Personal Narrative: Ellen Degeneres

or geographic origins does not define all that he or she is or will be.

I interviewed Ashley Porras, a Licensed Vocational Nurse at Sharp Rees Stealy. She gave me background information of how she got into the healthcare system, great advice and what she does on a daily basis. The reason I chose Ashley as the person to interview was because I got the chance to spend the day with her at work and I loved it. I found it interesting what she did and got the opportunity to learn more about her, her occupation and where she see’s herself in the future. Someday, I would be an LVN and gradually get higher in the healthcare field like she is doing now.

When people think of the word identity they might think of several factors of identity such as their name, race, sexuality, religion or other things that define the person that they are. The concepts of human identity have been created to not only label ourselves, but to also label the people around us so that we can have an improved sense of structure and order within our lives and society. Labeling people affects how those people are spoken to or interacted with in society. These labels confine individuals to act or think a certain way, which limits creativity. Labeling also affects whether a person is treated positively or negatively by other people. When people label one another, they put them in categories based on several things about

In the end, labels can have good or bad things to them. From early on in life I have received many labels. Even in today’s time I continue to receive labels. Even with these labels I am not sure where I would be without them, for they make up who I

A label has the power to define the individual or group of individuals being identified. That power is equal to control (Koppelman, 2011). Both can have a positive or negative effect. Unfortunately, the labels used by the majority are meant to have a negative effect. In fact, the labels are meant to demean and hurt as much as possible. They are so negative that there seems to be the intent to drive the labeled individual and/or group away, so they are no longer present and able to interact with the majority.

Everyone has been given a label in their lifetime. They can be said in person, spread throught the school or posted online. But labels have a great impact on others, and can be extremely hurtful. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many characters who have been given labels, and the book shows how people are affected by them. The labels that are given to people can affect them in many ways.

Great post Annie. My community is stereotyped as a community where people are not prepared or educated. It is really hard to work in a school where 99% are adult Hispanic people because some of them are immigrants that came to this country just to work and send money to their families in their home countries. They are not interested on set up goals on education. They just want to learn English and get a better job. I feel blessed because in the school I work more people are motivated every year to get higher education. Many students are motivated when they see their peers' achievements. My school as well as yours provide students many services one of them is free childcare. It is the principal need of parents in my community, so with this program

Even though my depression is in my past and I have overcame it. It still haunts me daily. I am in a constant state of paranoia that I will fall helplessly back into it. This fear is a weight I will never be able to lift off my shoulders, but it also changed me in a positive way. In this experience I truly found myself. I learned who I was. I found out what type of person, friend, and family member I wanted to be. I learned multiple moral lessons. I learned to never judge others. We do not always understand what trials they are facing and I knew personally how easy it was to fake happiness. Also it taught me how to be there for someone like my family was there for me. Having people there for you is a necessity when going through trials. It can be the difference of if you persevere through or if you fall defeated to the trial you are

There are billions of people on the earth, so to navigate the social world some labels are necessary. Putting people into groups such

In the story “Rosa” by Cynthia Ozick labels have a profound impact on the main character. Rosa, the main character, lived through concentration camps during the Second World War. Her experiences lead people to label her as a survivor, among other things, leading to her rejecting those titles. Although Rosa does not want to be categorized, she is constantly being assigned different labels. The fact that labels seem to be so important in the story suggests the author is trying to make a statement about society.

In the world today, we are surrounded by labels. We are all perceived a certain way due to our physical characteristics. Most people experience this occurrence everyday, but do nothing to solve it. Stereotypical labeling has become a relevant issue throughout the lives of many across the nation, and if I were to bring about awareness and other viable solutions to this problem, we may come one step closer to reducing this phenomenon that has come upon us.

Throughout the world, in high schools everywhere, teens have felt the need for so many years to fit themselves under a single word and within small, defined cliques. Each teen is fit into this label, sometimes chosen on their own, sometimes chosen by their peers. It could be an outfit they wore, an interest they have, a simple thing they have done that defines their entire existence. It is this idea that I have always found so strange. The applying of labels to people, not only in high school, but in the rest of the world as well.

Labels. They can destroy your life. And I don’t mean the small piece of paper attacted to a product or item. I’m talking about the labels that we let define who we are. Jock. Popular. Nerd. Slut. Loner. It’s not so much fun to have a label on your back. I would know.

However, today everyone is being labeled and labeling is stopping us from coming together and stopping a major issue, racism. “ Who we truly are is not skin deep.” ( “Williams”) During the 1960’s African Americans were kept away from white kids because of their skin color and now throughout the world races are being judged because of their skin color. Some people aren’t even able to get jobs because of their skin color still in the world. “ Who would you be if the world never gave you labels?” ( “Williams”) Have you ever thought who you would be if not given a label? What would happen if you weren’t given a box to put a check in, to define what your race is? If you