Finding Myself Essay

who I was and especially in 8th grade, peer pressure was a big barrier in my life, preventing me from being who I truly was. I blocked myself by trying to be like everyone else and being accepted by others. I told a friend of mine this and she replied “Why fit in? Being yourself is so much more fun.” This song by Jamie Grace, “Little Ol’ Me” inspired me to be myself in front of others and not be afraid of what others think of me. I found this song from Jamie Grace because her song “Hold Me” was…

to maintain both. Elbow argues that the best of writers are extremely creative and also extremely critical. The way in which a student can meet the qualities, of being extremely creative and also extremely critical, is by the teacher, ultimately, finding the balance between the loyalty to students and loyalty to society and knowledge. Elbow defines loyalty to students as a way of becoming allies with our students. He believes that in this aspect teachers should be welcoming to all students by…

Index: 1. Title page…………………………………………………… Page 1 2. Index page………………………………………………….. Page 2 3. Introduction………………………………………………… Page 3 4. What is reflection and why is it important to reflect …...….. Page 3 5. Types of reflective practices and models.…………………… Page 4 6. How this research relates to my personal experience………..Page 6 7. What self-compassion is...........................................................? Page 7 8. Why self-compassion is important……………………………. Page 9. Steps towards…

your time effectively, eating healthy, staying active, being involved in extracurricular activities such as clubs, balancing school work, and still finding time to do social things in order to stay sane. Many students rise to the challenge quickly and have almost no problems at all while other kids crumble under the pressure and completely collapse. I myself am dealing with all of these freedoms and I am learning to juggle them all at once. I believe I am coping with these freedoms somewhat…

I attended the Kirov Academy, American Ballet Theater, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and found myself in a conflicting part of my training. I wanted to dance more, but education also held grave importance in my life. Finding the balance between ballet and school was like a labyrinth. I had sacrificed multitudinous hours of sleep and social activities for ballet. My freshman and sophomore years of high school…

found myself six feet under a century old house, slowly chipping away at a wall of dirt and clay. I’m dressed in a bright yellow jumpsuit, breathing through a mask, with a hammer in my right hand, and a chisel in my left. As I take my first break of the eight-hour workday, I look at the progress I have made. Over the last few hours I managed to clear out another foot or so of hard clay, slowly making my way to the other end of the house. I take my hammer and chisel back out, and ease myself into…

The cold cream slowly seeped into my roots. The pillows curved under me, tears flowing down my cheeks. My head throbbed. The perm began to burn, but I stayed silent. The longer it stayed in, the straighter my hair would be. This was ‘beauty,’ and I learned early on that “beauty is pain.” I yielded to society. My grandmother was the first person to perm my hair. Her upper lip curled in disdain at anything bearing resemblance to natural hair. She would go on about how young women of color…

The first task is finding an area that I might be over-efforting and shift that effort. I am somewhat of a perfectionist and that brings a lot of unnecessary stress in my life. I feel like an area that I sometimes over-efforting is relationship. I overthink conversations and try to make everybody happy, which can be exhausting for myself and sometimes even others. Therefore, recently, I worked on letting go and have gotten better at not ruminating. 2) Another task is catching myself when my mind…

characteristics of a liberally educated person. To me, what I have learned about having a liberal arts college education, means that I have the responsibility to myself and others to seek out what I am good at and how it can help the world. The “Why Work?” reading fits into this for me because the author stresses the importance of finding the right kind of people for each job, and how people in general should be willing to actively search inside themselves to find what they love and are good at…

After personal issues in my past took place, I surrounded myself with people that I knew were accepting of the LGBTQ+ community. My “ingroup” formed from that point on. Since I knew that there was a possibility of not being accepted by many groups, my idea of an outgroup was anyone that was straight. Admittedly…