Changing the World - ERC Week 3

- How did you change the world this week?

While I admire the concept of the different "worlds" that we live in, such as our community world, our national world, and our world on the grand scale, I don't believe that I change the world. When I look back on the events and occasions of the past week I do feel like I have changed several peoples look on the world. Within the past week I took it on myself to have a conversation with every single resident, with only a few questions on my mind. I felt that this was necessary due to the feeling that I lacked solid interactions with many of my residents. With the environment of myself being a mentor and leader, I feel that my questions resonated deeply with many of the residents. In specific there were a few residents who I felt were being "bullies"(in the non-physical sense). When I confronted one of them during our conversation he said that he "sees people as objects because it makes it easier to deal with problems". I found this to be terribly insensitive, and I challenged him to see others emotions and reactions. He then said that "if anyone ever found me to be a bully I would want them to tell me", to which I responded "consider this that conversation". Ever since that conversation I have noticed a change in his communication with others. He seems to have genuinely taken my words seriously. I had conversations with two others of a similar nature, which have both ended positively. It wasn't easy for me to have these conversations, but i feel that they will greatly improve my residents current lives, and even possibly their future.