My coming to sociology was a bit confusing. I did not choose sociology as a profession either in school or after it. I was going to enter and entered the philological faculty of PFUR, because I was always interested in languages. Linguistics had few chances to pass, so the choice was in favor of classical philology. I graduated one semester, and then, due to a number of circumstances, mostly financial, I had to transfer to another faculty.
This is a long time to explain, and there is no desire to advertise. The simplest and most obvious choice was sociology. Immediately had to switch to another path, and circumstances forced – it was necessary to take the session, including on subjects that I did not study. This was the first and only time when I seriously thought about using services that provide online homework help services. However, it was only a fleeting weakness. As a result, everything ended well, I got a red diploma and I never regretted this turn, especially because ethnic issues were always of interest.
The ability to “think like a sociologist” gradually came in the course of training, and especially in the course of work at the institute, where I got thanks to Leocadia Mikhailovna. Although now I’m not sure that such sociological thinking has developed, it is still a process, not a result. At the university we had excellent teachers, but the strongest impression was made, perhaps, by G.S. Batygin, the idea of sociological thinking, I always rely on his lectures, the idea of sociology, the manner of dealing with students and his image in general. Well, then this sociological vision began to take shape in the field work, in discussions with colleagues, etc.
