Exam Two��Next Thursday, October 23rd��24 questions��5 hours of preparation
Oct 28 & 30 and Nov 4 & 6��Watch class video from home on these days during regular class hours @4:35pm��- Take Canvas Quiz right after video ends�- Quiz only available for 4 minutes�- Quiz closes 90 seconds after opening��CLASS: www.youtube.com/soc119/live�
Once the live stream is over,
it will be deleted from YouTube.
For those who don’t want to watch live, you can always do your CRVAs instead (but it’s easier to join us live and do the quiz).
The VOD link will be on the class website and on Canvas
through the announcements tab
(and in the semester playlists on YT).
Flyers are up front!
Maymester Study
Abroad Course��Seoul, South Korea��May 11th – May 26th - 2026
Info on the homepage
of the class website.
Giving out the attendance code to people
who are not in the room…
Where Are
the Kids?
2.1 births for every woman is necessary for population replacement
Fertility Rates���World’s ten biggest countries
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE
Chinese college students - 2024�“How many children do you want?”
National Mental Health Development in China
Population of India and China – world’s two largest nations
_____ is necessary to have
a “fulfilling life”.
Pew Research Center - 2023
SOC 119 Live Stream Chat Poll:
Do you want kids?
Yes - 43%
No - 18%
Unsure - 7%
I am a parent - 32%
Total respondents: 122
Fury from the Netherlands sent a
€22 Superchat on the YouTube
Live Stream Chat:
“Have a lovely weekend and don’t forget to talk to one another (and make babies apparently) – maybe after you graduate.”
Ian from Arkansas (minus the Ar)
asked on the YouTube
Live Stream Chat:
“With worldwide birth rate declining
and the eventual acceptance
of things overtime,
do you think we will accept artificial wombs as mainstream?”
Jamie asked on the YouTube
Live Stream Chat:
“Do you think that if women were more supported and cared for by the general society, would that change anything for you or anyone you know?”
Amastercuber asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Why do you think countries are facing these birth rate issues?”
Mark asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Have “doomsday” “talking points” on the media/mainstream society (climate change, political divisions, economics, etc.)
play a role in if you want to have kids or not?”
Whopper from the Netherlands asked on the YouTube
Live Stream Chat:
“Similar question to yesterday’s Office Hours question:
Is the birth rate decline a natural consequence of being in a post-industrialization world?”
Kathleen asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“How many people just don’t even care that there is less children being born? It’s nether
a good or bad thing!”
Jeff asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“How has modern social movements (like feminism) impacted the birth rate?”
Jennifer from Indiana and Fury from the Netherlands asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“How do we stabilize population growth with the birth rate
falling drastically?
Is the goal to stabilize or grow?”
All Min asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“For those of you who do not want to have kids, do you want to adopt or would you prefer to be 100% without children?”
Stephen from England asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Does the increase in divorce and the modern day relationships being less solid than it used to be relate to lowering couples wanting kids?”