Then and Now

For this post I talked to my parents and grandparents to get their input on the topic. They both basically had the same thing to say. Not much was different in their responses. Back then the young adults were expected to at least graduate from high school and to get good jobs that lasted for twenty years and then to retire. Girls were expected to marry in their 20's and to make being mothers and home makers their primary focus, while careers were allowable if they did not interfere with the womanly duties. Boys were expected to work and to provide for their families. Having a stable lifestyle was a big thing they emphasized. They said it was inappropriate and irresponsible to not have a job back then at that age.  Now, 20 year olds like me are expected to have some college, to delay marriage and childbirth, and to have solid skills that can move with them as jobs come and go. 

Johari Window

For chapter two i decided to talk about the Johari window. This subject was very appealing to me for some reason. The window was created be Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham as a model of different sorts of knowledge that affect self-development. Johari is a combination of both of their first names. A four paned "window," divides personal awareness into four different types, as represented by its four quadrants: open, hidden, blind, and unknown. The open quadrant represents things that both I know about myself, and that you know about me. Examples of this are your name, height, and major. The blind quadrant represents things that you know about me, but that I am unaware of. For example others may see that we are insecure even though we think we’ve hidden it well. The hidden quadrant represents things that I know about myself, which you do not know. An example of this is not telling people about your vulnerabilities because it’s considered private. The unknown quadrant represents things that neither I know about myself, nor you know about me. Examples include untried talents and unused resources. Those are all of the four windows and their descriptions. The end.

Race

Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by heritable characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearance, and ethnicity. It is considered a primary aspect of personal identity. In my eyes race is an appropriate way to classify people just not in a negative way. Race is useful for telling people apart from their cultures to their specific region in the world. I believe it can be used as a learning tool for individuals. Those who stereotype certain races are incorrigible in the way that they think. Everyone is different and their own individual just because they may be the same race as someone doing a certain thing doesn’t mean that they will follow. I do believe that the Census Bureau should allow people to check multiple races to define themselves because not everyone is just one race. Americans especially are made up of multiple races not just a single one. Citizens have the right to express themselves through their race.