peers and the whole society they live in. People have a lot reasons for playing sports in this book. Reason could be for love of the game, family influence, to be accepted by everyone in their society, status of living. As I read more I realized that the main reason kids did play sports is that realizing they were good in something and doing it made then feel good about themselves, and other than that they were appreciated by everyone in their society. Some of these men were pressured by their parents when they were kids to be good at sports, as it had its affect on him when he grew up. As also status of living has a different way of looking at sports. From all that these sportsmen said I concluded that the upper class families did not think of sports as a career and thought of education to be the best way to go in life. For the lower class families they much more supported the kid for playing sports. As some other men did it just to look up to their families expectations. As some of the examples that some men had their brothers or father really good at sports and wanted to be as good as they were simply to prove that he can also do it and even better. Some of them just did it simply because they love the game. They love what they are doing. Sports makes a person feel good about himself if he was good at it. It takes his mind of all the problems in life.

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