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2.2- Niche-picking.
My mother always make me social more than I want to, She is a reason why I’m extrovert. I have my personal growth in sports, my mother make sure I join sports in my life. My mother is Olympics on track and field, I got her runner genes, I have the continuous running in all my sports. My mother often make me join any organization or sports in one season.My mother have her high expectations set. People usually mixed up Mom and my identity because we look alike and have similar personality. -
8.1 Rite of pasage
My big event in my life is my mom's remarried. I was young but nearly adolescence years. I was nine years old when my mom's marriage and Its good day and difficult day because I'm only child and I meet my new Step brothers and they hate me already. I have difficult relationship with my brothers. The marriage day wasn't easy on my parent where they have to handle my brother's rebel about against their marriage. He was on his teen years and I just kid who tried get closer with brothers. -
Entering Adolescence.
My first year in Adolescence year as ten years old, Adolescence years in between 10-13 years old. at that period I was new to America culture. I start to have TV in my room for first time, My most bad habit is watching TV during nighttime. I start to thinking how to sneak to watching tv without my mother know about it. I live in Dorm during my Adolsence years, I always miss live enivronment without rules so I like do whatever I want when I'm in home. In dorm, i will have to folow rules. -
3.2 Real verse Ideal
When I'm in middle school, I was uncertainty on my identity. My mother already had her ideal set on me. I have a hard time to match mom's expectations on me and my own visual on my identity, often I caught myself confused on decisions I made. Sometimes, I think it's my personality but it's not..Possible self is common in my middle school phase where I think it's me based on choices but it's not me. -
2.1 Late Maturer
I start my puberty when I'm fourteen, I remember that year In my freshmen In high school . I have difficult year, my horomes is out of control and I'm bullying In my school. My emotional was roller coaster. Its hard to handle my first year high school and I'm learning how period work, my mother Is deaf and she never talked about period or what should I do when I'm on my period. I don't have any sibling to ask about. I live in dorm and I'm blessed to have friends to help me out. -
4.1 Gender Typed behavior
I know my friend who is girl and she make lots change in her puberty so she start to hang out with popular kids. Her behavior change rapidly, she actually make those mean comments in front of people. I was her friend and I don't like what I'm seeing so I stop our friendship because how much she care on attention than the true friend. She got lots attention from guys that she mean to...I learned that major lesson that the feeling of being power does change people. -
6.2 Ego support
I'm friends with everyone in my school. I attend to small school and they have less students to make choices with my friendship. I'm behind of the crowd, I'm not followers but I'm not leaders. I consider myself as an average person in my High school. I like to friends with older than me, I always feel that I don't feel belong with my peers. I noticed myself being friends with older friends during my first years in high school. I have my friend who older than me and like to have me around them, -
7.1 Transition to High school
I have my best year in middle school, When I entered high school I went through my puberty and all emotional roller coaster hit me hard. My transition to High school is not good at all. I start do troubles, I involved in school fights more than once. I was defense myself with bullies. I have my bad start in High school. I hate all my high school years except for Senior year. -
4.2 Non gender typed behavior
From my experience, stereotypes are when latin girls get pregnant in young age in my school. I actually have friends that got pregnant in young age but keep going. My mom often give me those lectures about protection sex, My mom knew its become sexually activate in my peers.the school I attend to small deaf school that make all students play sports and get involvement in after school activities. I always hate get involvements in them so I'm different from crowds because I don't want involvements -
6.1 Parent Adollescenct conflict
I remember this story so well! When I finish my year as sophomore, I told my mom that I want to shave my hair. My mom freaking out because what make girls choice to shave my hair. I have my mindset on shave my hair, My mom thinking of many things to avoid shave. I knew I make choice for myself and my own personality grow but its was worth it! I never regret ever! My mom does asked me if I regret to shave my hair, I always answer no! :)
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3.1- Personal Fable
My adolescence years was personal fable. My thoughts feel my parents won’t understand me. I was bullying in my school, I feel my mother is against me than support me. She did make me stay at school that make me want run away and never returned. I often argument with my parents on transfer different school, that contentious battle with my parents. I knew we have different set of eye on things.. I decide to shave my hair In High school, my mom know I already create my identify. -
3.3 Self Understanding
I remember that year so well! 2010 is a year where I revealed who I am and I have more pride in my identity. I remember how much I love myself than I did before. This year, I finally have the courage to straight out to my mother. I told her that I'm who I am, not what you make me be, I was afraid to speak up to my mother after that I did pass that stage have my gain in self. I can speak up on what I believe in. My mom noticed that in me and knew that I grow on create my own identity. -
7.2 Transition to College
Text have right idea what transition should be. I was anxious to attend Gallaudet, I feel Gallaudet is around by smart students. I think less about myself. I'm imitation by all older Gallaudet students. I was overwhelmed with stress and the amount of work I have to do. I LOVE Gallaudet no question! I have become social person since I'm Gallaudet student, textbook said the more happier you are the more social you are. its TRUE! I'm social person since I become Gallauder Student. -
entering Adulthood
That day I become 20! I went to Canada and drinking there because it's legal to drinking over 19 years old so i went bars on my birthday, I have blast time. When I'm 20 years old, I already make planned with my future in Plan A and B, I start to know how to care of myself and balance everything. I start to pay my parent rent and some bills. At that age, I'm noticed that I'm developing my determination to follow my goal to travel to somewhere, I did make it by travel myself.
