Assignment on Authority

I had chosen the second prompt for the “Assignment on Authority” and talked about my beliefs and values that were instilled in me at a young age. I talked about how my parents always taught me to stick up for what I think is right, and what I believe in. I also talked about how I was taught that to get respect you have to give it. Also, that just because someone has “authority” it doesn’t mean they get respect right away because they can abuse their privileges. I also talked about how I’m a very blunt person and if I have an opinion about something I will voice it. I will stick up for what I believe in even if I’m standing alone and I will always be true to myself.

I personally don’t think my opinion of myself has changed. I’ve always said this is who I am and I’m not changing and I believe I’ve stuck to that. One thing I think I’ve noticed about who I am after this class is that I have an opinion and others don’t always agree but I don’t change my mind based off of what they say. I don’t try and change their mind based off of my views and beliefs but I will always grace them with my opinion. I also realized after this class that I stand alone on many things, and I’m okay with that. I have a different out look on situations based on things I’ve experienced and realize that a lot of other people don’t simply because they haven’t witnessed it first hand for themselves.

I think I’ve become more open minded to others opinions and outlooks due to our conversations in class. I see that people also have reasoning for what they believe and why they believe it. I’m more willing to hear someone else’s side because it might teach me something or even change how I go about something. I also learned from this class and about myself that if you sit back and don’t let people know how you feel or about a situation you’ll never be heard.

I personally like who I am, I like that some people think I’m different and bold and also like that some people think I’m mean and to blunt. I’m thankful that my parents taught me to stand up for what I believe in because in many situations if I wouldn’t have been taught that I would have been walked over and unheard. I’m glad that I have the traits and beliefs that I do, and that I don’t change just based off of someone else’s opinions and beliefs. I was taught to find who I am and stick to it and be proud, and I think I’ve done just that.

Essay 2

I heard a lot of insights throughout this semester in our class, but two that particularly stuck out to me were the time someone classified someone as “ghetto” based off of their style and another time when Chris commented on who I was and how he admired it. These two instances have stuck with me simply because they have made me think, they brought other ideas to me and also opened my eyes to how others think.

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