ilikebands
Jan 26, 2014
Undergraduate / I irritated everyone around me; UC - world you come from [3]
I am in desperate need of help, and i would be so grateful for any constructive criticism
Prompt: Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
Growing up I never asked many questions, I took things as they are or rather how they were said to me. As a child I never felt like I was entitled to my own opinions so I always tended to agree with those of my parents or teachers. As I grew I began to ask more and more questions, to the point where I irritated everyone around me. I began to develop my own opinions, I became the nightmare of any parent: an over opinionated teenager with too much time on her hands. My opinions soon began to take over my life, my views became so strong that I could find something morally wrong in everything and anything. As my opinions grew so did my need for knowledge, I itched to know what was happening, I needed the facts and the statistics.
One of the biggest examples of this was my dive into the treacherous world of feminism. I feel like I have always been a feminist at heart. I have always respected myself and others as strong women; I have always been opposed to things such as double standards and sexism but I had never had the urge to know more. The urge to keep up with the latest current events and get involved. I suppose my sophomore English teacher bares the blame, a simple assignment became an odyssey to hunt down all the misogynistic aspects of society. My need for equality became vital and widespread. I started to realize just how common social inequality was in our society and I became angry, outraged.
I have come to realize that simply knowing what is happening is not enough for me; I need to know why things are happening. My need for knowledge exceeds the surface; I want to know what people are thinking and what causes them to think a certain way. Societal standards force everyone to put up a front but everyone has a backstory, behind every person there is a reason for their behavior, or more importantly a reason for their thoughts. I feel that the only way to solve the burning social issues I feel so passionately about is to understand why people think a certain way and what these thoughts cause them to do. This is why my dream is to become a psychologist and to be able not only to help individuals but entire communities.
I am in desperate need of help, and i would be so grateful for any constructive criticism
Prompt: Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
Growing up I never asked many questions, I took things as they are or rather how they were said to me. As a child I never felt like I was entitled to my own opinions so I always tended to agree with those of my parents or teachers. As I grew I began to ask more and more questions, to the point where I irritated everyone around me. I began to develop my own opinions, I became the nightmare of any parent: an over opinionated teenager with too much time on her hands. My opinions soon began to take over my life, my views became so strong that I could find something morally wrong in everything and anything. As my opinions grew so did my need for knowledge, I itched to know what was happening, I needed the facts and the statistics.
One of the biggest examples of this was my dive into the treacherous world of feminism. I feel like I have always been a feminist at heart. I have always respected myself and others as strong women; I have always been opposed to things such as double standards and sexism but I had never had the urge to know more. The urge to keep up with the latest current events and get involved. I suppose my sophomore English teacher bares the blame, a simple assignment became an odyssey to hunt down all the misogynistic aspects of society. My need for equality became vital and widespread. I started to realize just how common social inequality was in our society and I became angry, outraged.
I have come to realize that simply knowing what is happening is not enough for me; I need to know why things are happening. My need for knowledge exceeds the surface; I want to know what people are thinking and what causes them to think a certain way. Societal standards force everyone to put up a front but everyone has a backstory, behind every person there is a reason for their behavior, or more importantly a reason for their thoughts. I feel that the only way to solve the burning social issues I feel so passionately about is to understand why people think a certain way and what these thoughts cause them to do. This is why my dream is to become a psychologist and to be able not only to help individuals but entire communities.