The philosopher states that perception is reality. That is, what we know and understand to be true is not necessarily reality itself, it is reality as it is filtered through our method of looking at it. Perception thus becomes our truth and begins to impact all our experience.
This class explores how perceptions impact relationships and performance. A student teacher, not knowing the typical behaviors and performance of her class full of ‘troublemakers’, has a perception that they are gifted and brilliant. Amazingly, as she acts upon her perception, there is a turn-around in the students’ performance. True stories like this are explored to demonstrate how the assumptions we make about people influence performance.
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