In my last post, I asked talked about the question "Who Are You?" and I am now certain that Colloquium is designed to make us ask ourselves questions that will get answers. Of course, to almost every question, there is an answer, but these answers are things about every one of us, the students, that we most likely had never even considered thinking about in this way. Today, there was a new question.
What Do You Value? It's an interesting question. There are many things one may value. Like the changing interests discussed previously, the place in life one is at when asked this question can heavily influence the answer given. What we, the students, needed to determine was what things we always value, and how these values define us. Once again, the all-knowing Hedden assisted us. As a group, we created a list of things we value, and then we individually narrowed the list down, determining what we valued most. I went a little off-script and chose some things not on the list. I decided that the things I value most are understanding and the haecceity of all people. I learned the word haecceity when stumbling across Hedden's twitter bio. Haecceity is essentially the property that makes something unique. I value this, because, as you may have read before, I am becoming me, and I cannot be me without uniqueness. Understanding also plays a big role in my life. I have always been an over-thinker, looking for answers, looking to understand. In considering the many possibilities of what I can do with my life, I realized that in combining understanding and the haecceity of people, I would be looking at understanding why people are who they are and what makes them do what they do. Who better to do this than a psychologist? More on these questions of life to come. -JD
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