{"id":347,"date":"2010-12-01T16:14:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=347"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:46","slug":"black-cats-and-broken-mirrors-enter-the-superstious-world-enter-the-superstition-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Black Cats and Broken Mirrors: Enter the Superstious World"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sam Howard<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sophomore Dominic Hawkin has a fear of walking under ladders Photo by: Matthew Libersky<\/p><\/div>\n

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When many think of \u2018superstitions\u2019, black cats and shattering mirrors are commonly brought up. With these\u00a0 plain-like characters in life, none would suspect that they have any special particular meaning.<\/p>\n

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Although, it seems that way for many, it goes deeper for those who know about the mysterious world of superstitions. \u201cThings like stepping under a ladder, spilling salt, and breaking a mirror causes bad luck sort of things,\u201d sophomore Dominic Hawkin informs us on his intellect into the superstition world. Digging a bit deeper into the unknown is sophomore Joey Schoder who believes \u201cin the paranormal world of ghosts and demons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many are unaware of the difference between a phobia and a superstition, although commonly placed together. Google defines a superstition as being \u201can irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.\u201d A phobia as defined by Google has a similar definition for phobias: \u201can anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.”
\nWhen it comes to being superstitious, it differs from a phobia; you are fearing something strictly for the fact that you believe in it. Therefore, being superstitious is learned. \u201cI became like this through my grandma because she watched a lot of ghost shows.\u201d Schoder recalls. Hawkins has a similar experience as to how he became superstitious; \u201cI grew up with my parents telling me them so I believe in it.\u201d Hawkins isn\u2019t alone with his beliefs. \u201cSome of my friends are.\u201d For Schoder, \u201cmy mom, grandma and close friends [are superstitious].\u201d
\nAlthough being superstitious means to live in fear of what one believes, it has its benefits. \u201cBeing superstitious is interesting because you always experience something slightly different,\u201dSchoder explains.
\nLiving a somewhat abstract life with occurrences such as superstitions, may throw one its hardships. \u201cIt has impacted me by being able to understand certain circumstances and interests me.\u201d Schoder comments. On the other hand, Hawkins admits, \u201cthey haven\u2019t impacted me that much [but] I don\u2019t step under ladders anymore…\u201d
\nLiving a superstitious life does not just have bad tendencies, one can also \u2018cure\u2019 superstitions gone wrong. Hawkins informs that, \u201cSpilling salt you get bad luck, but if you get a pinch of salt and throw it over you left shoulder, it stops the jinx from happening.\u201d
\nMany say seeing is believing, so having a fear or superstition, is all based on one\u2019s beliefs and the action one takes from it. Though one may be superstitious about one thing does not make them entirely filled with concern. Schoder remarks, \u201c [ I don\u2019t believe] the one with black cats and breaking a mirror.\u201d Whereas Hawkins comments on the superstition of \u201cIf you step on a crack you break your mom\u2019s back. I\u2019ve never followed.\u201d
\nWhether or not one believes in these occurrences is purely one\u2019s personality and strictly one\u2019s choice. In the superstition realm, it may influence some to be scared of unfortunate events that might occur, but to others, it\u2019s simply just a way of life. The impact it creates is only what one allows it to. Being superstitious is learned and therefore one can take in what effects may come from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sam Howard \u00a0 \u00a0 When many think of \u2018superstitions\u2019, black cats and shattering mirrors are commonly brought up. With these\u00a0 plain-like characters in life, none would suspect that they have any special particular meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","tag-november2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8932,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/8932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}