{"id":944,"date":"2009-02-21T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2009\/02\/21\/self-interpretation-%e2%80%93-week-6\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:39:30","slug":"self-interpretation-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=944","title":{"rendered":"Self Interpretation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (Week 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I appear to be on a single track with my posts regarding searching for work, but it’s the stuff of my experience right now.\u00c2\u00a0And so last week we were asked to observe the differences between a story<\/em> and a model<\/em>. I was thinking that in a sense a model ‘short<\/em>–hands’<\/em> experience. For instance, I have a model<\/em> for an upcoming meeting, it’s an employment interview, and as such, it’s expected to unfold within certain parameters.\u00c2\u00a0There will be discussion and evaluations, a mutual give and take to determine whether or not I might bring needed talent and experience, which might result in a job offer and acceptance.<\/p>\n

My stories<\/em> about the meeting consist of anticipations with regard to who I will meet, and what that meeting will be like, points I should remember to make, and questions I should ask.\u00c2\u00a0Afterwards, there will be stories based on my memory of the meeting, and my interpretations of how it went, what I learned, and resulting judgments and conclusions about this new knowledge.<\/p>\n

So, in this instance the model<\/em> is a kind of invisible blueprint, a social convention categorized as an employment interview<\/em>, as it underpins my meeting.\u00c2\u00a0This model of an employment interview ‘excludes<\/em>‘ the kinds of exchanges that would occur in other kinds of meetings, (a romantic meeting, a meeting of friends at a sporting event or the movies) and in defining the range of interactions the model seems to correspond to a communiqu\u00c3\u00a9<\/em>, a setting up in advance of the adhered to but unseen hand of logical structure that guides both the interviewer and the interviewee in the dance they do.<\/p>\n

For this week we were asked to continue looking at stories in operation: “the ways you make sense, the ways you excuse and justify, the ways you judge others and yourself, and so on.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

So I looked into the stories that resulted from my interview and how I judged what happened. And right from the start I realized my judgments were from a center, from a perspective that was me. I judged how ‘I’<\/em> performed in the interview, how the company I was applying to stacked up to ‘my’<\/em> criteria of whether or not I would fit well, if I would be happy there, if I could grow and prosper there.\u00c2\u00a0I was fitting myself into my notions and conclusions about what working there would be like. I was adding to a context that I had established as a sort of empty placeholder in my mind that stood for the company when I first sent in my resume.<\/p>\n

I should say, there were moments during the interview, that I simply forgot about the interview model<\/em> and my ‘self’<\/em>, and simply remained present to the other person as he spoke, and I opened to, and responded to, his communication.\u00c2\u00a0During those moments I felt a kind of bond, a sense of mutual understanding and agreement. I can’t say whether or not I will end up working there or not, but maybe that has something to do with why I was called back for a second interview.<\/p>\n

David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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