In this assignment, I was asked to explore deeper one of my passions and write about it.
Passion Reflection:
Something that I am passionate about is equality. Especially when it comes to equality of women, not necessarily statistic equality but social equality as well, including fighting social stereotypes about women. As a woman going into the male- dominated field of engineering, I know that I will have to face some people who will think that I am not up for the job because I am a woman, and that bothers me. I am a firm believer in basing an opinion not on a single aspect like gender, but on the person as whole. I believe that you should get to know a person, then form an educated opinion on that person. It truly bothers me how people do not think about the whole person before they form a whole opinion about that person. I try to make sure that I take this into consideration when I meet people because you don’t know who that person truly is until you get to know them. In this sense, I guess you could say that I am not only passionate about issues of equality but I am also passionate on issues of judgement. I believe not necessarily in ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, but in not allowing that judgement to rule your opinion about a person. I say this because, as humans, I know that we all judge people upon first impressions, it is a natural and unavoidable occurrence. You can either decide to take that first impression and stick to it, or you can decide to reserve the impression, not letting it influence your actions, and revise that first impression as you get to know that new person.
This passion is significant because, being a woman in engineering, I will have to deal with judgement and inequality both statistically and socially. I think that part of the reason that this passion developed was because of the high school that I went to. I went to an all-girls private high school, which most people think would be a horrible experience. However, I loved my high school experience. This school is like a giant sisterhood, one community that helped me open up and be myself. In this school, I was around some of the most talented, intelligent, and athletic people I have ever and will probably ever meet. Because of this, it astonishes me that people believe that women are inferior to men for whatever reason. In this school, there were so many women who did not care what others thought because they were going to chase their dream no matter what. There was never any question that these women, including myself, had the ability to succeed. And this is what I believe that everyone should know. Not only that, but being in this community environment taught me the importance of not judging people off of first impressions, because you never know who they are or what they are going through. And I want to transfer that to others, so that other people can feel welcomed and included. It makes me want everyone to experience this sense of community.
I want to meet other people who feel the same about inequality and judgement as I do, so that we can work together to achieve our goals. I have already taken one step towards meeting these people by joining University of Cincinnati’s chapter of the international organization SWE- Society for Women Engineers. I also strive to incorporate this passion in my personal life, telling people I meet about my feelings toward judgement and hopefully inspiring them to feel the same way as I do, and to tell even more people about it. I hope that, through these transitional years of my life, I can explore this passion of mine and find others who wish to explore this passion, and hopefully change the lives of a few people in the process.
Something that I am passionate about is equality. Especially when it comes to equality of women, not necessarily statistic equality but social equality as well, including fighting social stereotypes about women. As a woman going into the male- dominated field of engineering, I know that I will have to face some people who will think that I am not up for the job because I am a woman, and that bothers me. I am a firm believer in basing an opinion not on a single aspect like gender, but on the person as whole. I believe that you should get to know a person, then form an educated opinion on that person. It truly bothers me how people do not think about the whole person before they form a whole opinion about that person. I try to make sure that I take this into consideration when I meet people because you don’t know who that person truly is until you get to know them. In this sense, I guess you could say that I am not only passionate about issues of equality but I am also passionate on issues of judgement. I believe not necessarily in ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, but in not allowing that judgement to rule your opinion about a person. I say this because, as humans, I know that we all judge people upon first impressions, it is a natural and unavoidable occurrence. You can either decide to take that first impression and stick to it, or you can decide to reserve the impression, not letting it influence your actions, and revise that first impression as you get to know that new person.
This passion is significant because, being a woman in engineering, I will have to deal with judgement and inequality both statistically and socially. I think that part of the reason that this passion developed was because of the high school that I went to. I went to an all-girls private high school, which most people think would be a horrible experience. However, I loved my high school experience. This school is like a giant sisterhood, one community that helped me open up and be myself. In this school, I was around some of the most talented, intelligent, and athletic people I have ever and will probably ever meet. Because of this, it astonishes me that people believe that women are inferior to men for whatever reason. In this school, there were so many women who did not care what others thought because they were going to chase their dream no matter what. There was never any question that these women, including myself, had the ability to succeed. And this is what I believe that everyone should know. Not only that, but being in this community environment taught me the importance of not judging people off of first impressions, because you never know who they are or what they are going through. And I want to transfer that to others, so that other people can feel welcomed and included. It makes me want everyone to experience this sense of community.
I want to meet other people who feel the same about inequality and judgement as I do, so that we can work together to achieve our goals. I have already taken one step towards meeting these people by joining University of Cincinnati’s chapter of the international organization SWE- Society for Women Engineers. I also strive to incorporate this passion in my personal life, telling people I meet about my feelings toward judgement and hopefully inspiring them to feel the same way as I do, and to tell even more people about it. I hope that, through these transitional years of my life, I can explore this passion of mine and find others who wish to explore this passion, and hopefully change the lives of a few people in the process.