Journal 1
(A situation that I shared empathy with another person and how it worked out)
Today, in another one of my classes, we received our marks of our midterms that we had written a couple of weeks ago. As the teacher was handing them back, I was really nervous and afraid of the mark I’d receive, because I did not feel confident with how the exam had gone. The teacher finally handed mine back and I was so relieved and happy; I had passes the exam. My friend sitting next to me then received her exam back and she looked devastated. She turned to me and asked how I did and when I responded that I had passed, she seemed a little embarrassed; she had failed the exam miserably. At this point, I flipped over my exam and tried to empathize with …show more content…
I chose to talk to my partner about my trip to Europe a couple years back. It was a trip planned for 12 students as our high school graduation trip. We were planning on visiting Spain, Italy, Germany and France for the duration of two weeks. The trip was planned very last minute and it was officially booked a little over a week before we were supposed to take off. Unfortunately, a couple days after the trip was booked, my grandmother fell very sick, and there was talk that she was not going to make it much longer. I was very close with my grandmother as I grew up living with her, and even when she was moved into a senior residence, I still visited her weekly. With reluctance, I continued to prepare for trip in hopes that she would get better. Our flight was scheduled was around dinner time, so I had the rest of the morning to prepare for my trip, but sadly, my grandmother passed away that morning. As soon as I found out, I no longer wanted to go on my trip, but my whole family insisted that I go, as that would be what my grandmother wanted me to do. I hesitated a lot, but in the end, I decided to go to Europe with my classmates as
(A situation that I shared empathy with another person and how it worked out)
Today, in another one of my classes, we received our marks of our midterms that we had written a couple of weeks ago. As the teacher was handing them back, I was really nervous and afraid of the mark I’d receive, because I did not feel confident with how the exam had gone. The teacher finally handed mine back and I was so relieved and happy; I had passes the exam. My friend sitting next to me then received her exam back and she looked devastated. She turned to me and asked how I did and when I responded that I had passed, she seemed a little embarrassed; she had failed the exam miserably. At this point, I flipped over my exam and tried to empathize with …show more content…
I chose to talk to my partner about my trip to Europe a couple years back. It was a trip planned for 12 students as our high school graduation trip. We were planning on visiting Spain, Italy, Germany and France for the duration of two weeks. The trip was planned very last minute and it was officially booked a little over a week before we were supposed to take off. Unfortunately, a couple days after the trip was booked, my grandmother fell very sick, and there was talk that she was not going to make it much longer. I was very close with my grandmother as I grew up living with her, and even when she was moved into a senior residence, I still visited her weekly. With reluctance, I continued to prepare for trip in hopes that she would get better. Our flight was scheduled was around dinner time, so I had the rest of the morning to prepare for my trip, but sadly, my grandmother passed away that morning. As soon as I found out, I no longer wanted to go on my trip, but my whole family insisted that I go, as that would be what my grandmother wanted me to do. I hesitated a lot, but in the end, I decided to go to Europe with my classmates as