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Social Autobiography Examples

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I am a woman. I am Cape Verdean, or African American as most would say. I am straight. I have black hair and light brown eyes. I am 5’5”. I am me. I have no religion and I would consider myself lower class. Each of these identities generate who I am and how others would identify me in society. Bobbie Harro called this group of identities or qualities in a person as their “social profile”. From these social profiles, we are socialized in a set society that has determined every individual’s role based on the different profiles. Our families are first to shape our ideals and identities in which we decide change or grow with, as we age. Growing up my family always made it clear that school and my education was my main priority. Once I turned …show more content…

One of my sisters, Serena, graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, like my mother, majoring in psychology. Serena is one of the reason I became so interested in psychology always supported me but also gave me advice of how to make a better living than she has out of her major. She spoke to me about field, like occupational therapy, that could be better for me than just becoming any regular student majoring in psychology. My other sister, Lea, graduated from Bridgewater State University, which is the school I originally wanted to go to. Lea had a son during her sophomore year in college but it did not stop her from graduating, and now she is a successful teacher in the Boston Public School …show more content…

My whole mindset changed because I could finally understand what I wanted to do with my life. I no longer wanted to attend Bridgewater State University, like I knew the rest of my peers would be doing. I felt as though I could do more with my education since I have been working so hard for so many years. I always received A’s and B’s my whole life but once the end of junior year came along, I receiving straight A’s and that happened until the end of my senior year. I graduated high school with a 3.9 and scored a 1540 on my SAT’s scores. I never even believed I could get into UMass Amherst, but I applied anyways and once I was accepted I knew I had to attend the university. I believed that there would be so many more opportunities for myself if attended this university instead of Bridgewater State. Even though I would be receiving a full ride all four years to BSU, something told me I was destined to come to UMass

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