Observation - Everyone is wearing boots
Interpretation - It is snowy/cold outside
Observation - The kids are running up and down the court
Interpretation - The game has started
Observation - The parents behind us are cheering very loud
Interpretation - Their son is playing well
Observation - The coach on the opposing team throws his clipboard
Interpretation - He is frustrated with the way his team is playing
Observation - The girl next to me is playing on her phone
Interpretation - She is probably really bored and does not want to be there
Observation - The buzzer goes off for half time and most people get up
Interpretation - They are probably going to the bathroom or concession stand
Observation - My brothers face is very red and he is out of breath
Interpretation - He is tired from playing the whole game and needs a break
Reflection
After talking with my mom about the things she noticed and the things I noticed I realized that people view the simplest things in the most different ways. When I was observing I focused mostly on descriptive details. Such as someone is wearing boots because it is cold outside. Whereas my mom focused more on facial expressions and emotional details. I think this would be the case just about every time when you have a younger and an older person observing the same thing. Older people, like my mom, are more likely to look beyond physical details and into the emotional ones. They do this because they have been here a lot longer than us, they have probably experienced and understand a lot of these situations better than the younger person observing with them. When I was observing I just picked out a few random things and wrote them down. I wasn't as into it as my mom was. You can look at things in a million different ways and come up with a million different interpretations, and I'm not even being dramatic. We take the littlest things for granted. The slightest movements, facial expressions, and physical appearances could all be interpreted in a big way in someones life, it just all depends on how you look at it.
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