Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Being A Bystander
I remember when I was younger that my parents would always advise me to not get into fights or not step in when I see a fight. My mom would always tell me to walk away or to tell an adult. I would obviously listen because that sounded reasonable to me. There has been many occasions where I know that I could have stepped in or at least done something to prevent what happened. However, I never did because I was taught to mind my own business. As I got older, I started to feel bad for just being a bystander and got involved in a positive way. I remember back when I was a Sophomore, my soccer teammate got into a fight with the team we played against and I would just encourage or spectate them. Now, whenever I see things getting heated, I step in and just tell everyone to relax and that it is not worth it because essentially they will both get red cards. I think being in this class has also helped me see that it is not okay to be a bystander and that it is better to take action.
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I can relate to this because I was raised with the mindset to mind my own business.
ReplyDeleteI agree. By standing leads to nothing being resolved. We learned that the bystander affect and if the responsibility not being on people leads to things like the murder in new York in the 1960s we learned in the human behavior experiments. Over 30 people saw or heard it but they shifted the responsibility onto others and someone died that night.
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ReplyDeleteSometimes it can be scary to involve yourself in certain situations are often getting involved can just make things worse. In the case of a sports match I do agree that stepping in will be beneficial to both parties, but in a different case the outcome could be worse.
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