Have you ever miss judged someone?

[refujiunderground]

all the time. sometimes, i think someone is a dickhead and it turns out, they're cool as hell. other times, i think so and so is cool and they turn out to be a dickhead. you never know.

[rareboy]

So did you give him a hummer as a thank you?

[pat grimshaw]

..My previous judgement of this prof is that he was a bit of an ass...

will this incident make you rethink some of your other prejudices?

[Nishin]

I wish I had teachers like this in uni... rather than the conceited kind who's only here to feel important and belittle his students...
Actually my Mandarin teacher is like that, I love her

[sixthson]

Who knows what you are missing by skipping his classes?

[G-Lexington]

I had a similar thing happen. I rarely missed a class, but I skipped out on one once. I went in the next class period, and heard him talking about trying to get the tests graded before the week was done. It suddenly hit me that I'd ditched class on test day. I stayed after class and told him "This is going to sound really limp, but I missed class on Monday, and had no idea it was test day." He smiled and said, "Would you like to take it now?" I said "Yes, please". He led me to his office and I took it there and then.

I learned really important that day. Free cookie for those who can figure out what it was.

Lex

[purina]

I wondered if this was actually going to be about being on the panel of a beauty contest.

[maxpowr9]

I have had cunty professors and nice professors. The cunty professor wouldn't let me makeup my final due to jury duty and I had to go to the academic integrity council to fight it. I had to miss two midterms on one day once due to my grandmother passing and the professors let me take home the exams and do them.

[Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Boom]

Yes all the time.

[Anders123]

It's always a pleasant surprise, and often an eye-opener, when others exceed our expectations.

You shouldn't feel ashamed of making such a judgment though, as we all do it on a subconscious level every time we meet somebody. I'm sure many would be inclined to categorise this as an isolated incident in order to avoid taking responsibility for their misjudgments. "Even though he still let me take the test when I rocked up late, my professor is such an asshole". Instead, you took the mature route of reflective introspection; you were willing to acknowledge your own error and concede that you may have misjudged his character.

Not only were you open and honest with him about why you were late, but you also let go of your preconceived notions when his behaviour went against them. That's two wins right there, my friend. Nothing at all to be ashamed of.

[Axxess]

Yes, I have misjudged people. We all do from time to time. My most recent example was a person that I thought was nice and funny. Turns out he is a vile, reprehensible, morally bankrupt human being. We all misjudge people from time to time.

Out of curiosity, what class is this?

[glasvegas]

Please educate me on said prejudices, your comment is pretty vague.

Ignore the man who has prejudices of his own.

[Scealle]

I do sometimes. But I usually try not to judge someone as I really don't like it as well when people makes assumptions about me.

[pat grimshaw]

…My previous judgement of this prof is that he was a bit of an ass…

…due to my miss judgement and not coming to class I thought it was at 4pm…

I reckon having "a previous judgement" is just like "a pre-judgement" which is "a prejudice". Hence my query in post #5.


(Perhaps i'm too much of a pedant?)

[TheLyingGame]

Yes, Enchanted. I thought he was nice.

[pat grimshaw]

^
fair enough

[kevbo]

My gut feeling has been right so far.

[freefall]

With professors and teachers - yes, very often, usually for the ones who look nice at first but turn out destructively vile.
For everyday people, I usually have a 'dislike' sense when there's something wrong with them, so I rarely misjudge.

I would say all people must have misjudged at least times in their lives.

[oakpope]

in real life?
rarely
for me, it happens more on internet forums

As far as I know Internet forums are in real life. Maybe I missed the moment when I am teleported into another reality when I open Firefox ?

[pat grimshaw]

As far as I know Internet forums are in real life....

Maybe, Oakpope. I love that I meet fascinating people and that I can communicate with you and belamo in Europe.

But, I have to say, our real communication is constrained by the technology. Like I wouldn't want to make love via Morse Code.

[HunterM]

in real life?

rarely

for me, it happens more on internet forums... sometimes it's to the good

sometimes it's to the bad bed

^ There! Fixed it for ya.

[evanrick]

yes i misjudge people because im used to people trying to break the rules constantly. working with the public will warp how you view people.