Did working on the presentations change or re-enforce any of your ideas about the material we covered?
The first time I thought about what my position about obedience was, I believed that I was 100% sure, but I wasn’t. Actually, in my first post I wrote that I didn’t consider myself as an obedient person but the true is that I am. Yes, Since I was a little girl I’ve been seeing my parents as the maximum authority, as well as I have never answered in a bad way to a teacher, older relative or any other person who,unconsciously, I qualified as superior.
I was taught to be obedient but I didn’t realize it until I started reading, and cheking web pages about this controversial topic.
I want to share an anecdote of my life that it’s quite funny. Once, I went out with some of my friends to a birthday party where was my older brother best friend, who had been kind of part of the family for more than 10 years and who I would obey as if he were my brother; he was dancing with a girl of my age and he was very cool with all my friends. The funny part is that I didn’t feel free to do what I normally used to do at birthday’s party like drinking beers, smoking cigarettes and dancing with everybody. I feel like he was watching me all the time. My friends were very upset with my attitude so I told them I wanted to leave. Before I had left the party, my brother’s friend asked me if I wanted him driving me home; because it was the easiest and safest way, I accepted. While we were on the way he offered me a cigarette and he almost made me to drink a beer as well, he told me he knew I had done those things before and because he had done it when he was at my age he knew I wouldn’t do it forever.
I found this a funny story because I thought he was a model of authority and, because I knew that what I used to do wasn’t right, he would tell me to stop or tell my brother; but, nothing of that happened.
All right guys! Class is over, so leave me some comments about what you think I should have done in that party or what is your opinion about my idea of authority that night!
Great post!Camila.
ReplyDeleteyou really look into yourselves!
I have to agree with Hal, Camila--this is a great post!
ReplyDeleteI think the older woman in me wonders right away about the motives of your brother's friend; however, my sense is that his intentions of offering you a cigarette and then a beer were essentially above-board.I am glad, too, that he said that he knew you wouldn't indulge in that behavior forever. That's an important point, right, and perhaps the best way of "exercising his authority" that night?