There has been experiences throughout my life that have shaped my life and personally shaped me into the person that I am today. From being exposed to these experiences, I have gained personal values, self-identity and different aspects of my life. These aspects of my identity include my gender, ability-status, social class and language. Having these influences showed me how different I am compared to another person who has the other characteristics like myself.
First, I am a female. By being a female, this has shaped me in ways I would have never thought of before. By being a female, it shows that we need to be dependent on our significant other, or other people. I have learned that if I want something, I have to work for it and not have
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As far as I recall, I have been living and managing my life with this affecting my life. It is truly is laborious when working on assignments throughout my education years. Almost always, I didn’t understand directions from teachers or professors about something and it made me struggle trying to stay on track with the class. If you looked at me, you probably wouldn’t notice that this was a “problem”. But when it comes to tests, homework and such, I can get anxiety and it feels as if a bomb is ticking down and I have to hurry and do my best under a short matter of time. I believed that this is a part of me because I have been learning how to cope with it and not let it define myself. Therefore, I believe people have the wrong impression of disabilities and they are at fault for doing this to themselves and there’s not enough services for everyone. I can admit, I didn’t cause this because everyone’s learning is going to be different for all and I do what I can do when understanding work. And I have to agree, that a lot of services aren’t known or popular for certain populations, it’s because I feel part of the world is uneducated and only wants to favor those to that have money. Overall, being learn disabled is pushing me to continue my education and to learn how I can help myself, and someone else. I can help this person because of being a social work major, how significant it is to value the person and serve them …show more content…
I already took Spanish years ago and honestly, nothing really stuck to me enough to have a conversation with a person. Due to social work being a demanding field, we can’t turn people down for services. Regardless if they speak another language it is our mission to serve them and help them with whatever they’re looking for. I can further assist myself by touching up on my knowledge about different cultures and see how I can be purposeful for they can feel comfortable when coming for help. By doing this, I can look back on this class and determine what I read and learned how someone wants to be treated during a counseling session for I can support their decisions. Because this develops my cultural identity I can’t fully say what I can do, because I won’t know until that very moment in time. Since, I know all I could be capable of doing is looking for someone to help their needs until then. Overall, this plays a huge part on my career and identity because I want to gain experience of helping others and feel helpful. And not feel I couldn’t do my job if I can’t give assistance to
Personal identity is essential in the human experience. Identity is complex and can be broken down into two main groups: introspective identity, and bodily identity. Introspective identity is based off of the groups, mentalities, or beliefs that you align yourself with, and bodily identity is based off of the physical side of yourself. Whether physical or introspective, your identity impacts every action you take. Whether choices ranging from what colors you prefer to which college you want to attend are primarily based off of your introspective identity, which is a combination of both memory and consciousness, physical identity impacts how others perceive you. Consciousness is mainly the awareness of bodily identity as well as continuous introspective identify, while memory is awareness of introspective identity. These two different facets of identity are imperative in the distinction between bodily identity and introspective identity. In means of personal identity introspective identity (which is evident in memory), is essential, while bodily identity (based partially in consciousness) has less credit.
Currently, I am in the process of not only becoming comfortable in my identity, a black queer woman, but, also attempting to find solace in my identity as well. Something that all women, especially black queer women, should achieve in their lifetime. It is that dream that inspires me to travel to experience other cultures and to unite with women from various cultures across the black diaspora. Throughout many cultures, women’s identities are defined by their male counterparts and the labor they provide to them. Therefore, a major goal of mine is to create a space where women are able to exist outside the scope of their relationships with men and live uninhibitedly to become their best selves. That is why I find it pertinent to travel not only
The two positions of personal identity over-time consider whether we are ‘tracking persons’ or ‘human beings’. Through analysing Locke’s account of personal identity and his definition of a ‘person’, the first side of this argument will be explained. However in opposition to Locke’s theory, the second position that considers us as ‘human beings’ will also be assessed, as advocated by animalists such as Olson. In response to this examples of cases such as amnesia will also be taken into consideration and how Parfait’s psychological continuity theory resolves prior objections to Locke’s argument made by Butler and Reid. The conclusion reached will show support towards this new Lockean theory of personal identity due to psychological
Personal Identity in philosophy refers to a person’s self-perception, ones belief about who they are and how they differ form others. Locke and Hume both share their ideas about Personal identity and although they might both drastically differ they are still both puzzling.
To understand Locke’s concept of personal identity it is necessary to understand what he means by identity and what he means specifically by personal identity. Locke states there are three substances that we have ideas of and that have identities. He defines idea in Essay concerning Human Understanding as “whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks” (Essay, chapter 1, section 8). That is to say that an idea, to Locke, is the basic unit of human thought. Identity is based off of comparison of these ideas in different times and places.
During adolescence I began to develop my identity. Prior to this period I identified as the chunky, overweight child who depended on approval from her parents to succeed. During this time I was able to explore through trying new activities such as volunteering in the community as a third grade Sunday school catechist and playing on the field hockey team. I also was in accelerated courses, so maintaining high educational standards also became part of my identity. According to Erickson, what I was experiencing, “Identity verses Role Confusion” was typical of teens. During this time my values and interest in the special needs community began to develop into something that I have now turned into a career. This allowed
Identity is what makes a person who they are. It is a complex relationship between a person’s personality and their appearance. Personality can be broken down by how that person acts or feels. This aspect of identity can be impacted by mental health and disabilities. The appearance of a person can also be broken down by how a person looks and how they dress. Physical appearance can be impacted by genetics and outside influences; accidents, diseases, sickness, etc. With the combination of the two we have the third influence on a person’s identity, personal choice.
How Literature Has Influenced My Identity Laughing. Crying. Wishing for more. These are some feelings that I obtain when I am reading a good book, or when I listen to a great song. Literature has greatly influenced my identity.
There are incidents that occur in our lives that test our ability to overcome and persevere. These events albeit life changing are integral in developing your personal identity. When a series of incidents occurred at the end of last summer, I fought hard to avoid falling into a serious pothole of failure and doubt. My father hospitalized for a life-threatening ailment, lost his sister unexpectedly while she was visiting him. She was our most beloved aunt and my father’s best friend. Shortly after my father’s discharge, he lost his job, leaving my mother as the sole provider. Our family began to struggle a bit financially until my father got another job; however, they were still able to maintain the tuition for my sister and me, at a private
My purpose is to show my individuality and to express myself. This is for others including myself, to see and to remind us that our identity is very complex.
Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.
Identity is what shapes us. It makes us. And it breaks us. Some identities seem very cookie cutter when first seen. But when you get to know a person you get to see other sides of them, opening the closed book. To others at first I may seem relatively simple. I might seem like a plain, maybe even run of the mill kind of guy. But behind the façade of this there is a depth to me.
There are many things in my life that has influenced my identity. I think the one that has made me who I am the most is being in cheerleading. I joined cheer in middle school, when I was in seventh grade. I was never confident in myself before this, and I never would have guessed that now, I would be a highschool cheerleader.
In the dictionary the definition of identity is "the fact of being who or what a person or thing is". When I think of identity right off the bat I think of my church my church is my identity. I identify my self as a child of god. I have went to church all my life and I think it has influenced my life alot.
There is no doubt that the culture I have experienced in my short 16 years has had an influence on the development of my personal identity. I tend to think of myself as a very cultured person, which is surprising if you take a look at where I come from. Most of the culture I have experienced, like the fine arts and a wide variety of music, is derived from my own curiosity and my relationships with my family and not stimulated by my community. Because of this factor, the person I am today is almost the complete opposite of what my community is.