I quite enjoy people watching. I think part of it is that I get to just sit at a distance and watch all I want without having to be involved or bothered. This semester I had a project at the zoo watching three monkeys for twelve hours (not all at once) and so I spent a lot of time in my little blue folding chair watching the monkeys and the people that came to see the monkeys. It was interesting to see people's reaction to me sitting there because it was honestly a little weird. A nerd in front of a cage with her laptop (if only they knew the dangers of sitting outside with a laptop and the odd tans you get) I think my two favorite things were watching the people respond to the monkeys eating something that looked very similar to poop but actually wasn't, and the monkeys bodily functions that you could say are not so socially acceptable:) I had one lady ask me if I was watching the monkeys or the children (as 85% of the people are kindergartners on a field trip) and I responded with a smile, "Both." She laughed as she asked if I would kindly take some of them off her hands. Thankfully I get to refuse. There is a reason I am going to be a high school teacher and not an elementary school teacher. I've had a few curious kids come up and ask me what I was doing and then proceed to tell me all about the last thing they ate for dinner and what their favorite color is. The parents quickly shoo them away and tell the child not to bother the "adult" who is working. Every other person decides to ask me what I'm doing as if I haven't been asked that ever. They feel like we have some common ground since they "remember the good ole days in biology class in high school." I think my favorite part is watching the parents try to control other people's kids that they happen to be in charge of for that field trip. It's quite comical.
Those monkeys have taught me a lot about people surprisingly. They play, sleep, fight, and get bored, but at the end of the day they just want someone to be there and love on them by picking the bugs out of their fur. Ok, so the analogy doesn't work perfectly, just go with it.
-The people watching Bio student
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Look! I read the whole thing this time, not just the title. ;)
People watching is one of my favorite things, too. I smiled when you talked about the people who thought they were being original or unique by asking you what you were doing. How did you respond to them?
Sometimes I want people to pick the bugs out of my fur, whether that's in the form of letting me know I have crumbs in my beard or in the form of letting me know there's ways I can be a better friend/brother/son/employee/leader etc.
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