The first person I chose to write about is what I feel like is a laid back kid. He is sitting down on his computer in the EMU. He is wearing a black Hurley hat, a white billabong t-shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of vans. At first he was alone, but about 5-10 minutes after he sat down at a table, a girl came and joined him. I feel that he is possibly very friendly and happy because he is constantly smiling. I also believe that he values education and being successful because him and his friend seemed to have been working together to complete an assignment. Based on his dress I would believe that he is around 19 or 20 years old, probably a freshman at U of O. He is obviously of white decent because of his skin color and a male. Because I try not to judge or make negative assumptions of people, I feel as if my assumptions are very superficial to his appearance. I didn’t make any stereotypical assumptions based on his dress, skin color, etc.
This second person is walking past the Lillis business complex wearing a really baggy type of what looks like a hemp poncho with loose fitting pants and what I call “Jesus sandals”. This maybe a stereotypical judgment, and I rarely do this, but I would believe that this person is a hippie. I say this because based on what she is wearing she gives off this sense of stress free and happiness. She had ear buds in and was just jamming to whatever she was listening to, she didn’t care that people were around or watching her. I feel as if she is the type of person that values life itself and just wants to be happy. She also had what seemed as little dreads in her hair and what looked like a nose piercing. I assumed that she was about 20, maybe 21 years of age and she was obviously of white decent because of her skin color. Again, I would say that my assumptions were superficial and didn’t make any real judgments on who she was just based on appearance.
This might be weird but I’ve noticed this person because he’s in my music class, he really caught my eye, and this is the perfect assignment to write about him. Like I said, he’s in my music class and every lecture he wears some type of suit. I thought this was very interesting and the first thought that popped into my head was that he’s “dressing for success”. This leads me to believe that he values his education and wants to be successful. I also noticed that he often asks questions during lecture. Because he dresses in some type of suit I would say that he’s from a well off family and is from white decent because of his skin color. Although I know that he’s probably around my age, between 19-21, because he wears a suit people would assume that he’s of an older age. I applaud him for taking initiative to become successful because success is something I also value and want in the future. I mean who doesn’t want to be successful right? Isn’t that why we are in college?
I would like to expend a little more on a “Hippie” person you are describing. In Eugene, we definitely see a lot of those kind of people. I think that they live a little bit in their own world and they have their own opinions and views on live. I met few people that consider themselves hippies and they are very nice and conversations with them are always very interesting. Also, they dress very specifically as you mention in your post. I think that is what they value.
I would like talk a little bit about “hippie”. in my life experience I never meet any people make feel like hippie, but through your words I have a basic idea about hippier. you know those people really hard to found in my country, cause its always make people think they are strange. also, another reason maybe because culture different, if you dress really ” difference” in public area, people might laughing at you. however, I think those people had their value, because always those people live in the art, and looking for the difference. in other words, those people want creative.
I believe that the first person values education because of the fact that he was doing homework at the time when you were watching him. Moreover, I think that he values having friends around him so he probably is a team person. Also, he was at the EMU with many other people so he may like to be surrounded by people. Based on the outfit he was wearing I can only say that he is a guy who may not care about fancy clothing and he feels more comfortable wearing casual clothing.
The third person probably values music since he takes a music class. I think it is interesting that he wears suits to class. I wonder if he is foreign? From my own experience I can say that people in other countries wear more official clothing to schools than in America. Also, I think that maybe he wears suits because he wants to look serious and he wants other people to respect him.