Survival

1. Survival
Daniel Robertson
The survival experimentwiththe classshowedalotabouthow people assume thingsanddonot
thinkanyotherway. We as a group hadto choose whowe wouldkeepinthe safe house andwhowe
wouldkickout.I thinkthere were twelvepeople butwe couldonlykeepsix of the bestpeoplewhowe
couldsurvive with.Whenitcame to picking,noone pickedthe “lazypersononwelfare”.People see
“welfare”andthinkthe personisgoodfornothingand couldnothelpthe group inany way.Andjust
because theycanbe lazydoesnotmean theyare alwayslazy.That personcan reallyputforthforthe
groupbut whensocietyseeswordslike“welfare”and“lazy”theywrite off thatperson.Itreallyshows
howquicklypeople will notgive anycertaingroupachance because mostof themgetlabelled. That
goesto indicate thatwe as people quicklylabelandstereotypepeople,groups,andethnicgroups.To
survive we mayneedtofurtherdiscusswhatwouldhelpthe mostandthat people we wouldhave to
keep,if itwere ina real situation.Evenwiththe smartestpeople inthe group,we maystill notsurvive.
The group wouldhave totake in everydetail tobe able tosurvive withthe perfectgroup.Towrapthis
up,thislittle experimentshowshowfastwe goto judge andstereotype peoplebecause of theirjobs,
ethnicity,andbeliefs.