SuRvEy!

During our vacation I set a survey out at work and tried to convince customers to take it. I felt as if by doing this rather than just within the school, I may get a little more help and opinions. Elders tend to be wiser and have visualized more with-in our World. Students have this innocent ignorance to them.

My series of questions was, why do we treat others the way we do? What causes us to think we can treat people that way? What are your personal feeling to how you would treat another? Do you believe in the "Golden Rule," treat others how you would want to be treated? How would you treat someone if you saw them on the street and they waved to you, even though you may not know them? What are your thoughts when you look at me?

Since we were itzy bitzy we've grown to learn the "Golden Rule, treat others the way yourself would want to be treated." Yet in our World we don't do that. Essentially it seems no-one does to me. This is why I felt a need to question elders, students, and people of all differences.

I chose several men and women I thought were very stuck up and seemed icky, men and women that were very nice and seemed essentially happy, students I knew and students I didnt and finally I chose a wide variety of ethnicities, looks, and personalities. Not trying neccessarily to be judgmental at he first look, but many people can come off as all the above in varies surprizing ways.

I gave twenty survey's, recieving feed back of many controversial ideas and opinions. People truly are so much more different than I'd ever believe! It drove me crazy for a second! I gained so much more than I'd thought I would have. For the most part people all had the same idea. At first they were timid and like "why are you doing this." They had no idea!

Many expressed to me that they had "never thought about it." I told them they didnt need to take it but I thought it may be a good thing to finally think about that. I felt as if " how can people not think about something you do every day!" I had a hard time believing it. I asked them to try their hardest

Others spoke with wisdom that just shook me to the core, I'd felt as if I had been changed by ones opinion. There chipperness and positivity was just a refreshing change in energy. They felt that the "Golden Rule" was truly how they had been brought up and had managed their lives. I found this wonderful aspect. To know that there are others who believe that humanity should act a certain way to recieve that same sort of form of act. Yet, they expressed to me that at least that once a day they had judged someone, something, somewhere.

One man I remember wrote "I disagree with the Golden Rule, I believe the only way to make it as far as I have is to judge your way to the top. Always think you are better than EVERYONE else. I am a succesful buisness man and make millions of dollars a year, I don't need love and friends when I have money." I was astonished by what this man's feelings were. In a way I felt it as some sort of denial thing. To me this seemed like ludacris. I believe in "money cant buy you love." How could someone actually think that? I began a deep thinking process and sunk in my mind. Are there more human beings like that? I realized of course there are. All of a sudden a lightbulb lit in my mind, This is why our World is the way it is. Because of people like him. We all judge, everyday! But this man strives on it and makes a living off of using and judging others. I thought it was pathetic.

As I chose my victims my first question which was spoken was, "what do you see in me? First glances and impressions mean ALOT! Im asking you to put judgement upon me!" Many looked at me and said I looked very sweet and innocent, only one spoke of me having a evil dark side they could see. This surprized me, I think I come off as this sassy little sweet girl but those who really know me, know this is not true. Though I am sweet and sassy I have a evil side darker than you can imagine. Not one person said I gave off a negative, angry energy. This left me flabberghasted! I am filled with anger. Though it may not unleash it's just apart of me, apart of us all.

The judgements upon myself were very different than that of who I really am. This led me to the conclusion that, judgment and treating others the way we do is wrong! Dont do it, until you truly know a person. You never know what a person has really gone through until you spend a day in their shoes. This is my conclusion to my survey. It was the same as before. In a way I knew that it would be like this, but with a few more surprizes. I'm shocked at many of the comments and was surprized by people. We are so facsinating! How we act, what we say, and who we are. We most definantly are the most unethical yet moral race of living things on this Earth.