Freaks and Geeks

In my Sociology class we recently watched a show called Freaks and Geeks. The show had many examples of the types of theory's we have learned about in class. In the show there was a guidance counselor, he is a good example of a Conflict theory. He would listen to the problems people are having then would tell them what to do to fix the problems that they were having. If they did not listen to him at certain times he would give them an ultimatum that would eventually lead them to listening to him.
An example of a functionalist theory would be the school and how it works. You have your popular kids who are the jocks and get the ok grades. You have the dropouts who don't do there homework and have bad grades. Also you have the nerds who get good grades and are picked on by all of the rest of the people.
In just the school setting you can easily find examples of these theories and there sources. If you were to look at the public and everything that is going on imagine how many examples of each theory you would be able to find. The number you come up with I believe would shock you.