I think that this was the most
beneficial lesson for me. More often
than not, I think that I assume that everyone is somewhat alike. Everyone understands my own terminology, my background,
or the way I interpret something. That
is the farthest thing from the truth. I
think that one of the most difficult things to learn in college is how diversity
plays a huge part of those four years. For
example, one of my roommates is from New York and it would be an understatement
to say that we don’t see eye to eye. Or
another example would be my paired essay partner, Chi. She was from Zimbabwe and I remember my first
impression was that she wasn’t going to speak English or know much about the
United States. She ended up proving me
wrong very quickly. I think one of the
biggest take away messages of this section was to realize that to have a
positive self-perception you have to first see all other cultures in a positive
perspective and not jump to conclusions.
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