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Why do you hate?
1. The first thing we need to do to stop the hate in our lives is to re-evaluate our core values and what we think we know. From the reading I understand that most people hate when they don't know what's really going on. For example, when I was in Physics last year, I hated it because I didn't understand it. I mean this is a very vague example, but there are several people in the World that hate others without even knowing them.
2. It's hard to understand how others feel because our world is becoming more complex in the technological world, which doesn't allow us to see the real feelings hiding behind a computer screen. I though this was really fascinating because most people don't realize what they say online may not be taken in the way they expected it to be.
3. I found out that countries like Germany and Sweden made it mandatory to teach moral education in their schools, but most schools in America don't have classes like that.
4. The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Cleveland has been giving out scholarship money of $100,000 for the past five years to winners of its "Stop the Hate: Youth Speaks Out. I think this is a great encouragement for people to stop hating anything. If i was offered that kind of money for scholarships I'd stop hating even the worst people in my life. I guess it's just how you look at the incentives in this case. Would you rather hate someone and get nothing out of it, or stop hating them and get money?
5. Two professors from Yale discovered that babies and toddlers preferred puppets that showed traits of being kind and helpful. They ended up concluding that both babies and toddlers have a natural understanding of morals.But at the same time they discovered that both subjects liked it when people are nice to people similar to them, and liked it when they hurt things different from them.
6.When you are joking around about someone you should understand that not all your jokes are going to be taken in a positive connotation. So, it would be wise to not make those comments in the first place because all it does is make others feel bad and also makes you look rude.
7. Several people who have gotten bullied rise out of the fear and start sharing their stories. For example in the article "a girl told her story about being called "weird" and "disgusting" because she had alopecia areata, a medical condition that caused her hair to fall out. She overcame her own shame by wearing a wig, turning to public speaking, and becoming the national spokesperson for Wigs for Kids."
8.In several parts of the country there are still extreme cases of bullying. In the article it was mentioned that a girl that was the only Caucasian at her all African American school was beat up, and it took her over a year to recover from both the physical and mental damage.
9. I've learned from the article that it is really comforting to know that you aren't the only one in the world suffering from other peoples hurtful words.
10.It's very interesting to see how the things that you see on an every day basis effects one person or another in so many different ways. Like I mentioned before it's always about perspective.
Future Research Question: How are we all different in making decisions?
I thought that you brought up a good example with your first main point of this article. I am currently in physics and I feel the exact same way towards it, I hate it because I don't understand how to do it. It was good that you brought in a real-life example that readers can relate to like confusing classes. You should maybe research how personality plays a role on decision-making such as researching type A and type B people.
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