Recognize when you “otherize” someone – when you [erroneously] see them as some completely not connected to you. Then cast the world through their eyes. What are they experiencing? Log the entire experience on the dedicated website. What you think, what you feel, what you learn. Students often have a difficult time with this. Empathizing with someone doesn’t mean you agree with them, or think that they are right. It just means you see things (at least for a moment) how you think they are seeing them.
For this intervention, I thought about how I could implement empathy in a particularly uncomfortable way for myself. I walk to and from school every day past one homeless man who lives on California next to the train tracks. He … Continue reading “Kat Lane- Empathy Intervention” →
My roommates and I usually get along pretty well, but living in a small room with two other people sometimes can get annoying. Finding a time that is absolutely quiet is rare. This week, as I was about to sleep, … Continue reading “Empathy Intervention – Sharon Ng” →
This weekend, I went camping with some friends. I felt it would be good to get away from all the noise going on in todays world. However, my friends and I often have very different political views. Topics such as … Continue reading “Empathy Intervention — Jacob Hazeltine” →
This intervention made me think a lot about the saying “do not attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence”. While the term incompetence may be a little harsh for most every day settings where this can be … Continue reading “Jack Crofton (empathy)” →
This was a pretty difficult topic for me to figure out but I believe I showed empathy with my roommates two weekends ago. My buddy came down for the weekend and as soon as he met my roommates, I knew … Continue reading “Empathy intervention: Carlos Hinojoza” →
This week I spent a lot of time thinking about what I could apply this empathy intervention assignment too until a group mate of mine gave me the perfect opportunity. This quarter I have group projects and presentations in every … Continue reading “Empathy Intervention – Matthew Nelson” →
I’m a youth climbing coach and there was a climbing competition this past weekend. In the competitive youth circuit, there are several different regions throughout the country and there are local competitions throughout the year followed by championship events. The … Continue reading “Empathy intervention: Will Fallat” →
Empathy is something my parents were always hard on me for when I was younger. I was always quick to blame people and look down on people for messing things up, specifically my little sister. My parents were always quick … Continue reading “Andre Harnack” →
This week I tried to exercise empathy in my interactions with others. I focused primarily on my relationship with my roommate. She and I do not often see eye to eye on a lot of things and I have a … Continue reading “Empathy Intervention – Elsa Bassett” →