-9699- Notes — Sociology

Maya felt a hot flash of anger. Thank Dad? Who packed her lunch for ten years? Who drove her to piano lessons in the rain? Who was currently washing the dishes from that Christmas dinner while everyone else watched football?

She leaned back and closed her eyes. Instead of seeing a timeline of sociological theories, she saw her own family’s dining table last Christmas. sociology -9699- notes

Maya stared at the blinking cursor on her laptop screen. The file name read: SOCIOLOGY_9699_FINAL_REVISION.docx . Maya felt a hot flash of anger

Her grandfather had carved the turkey. He had given a speech about "tradition," "order," and "how society stays stable." He talked about how every person had a role—her grandmother made the pie, her uncle carved the meat, and the kids passed the rolls. Who drove her to piano lessons in the rain

Uncle Joe smiled, but his knuckles were white around his fork.

Finally, she scrolled to the bottom of her notes. There was a photo her sister had posted on Instagram that night: a perfect golden turkey, laughing faces, soft candlelight. The caption read: “Perfect Christmas with the perfect family.”