Misconceptions Of Dmitria's Cultural Identity

Dmitria’s Cultural Identity Sometimes, people get things wrong. It’s common for people to assume things about others, but it’s pretty amusing to have almost all aspects of my cultural identity to have numerous misconceptions. People often get offended when you assume something about them due to appearance or because of something they like, but really, don’t we all assume? I certainly understand why it seems offensive, though I don’t understand why people get angry when they could calmly explain to the person that their initial thoughts were incorrect. I’d like to say that I’m not exactly what I seem and I’m just me, some kid that people kind of know. In the halls, the first thing that strangers likely notice is my bookbag. It’s black …show more content…
I do it in video games and I do it in real-life. One of greatest things that can help people, I feel, is psychology. I spend an enormous amount of my time learning about psychology to understand people. The Carl Jung and Meyer Briggs personality type quiz helped me learn about myself and others. Simply put, it sorts people in sixteen groups by how they act. And those sixteen groups are creepily accurate at times. It’s almost like Jung and Briggs stalk you and write down everything you do. Then, after invading your privacy, they invade other people’s privacy and compare you with them. Deciding that people apparently share a lot in common, they sort you by behaviors. Psychology is a great way to learn about people and it’s a great feeling to at least have a basic idea of why people are the way they are. Some people are introverts and enjoy being by themselves or in small groups so they can mentally recharge, some people trust their gut feelings more than others, some people are more emotional than others, and some people desire the truth more than others. They all have plenty of good reasons to think the way they do and it’s plain rude to simply disregard their thoughts without at least trying to understand them. It’s also plain rude to assume that people who like psychology are weirdoes who are trying to manipulate you and make you cluck like a chicken. What I’ve found is that people who are fond of psychology generally want to aid people. If a person wants to hurt someone and happens to like psychology, they are just a jerk who is using a good thing for bad. I try my best to help others with my knowledge of people’s behaviors and speak their language instead of trying to tell them something that’s alien to their brains. People who only know about ponds won’t believe in oceans unless you tell them it’s basically a big, salty pond with way more fish in it. People understand what they know, so trying to tell