Saturday, December 18, 2004
.:generalizing people:.we had a talk in philosophy club about stereotyping/generalizing people into groups. in its own right, stereotyping isn't really all that bad. we stereotype bears--bears eat people. obviously not all bears eat people, but when i see a bear i won't think, "oh yay, it's a pooh bear let me put honey on my hand and approach it!" why? because i've stereotyped all bears to be man-eating. have i done bears a great diserve? yes. am i alive? yes. now as much as i love animals, people are different, so accept it peta. generalizing people gets a little bit more iffy. i can't say "don't generalize people at all" because well, a lot of people do that and it's actually very hard to not generalize. what i can say is, if you have some generalization of a kind of person, and you meet that kind of person, don't start thinking about that generalization. don't think that all arab americans are terrorists who want to kill you. yes, there are some arabs (more in the middle east though) who hate america and want to kill us. but give the person you're meeting the benefit of the doubt. and if turns out you were wrong, well, run. actually, let me clarify what i said. you can think about the generalization, but please don't open your mouth. why? because you hurt that person--not necessarily his feelings... something a little deeper. and, you also make yourself sound stupid, uneducated and uncaring. so please, don't voice that generalization, especially to me, and most especially when you're generalizing latinos... i happen to be one.what the?!!?!?: ahh why are people so horrible to each other?from the ipod: sweetest goodbye by maroon 5on the tv: cnn, i believe
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
.:senioritis:.
oh man, i must say it's gettin harder to focus on work. but maybe that's because a) i'm still UBER excited and b) i'm very tired. so. i suppose i'll go try to work. congrats to harvard kids. which of the ivy leagues have we conquered: penn, harvard, princeton, cornell, columbia, and brown.
from the ipod: friday night by the darkness
the phone i want: motorola razr v3
Saturday, December 11, 2004
.:AH:.
So. I'm a part of the Wharton Class of 2009!! Best gift, EVER. But I must say, getting accepted is a complex of emotions. Of course I'm relieved and excited that I was accepted; yet, I'm also a lil bit sad. Now for sure, all of my friends and I are spliting and going our separate ways. And yes, that is fine. I've conditioned myself to think that I wouldn't get accepted that it's rather hard believing that I was accepted. Well, I've eaten a lot today...apparently people feed me when I get accepted some place cool.
ipod: sunday morning by maroon 5
movie: boy's town... because it's on
emotion: Ah! :-D
