In class we have focused on one central idea that all sources tie into somehow, which is the question on do people change their minds? And if they do, how do they do so? I believed coming into class that there is a huge array and spectrum of how people can change their minds, and that idea hasn’t changed. But what has changed is how that idea takes form. Previously it just had a general understanding that all humans are different with very little connecting them, ergo there’s a wide variety of ways people do. The thing is though, was that it was just that idea, I didn’t have any concrete examples or categories or anything like that. Coming out of class I still believe that main central idea, but now I have names to put to ideas and can see and give examples of how each of those different methods play out, while also still believing that they might not all work. I know that Appiah’s method of change which focuses on conversation and adjustment does work and gives examples like Chen’s piece about Ms. Phelps-Roper. I also can point out Gladwell’s method of hardline activism has made good change and continues to do so with examples like #MeToo. And I also know that there were many more methods not gone over in class. I understand that one method may work on some people and may not on another. Both methods can work on someone while someone else could not change no matter what you do. I always say that the one true blanket statement you can make about humans is that you cannot make one true blanket statement about humans and that applies to their methods of change as well. You can identify patterns and trends all you like but nothing will ever be truly 100% guaranteed. Some people change easily while some others will never change, not in a million years, and some exist somewhere in between. In the end, however, we are all still human and we all impact others, but whether that impact is changed is still yet to be seen.