Monday, September 15, 2014
Monday 9/15
Today in small group Ms. B brought up a idea that we almost always label people. When she said that it made me think if that statement is true. I think that the statement is true, maybe not for everyone but it is a true statement. Its almost like it an automatic thing we do, we label people just based on what we think we know about someone and we never really think about why they do something, we just make assumptions right away which puts us high up in the ladder of inference. Sometimes we don't mean to label people but its almost like an instant thing our minds do, and this is not true about everyone, but there are situations in which we label people before anything. It something that everyone could improve on, myself included.
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Jorge, GREAT connection to the Ladder of Inference. That is precisely what is happening. Without thinking, and instantly, we do it. In some cases, it is totally fine, like, in the example we discussed about my "labeling" of people on campus as "students" or "teachers". But it's all the assumptions about what "being" those labels means that can get us into more areas of concern. Great post!
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