3/31/17

Language, body language, what we say, how we act, are all important aspects of how we communicate. The example in the video of "girl" vs. "women" to me is very true. For example, on instagram, twitter, or even in real life, when people comment to me, "cute girl," I get so mad. The phrase "cute girl" is something you would say to someone that is 5 or maybe 8 years old. I understand if a grandma is calling  me this, but when someone my age or younger than me calls me this, I get very frustrated because I feel like they think of me as a child. Or lesser than them. And I do not like that at all. Everyone has a different way of communicating, so it is important that we are watching what we say, but also to not get offended when someone calls you "cute girl" because they might not be implying that you are a child. It may just be their way of communicating.

3/28/17

This Ted Talk reminded me of the popular phrase I learned as a child that is, "don't judge a book by it's cover." Everyone in this world has a different story, not one is the same. But we all go through life assuming and judging, which is only hurting us. We may not ever fully understand someones true story in life, in fact I don't think anyone ever could. Because with one story, comes many more stories. And with only focusing on 1 particular story, we could be missing the whole entire picture. It is a common thing to do, I catch myself walking through the halls and judging people by one look. It is important to stop yourself when you are doing this, because it is not a good place to find yourself in.

3/3/17

There's an intriguing sociological reason so many Americans are ignoring facts lately.

This is such an important issue because, knowing myself, I tend to believe everything I read on the internet, the news, or on the newspaper. I recognize them as very credible references because they are of such so popular resources. In this article they constructed a study of giving people newspaper articles that had statements that were supporting misinformation. They found that "how people responded to the factual corrections in the articles they read varied systematically by how ideologically committed they already were to the beliefs that such facts supported. Among those who believed the popular misinformation in the first place, more information and actual facts challenging those beliefs did not cause a change of opinion." Over all I think more than every people are just going to stick to what they believe more than anything. Just because most of us are so stubborn! No matter what everyone will take a piece of information and apply it differently and there's not much we can do about that.