After reading the book Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman, written by Richard P. Feynman, I chose to reflect on judging books by their covers. Within the following paragraphs, I will provide you with an understanding of the dangers involved with judging books solely on their covers, past experiences I have had in regard to judging books by their covers, and the importance to avoid judging books by their covers as I begin my career working in the public accounting industry. First: Prior Experiences. As a young child, I can remember back to the days of our second-grade class venturing to the elementary school library where the librarian would educate us students on the ins and outs of the Dewey Decimal System and the importance to avoid judging books based solely by their covers alone. The librarian had told us a story of a prior student who would consistently grab a book off of the shelve, examine the image on its front cover, and then simply decide if he or she wanted to check the book out to read on their …show more content…
Moreover, we should not judge the people we meet, the experiences we have, or the opportunities we are given in our lives at face value. I believe as humans, we are inherently judgmental and this can make it relatively difficult to put aside all personal biases to give the people you meet, the experiences you have, and the opportunities you are given your full attention. If I would have continued to let both my personal biases and judgmental behavior hold me back from meeting new people, trying new things, or taking advantage of great opportunities, I would have never met a majority of the people that I now call my best friends nor realized my full potential as a
Furthermore, I became aware of how this type of behavior could affect decisions that I possibly would make in the future. In college I will meet a more diverse group of peers than over before, and I need to be open minded and fair in my interactions. In addition in my college career, if I became a manager and was in charge of hiring I pondered whether I would be fair.
It is not the right thing to follow your ideals for your own personal gain without paying attention to your surroundings because that which you did wrong yesterday will catch up to you tomorrow. It is important to have a good outlook for the future because there's always room for change.
The brain is one of the most complex as well as one of the most vital organs of the human body. It's utter perplexity still causes the most astound thinkers to step back and contemplate the way it works. Every second the brain processes four-hundred billion bits of information, while only two-thousand of those bits people become aware of. One can also observe that with so much information to process, there is a plethora of information in the world that can be obtained than what is actually being perceived. Unknowingly, people criticize others and make judgments without even being aware of their perception. Although it is said that one can acquire the skills to make judgments that are unbiased and are constructed of a wide range or base of background knowledge, one simply does not have the time to think about thinking. People instinctively judge others constantly by their mere appearance despite the fact that it is considered immoral. It is so common that one does not even realize when they are doing it. In the grocery store, at work, at school; No matter where one may be, they are making snap judgments. The irony and truth of the matter is that a majority of the time, those subconscious decisions or judgments that one makes and are unbeknownst to them are strangely correct. (Hirshon)
Judging, In some ways, this can be a good thing. People judge competitions, pageants, and even sports events. But in todays world, people are judging for all of the wrong reasons. They are judging other people for no reason. They judge for skin color, Accent, Ethnicity, and many other things that shouldn’t matter.
People's lives are different depending on the era they live in, their age, gender, job, environment, and the individuals they live and work with. An individual's perspective and opinion of these people can be various as well. There may be biases, assumptions, and sometimes hypocrisy, depending on the personal experiences of the individual.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel explains greatly about a famous phrase that starts with “Don’t judge a book by its cover. People aren’t who they seem to be because most people have qualities that they hide/fake about. This theme is the most significant aspect in the novel. Boo Radley is a character that does a perfect example of hiding his lifestyle the people in Maycomb heard rumors about him being a monster. Atticus is also another great example. In the beginning of the book, Jem refuses to eat dinner until his dad, Atticus, promises him to play football. When Atticus does not tolerate to do that promise, Jem calls/consider him a boring dad. Mrs. Dubose is considered to be a cranky lady, but she is a whole different person. Out of all
People always say never judged a person by their cover, yet some of us still do it without even trying sometimes. I have done this on multiple occasions without really trying to judge a person. I once had an experience where I was trying out for a new club team and I saw this girl who looked really mean and scary because of the expression on her face. I always thought if I ever talk to her she would be mean, but one practice we started to talk and she wasn’t at all the person I thought she ways. It turns out that she is a nice person who just takes soccer very seriously. This just shows that we can have a certain opinion on someone by their looks, but they may be completely opposite from the way they appear.There’s this book call “Freak the Mighty” which has a good way of showing the theme of not judging a person
I would like to start off by using a quote by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha “It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.”
People nowadays always say to have an open mind and say not to make quick judgements. Society feels as though any form of negativity is judgement. The problem with this perspective is that it is not at all true.
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” -Maya Angelou. Preconceived opinions and unreasonable thoughts are what determine one’s actions and path in life. Everything one does and is surrounded by develops some kind of prejudices in one’s mind and therefore resolves how people act in certain situations. Prejudices are the causes for discrimination and as people have developed unfavorable stereotypes from past experiences, this greatly affects decision making and creating a more ideal society for people of all kinds to thrive in. Prejudice, or judging and making decisions based on personal experiences force people to draw rash and hostile conclusions about people who fall into
This was shown through Victor’s creation, the Creature in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Conclusions about a person should not be based on the physical appearance because they can turn out to be a totally different person then what their outer image shows. Society’s prejudice can be avoided if people stand out and get to know each other before creating an opinion about their character without
This quote shows that your choices create opportunities to learn lessons and influence your choices and behavior with the interactions you make.
This hypothetical shows how easily we can judge others. Even according to Psychology Today, we misjudge people
tells us not that you can't tell a book by its cover. From him saying this I
People have their own judgments of thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. An example of a self-schema could be a person who classifies themselves by certain descriptions such as being liberal, Catholic, an artist, a dog person, intelligent; the list continues on. This is what helps us define ourselves from the group; our self-concepts are what help us create our own identity separate from the society that shapes us. Reading into books nine through eleven in the book of Meditations the author declares, “He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad” (book, ?). We can take this to mean like social psychology that individuals have self-schemas and that ultimately only the person(s) themselves can be held accountable for their decisions and not blame others for how they were brought up. Each person can decide how their life turns out if they are, “…moderate, sincere, honest, and calm” (book, ?). We must be willing to take the consequences that come with positive or negative outcomes even if that means we do not get immediate gratification and more so if things do not turn out they way we imagined they would. In this case we must rely on our own imagined presence of others to drive us to be the ‘best’ person ultimately we can become as