Blog Post 3

T-Chart

Interpretations: Many people were sitting in large groups with their friends.

Some were talking to one another and others weren't. They might have just been enjoying one anothers company.

Some people were sitting alone because maybe their friends schedules differed from theirs.

The cafeteria seemed to clear out all at once because people might have had afternoon classes to attend while others who were still there could have been done with class for the day.

I noticed a lot of injuries that looked like they were sports related.

A lot of people were carrying their book bags with them so I assumed they had just come from class or were heading to a class after lunch.

Noon was a very busy time in the cafeteria because this was a time many of the students were free in-between classes.

Descriptions: 
Many students were wearing John Carroll apparel. 
Everyone was in the cafeteria to eat.
Some were using this time as a study session or a place to meet with friends to do group work because of what they were talking about.
Based on the conversations I heard, some were helping one another with homework.

Parking Lot:
The people who were sitting by themselves had no one to eat with.
People who take a lot of food and don't think about the hungry people behind them.
Someone could've been having a bad day and was disrespectful to the cafeteria workers because of it.

During this experience, I learned not to judge people so quickly but to try and interpret them and what they were doing. It helped me realize there is so much more to people than what we see when we first look at them. We often judge people so quickly based off of things such as what they are wearing and who they are hanging around with. I think it's so wrong to do that because you are missing out on who they really are. I know I am guilty of judging a person immediately after I see them without even knowing them at all. You make yourself not want to get to know people solely based off of what you see when you look at someone and it really is crazy to think about. It makes you wonder about all the people who have looked at you and gotten the wrong first impression and didn't even want to give you a chance. This made me want to work on changing the way I look at people. When you look closely, you start to see them for who they truly are. You no longer have some false judgment about them but begin to wonder about them and what they are like. There is so much more to people than what we see on the outside and I think this is so important to realize.