Phalanx formation

You are strolling through the streets and as you are walking through messiness you see a lot of different people. Some of them may be Europeans and Asians, others may be Americans and Africans. Some may be a company director, who hasten to a business meeting. Others may be ordinary workers, who want to have a family supper after a long, busy day. All these people look very different. They all have their own story of life with some problems, different experiences and knowledge. At that moment you…

Identity Development and Personality Prototype Developing a sense of identity and discovering your personality can be hard, particularly if you are an adolescent. The transition from childhood to adulthood, where to go to college, what to study, and what kind of work do I want to do? These are all questions that most teens have asked themselves many times. Often times, the answers to these questions change many times, before a final decision is made. Other times the decision may be made by…

Without any technological experience, I knew that this final project was going to be an exhausting one. There were many strenuous paths I took in order to create this video. However, I overcame them with the help of my brother and his technological expertise. In the process of creating my rough draft, I probably had the worst idea imaginable. I planned to finish this video through the use of an application that I downloaded from my iPhone. The application was a video maker, and this was perhaps…

Nervous Conditions and Upsetting Illnesses Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel Nervous Conditions focuses on many difficulties the indigenous people of Rhodesia faced in the 1960s. English colonization resulted in a radical shift within the local education systems. Rather than learn about their own history, local children were taught about the greatness of Western culture. Due to this educational shift, Rhodesian children struggled to understand their identity amongst the old traditional ways of their…

Being who you are, and how others view you, plays a huge role in how your life may turn out. One’s race, identity, culture, and more determines whether or not he or she would be on superior to society, and if he or she should receive that best in life. If one is Black, Latino, Asian, or Hispanic, he or she has to be twice as good in order to be accepted by those on top of the food chain. This is also true with one’s class. If one is poor working class or middle working class, he or she has to…

The topic of this essay will focus on a few of the interesting features of adolescent language and the subsequent attitudes towards them, mainly from the realm of adulthood. Adolescent language appears to experience the most change compared to the language use of either younger children or older speakers, and this is likely due to the idea that around the time of puberty, individuals undergo a large and impactful social change, as their environments, attitudes and stimuli change. As a result,…

Our society in the United States of America is comprised of people of multiple races, ethnicities, religions, cultures and beliefs. Each of these components of diversity have been the cause of much unrest and disagreement among people. In the book “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” Beverly Tatum addresses the specific issue of race. Tatum examines various facets of the fact that different races are treated differently. Additionally, Tatum peels back the layers of…

“Who am I? What I am doing with my life?” Many of us began asking these questions ourselves in the late stages of high school. The transition between childhood and full adulthood is a critical developmental period that must be completed to become ready to assume the major roles we play in society, typically after a period of “emerging adulthood”. (Larson, Wilson, Brown, Furstenberg, & Verma, 2002) (Arnett, 2000). It is in this stage named “Emerging adulthood” (usually from 18-25 years) we will…

The Development of Identity and Self-Concept When individuals look into a mirror, there is much more looking back besides just physical characteristics. As complex organisms, with high levels of thinking, feeling, and social functioning, humans have both unique, inherent traits, as well as unique life experiences. Both of these areas mold together into the development of one’s identity and self-concept. At no other time is the formulations of identity and self-concept more important than during…

I am originally from a small rural community in Ohio which has poor regulation on the air and water quality which humans depend on to sustain life. Throughout the city, hydraulic fracking has become a common method to obtain energy. This method of obtaining energy is misconceptualized to be a cleaner alternative to oil and coal, however, with a first hand on experience with living in this area allows me to witness otherwise. This city is known as Youngstown, Ohio. Hydraulic fracking is a…