Our society is defined by the spatial scale we live in. We can identify different
parts of the scale through human settlements, experiences, social and cultures
environments. I am going to explain how my life interacts with
each scale.
In the human settlements, all people live their lives in communities, go to work,
and consume food, housing and materials. We get involved in recreation in different
ways. This is my scale. I work a full time job in wireless communication. I use my
income to purchase food, housing, merchandise and a standard of living. My recreational
involvement is my children. My family is part of a larger scale called a community. In
my community everyone lives in a middle class neighborhood. Most people work each
day and their children go to local public schools or private schools. We use local
transportation such as private owned vehicles and buses. There are local parks and ball
fields to visit and enjoy.
Most people on our cultural share similar experiences. During working hours we
develop working relationship with other people. I work with people in the wireless
industry. We share common experience each day. We talk to each other about work
related issues and sometimes personal issues. I might tell someone about my children.
This is a personal issue. I might have to work with someone on special project to
accomplish a certain goal. This is how we develop our relationships. We interact on a
daily basis. After work we develop personal relationship with our wife, girl friends, our
neighbors or best friend down the road. We also have relationships at school. Our
children have relationships at school. We develop relationships with their teachers and
other children’s parents. My children are invited several times a year to parties. I am
developing relationships currently in this web course.
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