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spyrikal [spyrikal]

Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:52 AM

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[gjlist] Hi, I was watching Sabrina.....

 

 

.....the Teenage Witch on television...if you've never heard of it, it's

a sitcom of a teenager who's a witch having teenage experiences...and

anyways, it was an episode where her classmates were on a weekend field

trip and the theme of the weekend was to act as the townspeople of Salem

back during the day when they used to hang witches, burn them at the

stake as history goes....anyways, there was this big lesson to be

learned about who you are and who other people think you are...obviously

in Sabrina's case her dilema revolved around being stereotyped as an

ugly, evil, good for nothing witch who no doubt should be disrespected

and punished, even killed.....as the story goes, as part of the playing

out history, she was accused of being a witch...she denied it, and there

was a mock trial held for her......she thought the accusations over and

she felt uneasy and she fought it within herself....she wanted to

justify herself...she did not like hearing the falseness in their words

and the harshness of their actions against her....she knew who she was

and she knew their thoughts were deluded.........she wanted to prove

them wrong but she tossed and turned over whether it was worth it or

not.........she finally made her decision and at the trial confessed to

being a witch...needless to say, as her plea of guilt was most

unexpected and not what they wanted to hear, no one believed her and she

was let off the hook...free to go, free to be a person she was

not....free to be a person she was told she was....and free to live a

life that was not her own.....hmm, so it seems in her case she could not

win either way. Anyways, it's just a silly television show, but this

got me thinking....I wonder how different a person would be if he or she

hadn't been made aware of characteristics of themselves that someone

told them they had.....and also, this reminds me of an article I read

where there was a study done...I guess a sort of placebo effect type of

study, where people were given descriptions of their sun sign, and those

told it was their very own unique characteristics were more influenced

and felt more confident the personality traits mentioned were correct,

as compared to the group told it was a general description for many many

individuals....this second group was unsure. Hmm, may I ask what your

thoughts are on this....this whole flexability thing and adapting to who

you're told you are? Just curious, Angie

 

 

 

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