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VictoriaVasys / vv-gear-up-empathy-reflection.md
Last active December 18, 2016 08:17
Reflections on the Gear-Up Intro on Empathy. I read articles "Why is Empathy Important for Design," Bressler Group (Nov 16, 2015), "The Surprising (Nontechnical) Skill You Need to Succeed in Tech", The Muse, "Can you teach people to have empathy?", BBC (Jun 29, 2015), "Three Kinds of Empathy", Daniel Goleman (June 12, 2007), and "The Importance …

What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?

Empathy has been highly important in most instances in my life— not only has it been vital to every growth period I've gone through, but it's been useful in making others feel heard and in diffusing tension or anger. When I'm actively trying to make big steps in being a better human being, I often try to imagine myself more like the people I look up to. I visualize what it is like to think and feel like them, which helps to understand how to be more like them. I also try to envision what it's like for people who are more disadvantaged than me or who face undue suffering, which helps motivate me to offer more help and do things with others in mind. Empathy also helps immensley with active listening; when you are trying to understand and share another's feelings, you must really listen to them; in turn, it builds their respect for you and making them more apt to truly listen to you. Finally, empathy has been very useful in disseminating te

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VictoriaVasys / vv-prework.md
Last active January 22, 2017 23:03 — forked from mbburch/prework.md
Turing pre-work Gist

Turing School Prework- Victoria Vasys

Task A- Practice Typing:

  • screenshots of scores will be posted in comments

Task B- Algorithmic Thinking & Logic:

  • screenshots of completed sections will be posted in comments

Task C- Create your Gist: