Diversity

My initial reaction when I heard that we were having a diversity talk, was "Oh great, another talk about diversity." But the talk that we had was different, it changed my thoughts and outlook on diversity a lot more than all of the other talks. I think the thing that impacted me the most was the difference between empathy and sympathy. Usually when thinking about diversity I usually just think in a sympathetic way. Feeling sorry for the people that are discriminated against instead of actually thinking about how I would react in their situations.

In high school I just thought that diversity involved race. Now after been to many diversity talks I have realized that it is about so much more. It includes: race, culture, social status, sexual orientation, age, gender, and much more. It really showed me that diversity isn't just limited to what color your skin is.

Diversity is important to our culture for many reasons. It is what separates everyone of us and what makes us unique. Without diversity our lives would be pretty boring. Everyone would be the same and that doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me.

Social Media Week

When I first heard what our assignment was for Social Media, I was actually kind of worried because I didn't know what I was going to do. I have always heard about Twitter but never thought about getting one. At first, I didn't know what to tweet about, or who to follow. But once I got the hang of it, it became a lot easier to know what to talk about. I think that tweeting things that envolved our careers was a lot harder than tweets that were meant to be funny.

Connecting with different people was a hard task. Because I didn't know where to start or who to even follow. Following people is probably the most important part of Twitter. Because who you follow determine what you read on your home page. It also shows the kind of person that you are. When people look at who your are following they can get a pretty good idea of what you enjoy and what your hobbies are. This goes for employers as well. Employers may look me up on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. They can see what kind of person I am in a short amount of time. As long as I keep my sites looking professional, they could possibly help me achieve my goals later on down the road.

The articles and video surprised me quite a bit. I didn't know that people overseas are affected by this as much as we are. Also this week has really showed me how much time I spend on social media sites. Such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.