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Empathy | Communicative | Score: 8 Growing up my mother has always been an active member of several women’s rights movements and has participated in a few marches. My motivation for taking such courses was to gain a better understanding into the world she was marching for and seeing the world I saw in a different lens.
As a member of a fraternity taking a feminist studies course comes with a lot of judgement. Taking the course just to be with women, or sometimes having the course be described as a waste of time. My perception of the feminist movement had two different sides, either my mom’s push against certain rights or radical feminists. The information from social media and my fraternity echoed the thoughts of feminism being described by the radical feminists. To that extent I was curious to see whether feminist studies corresponded to radical feminist practices or not.
Prior to joining my first class I had primarily taken philosophy and CS courses, which were all male dominated. My voice was similar to the one that was most heard. I had comfort in participating in discussions. I did not have a perception of this ease or even that the class was male dominated until I found myself in a room of 28 students and I was the only male student. Immediately I felt my own presence.
Each time I had to raise my hand or would finally speak up all eyes were on me and each word I spoke felt like they were dissected under a microscope. In conversations it’s important to keep in mind what the setting is and who the default person is who normally has a voice in such a setting.
This step of awareness during my first feminist studies class changed my perceptions of my computer science classes. The space I took up in a CS class as a member of the majority was simple, easy, and I only had to focus on the material.
In the feminist studies course, there was another layer of navigation that was new to me that I hadn’t experienced before. I had to focus on the material at hand while second guessing each word I spoke and how they would be perceived. | |
Score: 9 This is a big part of who I am. Living in echo chambers may be comfortable to some, but feels dangerous to me. I think the yearning to repeatedly disconfirm my own beliefs comes from the notion of being a blank canvas and recognizing you don’t know everything, learning can only happen when one is quiet. | |||
Score: 10 I would say that I am a considerate and thoughtful individual who is able to see the whole picture of my own perceptions but also see the perception of others. This does not mean I am immune to blind spots, of which I try to take the time and stay vigilant about.
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Personal | Score: 6 Always up for a drink, but value the company and discussions more. | ||
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Collaborative | Score: 10 From my days of playing soccer in college to sports in general making everyone shine has always been on the forefront of my actions. In team oriented sports, individual stats are diminished for the purpose of making the team as good as possible. For me this resulted in feeling more accomplished from giving a nice assist than scoring a goal. The better the team works together the further it will go. | ||
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