Diversity - My Definition

        Diversity, it's hard to define. What makes it hard to define is that everyone has their own little definition for it in their head but nobody is willing to say it out loud for fear of being ridiculed. The little event that we had for the Hixson class really helped to clarify some of the difficulties that arise when diversity is mentioned. 

        When we had our guest speaker come and talk to us I have to admit I was kind of dreading it. I keep having these flash backs to how these types of things in high school were. I guess it has just become engraved into my brain. Now if the rest of you guys have had a lot of guest speakers in your classes and have gone to different events and what not then you should know that this is not in fact the case. It was informative and really relaxed. Be it whether I have simply matured an these tissues no longer are awkward for me or they simply have become desensitizing. Either way It was informative and thought provoking.

        To me, the definition of diversity are all of the unique things about everyone that when we all come together allow is to differentiate between one another. Be it physically, mentally, or culturally each one of us is unique in our own way. Yes, we may belong to certain "groups" because we have similarities but each one of us is different in our own way. That to me s the definition of diversity. 

Diversity Event

       I went to a diversity event in the Memorial Union, or more so waited for the event to start outside in the cold because of a random fire alarm, but I digress. I thought that the event that I was going to was going to be your typical lecture that everyone remembers from high school. "Drugs are bad. Sex is bad. Alcohol is illegal for you. If you do any of these things they're bad for you and you're too young for them" blah blah blah. We all remember those. They all tried to shove their point of view of it all being "bad" down our throats which is what i expected when I went to this event. Boy was I wrong.

      Sex Drugs & Alcohol, a rather controversial topic if you were to be hearing about this in high school but this is college, people have grown up and it's not as awkward as it once was. This was a rather entertaining lecture, if you would even call it that. She obviously knew where we were coming from and had accepted the fact that this is college we are bound to explore our lives a little bit and find out what we do and don't like. However, as she was quick to point out. Don't be stupid about it. Yes, this is college. A time to figure out yourself and your life, you need to be safe and don;t ruin your life before you figure out what you want to do with your life.

      So all in all it was a lecture that I was glad I went to. It was informative from someone who knew our perspective would be different and accepted that. She was informative and a a speaker I would love to go and see again.

Social Media Week

     Social Media, or as I like to call it the bane of productivity. It seemed as time and time went on I became less and less productive whenever I visited the website as I spent more and more of my time not necessarily doing what I was supposed to do, which was communicating with the people I had made connections with, but spending endless time looking up what other people had posted. My Twitter had become something of an escape of the real world where stress and negativity ruled.

     After spending a little more than a week on Twitter I can see why it's so popular and riddled with fake accounts. The anonymity that it provides is astounding. Online you can be whoever you want and find hundreds of other people just like you. You don't have to be you as seen in your social circle. It was something interesting not only to be a part of but also to see what there people were doing online.

     All in all a lot of the "communicating" i did with people was going over there Twitter and all of the random stuff they posted. I myself found it a little difficult to get out and communicate with others who I had no idea who they were, which might indicate the introverted part of me, however i am more than sure that there are plenty of people that take advantage of such a thing and more power to them. We have an amazing tool at our disposal. We might as well use it.