week 12

There have been many times when misunderstandings happen because of communication problems. A recent one that I have experienced is when I had to go to a track meet early a couple weeks ago and me and one of my friends were driving down to Knowles in the morning before the meet so we didn’t have to walk. And another friend named Sophie asked for a ride also. We told her that we would pick her up at 6:30. So the next morning we went to go pick her up from her dorm and she wasn’t there. We waited for a little bit and then we got worried because the bus was supposed to leave at 7am and they don’t wait for anyone. We waited for about 5 mins, then called her. She wasn’t even awake yet! She thought the bus didn’t leave till 8 in the morning and she thought we were going to be there at 7:30. I don’t know how she got messed up but sometimes she just isn’t the best listener. So anyways we woke her up and she got everything ready in time and we just got down to the track just at 7 and we left on the bus. Things like that can be a problem because if we were late we could have missed the bus and that would have caused a big problem for not only us but the rest of the track team.

Have you ever been late or almost late to something important because you got the time wrong or some miscommunication between people?

Week 10 Blog

It is very difficult to have a good accurate perception of a person by just looking at them but unfortunately almost everyone does. The first impression is critical in most situations. When I first meet them I look at what they are wearing, how they walk, talk and there attitude. Physical characteristics are very deceiving sometimes when you meet someone. If you see an overweight person, most people assume they aren’t very athletic and they don’t take care of their body. Or if you see an extremely tall person most people think they are a really good basketball player. Well that is not always true, there are many tall people who stink at basketball and there are overweight people who are actually in pretty good shape. I think that these perceptions come from almost everywhere in the world. You grow up with the media and your parents teaching you everything. You go watch a basketball game on tv and you don’t seem many players that are short. I think its important to be aware of your perceptions to make sure that you perceive people correctly and that you make good logical perceptions of people. It is hard to not judge a book by it’s cover, but that is a good thing to think about when you meet new people.

is there ever a time you met someone for the first time and judged there by the way they looked and where totally wrong about them?