Observations

My observations were done in front on the student center in the first quad. I payed a lot of attention to the sounds that I heard and I realized that I noticed the athletes right away because I am an athlete myself. When we regrouped in the classroom we discussed everything we observed. We noticed our biases when we observed. For example, a classmate and I thought that everyone was relaxed and calm. The other classmates thought that everyone was in a rush. We analyzed why we felt this way and we found out that everyone was on their cell phones. I know that I am never on my cell phone unless I have time to kill. The other classmates say that they are always on the phone and that when they are rushed, that is more of an incentive for them to call somebody. A lot of us all picked up on the same sounds that we heard. We also picked up on how the athletes walked with the athletes, the hispanics walked with the hispanics and so on.
Doing this activity made me realize that I am bias in my own way and that I have to be aware of that when I am observing. This activity also helped me to learn how to take specific notes and be able to write them quickly with abreviations.