Great insights, Amar. Growing up, I was on the outside of this looking in. I must say that I didn’t feel ill will towards participants, mostly just a feeling of strangeness that, frankly, I was glad I wasn’t a part of. In the back of my mind, I may have had something along the lines of what you might call anthropological curiosity. Wondering what this "fringe" group was doing and why.
One thing I DO know, is that this did not draw me in or cause me to approach and ask questions or want to be a part of it. If anything, it highlighted how different they were from me. Not really demonstrating qualities that resonated with me and caused me to aspire to.
Great insights, Amar. Growing up, I was on the outside of this looking in. I must say that I didn’t feel ill will towards participants, mostly just a feeling of strangeness that, frankly, I was glad I wasn’t a part of. In the back of my mind, I may have had something along the lines of what you might call anthropological curiosity. Wondering what this "fringe" group was doing and why.
One thing I DO know, is that this did not draw me in or cause me to approach and ask questions or want to be a part of it. If anything, it highlighted how different they were from me. Not really demonstrating qualities that resonated with me and caused me to aspire to.
This is so good!! I went to this and even led this every year in middle school and high school. Deeply formative.