So i was recently hired as a delivery boy by Edgar, the manager of Salerno's Pizzeria in Brielle. Edgar has known me for a large portion of my life, as Salerno's has always been a hangout spot for me and my friends for as long as i can remember. The shop is run completely by Edgar and his wife, while their 2 year old baby runs around the kitchen during the work hours. So one day i was in the shop by myself and Edgar asked me if i wanted to come in on Saturdays to deliver. At first i was hesitant because i didn't want to give up my saturdays for working at Salerno's. Then in my head i thought about my mom who had been on my case to apply for a job. So just to get her to stop nagging me, i told Edgar i would do it.
Whenever me and my friends were in Salerno's there were never many people in the rester aunt besides us. So i assumed i would just be sitting around most of the time on my first day. I prepared myself for a boring day. Boy, was i mistaken. The second i stepped through the door Edgar was yelling at me to come to the kitchen to take a pizza that was ready to be delivered to Wall. After i took the pizza i hopped in my car and headed to the house of a hungry family waiting on their dinner. While i drove, the thought of what i was doing excited me a little. I though to myself, "this is kind of cool". A smile began to form on my face. After i delivered the pizza and returned back to the restaurant Edgar already had another delivery job for me. I ended up making 8 deliveries in 3 and a half hours.
Perception and emotion are the two primary ways of knowing that deal with my situation. I initially assumed that my job was going to be boring based on the perceptions i had obtained from being in the empty rester aunt with my friends. When in reality, Salerno's is an extremely busy place on saturday nights. My initial emotion to working was a state of discontent, thinking i would be bored on the job. But once i was thrown into the heat of delivering a pizza, excitement arose within myself. My primary issue here was jumping to conclusions. I should never have assumed that my job would be boring when i had no idea what it was really like. I was judgmental based on my preconceived notions. The knowledge issue in this situation is: How reliable are one's preconceived notions? When is it safe to make an assumption or a conclusion about something?
Glad to hear that you weren't bored :)
ReplyDeleteFor your KI, you're on the right track of what you should discuss, although you should work on more precise wording. If you're talking about how reliable preconceived notions are, how would you judge whether something was "reliable"? Perhaps your original preconception was correct (that it's quiet at certain points in the day), but given a different time, it was much different. It seems like what you're really asking is whether we can trust preconceived notions in complex and changing situations. (This would allow you to discuss examples like whether you really know what a person's personality is like if you only interact with them in a single situation - if you know a person from work, do you assume that he/she acts the same way in school, with friends, etc.? We make a lot of similar judgments based on very limited or potentially problematic information.)
Also, a personal voice is great for TOK writing, although be cautious about being overly casual. It's fine for this type of assignment, but something that you want to practice for in longer papers.