Sept. 26, 2017
Blog Post #2
While talking about perception in
class, Christina gave the example of how we filter our perception. She used the analogy of a jar and a selection
of sand and different size rocks. The
jar represents our entire perception of the world. The larger rocks represented what were most
important in your view, while sand represented “fill ins” in your view. I thought this was a very accurate and easily
applicable way of describing your perception of the world.
As we were going through this
analogy I started thinking of what I use to fill my jar. A big part of my perception is based on the
place I grew up in. I spent the later
years of my childhood in Rexburg, ID, a very Mormon populated community. Living in this area severely altered how I
see the Mormon community. Many people
were judgmental and only had one mindset of how someone was allowed to do something
and whoever didn’t follow these standards was wrong and bad. This environment changed my perspective of
that religion and I would consider that to be a larger sized rock in my
jar. This experience also changed my perspective
on how I treat others. Showed me how
judgement can affect others and the importance of not judging a book by its
cover, I would consider this to be a mid-sized rock.
Not only the place where I lived,
but my family relationships also altered how I think about the world. Half of my life my parents were married, everything
seemed to be the “perfect family life.”
The more recent half of my life my parents have been divorced. I feel like having experienced both sides of
most people’s family styles. I know what
it is like to be a part of the more “privilege” life style, parents being married. But I also know what it is like to be a part
of a family of divorce. Personally, I believe
that having both of these different views of family life helps me relate to
different life styles. Since, it was in the
younger years that my parents were married, I would consider that to be a
smaller rock, while being a part of a divorced family would be a slightly
bigger rock.
Another aspect of perception is
would be what we consider our political stance to be. I believe that many people’s political views
stem from their parent’s political views.
Growing up my parents were never overly involved in politics,
consequently I was never exposed to political views. Based on my lack of exposer I am still not
very involved in politics at all and I would consider this to be my “filler
sand.”
Overall, I found this to be a very
interesting topic of discussion for our class.
The analogy used in class really opened my eyes to exploring my own
personal aspects of what makes up my perception. I think it would be a good idea for all
individuals to do this exercise, to open their mind to what their personal
biases might be.
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