the sociological imagination of my life
The Sociological Imagination of My Life A Transfer Essay to the BA Sociology Program of the University of the Philippines Diliman Word Count: 500 I am struggling to write this personal essay on my transfer from the University of the Philippines Los Baños to the University of the Philippines Diliman. Perhaps I have been too indulged in the sociological imagination of it all – Charles Wright Mills’ postulation of how the self will always be tied to the larger society. A year of sociology in the academe is enough to change a person and his view of the world; he will always be filled with the torment that even if he has knowledge on the structures and ills of society, he alone cannot possibly change it. Man is Atlas, condemned to hold the burden of the world. And here I am, not only tormented with this knowledge but also of my own situation. I have applied to the UP System in the hopes of achieving quality education for free, given that the only capital my family and I have is m...