I really enjoyed the activities we have done so far regarding diversity. The reading for last week and the pink sheet that we filled out really had got me to think about how I feel about discrimination. It makes noone feel good.
I also liked the green worksheet that we filled out at the end of class. It was hard to write down some of the words that I thought described my race and other races. Writing it down and seeing it on a piece of paper really makes you have to deal with it and try to understand it.
I'm sure that we all have acted with certain biases in our lives. I personally have done this through avoidance. I do things such as crossing the street when I see a black man coming at night or leaving a social gathering that I feel makes me slightly uncomfortable, usually because I am in the minority and am surrounded by many black males. Where do you draw the line though. If I am uncomfortable is it truly because of the color of others skin or because of the conditioning that I have had growing up and from the media to avoid situations that could potentially be dangerous. It is confusing and something that I want to think about more this week.
Sorry for the slightly downer post... on a happy note: The United States is winning the Olympics!!!
Thanks for reading and listening!
Lisa T.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Diversity Event: Vagina Monologues
WOW! I was very entertained and impressed by the performances I saw at the Vagina Monologues on Friday night. At the beginning they gave us permission to shout, laugh out loud and cry and I certainly did all 3!
Diversity is something that I have become much more acquainted with during my time at Iowa State. Growing up in a small town where I graduated with a class of 86, was in my opinion, lacking in diversity. Coming to Iowa State was a huge jump in that department. Suddenly I was surrounded by people from different countries, cultures, religions and basically everyone was different and diverse in their own way! It took some getting used to. However, diversity was never something that I was afraid to accept, I met many great people in my first few weeks at ISU and have continued to in my 3 years here. The people that I have met, no matter what their background, have enriched my college experience and made me grow in many ways. Cultural differences that I have experienced have been living with people from different races, working with people that have a very different religious beliefs than myself and simply meeting people from all walks of life that walk a little bit different than myself.
An understanding of diversity and the importance of it is something that I believe will be very helpful to us as Peer Mentors. We will have students who much like myself and I'm sure many of the other mentors too, will have come from communities where diversity was never a discussion topic. As we said in class, being Hixson scholars and all of us being from Iowa, there may not be a lot of huge differences between us, but there will be some and we will be helping the students to deal with their new diversity experiences in college.
Kudos to the performers in the Vagina Monologues this weekend, excellent work and very touching current topic about the women of the Republic of Congo. Makes me realize how important it is to know what is going on in the rest of the world so that we can work to change what really needs to be changed.
Power to the People!
Lisa Tronch
Diversity is something that I have become much more acquainted with during my time at Iowa State. Growing up in a small town where I graduated with a class of 86, was in my opinion, lacking in diversity. Coming to Iowa State was a huge jump in that department. Suddenly I was surrounded by people from different countries, cultures, religions and basically everyone was different and diverse in their own way! It took some getting used to. However, diversity was never something that I was afraid to accept, I met many great people in my first few weeks at ISU and have continued to in my 3 years here. The people that I have met, no matter what their background, have enriched my college experience and made me grow in many ways. Cultural differences that I have experienced have been living with people from different races, working with people that have a very different religious beliefs than myself and simply meeting people from all walks of life that walk a little bit different than myself.
An understanding of diversity and the importance of it is something that I believe will be very helpful to us as Peer Mentors. We will have students who much like myself and I'm sure many of the other mentors too, will have come from communities where diversity was never a discussion topic. As we said in class, being Hixson scholars and all of us being from Iowa, there may not be a lot of huge differences between us, but there will be some and we will be helping the students to deal with their new diversity experiences in college.
Kudos to the performers in the Vagina Monologues this weekend, excellent work and very touching current topic about the women of the Republic of Congo. Makes me realize how important it is to know what is going on in the rest of the world so that we can work to change what really needs to be changed.
Power to the People!
Lisa Tronch
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Week 4- Myers Briggs
This last week in class we discussed the Myers Briggs Type Inventory. Although I had done this inventory once before my freshman year, it was good to get a refresher in it and learn some more about my type.
My type is ENTJ. ENTJ's are intuitive, innovative organizers who are analytical systematic and confident. ENTJ's are at their best when they can take charge and set things in logical order (this description fits me just about perfectly)!
The list below has some of the things that ENTJ's value that are things that I value as well:
Foresight; pursuing a vision
Putting theory into practice, ideas into action
Working to a plan and schedule
Initiating and then delegating
Efficiency; removing obstacles and confusion (fave quote: Obstacles are those scary things we see on our way to the goal!)
Holding self and other to hight standards
Assertive, direct action
Driving toward broad goals along a logical path
Another sheet we were given also gave some pros and cons of the ENTJ type:
Pro, Natural Leader, in command
Con, Impatient-may decide to quickly
Con, May overlook people part
Pro, has a vision
Pro, Action and results oriented
I feel that I fit most of these pros and cons except for overlooking the people part. I understand the importance of working with and inspiring other in groups I work with and therefore very rarely overlook the people part of any project.
I love my type and I much more confidant and self aware after participating in the type testing, both my freshman year and this year. I am proud to be Extroverted, Intuitive (N), Thinking and Judging. However, it is important to remember that ENTJ is not who I am, it is just my preference for thinking and decision making.
This type testing helps to make me more aware of my potential strengths and weaknesses and analyze them so that I can then find areas where I can grow. I feel as though knowing the type tendency of the fellow peer mentors will be something that is very helpful for us in the next year as we work together.
My type is ENTJ. ENTJ's are intuitive, innovative organizers who are analytical systematic and confident. ENTJ's are at their best when they can take charge and set things in logical order (this description fits me just about perfectly)!
The list below has some of the things that ENTJ's value that are things that I value as well:
Foresight; pursuing a vision
Putting theory into practice, ideas into action
Working to a plan and schedule
Initiating and then delegating
Efficiency; removing obstacles and confusion (fave quote: Obstacles are those scary things we see on our way to the goal!)
Holding self and other to hight standards
Assertive, direct action
Driving toward broad goals along a logical path
Another sheet we were given also gave some pros and cons of the ENTJ type:
Pro, Natural Leader, in command
Con, Impatient-may decide to quickly
Con, May overlook people part
Pro, has a vision
Pro, Action and results oriented
I feel that I fit most of these pros and cons except for overlooking the people part. I understand the importance of working with and inspiring other in groups I work with and therefore very rarely overlook the people part of any project.
I love my type and I much more confidant and self aware after participating in the type testing, both my freshman year and this year. I am proud to be Extroverted, Intuitive (N), Thinking and Judging. However, it is important to remember that ENTJ is not who I am, it is just my preference for thinking and decision making.
This type testing helps to make me more aware of my potential strengths and weaknesses and analyze them so that I can then find areas where I can grow. I feel as though knowing the type tendency of the fellow peer mentors will be something that is very helpful for us in the next year as we work together.
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