Week 10

Perceptions-
I think we can all say that a lot of our perceptions, especially in current times, are made based off of physical appearance. I too fall into this catagory. I try not to, but often find myself judging others based off of how they look. I believe that it is part of being in society today and that we cannot help but form oppinions and "catagorize" people, and things right away. Some of the things that we, I included, perceive related to physical appearance, are clothes, makeup, disabilities, skin color, hair type (dreds, smooth, strait, dyed, natural...) and even the places we occupy (in front of the library or in front of a porn shop). These are all things that make us judge instantly, and it is all a form of perceiving.
I believe that I perceive myself differently than other people perceive me. The way I see it is, as humans we have the tendancy to perceive our selves in one of three ways in relation to other people: 1. We think we are better than them, are confident, and smarter.
2. We have low self-esteem and don't think we are at the same level as everyone else
3. A combination of the two, somewhere in the middle.
I think that I am pretty modest and confident, but I don't think that I am better than anyone else, so I guess I would fall in the third catagory being a mixture of the first two. I couldn't tell you what people think of me as a person, but I can bet that it is different than how I see myself.

Question: What are your perceptions of yourself and how do you think that relates to what other people think of you?