Two Perspectives-The Fear of Criticism
Two Perspectives on the fear of criticism ‘Two perspectives’ is a new monthly column with two different perspectives from two different continents and cultures on the same topic viz. from Janet Smith Warfield (based in Florida, USA) and Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Janet Smith Warfield’s Perspective When I am afraid of criticism, who is the critic: the person out there or the person in here? When I was fifteen, I overheard a classmate call me “queer.” It felt like a knife through my heart. I could only think that there must be something dreadfully wrong with me. I was different. Boys rarely asked me out. I wasn’t part of the clique. I liked school and wanted to learn. I got good grades. My parents adored me and my teachers praised me as one of their better students. Many of my classmates had abusive parents, hated school, hated homework, cracked jokes, gossiped, clowned, dated, and got drunk. ...