Some of the common (and very funny!) assumptions that people make about each other in many Western cultures, without actually finding out anything whatsoever about a person (we even do this a lot more than we realize with people we think we know, and people in our own families):
If their skills and/or experience DO or DO NOT include:
care giving
cooking
child care
parenting
driving a standard (stick shift)
driving a truck
playing a musical instrument; reading music
knowledge of certain musical genres
math
physics
biological sciences
gardening
sewing, tailoring, design
building
carpentry
landscaping
wood working
electricity/electrical theory/electrical wiring
photography
dance
art
stage and/or screen
using "power tools" and equipment
writing, poetry, songwriting, non-fiction, journalism
plumbing
auto repair
auto design or restoration
home repair
electronics
recording
cleaning
driving motor bikes
psychology
animal training
animal science/research
fashion/hair/makeup
spirituality
religion
philosophy
sports of various types and levels
academics in various subjects and levels
street ~
survival in various forms
thinking and learning for one's self
ETC, ETC, ETC.
What are the one or two things about you (skill, experience, ability) that you think everyone knows about you?
How would it feel if everyone kept treating you and talking to you like you had NO experience whatsoever in those things, and they just kept doing it because they say you just don't "look" like the "kind of person" who knows about those things?
Assumptions about (and projections on) other human beings are about as clever as a bucket with a hole in the bottom.
If their skills and/or experience DO or DO NOT include:
care giving
cooking
child care
parenting
driving a standard (stick shift)
driving a truck
playing a musical instrument; reading music
knowledge of certain musical genres
math
physics
biological sciences
gardening
sewing, tailoring, design
building
carpentry
landscaping
wood working
electricity/electrical theory/electrical wiring
photography
dance
art
stage and/or screen
using "power tools" and equipment
writing, poetry, songwriting, non-fiction, journalism
plumbing
auto repair
auto design or restoration
home repair
electronics
recording
cleaning
driving motor bikes
psychology
animal training
animal science/research
fashion/hair/makeup
spirituality
religion
philosophy
sports of various types and levels
academics in various subjects and levels
street ~
survival in various forms
thinking and learning for one's self
ETC, ETC, ETC.
What are the one or two things about you (skill, experience, ability) that you think everyone knows about you?
How would it feel if everyone kept treating you and talking to you like you had NO experience whatsoever in those things, and they just kept doing it because they say you just don't "look" like the "kind of person" who knows about those things?
Assumptions about (and projections on) other human beings are about as clever as a bucket with a hole in the bottom.
