ATA 5
Assignment 5 would have to be one of the more fun assignments yet because I was able to talk about something that I actually enjoying doing. Helping others has always been something that has come easy for me, so being able to talk about it and the reactions I received only made me even happier especially since I was able to share it with others. This assignment needed not teach me anything, rather it made me open my eyes to the fact that helping others out is just basic reflex to me. Moving on, during this course I was able to learn about peoples empathy, they’re motives for doing both good and bad things to others, and just how people make the decision to help others. Overall, this assignment was one the came easy for me to complete, but also act on. Helping others is something that I grew up doing and will be doing it for the rest of my life.
I chose this picture because to me it represents how it is so easy to spread love just by offering your hand to anyone. Growing up my parents taught me that you should always help others no matter what because you never know what is going on in their life. Since then I have tired to help everyone that comes in my path out. Helping others should just be a nature reflex and I believe anyone is capable of doing it.
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ATA 4
This styles of love assignment allowed me to learn a little bit more about myself and where exactly I fall on a scale dealing with the different styles of love. I was able to find out where I stand on certain types of love and why I am placed where I am. This assignment reminded me of one I had to do in high school regarding a Valentine’s Day activity. This activity placed you in a specific group and you had to figure out why you were in that group with other people that tested the same. This is similar because this test allowed you to know where you feel on the scale of that type of love. Overall, this assignment helped me to understand what type of person I am when it comes to love and how I express and interpret it. Relationships and love has always been something important to me and now I am able to better understand why I do and or say the things I do towards the people I love.
This image below is a word cloud that I made to represent some of the different things that come to mind when thinking about the relationships I have and the love from them. The words that I used are things that others have told me I am and the rest are words that were mentioned regarding the styles of love. I chose to do this type of style because when I think of love I think about clouds. To me, both clouds and love are similar because they are things that come and go, are hard to hold on to, and are sometimes difficult to understand how they work and form. Love has always been a rocky roller coaster for me, especially when you’re getting to know one another in a romantic way rather than a friendship way.
ATA 3
After completing Assignment 3, I realized that no matter what your standing is in society, you can still be held responsible for everything. In this case, it was Michael Richards. He was an actor who ended up getting mad at an audience member and losing his cool on stage. This resulted in him saying racist and hateful comments towards a black person that was supposedly being disrespectful while he was performing. This led to his career ending and him being known as a racist. I believe that no matter who you are or where you stand you can be racist simply by saying hateful things regarding someone’s race or ethnic group. Also, something that upset me while doing this assignment was the fact that someone could have said that he wasn’t being raciest. If they did, my question would have been, “where do we draw the line on what being raciest is and what it isn’t.”
I chose the image below because I believe that no matter your skin color everyone deserve equal respect and love. This image shows hands being raised with the different skin colors. This to me shows that they’re raising their hands together because we are one and should always continue to stay as one.
ATA 2
This self reflection assignment didn’t necessarily teach me anything dealing with psychology or classes I have taken before. The only thing that I did learn from this assignment was the ability to talk about myself and who I am as a person. I will say at the beginning of this assignment it was a struggle to come up with who I am, but as I looked through past photos of myself it became easier. Another thing that I really enjoyed about this assignment was the fact that I was able to genuinely tell someone about who I am and not have someone else doing it for me. Since I can remember, I have never told anyone about who I am as a person, I would only listen as someone else was doing it for me. This allowed to express myself and to also figure out who I think and know I am. Lastly, this assignment helped me to understand who I am as a person, but also who I want to be in the future.
Who I am!
I chose this collage picture of me and everyone that is important in my life because I believe that it truly shows who I am and what my morals are as a person. I am someone who loves their family, friends, and furry friends too. I am a very unique person who is still trying to figure out their future.
