This past weekend was the Human Rights Training
Weekend for Social Cohesion. I feel like I learned more about myself than I
learned about human rights this weekend. Maybe that's because of my major and
what I'm studying, but I think it's good that I learned more about
myself.
One new thing about human rights that I did learn
though, is about access rights. An access right is essentially the right to
have access to a basic right. So for example, we have the right to basic
education but we also have the right to access that basic education. This is a
problem for many people living in impoverished areas who do not have the access
to basic education. People in these areas do not have the access to affordable
or even reliable transportation, school supplies, quality teachers, and even
nutrition to get kids through a long school day (key elements to access
education). So, in most instances people do have the right to basic education
but their access rights are violated when they have a hard time obtaining that
education.
I think that human rights are important to know
because many people (believe it or not) do not know or understand the rights
that they have simply because they are human. I think that this is because we
are not taught about our human rights unless we take a course in college on
human rights or in WGSS. This is really upsetting to know because literally all
over the world human rights are being violated and people don't know because
they're not being educated!
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This past weekend was the Human Rights Training
Weekend for Social Cohesion. I feel like I learned more about myself than I
learned about human rights this weekend. Maybe that's because of my major and
what I'm studying, but I think it's good that I learned more about
myself.
One new thing about human rights that I did learn
though, is about access rights. An access right is essentially the right to
have access to a basic right. So for example, we have the right to basic
education but we also have the right to access that basic education. This is a
problem for many people living in impoverished areas who do not have the access
to basic education. People in these areas do not have the access to affordable
or even reliable transportation, school supplies, quality teachers, and even
nutrition to get kids through a long school day (key elements to access
education). So, in most instances people do have the right to basic education
but their access rights are violated when they have a hard time obtaining that
education.
I think that human rights are important to know
because many people (believe it or not) do not know or understand the rights
that they have simply because they are human. I think that this is because we
are not taught about our human rights unless we take a course in college on
human rights or in WGSS. This is really upsetting to know because literally all
over the world human rights are being violated and people don't know because
they're not being educated!
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During this weekend I kept thinking back to my
Myers-Briggs personality test...my results are an ENTJ (Extrovert, Intuition,
Thinking, Judging). ENTJs are natural born leaders and assume the role of the
"commander." I've noticed that I like to take control and not
necessarily assert my power as a leader, but more or less that's what I do in
group projects/activities. I get frustrated when I can't do that. I didn't do
that this weekend and I think that's because I didn't want to be "that
person" who comes across as mean on a human rights weekend. So this time I
let other people take charge of the group activities...and it frustrated
me.
I'm kind of glad I held back and realized my
frustration of when I feel like I don't have power because it made me think about
how when I take charge I usually don't take the time to hear what others have
to say. I'm also the type of person who ALWAYS likes to be right and I can't
stand when people disagree with me. I'm thick headed and usually it's my way or
my way but slightly altered. That happened a lot this weekend during
group work...and of course I got frustrated. But I think it was good for me to
notice...especially because I like to be a leader.
I know that the best leaders listen to others, take
other ideas into consideration, and are open to the possibility of being wrong.
If I want to be a great leader then this is what I have to do. The field that I
want to go into (politics) requires leadership skills...but the people who are
currently in this field don't have the right leadership skills. They're the
ones who don't listen to others, who always want to be right, and who get
frustrated easily. I don't want to be like that.
While I may not have enjoyed the human rights weekend
because of my frustration (among other things such as noticing blatant sexism
and homophobia within the group), I enjoyed what I took away from it...how to
be a better leader.
During this weekend I kept thinking back to my
Myers-Briggs personality test...my results are an ENTJ (Extrovert, Intuition,
Thinking, Judging). ENTJs are natural born leaders and assume the role of the
"commander." I've noticed that I like to take control and not
necessarily assert my power as a leader, but more or less that's what I do in
group projects/activities. I get frustrated when I can't do that. I didn't do
that this weekend and I think that's because I didn't want to be "that
person" who comes across as mean on a human rights weekend. So this time I
let other people take charge of the group activities...and it frustrated
me.
I'm kind of glad I held back and realized my
frustration of when I feel like I don't have power because it made me think about
how when I take charge I usually don't take the time to hear what others have
to say. I'm also the type of person who ALWAYS likes to be right and I can't
stand when people disagree with me. I'm thick headed and usually it's my way or
my way but slightly altered. That happened a lot this weekend during
group work...and of course I got frustrated. But I think it was good for me to
notice...especially because I like to be a leader.
I know that the best leaders listen to others, take
other ideas into consideration, and are open to the possibility of being wrong.
If I want to be a great leader then this is what I have to do. The field that I
want to go into (politics) requires leadership skills...but the people who are
currently in this field don't have the right leadership skills. They're the
ones who don't listen to others, who always want to be right, and who get
frustrated easily. I don't want to be like that.
While I may not have enjoyed the human rights weekend
because of my frustration (among other things such as noticing blatant sexism
and homophobia within the group), I enjoyed what I took away from it...how to
be a better leader.
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