QCCQ #1: Caroline Sacks
"Stouffer's point is that we form our impressions not globally, by placing ourselves in the broadest possible context, but locally-by comparing ourselves to people "in the same boat as ourselves." Our sense of how depraved we are is relative."
COMMENT: I thought the reading was very interesting but this quote was particularly interesting because, lately, I've been thinking about relativity & how most people can't think objectively.
CONNECTION: The whole chapter was about relativity really, applied to the academic world but I thought it was interesting because most of the examples were on a big/small scale depending on how you look at it. For example, the Impressionists was a smaller example then the academic examples because that was something going on in Paris, France where the college one can be applied to the whole world. But even bigger then the college one, because not everyone goes to college, is the idea of happiness relative to others. The reading touched on this, the "happiest" nations had a higher suicide rate then those full of poverty & famine & its interesting to think about relativity on an emotional level. In the example, the happier countries had a higher suicide rate because they thought they were A LOT worse off then the happier ones leading them to believe they weren't worthy of life while those in the suckier nations were content with life because things were terrible for everyone. This was interesting to me because more often then not I have found that there are two ends of the spectrum, one where people don't think they deserve to be upset & suck it up for the benefit of others & at the other end, people feel bad for themselves & don't take into consideration others' problems but the evidence of the study in the happy/sad nations & suicide rates, seems to show the same. In the worse off nations, people seem to be more content because if everyone is having a terrible time, it would be unfair to complain & say "I have it so bad" when everyone is suffering. And then you have the opposite in the happier nations, on the other end of the spectrum, people feeling bad for themselves & offing themselves because they believe its unfair that others are happy &, in a way, feeling like they've failed some kind of emotional test. Its a very good conversation starter, this reading.
QUESTION(S): What does this have to do with math & how many more QCCQ's will we have to do throughout the semester? Also, what book is this?
COMMENT: I thought the reading was very interesting but this quote was particularly interesting because, lately, I've been thinking about relativity & how most people can't think objectively.
CONNECTION: The whole chapter was about relativity really, applied to the academic world but I thought it was interesting because most of the examples were on a big/small scale depending on how you look at it. For example, the Impressionists was a smaller example then the academic examples because that was something going on in Paris, France where the college one can be applied to the whole world. But even bigger then the college one, because not everyone goes to college, is the idea of happiness relative to others. The reading touched on this, the "happiest" nations had a higher suicide rate then those full of poverty & famine & its interesting to think about relativity on an emotional level. In the example, the happier countries had a higher suicide rate because they thought they were A LOT worse off then the happier ones leading them to believe they weren't worthy of life while those in the suckier nations were content with life because things were terrible for everyone. This was interesting to me because more often then not I have found that there are two ends of the spectrum, one where people don't think they deserve to be upset & suck it up for the benefit of others & at the other end, people feel bad for themselves & don't take into consideration others' problems but the evidence of the study in the happy/sad nations & suicide rates, seems to show the same. In the worse off nations, people seem to be more content because if everyone is having a terrible time, it would be unfair to complain & say "I have it so bad" when everyone is suffering. And then you have the opposite in the happier nations, on the other end of the spectrum, people feeling bad for themselves & offing themselves because they believe its unfair that others are happy &, in a way, feeling like they've failed some kind of emotional test. Its a very good conversation starter, this reading.
QUESTION(S): What does this have to do with math & how many more QCCQ's will we have to do throughout the semester? Also, what book is this?
QCCQ: David vs. Goliath
"Should I play by the rules or follow my own instinct?"
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