Justine's Honors Blog

This reading was about how employers are bias on what kind of employee they hire. Most of this article talked about how “beautiful” people would be more likely to be hired for jobs that require interaction. This article also talked about how there are specific personality traits and personality tests that are given to determine what kind of employee to choose.

The whole hiring “beautiful” people for certain jobs didn’t really surpirse me. I feel like that is a common thing. One of my friends recently got hired at a clothing store and whenshe went into an interview they didn’t really care much about her work ethic, they just cared about how much she cared about their clothes and how good she looked in their clothes. Another one of my friends had to fill out a personality test for a job application. It was very easy to tell what answers were the “correct” answer. I feel like anytime a test would be required for a job most will not be honest about how they would react in a situation.

Identity is something that defines someone. What I think defines me would definitely be my personality. Most of the time I am outgoing and love to have fun, other times I just like to be by myself and have “me” time. These two different traits of my personality come together all the time. This week was mid-terms so I usually spent about half my day by myself studying then I would want to have fun and hang out with friends. That is also when they change. My identity would change depending on the situation that I am, for example, test week.

Oogy’s beauty definitely came from his success story. He has been through really hard times that most dogs wouldn’t survive, but he did, and he found a family and ultimately was loved which makes him and his story very beautiful.

Homer’s story has two different kinds of beauty. As the author was describing her first encounter with Homer I couldn’t help but “awwh” because she was describing a cute little kitten. Homer’s story, like Oogy’s is also beautiful. Both of these animals have the beauty of finding love. They were both “outcasts” having something physically wrong with them but in the end they found a family that loves them for who they are!

I think that the ugly/abused dogs are the ones that are more likely to get adopted because of the sympathy card. People see the commercials of these poor innocent animals that have gotten abused or neglected and can’t help but feel sorry for them! I think that the looks of the animal, how beautiful it is, doesn’t really matter when it comes to this. People won’t care if the animal is “beautiful” because they know what the animal has been through.

I’m not sure exactly why black coated animals would be harder to get adopted because I personally think they are cute! I think that black animals may have a harder time getting placed in homes because black is such a dark color that isn’t usually related back to happy and playful things. Also, the superstition about black cats could play a role.