The activity that we did this week incorporated us classifying ourselves into groups, and what groups truly make up who we are. We sat in a circle and started to see who had common groups with us, and I was shocked to see how many similarities I have with the class. Obviously, I knew we all classified ourselves as a part of the "SHS" group, however when people listed a "friend group" and "family group" and starred them as important it was great to see all of the class standing up with me. What really interested me was to see the different people that make up the society (around our area) that we live in. There were students from Iran Lithuania and India, and others who had their religion, such as Christianity, that was important to them because usually in our school everyone is classified as a "snobby rich Jewish student" when this activity proved the diversity of not only our school but our society. Sure, some groups are more popular in our society, such as sport players and workers, but in the end we have things that differentiate us from one another. Activities such as these, allow us to better connect with our community and to see that people we may not even be friends with has our morals, same lifestyles, or same personalities. This allows us to take the time to get to know people, rather than judge them from what we hear or think we "know". Similar to Sociological Mindfulness, often times we tend to judge from what we see on the outside, but never take the time to see what's on the inside. We become too caught up in our own lives, and as a community we break away from others because we hear of certain stereotypes or rumors we may not agree with. Seeing we share common beliefs or personalities as others is a beneficial things and also teachers us to become more open individuals. It taught me to become more open rather then being too quick to judge. :]
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Identity Molecule: What Makes Us Up?
The activity that we did this week incorporated us classifying ourselves into groups, and what groups truly make up who we are. We sat in a circle and started to see who had common groups with us, and I was shocked to see how many similarities I have with the class. Obviously, I knew we all classified ourselves as a part of the "SHS" group, however when people listed a "friend group" and "family group" and starred them as important it was great to see all of the class standing up with me. What really interested me was to see the different people that make up the society (around our area) that we live in. There were students from Iran Lithuania and India, and others who had their religion, such as Christianity, that was important to them because usually in our school everyone is classified as a "snobby rich Jewish student" when this activity proved the diversity of not only our school but our society. Sure, some groups are more popular in our society, such as sport players and workers, but in the end we have things that differentiate us from one another. Activities such as these, allow us to better connect with our community and to see that people we may not even be friends with has our morals, same lifestyles, or same personalities. This allows us to take the time to get to know people, rather than judge them from what we hear or think we "know". Similar to Sociological Mindfulness, often times we tend to judge from what we see on the outside, but never take the time to see what's on the inside. We become too caught up in our own lives, and as a community we break away from others because we hear of certain stereotypes or rumors we may not agree with. Seeing we share common beliefs or personalities as others is a beneficial things and also teachers us to become more open individuals. It taught me to become more open rather then being too quick to judge. :]
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I similarly was shocked at how much I had in common with other people, and its great how you also saw that everyone has their differences. I agree that the activity taught us to be more open to people's differences; its definitely something I'll remember!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you pointed out that although some groups may be more popular in our society, that does not mean they have the most significance. There were some groups that almost everyone had, but very few people actually starred them. Proudly representing a religious group, ethnicity or sexual orientation, may provide such I higher significance to a person that participating in a certain sport, or having a high paying job. Oh man, Nikki, you had such a unique way of looking at this activity!
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said, people do judge people from what they see on the outside and never take the chance to really get to know somebody, and people need to stop thinking they know someone by hearing rumors, like you said, because that just blocks out getting to know somebody.
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