There's a topic that i decided isn't talked about very much, and that's "social class" or perceived "status" people think they have.
We all know there are certain things that give away our so called class. For example: -How you dress -How much money you have -What kind of car you drive -What kind of job you have -How you talk -etc. But do we really know people just on our observations of them? I don't think we do. When i served an LDS mission in Philadelphia, i met so many people who would be considered of the "poor class". However, they were the most giving and happiest people i know! On the flip side, those who would be considered "upper class" were more selfish, and seemed more serious. HOWEVER, the flip side to each of these scenarios is also true. Some poorer people were extremely selfish and unhappy, and some better off people were extremely giving of their wealth and happy to serve others. So my point is is that just because we see people and place them in a certain class doesn't mean we know who they are as people. Something that we discussed in our class this week was a scenario of a family that moved from Mexico to the United States. We went through the process of deciding to move, till the end scenario when everyone was finally together again in the U.S. The process was nothing that we normally think of for those who immigrate to the U.S. One girls made the comment at the end that her family and her state were extremely racist and it was simply the culture of her area. However, after seeing what people go through to even get to the United States, and then it not turning out like they thought it would, it opened her eyes and she told the class that she was really touched by what we did in class that day. It touched me as well, because again we don't get to see the hard details of these people's lives. I'll stop by little rant now, but the point i'm trying to make is, do you really know the person that your judging? Will you take the time to try and understand a little bit of where they might be coming from?
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This past week we discussed different systems that families can live by. One of the things that caught my attention was when we discussed ways that children and parents' roles are affected by each other.
In a video we watched for our class this week, it's topic was on overpopulation. Apparently people have it engrained in their minds that the world isn't big enough to hold everyone, and that overpopulation will lead to the destruction of mankind.
I've heard of this before but never believed it. I didn't have any evidence to back me up, but i simply knew that if Heavenly Father put us here on this earth (one that He created) then you'd think He'd make it big enough for all of His children. The cool thing was that with these documentary videos it gave the evidence that i never had before. Overpopulation isn't the problem, but it's UNDERpopulating that will hurt us more in the long run. I've never written a blog before, so i apologize in advance if it doesn't flow very smoothly :)
I'm currently taking a Family Relations class for my major and one of the things we talked about in our last class was about how important research is in making informed decisions. Sometimes in our life we can easily fall prey to the phenomenon, "If it's on T.V, in a magazine, on the news or radio, then it must be 100% true." However, in our class we had the opportunity to look at the document that was used when the courts were ruling on whether the definition of marriage needed to be changed or not. In the document there were MANY mistakes that we as students were able to point out about some of the research that had been done. Some of the mistakes we saw were: 1. Comparing homosexual couples to single mothers. 2. Focusing on how the parent's lives are affected instead of how the children's lives are affected. 3. Not having enough numbers of people interviewed to really show an accurate conclusion. These are only a few examples of some of the things we were able to point out. |
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