29 Activity – Organizing People

Because YOU are a person, you should be able to think of many different ways in which you are organized.  You should use the categories in the previous chapter to guide your thinking.

• Does your name suggest any categories to which you belong?  Are there other clues to your family history?
• What identifiers have been assigned to you?
• What small groups do you belong to?
  • If you have a big family, your parents might have organized it into sub-groups that have different rules and responsibilities  (young kids set the table, older kids do the dishes)
  • There are many groups based on your school situation, but don’t forget groups for after-school, weekend, and vacation activities
• What large groups do you belong to?
  • Do you think of yourself by nationality as American, Canadian, Chinese, ….?
  • Do you think of yourself as a Californian, Texan,  New Yorker, ….?
  • Do you think of yourself by religion as a Protestant, a Catholic, a Muslim, a Jew, or a …?
• What ways were you organized recently for activities or events of short duration?  If you were organized in a waiting line, was there a property test that determined which line or your place in it?