What Has Made Me Who I Am Today Essay

Weedman Sociobiography: What Shaped Me into Who I Am? My name is TerriWeedman; I was born Sept. 4th, 1991. Let me start by saying a lot has influenced who I am today people as well as events that have flipped my life upside down and molded me into a better, stronger person then who I was a few years ago. I am going to tell you about a few people who I extremely admire, and a couple that have failed me. My mother Jeanne has always raised me on a tight leash and taught me to have morals, ethics

their dinner without forks and instead with tortillas. Later on, I was born into this mix of american and hispanic culture. My parents have shaped the cultural identity I have from the type of food I eat, my hobbies, and the values I have. My parents have always introduced me to all types of food. The type of food I eat is one of the ways that I feel closely ties me to the mexican side of my culture. Mexican food is my favorite. I love how spicy it can be. One tradition

personal narrative I will be talking about what made me well...ME! I will be talking about gymnastics and why I think it made me, me. The three reasons why I think it made me who I am today is because, I am more flexile, I have a better pain tolerance, and I am more patient with myself and others. This why I think gymnastics has made me, me. I have done gymnastics for almost seven years. Amid those seven years I have gotten a lot more flexible and have gotten my right leg splits, I almost have my

Socialization Who am I? I am a man, a husband, a father, a dog owner, a citizen of the United States, a military member, a student. The process of socialization made me into who I am today. According to Dictionary.com, the word “socialization” means, “A continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.” Throughout my life my parents have taught me right from wrong, they taught me how to

sponsors of whom I am going highlight are my parents, The Sesame Street Show, and my elementary and middle school St. Mary’s all of whom have been positive sponsors to my literacy by setting high expectations and providing quality teaching, which still impacts my literacy today. Like many parents, mine were supportive of my learning and development at an early age and as I grew, they read to me along with other learning techniques. My mother and father read various children 's books to me in their spare

something that has never been easy for me. For most of my life I have tried to avoid it if I can, but of course I can't avoid stuff like school forever. So for the most part all of my writing has been forced upon me. Even with the help of teachers and some helpful hints from the internet, it never got easier. But obviously I have written before and like anyone else who has written before, there must have been some sort of influence. My main influences were the books I have read, my teachers who have helped

religion, social class, generation, locality or any type of social group that has its own distinct culture. To me that definition couldn't be more spot on but let's go more in depth over the past few months in my English class we have been trying to learn what our culture is and what part culture plays in our daily lives so in this essay I will be sharing with you what I think culture is what it means to me and how I think it impacts our way of living and the way we look at each other as human beings

Through the course of reading nonfiction, I found that the greatest lesson I have learned is from Sherman Alexie. In his essay, “Superman and Me” he reflects on how reading has impacted his life from early on. Although he experiences great difficulty of growing up with a Native American heritage and possessing great intellect, Alexie refuses to be classified as a failure. He faces struggles throughout his childhood, but his passion for reading served as an escape from his issues. The lesson of Alexie’s

elementary school I have attended have helped socialize me. Friends, family and my culture are major factors in creating who I am now. My father, my biggest influence has made my life turn out to be the way it is now. Had my influence been different, my life would have been altered. My identity has been formed through socialization, factors and an influence that could have changed my life. I have become socialized through factors such as my parents and the elementary school I attended. My parents

going to pick me up from the green doors, right mommy?” That was the one and only thing I would say to my mom every day when she dropped me off during my time in first grade. I didn’t want to go to school, make friends, nor learn; I simply wanted to stay home with my mom. It was a constant battle dropping me off at school. After a few weeks went by and nothing changed my teacher, Mrs. Bruno, had a solution. Early every morning she would wait for me outside the entrance and bring me into the classroom