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?
Actually yes,I formed an oppinion about this girl who was in my English class first semester, I thought she was annoying, talked a lot, and kind of conceeded. Turns out she is my roomate next year (go figure) so I started talking to her on facebook and I realized that she seems like a great person and her and I have a lot in common. I am actually looking forward to rooming with her next year.
ReplyDeleteYes, this has certainly happened to me. When I first met my friend Traci, I thought she was stuck up because she was very quiet, and had a sort of frown on her face. I later came to find out that she was having a terrible day and was waiting for someone like me to be able to talk to about it. It began that day, and we have been friends ever since. It is a very good thing that I did not write her off as a stuck up person!
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