When I was 18, I had my first job as a waitress. I worked in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there were a lot of tourists in the summer so they were taking on extra staff. I lived in a little house opposite the hotel. I had to be at work in the dining room at 7:30 in the morning to start serving breakfast. After serving the breakfast, at about ten o’clock, I had my own breakfast. After that, we started getting the dining room ready for lunch-cleaning the silver, setting the tables, hoovering the floor. I didn’t make too bad a job of serving lunch—one of the waiters looked after me and showed me how to do things. I would on the first day have been quite happy, but I had a problem which was that I’d got up in such a hurry and I just put on my shoes with really high heels. After a few hours on my feet I was in agony and there was nothing I could do about it, there was certainly no time to go and change them. I can tell you I never wore tho
When I was in high school, I had almost no individual identity left. I was a Hillcrest Husky and all other high schools were enemies. I was a wrestler and all the other sports were gor wimps. I was on the debate team and everyone else was dumb.
At my high school, everyone had a group; no one was an individual. Wait. I take that back. There were a few individuals, but they were completely outcast from our social order. Never in my life can I remember stronger feelings of hate tian in high school. But we never called it hate. We called it loyalty.
As adults, most of us are better at being an individual than we were in high school, but the influences of group identity continue to promote competition and prejudice in our world. If you are like me, you want to avoid teaching rivalry, conflict and prejudice to your children.
One possible strategy for stopping the negative influences of group identity would be: recognize and replay. Look for the prejudice in your
A. biased
B. fair and just
C. subjective
D. emotional
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