I thoroughly
enjoyed our first class of SCCN 612. I loved the activities that we did as well
as getting to know some of the people that I’ll be getting to know/working with
in several classes to come. I
found the activity about guessing stereotypes and making perceptions about the
other person especially interesting. I knew right off the bat that my partner
would guess that I was much younger than I am (because I get that all the
time….I teach at a junior high school and the lunch ladies occasionally still
ask me if I’m a teacher or student). Because of this common misperception (and
my lack of a wedding ring) I knew she’d also not guess that I have a child.
However, what I wasn’t expecting was how spot on she was with all of her other
perceptions of me (except thinking I’d like country music…I’m not at all sure
where that came from)! Anyways, I’d all in all chalk it all up to an
enlightening and interesting first night of class…
Then came the
readings, I found it as no surprise when I read the online article that its
expected for these courses to change our lives. I’m someone who is constantly
changing and adapting to my environment…growing if you will. I do this so much
because I’ve been in various life situations that have caused me to persevere
and overcome struggles. Rather than dwell on the past in these situations I’ve
chosen to look at the good it has created or the positive things I’ve changed
about myself because of the situations I’ve been through in life. I look
forward to the upcoming course work and how it will help once again reshape my
perceptions of myself.
Lastly, the text
reading, I really enjoyed reading the text because of all of the surveys and
self-inventories and I took full advantage of these making my assistant take
them and tell me what she thought about me and comparing notes and seeing if
everyone that took it saw me the same way that I see myself or not. It was very
interesting because I’m apparently a very easy person to read and identify (at
least as far as those surveys go).
Needless to say I really enjoyed reading the first chapter of the book
and its constant side barring of useful resources/information. It made it much
easier to digest the usually drab and boring theories that seem to be gone over
at the beginning of every book that has anything to do with psychology
whatsoever. Anyways, I’m looking very much forward to class to see how we use
all the information that I’ve just taken in and am digesting and how we expand
upon it. I know what I think all those surveys and inventories mean about me as
a person but hopefully I’ll get more incite into what I’m not aware of that it
constitutes about me as a person….
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