Diversity

Today in class we had to share a lot of personal stuff about ourselves to one another. I am grateful that it was a silent activity...it made it more serious and easier for me to be honest. It also made me see how many different levels there are to one person...and while I have always known it is wrong to judge someone right off the bat...this exercise further proved to me how much is going on inside one person that you will never really know or understand unless you ask. It was hard to me to admit personal things about my family...probably just because I have always been a very strong person and do not like people to see my weaknesses...I like to at least appear to have control of my life and the circumstances surrounding it if I can not acutally do so. I agree that it was hard to stand in front of the room alone...and while I know that I am not alone in many of the circumstances that I have gone through in my life...it made me a little angry at myself for being embarrassed of my past. I do not want to feel embarrassed because it has helped me become the person that I am...and I am happy with who I am. I know what I believe, I know I am loved, and I know that God has a purpose for my life. So it is interesting to me that as much as I say I do not care what other people think...I obviously care at least somewhat of I would not of felt so uncomfortable standing in front of the room alone being "judged" by my peers. I appreciate that Kelly shared her personal background to us as well...I do not know many teachers that would bring themselves to our level and relate with us so willingly...some teachers I think would worry about their students losing respect for them...where as I respect Kelly more now than ever. Its good to know that everyone, even the professors, are human, we have flaws, we have pasts, but in the end we are all people trying to live our lives and accomplish something with it.