Self-released albums

It's been a couple of years since you and your boyfriend, Jiyong or G-Dragon as he's known to the world, had gone public with your relationship. There was the typical and expected backlash from the media and fans that lasted a couple of months. However that soon washed over and the responses you received from the public were mainly positive. Since then, Jiyong and the rest of the members with social media sites have been showering the fans with photos of both of you. There has even been a few fan gifts and letters you received. Mostly couple items and letters wishing both of you the best. It was all very touching. You did receive some questionable letters from a few fans, but the good letters outweighed the questionable ones to the point where you completely forgot about them. Even though Jiyong had to work today, you still had the rest of the weekend for yourselves. You were already up in the pension where the two of you were going to have a romantic getaway weekend. His parents were in the main building, while you were in separate building half a mile down. You had dinner with his parents, walked Gaho and Jolie, had a relaxing bath, and are now enjoying the king size bed with a book. You had the curtains to the floor to ceiling windows wide open, revealing the pitch black backyard. The gentle light from the bedside lamp reflecting on the glass. It was late and your eyes were too heavy to keep open. You put your book away and let yourself be consumed by sleep. “Baby, how…

Identity develops throughout our lifetime and continually changes as we go through different experiences. A lot of our identity in our youth is shaped by those around us; they define certain identities for us and teach us how to interpret our experiences. Sometimes, people who influence us go the extent of telling us what our identity should be, even if we don’t necessarily agree. As we age, we learn different perspectives from others and go through experiences that begin to shape our own ideas…

Facilitating Identity Achievement in Students Who am I? Where do I fit in? These are the questions that spur an individual to begin on their journey to develop their sense of self, a process known as identity formation. Although issues with one’s sense of identity could arise at any point in life, clinical psychologist Erik Erikson theorized that identity formation was most prominent in, and was the most critical developmental task of, adolescence. Ideally, in identity formation, an individual…

Orson Scott Card’s definition of an outsider conveys an idea that outsiders can see things more clearly and are important to everyone around them. He compliments their stronger sense of self compared to the rest of people in society. Card mentions how an outsider has a unique perspective than everyone else and that great heroic deeds are made by outsiders because of this unique perspective. While there is a notion that outsiders are not important, it is clear that outsiders are necessary in…

they experience a clash between their ethnic culture and American culture, first generation children must seek a balance between the two in order to understand their identity, which is evident in Gogol’s experience. Through three phases of self-awareness in Gogol’s life, Lahiri depicts the development of Gogol’s understanding of his identity to represent the journey of self-perception children of immigrants undergo while reared in America. In doing so, she conveys the necessity of first…

and experiments are the students that have more knowledge since independent learners programs provides students to control their own particular future objectives and time managements and convince them into the perfect path. First, all self taught programs have to get advocated in order to help students to organize their time and to be more open into the world which is more valuable than school examination programs. Students must be able to manage their time in order to accomplish their goals in…

He then goes on to critique Karl Marx and Max Weber, explaining that they had nothing to say about sexuality in their comprehensive works. Seidman claims that, “the classics never examined the social formation of modern regimes of bodies and sexualities” (Seidman, 1994, p. 610). He explained that sexuality was ignored even in the mid 20th century. Once homosexuals became more studied in sociology, sociologists painted them as “strange” and an exotic “other”. As the gay movement progressed into…

birth, their unconditional identity. Many have surpassed Maslow’s definition of basic needs and have focused their attention toward more psychological ideals, such as self-fulfillment and self-actualization, such as finding the purpose of their existence, perhaps even their true identity . However, the trouble roots from the sources used to come to such conclusions, often cases our peers, coworkers, authority figures, and even complete strangers. In his novel The Invisible Man, Ellison argues…

There are many different ways to define wisdom. In the essay “Project Classroom Makeover”, Cathy Davison talks about how students’ wisdom is defined by impressive test scores in the current education system. She thinks the true smartness inside students relies on creative thinking so that schools have to focus on helping their future-oriented students cultivate this special characteristic. Similarly, in the essay “Biographies of Hegemony”, Karen Ho talked about the collaboration between the Wall…

one’s mode of consciousness is adjusted, so is the way the individual thinks or feels. By changing one’s state of awareness, individuals are able to grow and understand their reality more clearly— ultimately guiding them to become less narrow-minded. Individuals that can let go of their selves and envision their lived realities with an optimistic attitude are able to then find interest in their environment that they did not see before. Thus they derive happiness from these experiences.…