miércoles, 8 de septiembre de 2010

Blue/Brown eye experiment

This experiment was made by a elementary school teacher, the purpose of this experiment was because the teacher didnt know how to explain the kids what was happening with the martin luther king situation, so she decided that she would show them what racism meant, so she started to flatter the blue eyed people and to put down the brown eye people so they will feel really bad, and then she flipped the process so the brown eyed people will feel flattered and the blue people would feel put down, this way she devided the class, and then the kids started to fight because they thought they were superior to the opposite eye color, this was exactly the same as what was happening in the united states in that time. Prejudice is "An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts". and Discrimination is "Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice" both of this words have a similar meaning, but both of them have a bad connotation. In conclusion the part that i enjoyed the most of the experiment was the fact that the kids fighted just because of the eye color, not the fact that they fighted but the fact that how the teacher changed all of the way of thinking just by saying a few compliments.

Personality test

Guardians are the cornerstone of society, for they are the temperament given to serving and preserving our most important social institutions. Guardians have natural talent in managing goods and services--from supervision to maintenance and supply -- and they use all their skills to keep things running smoothly in their families, communities, schools, churches, hospitals, and businesses.


Guardians can have a lot of fun with their friends, but they are quite serious about their duties and responsibilities. Guardians take pride in being dependable and trustworthy; if there's a job to be done, they can be counted on to put their shoulder to the wheel. Guardians also believe in law and order, and sometimes worry that respect for authority, even a fundamental sense of right and wrong, is being lost. Perhaps this is why Guardians honor customs and traditions so strongly -- they are familiar patterns that help bring stability to our modern, fast-paced world.


Practical and down-to-earth, Guardians believe in following the rules and cooperating with others. They are not very comfortable winging it or blazing new trails; working steadily within the system is the Guardian way, for in the long run loyalty, discipline, and teamwork get the job done right. Guardians are meticulous about schedules and have a sharp eye for proper procedures. They are cautious about change, even though they know that change can be healthy for an institution. Better to go slowly, they say, and look before you leap.

Guardians make up as much as 40 to 45 percent of the population, and a good thing, because they usually end up doing all the indispensable but thankless jobs everyone else takes for granted.

Guardians at Work


As a Guardian, you enjoy working as a valued member of a team, whether you are leading it or following a credible leader. You like to work with people who carry their weight. You appreciate having clear-cut responsibilities and being recognized for your dedication and achievements. Your natural traits are those that employers have traditionally valued - and that successful companies still respect. You are responsible and loyal to an organization once you've signed on.

 
In any environment, including your work place, you are usually focused on making people happy and facilitating harmonious relationships. You often lend "aid and comfort" by drawing on a combination of tradition, past experience, and the direction of established authority. In your ideal job, people would give of themselves and work toward the good of the group.

Why are people racist

People are exactly like animals, when they get hurt or harmed by a human they get a fear that makes response in there brains that makes them never get close to another dangerous person that can harm them. Well like us if we are harmed by someone or we see people getting harmed by a certain race or kind of people, we get a fear of getting hurt by that same race, we create like a respone in our brains that when we are close to a race that can hurt us we dont get that close so we can defend ourselves. We think that maintaining distance will help us, but the only thing that we do when we stay away from someone just because of there skin color, race, or traits, is that we lose one of the things that human beings need to survive, this is friendship. Everyone has some kind of racist beliefs, but some people develop it more than others or have a higher racist thought. Some people use racism as a weapon to defend themselves, they keep close to the people of the same kind because they are in their comfort zone. People are also racist because they are afraid of things they dont understand and are afraid to confront the way they feel.. So in conclusion we think that we never will understand the other races so we stay with a fear of getting hurt by other races, and when everyone in the world will stop thinking this way, the world will be a better place.

What Causes Racism

Racism is a way of thinking of other people, you think people are inferior, and that they shouldnt be close to you. This is caused by several things but the most important one is stereotypes. This is the biggest problem because the most popular thing in the world are the electronic stuff, so when you see on the television a movie that a black guy is stealing something of someone, you will fear a black guy when you are in the streets, this is because you get an internal fear because of all the things youve watched, heard, and experienced you think that they might hurt you just because youve seen a black guy doing something wrong once. But in conclusion Racisim is caused by fear of seeing things that dont are similar to you, and by stereotypes. Thinking in a stereotypical way is bad because youo will never get to know a person well without thinking bad of him. In my opinion people shoudnt be racist just beacause of what they see on television or might hear on the radio.