Not So Fast...

In my impatient frenzy while driving home from school today, something happened that made me reflect on life and our novel. In my previous post, I discussed how our classes seemed to attack the substitute teacher after the different structure of our class last Friday. As I pulled out of the school, I recognized our substitute teacher as the driver of the car in front of me. I, already late for work, continued to become aggravated as he kindly let every car pass him in the parking lot. In my mind, I could only think of how much frustration he has built between me and my fellow classmates the past few days. We continued down East Washington at a slow pace due to the annoying traffic lined up through the street. I waited, waited, and waited till the cars would plow their way through and a clear road would finally appear for me to speed on. Then it happened. Mr. Moor ran into the car in front of him. I would not have even noticed except he courageously got out of his car and talked with the owner of the hit car to clear the issue and take full responsibility for his actions. I could not help but smile at the benevolent nature of this man. He could have easily drove away and avoided the bill and embarrassment of the accident.
This event made me realize how one bad impression can overwhelm ones' ability to see the good in others. McMurphy, for instance, becomes a victim in our novel as the Big Nurse persuades everyone that he selfishly acts against them. Due to her unfair judgments, the whole crew begins to question him and attack him for his ability to win some money. However, most of his intentions for his actions were a result of his caring nature toward the patients. Back to the substitute, we were easy to judge him for his lack of knowledge in English. We automatically assosiated him with frustration and stupidity, rather than seeing the good in his personality. I feel people need to work on not being too quick to judge. One should not judge another from the words of others and make their own judgments off of the interactions they personally have with an individual.