Personal Influences

There has been multiple things that have made an impact on how I act and who I am as a person. People in my life are the main thing that has impacted me so far in my life.

When I sit back and consider the significant events in my past, the important aspects of my life, and my future goals, the underlying theme is my appreciation for life’s struggles, people who help you through them and how they make you who you are. Throughout my entire life I have experienced the joys of accomplishing tasks and the sorrow of hardships, but no matter whether they were good or bad experiences they all helped to shape who I am today and who I will become tomorrow.

Prior to writing this essay, I sat down with my mom to come up with ideas on stories that have made me who I am today. That is when I realized I have made more personal growth in the past four years of my high school career that I have before this period of time. I am ending my high school career with more knowledge than I ever expected.

During my middle childhood the pivotal influences on my development were participation in extracurricular activities and a love of reading. During middle childhood my parents enrolled me in ballet classes, various sports, and I competed in rodeos. These activities contributed to my social identity and social development. Through my extracurricular activities, I became aware of multiple aspects of my identity. For example, I knew to behave differently in my ballet classes than I might at a rodeo. I also learned to befriend and accept different types of people through my exposure to these different environments. These processes helped me to acquire appropriate social behaviors and positive group identity (Hutchison, 2013). When I was 9 years old I moved to another school, and though my parents re-enlisted me in ballet and sports, I had a difficult time fitting in. During this transition I picked up a love for reading. I thoroughly enjoyed any book assignments at school, and I was constantly asking my parents to buy more books or to take me to the library. I believe this love for reading greatly influenced my intellectual and cognitive development, as I was put into more advanced classes at my new school and did exceedingly well on tests and assignments. I scored especially well on reading tests and could read at a high school level in 5th grade. While I had positive group identity earlier in middle childhood, I believe my reading may have been excessive concerning my social

One identifier that has shaped me into the person I am is being a military brat. My father is a military officer for the USMC and his job has greatly affected my life. Since I was born, my family has moved seven times and I have lived in six different states and in Okinawa, Japan. Throughout my life, I have gone through many changes and been challenged in many ways. Theses events have made me stronger as a person. This has not only change my life; it has changed who I am.

Despite the love and support of my family, I did succumb to making poor choices. I started hanging with the wrong group of friends, caring less about school, doing things the Lizmery now wouldn’t do. My perspective changed when I entered high school. I noticed how much of a rebel I had been with my family. I understood then, all the things that my mother had done and sacrificed to give my sister and me the world. I saw my sister earn her master's degree and buy a house. As the youngest, I had great role models in front of me. I knew that what I did in the next four years had to be drastic. I had to step outside of my comfort zone, leave the negative friends behind, and take my education

Paragraph 1: Everything that’s happened in my life makes me who I am, but what really makes me, me? I think family, sports, and friends have made me who I am today.

Growing up as a child in the Hearld family has shaped my life immensely. The adults that I was raised around taught me the important lessons of life that I reminisce on today. My personality now resembles those of the important people in my life. I learned that my family members all have unique qualities that make them who they are. I am who I am today because of the important people who have helped shape my life in their own special way.

I have had a many influences in life that made me decide I want to teach. Narrowing it down to three is kind of hard. Some of my influences are not good influences, however they have made me want to be better than they were. Children need to be love and nurtured, and I have had some who have done this some have not. I want to make sure that I make them know that I care.

Influences on people are everywhere in life. Things like culture, family, friends, locations, school, and activities are all examples of things that can influence a person’s life. Whether the influences are positive or negative depends on the person and situation. If someone likes something it might influence them positively. If someone dislikes something it may influence them negatively. Sometimes an influence can be neutral too, such as what you think of when you hear a word. Influences in general can be physical or mental.

Patton and McMahon (2006) developed a systems theory framework for development of careers called the Therapeutic Framework. The system categorizes the various factors that influence the choice of career into individual factors (for both the learner who is to choose their career and their counselor), organizational factors, or environmental factors (Patton & McMahon, 2006). The system also recognizes the effect of timing on these factors; thus incorporating the aspects of past, present and future (McMahon, Forde, & Dickson, 2015).

The world has many different influences that affect the way we grow, think, and act. It is interesting how some people from the same background and upbringing can become completely different people simply by the people they associate with. Psychologically association can be one of the best or worst things that can happen to someone. Depending on the type of association can determine which road you go down in life. Choices like this start at a very young age, such as grade school to high school.

The world I come from is a world full of good people but bad influences. My family are good people , they want what is best for me and they don´t do bad things like for example , they are responsible they don´t do drugs or anything that would make us do bad things. My community on the other hand isn´t a good influence for me because they sell drugs , have dog fights and just do things that aren´t legal. My school influences me to always try my best and even when I don´t understand , ask questions. School prepares me for when I´m older and I have a friend who motivates me to do better or help me try to bring up my grades and she congratulate me when my grades go higher. I´m glad I met her. My world around me hasn´t been well but , I manage to

The environment, family, and community I have grown up in has shaped me as a person. So far, I grew up in the same house all seventeen years of my life. My personality has grown and molded over the years of middle school and high school based off the lessons I have learned and the things I’ve been through.

Writing this essay has probably Caused me more stress than my junior year. Due to the fact that there are so many influences that affect the way I'm able to grasp and understand things in schools. These influences are sometimes positive, and other times negative. For the most part these influences have pushed me to strive in class; I try to maintain a collected and calm sort of persona.I have a great support system, in my family, Which is a reason for why I carry myself the way I do in class. What my family did and still does just motivate me to be someone that we could all be proud. I want to be able for my mom