The above quote is from a scholarly article by
Weiler (for you Political Science nerds out there), that I recently read for my
Public Opinion class, but it really struck a nerve with me. Weiler, when
discussing authoritarianism, is discussing how you can't confuse how people
act, with their actual attitudes, or who they are, something I think we can all
agree is true, even if we all study different things.
This week, I got kicked out of one of my
classes. I'm a good student. An obsessive student. I haven't gotten in trouble
since maybe 4th grade, yet here I was, 20 years old, getting kicked out of
class. I was using my laptop to take notes, as I typically do.....as well as
surfing the web, Pinterest, working on blog ideas, etc, when 3 classmates and I
were promptly booted from the room, without warning.
My behavioral manifestation and my actual
attitude towards classes differ, but I realized, that what matters is the
behavior, not the attitude. I could be all gun-ho about school, but if
professors only see a sorority girl on Pinterest, then that's what they see and
that's what they know.
From now on, I will be conscious of if my
behavioral manifestations match my actual attitudes, because if you don't walk
the walk, why would it matter that you talk the talk?
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