Every child learns early on not to “judge a book by its cover,” yet everyday people constantly judge one another by their appearance without reason. The enduring understanding “you have a view of the world that your upbringing and experiences have shaped” highlights the root of the judgment that most people show towards one another. I chose to focus on this enduring understanding because I thought that it was the most relatable one for the greatest number of people. I also choose this enduring understanding because I think that growing up wealthy gives me a different perspective of the world than I would have had if I had grown up poor and homeless. I felt that this enduring understanding fit my life well; therefore, I had no need to change
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I expected people to be rude to me since that is how I would have acted before visiting the mission. I was correct in that people were judgemental. Even the kind strangers judged me in some way. Although I expected the judgment and rude remarks, I still felt hurt that people would act this way towards me. I could not believe that they would make comments about my situation and how it came to be without even asking any questions about my story. This experience changed me by allowing me to empathize more with homeless people. I now understand how it feels to be judged immediately for the way I appear. Although after completing my action task, I feel that I have a better understanding of what homeless people go through, I can never truly comprehend their situation unless it actually happens to me. However, whenever I see a homeless person in the future, I will try my best to not judge them and guess their story. I will instead only try to help them out by nicely talking to them or offering them …show more content…
I can take what I learned through this experience about judgement without reason and apply it to all aspects of my life. Homeless people are not the only ones that people, including myself, tend to judge without cause. For example, recently, the media has shed light upon the fact that the police force often quickly judges African Americans, suspecting them of being criminals with little to no evidence. Moving forwards, I will attempt to halt myself from judging anyone else without cause because I do not truly know where they come from and what they have gone
I expected people to be rude to me since that is how I would have acted before visiting the mission. I was correct in that people were judgemental. Even the kind strangers judged me in some way. Although I expected the judgment and rude remarks, I still felt hurt that people would act this way towards me. I could not believe that they would make comments about my situation and how it came to be without even asking any questions about my story. This experience changed me by allowing me to empathize more with homeless people. I now understand how it feels to be judged immediately for the way I appear. Although after completing my action task, I feel that I have a better understanding of what homeless people go through, I can never truly comprehend their situation unless it actually happens to me. However, whenever I see a homeless person in the future, I will try my best to not judge them and guess their story. I will instead only try to help them out by nicely talking to them or offering them …show more content…
I can take what I learned through this experience about judgement without reason and apply it to all aspects of my life. Homeless people are not the only ones that people, including myself, tend to judge without cause. For example, recently, the media has shed light upon the fact that the police force often quickly judges African Americans, suspecting them of being criminals with little to no evidence. Moving forwards, I will attempt to halt myself from judging anyone else without cause because I do not truly know where they come from and what they have gone