BaFa BaFa Reflection I believe that everyone has felt like an outsider or felt like they didn’t belong at least once in their lives. During this simulation it brought back many memories where I’ve felt like an outsider. For example, with me I felt like an outsider when my family decided to celebrate Christmas with people from my church like three or four years ago. The reason that I felt like an outsider was because the way these people from church celebrated Christmas was way different from the way my family has always celebrated it. I felt a little uncomfortable and out of place. Usually my family would first have a big dinner and after dinner we would walk around with a baby Jesus doll around the house praying and singing. Then we would sit around …show more content…
I learned that with myself I tend to judge others fairly quickly and I know that I do that and I have actually been working on that talking about it with some of my friends. I also learned that I struggle a lot communicating with others who I do not really know or who are different than I am. I can be a very shy person when I’m around people I barely know and I know that with the career I’m interest I’m going to need to start getting use to talking with people I barely know. I think a great way to start that is in college making new friendships by starting up a conversation with a person I would normally not talk to. Another thing that I have learned is that I also have a hard time understanding others and why they do the things they do. It’s sometimes difficult for me to really understand why people act the way they do and what their culture has to do with the way they act and because of that I tend to judge them because I do not fully understand. This has also made me realize how others judge those around them. I see it every day when I’m on the bus going to class or heading back to my