Friday, July 31, 2009

What do you think.....Just read no editing or anything, but suggestions are welcome?

I wanted to get some opinions on my essay. thanks!





Prejudice, What Keeps Us At Bay





Whether it is small or vast, good or bad, prejudice still affects the way we prejudge a person. Many people think that the first impression says everything about somebody. However, first impressions can be deceiving. Have you ever met someone that you thought was off, or seemed a little bit snooty? Did you try to get to know that person? Why or why not? This is when prejudging can make us have a negative attitude toward a person that we don’t even know! We may not realize it, but prejudice exists around us in various forms. However, we can fight a negative mental attitude with knowledge, personal experience, and acceptance of outside ideas, people, and ethnic backgrounds.





Getting to know someone is cognition. By simply talking and asking questions, you can find out so much about a person’s personality, and interests. You can find out things that you have in common. For instance, a musical talent such as the drums or piano. It’s amazing how these little things can make you connect with somebody. Another practice of cognition is making your own opinions and not ones based on second-source data. Rumors are a good example. A friend tells you that this girl named Taylor is a mean, alcoholic girl who just complains all the time. You believe that this is what this girl is, when you really have no idea what her character is like. However, if you make your own opinions, then you’re giving Taylor a chance to show you that the rumors are not true. Getting your facts straight is the only way to get to know a true person.





Has there every been a time when you felt embarrassed to hang with someone because of the way they acted? Think about how that person feels, and put yourself in their situation. Picture yourself in the shoes of an intelligent, pretty girl that no one wants to hang out with because they’re smart. Would you want to be judged on by something you do that isn’t bad? Nobody enjoys being judged by something they did not know or did by accident. In addition, being able to relate to certain things can make you understand how a person feels. Everyone know’s what it is like to be talked about behind their back. Aren’t you mad when your closest friend goes blabbing about your personal issues? Letting people know what they are doing wrong can make a big difference on how they can act. Nobody is perfect. In conclusion, from personal experience, you can relate to someone’s situation.





People of different social classes, races, and religion are constantly being judged about the things they believe in or look like. We have all heard the saying “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” However, we do it anyway. This also applies to different races. There are many Arab students at my school. However, many of them seem uninterested in their education. This image make my fellow classmates thing that all Arabs are like this. The war in Iraq convinces us even more. We believe they are hostile, when they didn’t do anything to harm us. My one Arab friend Crystal is the exact opposite. She is an A+ student and is very compassionate and sincere. Same thing goes for the cliques of blacks and whites. I rarely see a mix of white and black students together in a large group. I notice that they tend to stick together. How are we suppose to get to know others if we don’t mingle outside our social classes? In order to combat negative feelings towards certain ethnic backgrounds and religions, we need to realize that we are all the same underneath.





We all have our differences, and that is what makes us human. We have to realize that nobody is perfect, and that we need to connect with others in order to grow. Prejudice stands in the way of us reaching out to our fullest potential. It keeps us at bay because we don’t gather our facts and try to relate with others. I guess, what we need to do is look past the cover of a book and read its pages. By doing that, we can achieve an even more perfect community.

What do you think.....Just read no editing or anything, but suggestions are welcome?
I think that it is a very powerful essay.





The only thing I'd suggest would be to give a definition for the word cognition because if people don't understand one word the entire message and the power your essay holds could be lost on them.



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