I took about an hour and thirty minutes to observe several people. One of the people were wearing comfortable jacket printed with the logo of University of Oregon. He was putting flops on his foot, wearing sweatpants, and wearing a hat printed with the logo of University of Oregon. I think he was proud of University of Oregon since he was wearing most of his outfits imprinted with the school logo. I believe he values school work more than other things since he wears comfort outfits rather than nice fancy outfit. He was reading some online articles with looking at the screen of a computer in the library. When someone wears a comfy outfit in the library, I make an assumption that the person values studying is the most important. When someone wears a logo jacket, T-shirt, or pants, the person is proud of the thing that the logo represents.
Second person that I observed was looking at her cell phone and walking around back and forth for the whole time during the observation. She was wearing a fancy jacket of high quality brand, high hills, and holding a shoulder bag of expensive brand on her right shoulder. She looked like she was waiting for someone to come. She was walking around back and forth while looking at her phone. She looked like early of twenties. She looked like all nervous because she was looking around a lot. Based on her dress, I made assumptions that she was waiting for someone, and someone is really important to the person I observed because she wore fancy outfits. Based on her movements, I made an assumption that her emotion condition is really nervous. I first made an assumption that she was waiting for someone because of her movement of looking at her phone. Secondly, I made an assumption that the one she was waiting is really important for her because of her outfit. Lastly, I made an assumption that she was nervous because she was moving around.
I observed the third person in the library. He was standing in front of the computer in the library while web surfing. He was wearing a do-rag, and he adorned his face with a black spider web shape of mask. He was wearing all black from top to bottom of his body. He was a little skinny tall guy. I thought that he likes spiders or his role model is Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of Carribean” the move. His outfit looks exactly like Jack Sparrow. He also had a long hair reaching his shoulder. I have seen him so many times whenever I come to the library, and he wears the same outfit all the time. Based on my observation on him, I made assumptions that he likes spiders, and he is like a Jack Sparrow wannabe. Since his outfits are all black, I think that he tries to hide his emotion from someone else.
Thanks for sharing your assumption on personal observation. I enjoy reading especially for the section of third person. The way you assume he Jack Sparrow wannabe is convinced, and the guessing on emotional inhibition based on all-black-outfit sounds interesting. However, I would challenge this part of your saying – “When someone wears a comfort outfit in the library, I make an assumption that the person values studying is the most important” (Tae, 2014). A comfort outfit may not be strong enough to determine the idea that studying is the most important value in one’s life. Instead, I deem this may be just simply the personal dressing style – he is a person who does not chase the fashion, so casual and comfortable outfit tends to be the most frequent choice.
Clothing and comfort are two things that I valued as well; I feel that it is crucial to be dressed comfortably for each situation someone may be put in. Taking tests is already a stressful occurrence, which is why it’s common to see people in a variation of workout clothes, yoga pants, and sweat pants. Due to the fact that they are not only sleep deprived, but rather they are more stressed out about the test they are preparing to take, rather than their appearance. In most cases I feel that people dress to match the culture that exists where they are. For example you brought up the example with many students wearing duck gear to show their pride for the school. I believe at this school, we have a more relaxed and less judgmental campus which allows people to dress how they choose without the fear of rejection, which has given many students the opportunity to wear more comfortable clothing to class.