Blog Assignment 8

Institutions In My Daily Life

 Considering I am still a student, institutions control my entire schedule. My day is mapped out by predetermined, scheduled blocks of time- such as my class schedule. While I got to choose this schedule, I had to choose from options that were already put together. However, I do feel like in college, especially from the student side, we have a lot of free reign. We just have to do our work, but we can choose what we want to study and, for me, write research papers freely about what I find interesting. 

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After school, though, I go to work at a medical center. Hospitals are also big institutions in this country. I have to follow a bunch of rules, strictly, from keeping patient information private, to wiping down everything often as per the COVID-19 pandemic. I also noticed that there was extensive HR paperwork when I was applying, and I had to pass multiple background checks before even beginning training- which I interpret as institutional rules that new hires have to follow. 

Meanwhile, during all the in-betweens of my day, I follow plenty of social norms. I abide by the traffic laws, I compose myself in public, etc. All of those things are put in place by institutions, and we don’t even consciously think about it, but we all do it.