Self-Worth
Self-respect, self-confidence, self-regard, and self-love are all synonyms to self-worth. They all have to do with how a person distinguishes himself from others through introspection. How a person imagines their self-worth determines how they interact with others in society, how they hold them self and how they choose to see the world. This idea of self-worth is brought up in both James Baldwin “A Talk to Teachers” and Fredrick Douglas “Learning to Read and Write”.
James Baldwin in his article “A Talk to Teachers” implies that self-worth is the same as self-love and self-confidence. He suggests that with better historical education students may better understand the current and past actions of others. Therefor being able to recognize that they are not what others say they are. Baldwin begs teachers to give students the tools to gain a fair an unbiased determination of self-worth.
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PHS took my self-confidence. It took my self-love. It took my self-respect. It took my self-regard, and it took my self-worth. It wasn’t until I left Poway High School that I looked back and decided to take it all back. Through reflecting on my time at Poway High School and through making new experiences here at UC Santa Cruz, I have realized that just as much as a school can build self-worth it can break it down.
Both articles attempt to grasp the idea of how education plays a role in making a student’s self-worth. James Baldwin by pleading to teachers to better educate students on their cultures history and Fredrick Douglas by implying it creates equality. However, I contest this notation; if not done correctly a student’s self-worth can be brought down or demolished through the current public education
Self-respect, self-confidence, self-regard, and self-love are all synonyms to self-worth. They all have to do with how a person distinguishes himself from others through introspection. How a person imagines their self-worth determines how they interact with others in society, how they hold them self and how they choose to see the world. This idea of self-worth is brought up in both James Baldwin “A Talk to Teachers” and Fredrick Douglas “Learning to Read and Write”.
James Baldwin in his article “A Talk to Teachers” implies that self-worth is the same as self-love and self-confidence. He suggests that with better historical education students may better understand the current and past actions of others. Therefor being able to recognize that they are not what others say they are. Baldwin begs teachers to give students the tools to gain a fair an unbiased determination of self-worth.
While James Baldwin depicts self-confidence and …show more content…
PHS took my self-confidence. It took my self-love. It took my self-respect. It took my self-regard, and it took my self-worth. It wasn’t until I left Poway High School that I looked back and decided to take it all back. Through reflecting on my time at Poway High School and through making new experiences here at UC Santa Cruz, I have realized that just as much as a school can build self-worth it can break it down.
Both articles attempt to grasp the idea of how education plays a role in making a student’s self-worth. James Baldwin by pleading to teachers to better educate students on their cultures history and Fredrick Douglas by implying it creates equality. However, I contest this notation; if not done correctly a student’s self-worth can be brought down or demolished through the current public education