Final Essay Questions- “The Art of Letting Go”
“Introduction to My View”
Are humans innately good or bad? I believe humans are innately good, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed. He believed that individuals were born with an intuitive understanding of what’s right or wrong. I believe people want to be good and do what is right. As a counselor in training, this is my view of human nature and our society. I truly believe that people want to move in a positive direction in their lives and careers. As children, we are all innocent, happy, and full of life. As time goes on things happen good and bad to each and every one of us. We learn to cope with these events and become better people for it. As stated above, my view of human nature is very humanistic. …show more content…
I believe my parents did not give me very much validation or support growing up, which in turn did not help my self-esteem overall. I had to learn to appreciate myself over time and gain my own self-knowledge strategies. I believe that I am a very sensitive person and this made things worse for me growing up. As we all know self-esteem can help fuel future achievements so it is an important to develop a high self-esteem in childhood, but we can always develop it later in life too as I did. My self-esteem fluctuates over time and I believe this is normal for many people for many different reasons. This has greatly affected me today in my chosen career in becoming a counselor.
“My Teenager Years- Struggling with My Identity and Codependency” (age …show more content…
In a previous textbook for development from last year, both of my cultures were right next to each other on the chart for their stance on disciplining children (e.g. closely related to each other within the physical discipline aspect). I found this correlation so interesting because of my own experiences of being disciplined as a half Filipino and half Italian daughter. Being ethnically diverse makes up a big part of my identity and I have had to cope with it within and outside of my culture. I have also had to deal with discrimination and prejudices throughout my life. For me, it has been mostly a positive experience because it has taught me a lot about societal norms and what occurs in our society. This will be beneficial for me when I am seeing clients and when I am a fully licensed
“Introduction to My View”
Are humans innately good or bad? I believe humans are innately good, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed. He believed that individuals were born with an intuitive understanding of what’s right or wrong. I believe people want to be good and do what is right. As a counselor in training, this is my view of human nature and our society. I truly believe that people want to move in a positive direction in their lives and careers. As children, we are all innocent, happy, and full of life. As time goes on things happen good and bad to each and every one of us. We learn to cope with these events and become better people for it. As stated above, my view of human nature is very humanistic. …show more content…
I believe my parents did not give me very much validation or support growing up, which in turn did not help my self-esteem overall. I had to learn to appreciate myself over time and gain my own self-knowledge strategies. I believe that I am a very sensitive person and this made things worse for me growing up. As we all know self-esteem can help fuel future achievements so it is an important to develop a high self-esteem in childhood, but we can always develop it later in life too as I did. My self-esteem fluctuates over time and I believe this is normal for many people for many different reasons. This has greatly affected me today in my chosen career in becoming a counselor.
“My Teenager Years- Struggling with My Identity and Codependency” (age …show more content…
In a previous textbook for development from last year, both of my cultures were right next to each other on the chart for their stance on disciplining children (e.g. closely related to each other within the physical discipline aspect). I found this correlation so interesting because of my own experiences of being disciplined as a half Filipino and half Italian daughter. Being ethnically diverse makes up a big part of my identity and I have had to cope with it within and outside of my culture. I have also had to deal with discrimination and prejudices throughout my life. For me, it has been mostly a positive experience because it has taught me a lot about societal norms and what occurs in our society. This will be beneficial for me when I am seeing clients and when I am a fully licensed