Fewer sociologists find employment in non-traditional settings practicing sociology. However, both types of sociologists , the traditional and non-traditional, are legitimate, beneficial, and needed. It blends the intellectual world of theory with the pragmatic world of action. It mixes the fluid reality of theoretical possibilities with the static reality of decision-making. The ultimate goal of the practicing sociologist is to understand, predict, and affect human behavior.
Sociologists approach problem-solving with a wider orientation than other disciplines.
By looking at the big picture, the social system as a whole both micro and macro, a sociologist is better able to understand the dynamics of the situation. Because they bring a vitality from the workplace into the classroom, practicing sociologists often make excellent educators. Practicing sociologists also educate in numerous institutional settings in the form of seminars, workshops, discussion groups, focus groups, roundtables, and panel discussions. In this scene, a potential sociology major serves a basket of fries to Karl Childers, the main character.