An event in my life that has made a great impact is when I relized that I shouldn't take things for granted, I never really relized just how much I have compared to other people exp, food, A home, running water, it took a few visualzations for me to relize this and some experiences talking to people who had little to no money at all and mostly lived in homeless shelters. I now am more generious with people by donateing money to causes that provide food for people liveing in poverty and I also try to donate some money here and there to raise money to buy prostetic limbs for people.
A time that I felt out of place or uncomfortable was when I started going to church again because I didn't know anyone and I just felt akward because all the other kids seemed to know eachother. Overtime I started to get more and more comfortable as the people became familar to me as I got to know them. What made it hard at first is I started to anxiously think about possible senarioes that could happen like for exp, If the kid's were mean, If I embarrssed myself somehow
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Questions
1. Why do you think Rameck made the choices he did? He knew right from wrong, so what motivated him to choose the "wrong" path as a teen? He didn't really have all that great of influence from his Mom (abused crack), I think that he also wanted to find acceptance within his neighborhood and feel a sense of belonging
2. Considering both his parents were drug addicts, was he really responsible for his actions? Explain your opinion. I think that it's a little of both because in some ways he's not responsible for his actions because that's what he grew up around (Drugs) and he never learned those important morals for instance to think for you're self until later on when he starts to figure out who he is and what he values, Then again he should have known if what he was doing was really the right thing to do and if it was really worth takeing the consiquence that came along with his actions.
3. Are young people responsible for their actions if they have no good role models or people to teach them the right way to live? Explain your opinion.I think that it depends because if theres no role modle or authority figure in a young person's life then it's hard to say because in some ways they are responsible and in other ways there not. If they never learn whats right and wrong and arn't old enough or mature enough to find out on their own, then I wouldn't hold them accountable for their actions. If they know what there doing is wrong and they do it anyways to be accepted by a certain group of people then I would say there responsible for their actions.
4. Who are the biggest influences in your own life? In what ways have they shaped you? What have they taught you?
The biggest influence in my life is my parents because they have always been their for me when I've needed them and I can always rely on them to help me through tough times. I've just always felt like I can go to them with anything thats bothering me. They helped get me through hard times when I felt I couldn't do it they were always there to motivate me and encourage me to keep trying.
2. Considering both his parents were drug addicts, was he really responsible for his actions? Explain your opinion. I think that it's a little of both because in some ways he's not responsible for his actions because that's what he grew up around (Drugs) and he never learned those important morals for instance to think for you're self until later on when he starts to figure out who he is and what he values, Then again he should have known if what he was doing was really the right thing to do and if it was really worth takeing the consiquence that came along with his actions.
3. Are young people responsible for their actions if they have no good role models or people to teach them the right way to live? Explain your opinion.I think that it depends because if theres no role modle or authority figure in a young person's life then it's hard to say because in some ways they are responsible and in other ways there not. If they never learn whats right and wrong and arn't old enough or mature enough to find out on their own, then I wouldn't hold them accountable for their actions. If they know what there doing is wrong and they do it anyways to be accepted by a certain group of people then I would say there responsible for their actions.
4. Who are the biggest influences in your own life? In what ways have they shaped you? What have they taught you?
The biggest influence in my life is my parents because they have always been their for me when I've needed them and I can always rely on them to help me through tough times. I've just always felt like I can go to them with anything thats bothering me. They helped get me through hard times when I felt I couldn't do it they were always there to motivate me and encourage me to keep trying.
Acceptance
I agree how George states that, you're friends have more influence then anyone else during you're teenage years because those years, you want to fit in even if it means doing something that you don't think is right.. when it comes down to it you're not really thinking about if the choice you're about to make is right or wrong you just want people to like you and think you're cool; Aka being considered popular or extreamly well liked or looked upon highly, which is what most kids' during their teenage years strive to achieve. For instance I know some kids' who start drinking or smoking pot not because thats what they really want but rather to impress other people to gain acceptance instead of just being themselves', another example is when you're friends with someone that start to act different when others are around just to impress those kids' who would be labled as popular, this typically happens during the early to middle teenage years. As you get older people start to relize that its not important how other people view you but more so how you view you're self.
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