Personal Narrative: My Perception Of Myself

Perception can sometimes be a very odd thing. During the course of this assignment, I was very curious about how the people in my life perceived me. Was their perception of me mostly bad? Was their perception of me mostly good? Good or bad what was their reasoning? If their perceptions of me changed at any point? All of these questions went through my head as I handed each one of my charts away to the people I chose. I perceive everyone I chose for this assignment as either a close family member or friend. This is why I was so curious at the time. Before I asked them how they felt about me I needed to know how I saw myself. In order to determine how I saw myself I completed the chart myself first. I view myself as intelligent first and foremost. In school I’ve always gotten pretty good grades without trying as hard as my classmates. I enjoy learning new things about pretty much anything I …show more content…
Within each group the explanations were the same, but there were differences in the configurations. The differences in the groups were not very wide ranging; however, they were much more subtle depending on if you were referring to my friends or my family. This was probably a result of the circumstances in which we were introduced and what role we played in each other’s lives. My mother and sister prioritized the traits that would be best associated with being a good relative. Being intelligent, courageous, and merciful. They remarked that they loved that I had these traits mostly because it benefited them. My mother always says that she loves to brag to her friends about how intelligent I am. My sister said she was glad I was courageous because I am usually the first to defend her in any situation. My mother also felt this way to a slightly different degree. Their prioritization of those probably came from the fact that we shared a home environment in which they traits were viewed as