Essay On My Personal Identity

Reciprocity is in fact a principle of international relations. This is evident as theories like, Mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.) have become prevalent. However it is also evident that the fear of reciprocal actions, do not consistently deter States actions. Take the current condition of Russia, the Ukraine, and the West collectively. Sanctions have been the reciprocal reaction to Russia"s involvement in Crimea, and yet Russia has not backed down. Likewise in this Utopia Pro has created; reciprocity, while a vital part on IR, is not consistently effective on its own and many nations would not be deterred by the threat of retaliation or trade

There are several different things that make up for who I am today; which is my identity. The things that I would include in my identity is my, religious beliefs, relationship status, sexuality, body image, and career identity.

I interviewed my nephew, Jeremy, for this assignment. Jeremy and I are members of the same family; but, have different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. My family is very large, consisting of; six brothers, sister in-laws, my parents, and fifteen nieces and nephews. My brother, Joe, married an African-American women (Sandra) and had two sons; but, they look nothing alike. Surprisingly, Jeremy’s appearance is African-American and Anthony looks Caucasian.

What is identity? Identity, to me is like a core of an individual or their inner story, which can neither be seen nor stated at once because it does not lie on the surface. I believe identity is a part of the self; therefore, it takes longer to discover one’s self in full, if possible at all. You shape one’s identity through different important roles, which have a strong factor in one’s life such as culture. Culture identity is often defined as the feeling of belonging to a group, which is part of a person’s self-conception and self-perception. It is both inherited and constantly evolving. It also refers to the traditions, customs, and practices that affect a person. I believe defining my own personal identity can take a lifetime and to complicate matters, my identity changes throughout my own personal development.

Looking back on my life then, I can see how some of my personal identities play into my missional calling. I am a person that really likes helping and taking care of people. I hate seeing someone in pain or having a hard time. It really plays a role on my emotions, so I always feel the need to help people in need. But I also really like taking care of children. Children are so fun and free. These identities all played into my missional calling to help people and be there for someone who needs support. I think I always wanted to help people growing up because I didn’t know how to help my dad when I was little. And I felt guilty about standing around and ignoring the problem. Right after I graduated from middle school I had the opportunity to volunteer for girls and boys club for the summer. With this program I got to be with children everyday and look after them. I got to take care of them and have fun doing activities that were carefree and life changing. This is when I knew I wanted to work with children when I got older.

When I take a look back on my lifetime, I see that I’ve changed a great deal in regards to my personal identity. An attempt to put entirely into words on a paper would take days to explain how and why my life turned out the way it did, so I’d like to shorten these feelings up. In my youth, I had clearly planned to take the superhero path through life. Professional athlete, firefighter, police officer, or essentially any person that was portrayed in society as a model citizen, a class act if you will, all racing through my mind when thinking about my future. I was mistaking, and for a valid reason, as I had these feelings until I was about ten years of age. When my age contained two digits, a certain maturity occurred. I wouldn’t classify

I have tagged you so you see this in your notifications In 2013 i have told my mum that i am transgender and after a while i hid it from everyone because i was thinking "Is this what i want or is this just a phase?" It took me 3 years to figure out the answer and the answer i got was yes (this was figured out 3 weeks ago)... I have decided that i will try and transition today/tomorrow.

As an Iranian-American, my identity comes with plenty of downsides. The severity of these ranges from being called a terrorist to having a body covered in hair. However the best perk of my identity is that my family is obsessed with food. All of my extended family members have cooked an amazing dish at some point during their teenage years. It’s like a rite of passage that determines whether your parents view and treat you like an adult. Leading up to my junior year, I had been unable to accomplish this.

Personal identity is a challenging topic to understand, as there are numerous philosophers who have distinctive ways of defining identity. In this video the YouTuber is explaining five different philosophers and their description of personal identity. He is able to present the information in a manner that is easier to understand and relates it to people that I know. He begins his explanation of the material with Locke and states, “identity of persons is identity of consciousness.” Locke believes that memory is an essential component of identity. For example, if you recall yourself from a year ago, then you are still the same person you were a year ago. Reid’s version is similar to Locke’s interpretation, but is an expanded form. He describes

The influences that give power to people are all different. They depend on many factors

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.

Identity is what evolves us, it is what makes us think the way we do, and act the way we act, in essence, a person’s identity is their everything. Identity separates us from everyone else, and while one may be very similar to another, there is no one who is exactly like you; someone who has experienced exactly what you have, feels the way you do about subjects, and reacts the same to the events and experiences you have had. This became prevalent to me as I read through many books, that everyone goes through the process of finding who they are. A prevalent theme throughout literature is the idea that over time one develops their identity through life over time, in contrast to being born with one identity and having the same

School, to me and among many peers of my age, is not a distant term. I have spent one-third of my life time sitting in classrooms, every week since I was seven years old. After spending this much time in school, many things and experiences that happened there have left their mark in my memory. Some are small incidences while some have had a great impact on me. However, regardless the degree of significance, things that happened all contributed to shape the person that I am now.

There are three very important aspects that play a major rule in my life. They can be categorized as intellectual, social, and spiritual. My intellectual self is interesting because I am mainly right-brained which means that I tend to use my creativity more than my mathematical skills, also making me a visual learner. My social self consists of friends, family, and my surroundings. I spend most of my time at home with my family. Whenever I am with my friends, I observe their behaviors and listen to their opinions. I am more of an independent type of person. Being with different people has influenced me into appreciating different cultures and beliefs. I have learned things that have now been incorporated into my own set of beliefs and

When I look in the mirror I know whom I am, but society makes it difficult to understand who I am, because I was born to immigrants of Nigerian descent, and I am a first generation American, that term is sometimes used so loosely. By looking at my name they assume that I am from some island, but I am so quick to tell them that “I am Nigerian”, there is another statement that normally follows this. “You do not have an accent”. I wonder if I had an accent would I be considered Nigerian and not American; then I say that “My parents are Nigerian” and then that changes, so to them I am just associated with the Nigerian culture it does not make me Nigerian, there has been many discussion between my friends who are the same like me confused to