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Essay / My Most Embarrassing Moments of the Year - 647
Emotion 3I thought I had my most embarrassing moment of the year in the middle of this semester, when I accidentally walked into a girl's bathroom at the 'university. That day was the day I stayed all night to complete my mission. Not getting enough sleep in the morning is really killing me and making me sleepy. After attending a few hours of class, my stomach hurt and I just couldn't stand, so I decided to go to the bathroom and wash my face and hope I could still stand there during the classes. next few hours. I was so drowsy and drowsy; I had forgotten that after the renovation of the college toilets, some toilets were no longer the same as before. I actually walked into the girls' bathroom and at first I wasn't aware of it because there was no one in the bathroom. I also don't know that the toilet is not like any boy's toilet, especially when there are only toilet bowls in the toilet and no men's urine bowl. I started doing my business in one of the toilets and then I started hearing women's voices outside from my toilet partition. At first it felt weird, then I noticed I was in the wrong toilet. I quickly clean myself up and wait for just the right moment to get out of there. In the meantime, I continue to think about what excuse I should give my professor for being absent from class for so long. I kept waiting in the restroom for almost 30 minutes, because it was also the break of some other classes, so a lot of students were using the restroom. After a long wait, I started hearing nothing outside the bathroom partition and decided to go out and run to my class. As I walked out, all I could see were two girls doing their hair and tying their hair in front of the mirrors. And they... middle of paper ... an emotional mechanism that reminds us to maintain the stability of our social morality (Goffman, 1967). Ausubel (1955) also mentioned that embarrassment plays an important role in socialization practices as it serves as a form of teasing and punishment which then motivates a person's moral development and conformity as well as intervention from the individual on their roles and social status. This is the reason why I felt embarrassed when I noticed that girls spotted me because men are not supposed to be in women's restrooms and it is considered unethical and disrespectful to women. Conclusion We express ourselves with different emotions in our daily lives. life. This journal helped me better understand my own emotions and why I felt the way I did in different situations. It is our responsibility to our emotions and the actions we expressed and acted upon.