Personal - #501 - #58 - How do people judge things?

#7700 - #26 - #501 - #58 - How do people judge things?

People judge things by determining the differences from what is “normal” (usual) for them and what is not. Judging “good” or “bad”, “reasonable or unreasonable”, “right or wrong”, etc. is a matter of “judging”. It is a personal thing. What is “normal” to some may be “un-normal” to others. What is “taboo” to some may be “acceptable” to others….. Again, it’s all “personal”!
Some people decry the “fate of the future”. Others look to the future with eagerness. The difference is what is “normal” (usual) for them, personally.
To make any discussions worthwhile, one must determine where everyone is coming from! What is “normal” for them? Why do they speak the way they do.
In schools, among discussions, among friends, among anyone, wouldn’t it be smart to find out beforehand where someone is coming from?
We can find out by judiciously asking questions. We know their background and education level if we’ve been around them long enough. If we don’t know them at all, we must find out! That is the start of a meaningful discussion.
Don’t waste your time or your listener’s time if you don’t know to whom you’re talking too. Just listen to some of the questions asked by callers to the talk shows on radio! No wonder that they receive polite or at least, politically correct responses!.... (no new information, just polite drivel
But these responses are the basis for many of the ideas alive in the country! No wonder we’re in the fix we find ourselves. People are more interested in ammunition to use in their responses to their opinions rather than finding out more truths. Most people would rather find out who to “blame” than finding out new information or a different way to look at a condition. That’s the way things are!

The politicians and the media are the most acute practitioners of the “blame game”. It’s a circle! The kids “blame” their parents, the parents “blame” the politicians and the media, the politicians “blame” the system, and the system says the problems start with the kids. You see, it’s a circle!
Where do you fit in? ….(Pass the buck, please!)

Until we find a way to solve this problem, we are going to continue the way we are now. Education is scorned by many. Education is unfortunately restricted to schooling by many. But, it is our only hope!

Maybe we can find a way, some way, to make “continuing education” both in schools and adult relationships. Maybe there’s a way!