I am she who keeps. She who holds. I am she who heals. Soy Remedios, la curendera. I am she who knows.…
I am someone who smiles Someone always telling jokes to make sure no one thinks something is wrong So no one suspects a thing when they see my smile I am someone who fixes the feelings of those whose hearts are shattering like pieces of glass I am someone who loves to dress up and wear makeup so no one sees how truly I am From the bags from staying up at night to the red from crying, both under the concealer Tears behind my eyeshadow-covered eyelids Cracks underneath my red lipstick And the pain within the mouth that contains whitened teeth…
I want you to take ten seconds to look away from the screen and stare at reality. If it doesn't freak you out at least a little, you probably didn't look at it the right way. Hello everyone! I decided to open this account because I am tired of not doing something I enjoy as much as writing.…
I Am Because You Are “Perception is reality” that’s the philosophy we preach and practice in our paradoxical world; image is everything, put your best foot forward, and your first impression is primary. We were taught these ideas growing up and it has been instilled in our conscious. Thinking of the contrary is something that’s hard to do. We conform to the standards and ideas of our society ever-more, and believe that reality is not reality unless acknowledged. We judge and confront people by their extrinsic values: credit score, external beauty, wealth, and culture.…
I was born in the Dominican Republic to a nurseryman and my mother was a homemaker. My father had a high school education, while my mom was never allowed to attend school. However, I saw the brilliance in my mother and I know she would have done great things if given the opportunity. We lived in one of the poorest area of Santiago and I would see the struggles of the people around me.…
People are dynamic and ever changing through time based on their different experiences. We all share this fluidity in our personalities by the way we see ourselves and the way the world perceives us. This is called our identity. Our identity is everything that makes us different and what ties us together in groups, clubs or even countries. I see myself as a very dedicated person.…
Fetsch ! 6seemed to understand why my mother wasn’t Asian like me. I began to now wish that I had just not been adopted. It’s awful and wrong but I just couldn’t apologize for it.…
Developing and describing my own background and identity is a lifelong process, which can be differ from one stage of to another. "Identities are the traits and characteristics, social relations, roles, and social group memberships that define who one is" (Oyserman, Elmore, & Smith, 2012, p. 69). My personal identities and roles are developed through by background experiences. I was born and raised in very small village of Nepal, where I did not have so much opportunity to enhance my knowledge, and skill. In addition, my parents were economically and educationally deprived, which did not allow me to develop my career very well; however, the natural characteristics of mine opened some possibilities to enhance my future as better than my parents.…
Personal identity is the individual perception that a person has about herself or himself; it is the consciousness of existence. Talking about how I have develop my social identity,I can tell that I am a daughter, friend, sister and girlfriend. I consider myself a person with values and respectful towards others. I am a happy person and I like to cooperate in altruistic actions, I enjoy being able to help people in whatever way I can. I am a 22 year old student and I am also part of a music band in Nuevo Laredo.…
I have never looked up to, and never have I ever been around, anyone more in my life than my sister. From the moment I was born, we were attached at her hip whether she wanted me there or not - we played with toys, and games, together; I looked up to her; I respected her; she taught me next to everything that I knew about life back before I started school. Once I got a bit older, I reached the point of having the ability to genuinely discover who I was, and find my own identity. Around the same time, my sister was working through finding her own self, though she was a bit further along in the process than I was due to her being older. She was my guiding force in the construction of my identity.…
I’m extremely independent. I can change the oil in my dad’s truck and fix something when it’s broken! I’m also very strong. I can pick stuff up and move it just as easy and fast as men can. Just because we’re women doesn’t mean anything.…
I always thought that I could’ve ended up anything other than the ‘me’ now if certain sequence of events didn’t happen to put me in the position of where I am in life right now and the way I perceive myself, people, and life in general. I wonder if I hadn’t done or had did certain things in the past, then I wouldn’t be who I am now and where I am now. Perhaps if I went out more often instead of locking myself in my room back in in grade school all the way up to high school, maybe then I would’ve been more social compared to today. If I took care of my mental and physical health as I was growing up, such as, having a daily skin care routine or even getting in the habit of living a healthy and fit lifestyle by exercising more and dieting, then…
For as long as I can remember, there is a specific question that I have asked myself: Why am I here and where am I headed? The fact that I am unable to answer this question completely drains my energies. While I am sure that a number of individuals struggle with this question, I have found that I do not even understand the question itself, much less its answer. For the longest time, I remember being so lost that I no longer recognized the person in the mirror. Looking back on my high school days, everything was so simple when I was a senior, so much so that I took it for granted.…
From childhood to adulthood, my life has been full of interactions; from the people that I’ve met, to the places that I’ve been. These interactions are full of contexts that have impacted the person I am and shaped the way I see the world. The most influential context is my gender. There are certain things – like my mindset and personality – that I hadn’t noticed had been affected so drastically. Having its positives and negatives, being a female has made me cautious of men, self-conscious, and determined.…
Tell me about your self? I was born and raised in Las Vegas, I am a 2014 high school graduate. I decided to wait to attend college and go job hunting instead. After having a seasonal retail position, I got hired permanetly at Kmart where I have currently been at for a year and 6 months. I plan on starting college as a part time student in 2017.…