Identity: Individuality Or Knowing Who You Are

I’ve always wanted to do something extraordinary, like change the world. Sooner or later I realized that, for one, I wanted to go into forensics. You know, the career that deals with dead people. And secondly, I realized that not everyone can be the Bill Gates or Martin Luther King Jr or Oprah of the world. Some people are normal, some don 't amount to much. Some people like their cliques and don’t plan on changing. Some people don’t have a unique identity and some do. But isn’t that just what identity is? Identity is individuality or comparing yourself to others, being your own person or letting others make your decisions; it’s about knowing who you are, however you are. Identity is the one thing that the whole world can share, yet be completely different about at the same time.
I always thought I was different in middle school. People couldn’t compare to me, I wasn’t one of those preppy girls. I learned though that I shouldn’t have disliked people for who they are. I realized I shouldn’t have hated other girls because they were thin or popular and I wasn’t, or that I shouldn’t have disliked certain people because gender, race, orientation or anything else. I grew so much over my high school years to be open minded and accepting of everybody, …show more content…
I tried again with a judged team event, but didn’t hit the mark. I then tried to complete a test, where I got first. I was astonished by the kind remarks you get after you succeed. Next was the state conference, an entirely different beast that I wasn’t prepared for. I literally cried while during my test, an experience Nockengost and I still laugh about to this day. I didn’t place or get on stage. I cried about it to my mom who shut me up by saying “you didn’t work your hardest, I know you can do better”. Honestly, that, and Nockengost pushing me through my sadness was what led me to work even harder next