Examples Of Empathy Adventure
Empathy Adventure
When we walk past people in the halls, do we think of what goes on in their lives? It appears more common to first judge others by what they wear, what they eat, how they act and what they feel. We pass over what goes on behind the scenes. Instead of first feeling empathy towards someone, we judge them from what we see on the outside.
It’s like we’re animals that hide in our shells. When anything threatens us or is different we can’t help but hide from it. When we talk about others faults we first point out what we’ve seen or heard about them. All while we’re judging them, we’re only ignoring our faults. As we talk about others faults, we hide our own. One thing we all struggle with is thinking from that judged persons …show more content…
Empathy is seeing things from another’s point of view. Taking what they’re going through and putting yourself in their stead. I was able to do this when I did my empathy adventure of sitting at different tables for lunch. When I sat down I was the person that they didn’t know; I was foreign to them.
Through my adventure many different points of view were brought to light. Along with the same idea, a girl named Anne Moody went on one herself, though it was on a different scale, there was a strong sense of empathy. Anne Moody wrote an autobiography about herself and who her friends were when she was little. It had pieces that showed how she couldn’t hang out with certain people. Comparing her story with that of Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird we can get a similar feeling of what they are going through.
Like always, some relationships change between people although the change isn't always understood. Ann Moody was told not to hang out with white colored people and Scout Finch was told not to do anything with Boo Radley. They both are at a young age and are confused with why they shouldn't or can't talk to the others. It appears that when we were children, we were much more accepting of
When we walk past people in the halls, do we think of what goes on in their lives? It appears more common to first judge others by what they wear, what they eat, how they act and what they feel. We pass over what goes on behind the scenes. Instead of first feeling empathy towards someone, we judge them from what we see on the outside.
It’s like we’re animals that hide in our shells. When anything threatens us or is different we can’t help but hide from it. When we talk about others faults we first point out what we’ve seen or heard about them. All while we’re judging them, we’re only ignoring our faults. As we talk about others faults, we hide our own. One thing we all struggle with is thinking from that judged persons …show more content…
Empathy is seeing things from another’s point of view. Taking what they’re going through and putting yourself in their stead. I was able to do this when I did my empathy adventure of sitting at different tables for lunch. When I sat down I was the person that they didn’t know; I was foreign to them.
Through my adventure many different points of view were brought to light. Along with the same idea, a girl named Anne Moody went on one herself, though it was on a different scale, there was a strong sense of empathy. Anne Moody wrote an autobiography about herself and who her friends were when she was little. It had pieces that showed how she couldn’t hang out with certain people. Comparing her story with that of Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird we can get a similar feeling of what they are going through.
Like always, some relationships change between people although the change isn't always understood. Ann Moody was told not to hang out with white colored people and Scout Finch was told not to do anything with Boo Radley. They both are at a young age and are confused with why they shouldn't or can't talk to the others. It appears that when we were children, we were much more accepting of