resp 10.1

Read your classmates' posts and respond to at least two of them.

         I can't necessarily remember an experience where I felt a classmate or myself was being treated unfairly, luckily, however a classroom and a workplace are very similar, since your classmates and co-workers are both in the same place with the same or atleast similar objective. Thus, I work at a store where we sell tools, building materials, plumbing equipment, etc. Usually those who come to us are working on a project at home, or are contractors, and are usually men. Oftenly, what occurs to me is that these men will come up to me with a question and if I can't answer it they'll blame me being young for not knowing, which not only is unfair to me, but I find it ironic since they came to me looking for answers meaning they're also clueless. Another situation I recall occurred yesterday, where while talking to a co-worker of mine, I was interrupted and asked for help about an item that is not from my department, meaning I have very little knowledge of it, however, the co-worker I mid-conversation with, was from that department. When I refer to my co-worker to answer the customers question, the man refused to let her speak, and shamed me for allowing a woman to be more knowledable than me in a "Man's field of work" , as for the outcome of this situation, we both just refused the customer service by ignoring him until he stormed off.

     I believe that for both classrooms and workplaces we can improve the environment by completely evicting prejudice from all of our minds, whether a person is male or female, 18 or 43, and many other criteria people create assumptions based off of.  This would've easily prevented both situations I mentioned, and would also create a learning experience where atleast one person can learn something useful, because we aren't born knowing it all.