If you have ever looked at my other blog posts about my masterpiece you'd have the gist of what it's about. I became interested in this because I have always felt that our judgments of people come first and they hinder us from learning about or from other people. I have no idea what stereotype I fit in to. Sophomore year I dressed in all black. I suppose I was scene, emo, goth, or whatever you want to call it. Junior year I wore jeans and t shirts. I suppose I was average. But I've changed a lot since last year alone. I have no set style. I wear all black, jeans and t-shirts or sweatshirts. On the weekends I dress very feminine in dresses and I will mess around with makeup. Some of my classmates may be surprised by that because I don't show that side of myself at school. And that's a result of not feeling safe to be or express myself because the stereotype mold keeps me confined to expressing one side. The Canterbury Tales is an example of stereotypes predominating the opinions of other people. The Knight is described as a brute when in reality he's the kindest character. Basically the point of this project was to get past those stereotypes that predominate first impressions. The point of this project was to accept everyone despite sexuality, gender, race, class, or social group so that we can see each other as equals and connect on an emphatic level through conversations. I want everyone to be able to experience a conversation that is so great you don't want it to end and time is irrelevant. Tuesdays With Morrie is a great novel that details the conversations between a regular guy and Morrie.
Erica and I went around asking people about what they were passionate about because when someone is passionate about something their excitement for telling you about it is contagious. You can't help but be interested and that infectious environment helps to create a conversation that can be worthwhile. Here is our blog were we detailed different stories eahumanity.blogspot.com. These stories are only snippets of the person but these stories are a way of getting people to contribute their story and to be open to accepting others as well as trying to get to know them.
