The Other Person

prevent any more deviation, I began to talk less and draw less attention to myself. Another time, a fellow classmate repeated the same phrase at 6th grade orientation. During this time, I was becoming more sensitive to the stereotypes associated with my skin. No more than a year later, I heard it again but this time at a family reunion. It shocked me. Coming to terms with internalized racism at 13 was hard to grip. The idea that the hate of one group is so inherent, so natural in society that it can subconsciously prevail in the group that is being discriminated against was and still is hard to understand. At thirteen, I was also taught the importance of self-love. Especially when few are willing to go past the stereotype and understand the person, I knew it was past-time to love myself for me. These situations are distinct accounts in my life that replicate the overarching theme that society is built on power hierarchies that classify people based on ethnicity, gender, and social class. However, those that set up and maintain this social ranking did not account that I have my mother’s smile and my father’s eyes. They did not plan that love will one day meet innovation and form a woman who is destroying any…

Rappers today are considered modern day poets, and none more so than Kanye West. In his short book titled Thank You, and You’re Welcome, I found a passage that has forever opened my eyes. West states, “When you’re so focused on what you don’t have…you won’t have.” Since reading this I have learned how to not let my wanting something get in the way of what I already have. I began to make a budget each and every month; if I couldn’t afford something that month, it would have to wait until the next…

Practicing self-awareness would require for both to know how their thoughts, emotions and behaviors affect others and to manage themselves so that the other person can feel as important part of the conversation. This could also helped them be more comfortable with themselves so they can relate to other with genuine confidence and kindness. Self-awareness would have allowed them to let the other communicate what is important to them without letting their personal issues complicate the…

From the beginning of time, communicating with others has been an adaptable skill that an individual needs to survive in an established community. People living in a community could not communicate effectively if they could not first listen and see the words or actions of others. Today, communication has taken a different route in the use of social networking rather than holding face- to - face conversations. The use of cell phones lets people hide behind a screen and lets them see what others…

Most people experience unproductive and ineffective meetings very often, some more than others. While some meetings often produce many valuable results, many meetings are often considered to be a waste of time or ultimately have little value to the staff or participants when the meeting does not go well. Having staff meetings, especially in an educational setting, can often produce many valuable results. Effective meetings provide a chance for discussion, may have the ability to broaden each…

Overview I believe that there are several ways in which all of us, including myself, could improve on our communication skills. However, in this paper I want to focus mainly on my ability to work in a team. I can work fairly well in a team, as I actively try to participate and help out. My only problem is I can tend to be really shy when it comes to presenting my ideas. I have a fear that no one will like the idea and it will be rejected and I will become embarrassed. Due to this fear, I can…

A surgeon who is natural in operation may be very ordinary or failure in other fields of life. In this way we find single differences. In everyday life we come across many instances where one person excels over other person under similar circumstances. As said above, the roots of such single differences may be either heredity or surrounding area. Meaning of Natural ability to do something: Natural ability to do something is a special ability or ability in a person to perform a particular…

bullied by a person of the opposite sex. This happened over the period of seven months, it gradually got worse before it got better like most problems do. Now, today this person and I have acted like it never happen. We say hi to each other all the time and he sits with us at the table in ding rather it is at lunch or dinner. I am almost 23 years old and this person is right around my age. So being older or way younger was the not the problem. The problem was that I was a special education…

Jen was taking this course for fun and did not have past experiences with knee injuries. On the other hand, I was on several sports teams for the school and had knee injuries. Plus, I had been planning on going into kinesiology while Jen was going into math for university. The conflict arose when I wanted to do most of the work in order to assure that we get the best mark possible, while Jen felt like I did not trust her. As the project commenced, she was…

In the game “Teamwork”, your job was to create a project for history class, but the due date was tomorrow. Your team was already chosen, and you decide that it would be better if you worked independently and then came and put all your research together. Most people think that teamwork means that you can’t work independently, but I don’t think that’s the case. Teamwork is more about being understanding and supportive of each other and communicating ideas and thoughts in between you. I had a…