This activity totally fucked my mind
I'm currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird in class, pretty standardized book, I'm sure you've all read it. Anyways, this book is kinda awesome because it encorporates lots of empathy, and is very helpful in learning effectic rhetorical devices for arguments and what not. So we just reached the part in the book where Tom Robinson (black man) is sentenced to death for alledged rape of a white woman. Of course he was innocent, but convicted because of Jim Crow laws and racism. Our teacher pointed out that the white folk lacked the empathy to see the situation from Tom Robinson's point of view because of the racial barrier.
We did this group activity where each person wrote their name on a notecard and described themselves in several bullet points. Then the notecard is passed on, and other group members need to attempt to write a day in the life of the other person based on the information given. This made me so damn self concious, and I could really spot it out after MW's recent discussion. I could barely describe myself (which is BAD), I was fearful that my self description would come across as aloof, cocky, and obnoxious to to others. I was even more fearful how others would describe a typical day of mine. I know that my life is fucking awesome, I know that I'm awesome, but I just was too damn humble or didn't feel like i deserved the truth I don't know which. Maybe I was worried that I'd make others feel bad, I'm kinda mind fucked over it.
How would you describe yourself in several brief sentences? this was so damn difficult for me, I was just frozen!
If you're not out of the closet yet, then you should probably use some discretion with that info. I mean, it is up to you. But otherwise, just let it all hang out. Don't hold back. Or do hold back and be a little bit mysterious but also funny at the same time. No prob right.
I feel ya man. It isn't that I cared so much about what others were gonna think, I just knew that the concepts in my life aren't exactly normal. I'm not just gonna say I'm dominant, alpha, unreactive, present! These traits are fuckin out there in the mind of the average highschooler
Tell them that you are Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
The issue here is you took the exercise so seriously because you're still looking for external sources of validation and place value in other people's opinions way too much. If someone was to give me this as a pop quiz I would just laugh at it and make whatever kind of nonsense shit up I felt like. Derp. It's never what you think
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
boom thank you men... I have my moments
All good. We don't mean to be beating your ass down every chance we get man. Just pointing stuff out as you present it to us
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
I really appreciate it man!