PROMPT: What could be the advantages/benefits of belonging to a group or groups or to a community? The advantages of belonging to a group or groups can have a lot of advantages and benefits. Being apart of a group(s) we are able to see who we want to be and do rather then who we try to be and to fit in. There’s always a group that can be influential‚ good or bad. The shaping of our identity is aided by various influences in our lives‚ one of them being the groups to which we belong. “Who am I
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Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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today. My mum was a music teacher‚ so even before I came to this world‚ I already listen ed tons of music in my mom’s tummy. And I believe that how my mom gets me into the music‚ so I played piano like crazy when I was a child. When we visiting relatives‚ mom always let me perform in front of people‚ and as every time I heard “what a music talented kid”‚ I feel so proud and appreciate my mother’s effort she putted in to teach me. Because my mom‚ I labelled and recognised as the “piano kid” in my family
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‘Our sense of self is very vulnerable to external pressures’ In everyday life‚ humans are surrounded with pressures that can influence the formation of their identity. External pressures such as the environment we live in‚ the culture we belong to and the presence of other people‚ are often uncontrollable and can have a crucial impact on our sense of self. This idea is explored in great depth in Ray Lawler’s classic Australian play‚ “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”‚ where it is reflected how
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My favorite place in the world is a place in Washington‚ it’s called Crystal Mountain and it is located outside of Enumclaw Washington. My in-laws run a Guide service near the ski resort every summer‚ they take clients up the trails on horseback‚ show them some scenery and a small taste of the way of the cowboy. When I first went up with my now wife‚ it was during the summer of 2012‚ I hadn’t ridden a horse since I was fifteen or sixteen‚ and it wasn’t very graceful for me. To say I was
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Step 1: Generating Ideas * Read Destiny by Shalini Akhil * Answer the following questions: The text a) Who are the characters? b) What is a lungi‚ and what are rotis? c) What do you think is the message of this piece? Yourself d) What did you want to be “when you grew up”? Try to remember a really idealistic dream from when you were quite young. Go back to that memory and write a paragraph describing all the details of that dream: why you wanted it‚ how you imagined yourself to look
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feelings through a system of arbitrary signals such as voice sounds‚ gestures and written symbols. Following with its definition shows that it can be the significant feature for every individuals as human beings to determine identity and sense of belonging. So from using the ability of language to communicate with others is one of the elements which allows us the develop our own unique sense of self. We learn about ourself as we interact with others. As we share our experiences and listen to the others’
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that he chooses to detach himself from both the forest and court. * Essentially‚ he acts on his potential to challenge social normalcy and the status quo by rendering himself devoid of any affiliation to these communities‚ instead belonging to a ‘melancholy of my own.’ In doing so‚ he is minutely fastidious in the way in which he examines and scrutinizes the human condition; thus‚ by challenging these groups and
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A Place I Will Hold Forever In My Heart There is one place that I always enjoy going to. In rain or shine‚ on a weekend or weekday it did not matter to me. This is a place where I grew up ever since I was born‚ or actually I should say it also was my first home. This is a place where all my family would get together for all different types of events like holidays‚ birthdays‚ and just any excuse for the family to get together. That place is my grandparents old home‚ but that place is gone now. The
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HW2: Finding My Sociological Place When I try to define my “place” in the world‚ what comes to my mind isn’t a tangible place yet‚ but instead my goals and aspirations. It’s to be a successful chartered financial analyst working for a successful company. In terms of sociology however‚ my place in this world at this moment is my school and my friends. I have many statuses associated to myself‚ both ascribed and achieved. An ascribed status would is “ a status into which one is born” (Conley). An
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