Brene Brown asked some eighth graders to come up with the differences between ‘fitting in’ and ‘belonging’.
Some of their things:
Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want to be, but they don’t care one way or the other.
Belonging is being accepted for being you. Fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else.
I always find it a bit embarassing when eighth graders have more emotional insightfulness than I do, which alonside their poor understanding of Bayesianism, is why I tend to avoid hanging out with them.
I’ve had experiences of both belonging and fitting in with EA, but I’ve felt like the fitting in category has become larger over time, or at least I’ve become more aware of it.
Belonging vs. fitting in
Brene Brown asked some eighth graders to come up with the differences between ‘fitting in’ and ‘belonging’.
Some of their things:
Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want to be, but they don’t care one way or the other.
Belonging is being accepted for being you. Fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else.
I always find it a bit embarassing when eighth graders have more emotional insightfulness than I do, which alonside their poor understanding of Bayesianism, is why I tend to avoid hanging out with them.
I’ve had experiences of both belonging and fitting in with EA, but I’ve felt like the fitting in category has become larger over time, or at least I’ve become more aware of it.