Critical thinking skills are highly important and sometimes
overlooked by people when it comes to reasoning out a situation. Sherlock
Holmes makes a good point when he says many people rely on opinion and
unsupported assumptions. When Sherlock Holmes says, “to detach the framework of
undeniable fact from the embellishments of hearsay and reports” he means to let
go of any emotion or feelings when making any judgment or decision. Often
times, people let their emotions drive their actions, which can lead to disappointment
or can ruin one’s reputation. Being Greek on a college campus comes with a lot
of gossip and drama. There is this website called Campus Gossip, where people
use anonymous names to post pictures or write things in the gossip forum.
Usually the pictures people post degrade a certain person or group of people.
Most of the time, it seems like people post these degrading things about other
people, simply because their emotions have gotten hurt in a way, or they really
dislike the person. In retaliation, campus gossip is used as an outlet for
their emotions. Relating back to the quote, a lot of the stuff posted are
rumors, and not necessarily backed up with sufficient evidence.
-Brian
Hey Brian,
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Sherlock homes when it comes to being able to detach your emotions and feelings when making any judgment or decision. Also being from the Greek community and knowing what this site Campus Gossip is all about I can relate to what you wrote about. As i said in my own post people in the greek system have hash feeling towards one another just because what house they decided to join and this stirs up many of the rumors that are shared on this site Campus Gossip. I have seen several people been hurt from this site and it disgusts me that someone can ruin someone’s reputation based on rumors.
-Mike Ross
Hey BrianRobles,
ReplyDeleteCampus Gossip is no joke when it comes to making assumptions about people. People from my fraternity and other friends I have in the Greek community at San Jose State have ended up on that forum. The things that get posted are completely out of line and most, like you stated, are assumptions. People (anonymously of course) have called my fraternity and brothers dozens of names that I wont waste my breath repeating, and are based simply on what people think they see. Then, those statements are read by other people and they build up this image of us without ever having had an interaction.
-CesarCOMM41