Middle School Self-Esteem Research Paper

You don’t get to choose where you grow up, but you do decide if you’ll stay there the rest of your life. Growing up I feel I saw things that I shouldn’t of ever seen for my age. The neighborhood I lived in had a lot of violence, and the cops would show up at least once a week so that nothing too major would happen. Crimes were always committed on my street, and the only time I was away from it would be when I went to school. After school I would go to the salvation army with my sister, and wait until my mom would get off work. We never knew when we would get home. Sometimes it would be until 5, and other days we would stay until 7. I met many new people which taught me a lot about working with others. Some days were good, and others were not

In the article, “Changes in Self Esteem During Middle School Year”, it gives information about self esteem, and what effects it, which insinuates that self esteem is a recurring problem in middle schools. “...ethnicity, social class, gender, and social contexts can lead to changes in self esteem,” says the author. This quote shows that many factors influence changes in self esteem. These factors include dating, although it isn’t mentioned. Dating violence can strongly influence a person’s self esteem. “Gender can also effect changes in self esteem during the adolescent years. Girls consistently experience sharper declines than boys in self esteem.” This quote goes into greater detail about how gender can influence self esteem. Sometimes this

When I was younger, I was surrounded by primarily caucasian students. I went to a private school up until first grade. I often remember being the only one with dark colored skin. I never had a problem with my appearance until others began to point out what they saw as flaws. I was told by another girl, that because I am black, I am not as beautiful as her. Frankly, I was shocked. I, being six years-old, could not understand how having a deep complexion was not beautiful. Then what she saw, I began to see in myself. I began to see that my hair was not as long, but rather short and curly. I began to see that in the winter, my skins dryness was more noticeable. I began to see all the so called “flaws” she saw in me. However, she only saw those

Growing up in Theresa was an experience that will live with me until the day I die. Theresa is a town with a population of roughly 2,000 people and it is very rural. Theresa is a blue collar community where everyone works hard and everyone plays hard. I saw this 24/7 at home. It was a small town. Everyone knew what was going on with everything in the town. The town of Theresa was basically one giant family. I went to school their from Kindergarten through 4th grade. The school was three blocks from my house and I would walk to school and back every single day. I usually had people who would walk with me. Some of those people I am still friends with to this very day. This was were I got my very first taste of school and first taste of friendship. One friend that I have made in Theresa is standing up in my wedding in July. Growing up their was a blessing for so many reasons. Probably for reasons I may realize later in life.

Growing up, I was raised in multiple different environments. From the beaches of Florida to the mountains and high elevation of Missouri and to the hot plains of Texas. I have moved a total of 7 times and gone to 6 different schools. That's insane and I have been able to meet some amazing people!

In the picture if you look quickly you would assume my sister was older, but in fact she is actually only 13. I have noticed for the past few years the 13 year olds of today don’t look like the 13 year olds when I was 13. They actually tend to look a lot older and near their 20’s. That’s because millennials of today try to look and act older. They think it’s cool to wear all the older looking outfits, do their hair everyday, and wear tons and tons of makeup.

Imagine assembling and disassembling AK-47 in high school! Stacy, is an international student from the University of Oregon. Stacy’s life growing up was different and a little bit similar to to how other people in the US grow up.

Growing up in a family where the average education level is middle school can change the way that you are perceived in the world. My mother is the only person to get an Executive MBA. This has influenced me to go to school and get my degree to change the statistics put upon my family. Growing up my mother has always put the pressure on me to push myself harder and be my better self. When I first came to America I did not speak a lick of English, I would remember my mom sanding over me with a ruler and would hit me every time I said a word wrong or if I were to misspell a word. This has instilled in me to never give up and keep on trying until everything was correct with no mistakes. By the second semester of kindergarten I was already the best

Growing up, I have faced many difficult challenges. When I was just five years old, I was taken away from my mother due to her addiction to drugs. My oldest sister, the one that took care of me, was sent to live with her dad hundreds of miles away. That was very hard for me and my other sister, because she was our mother figure. My other older sister and I were sent to live with our father, and throughout the years he had four other daughters with my stepmother. I was always treated differently than my younger sisters, in a way that made me feel like I was excluded out from them.

Growing up, one is often exposed to different ideals and principles. As an immigrant from Mexico, I grew up much differently than those around me, those who were accustomed to the American lifestyle

Growing up was not easy as it will seem my parents started to own grocery store in 2001 when I was just one year old and throughout the years they change it to a restaurant but they did not have anyone to help the so my parents had it to take my sister and I to work everyday. Both of them had it to work everyday and they did not had time for us, when we started to get a little bit older they started to leave us home alone when my sister was nine and I was six. As a kid I did not understand why they had it to leave everyday, so I started to cry because I did not wanted them to leave. My sister made it her job to take care of me and basically raise me. My sister was born three years before me and as kids we were inseparable. My mother use too

Making mistakes when growing up is part of the process, but having someone to guide you through the journey is always helpful. Growing up I was the oldest in my family, which meant I always had to figure everything out on my own without any assistance. Being a first generation Canadian meant my parents weren’t always sure on how to help with certain homework topics, but they always tried their hardest and even got me a tutor. Having my parents support always pushed me harder to do well in school, even though they could not always add to my educational pursuits, they always encouraged me, and rewarded me for my good work. As someone who is almost done high school I decided to pass down my wisdom, and how I got through tough situations.

Our years growing up weren’t always fun and games. Things between me and my older brother were often hectic and violent. Were three years apart and for the first 6 years of me being alive I shared a room with this nasty, booger picking, trash throwing little boy. It was not fun. One day we came home from school and I went straight to my room and played with my barbies and I completely forgot I was supposed to play Just Dance with him after school and he was so mad when and hour passed and i was still sitting on my floor making my two barbies fight each other. He stormed in my room, he took the blonde barbie out of my hand and grabbed her feet and i just saw him completely mutilate my favorite doll. I was so angry i screamed at the top of my

Children and adolescents with low self-esteem are more likely to have problems with peers (Hymal et al., 1990). Furthermore, they are more prone to psychological

Adolescence is the period of development from ages 10-21, it is the period between childhood and adulthood (McGraw Hill Education, 2015) It is a time of confusion and exploration. This stage continues until a person is holding a full time job, economic independence, and taking responsibility to oneself (Santrock, 2011, p. 344). As a 16 year old female I am in the midst of all these changes and can relate many themes to myself and my own experiences.