August 2019 – Student Portfolio

What would you trust more, in seeking to learn about a person: their biography, memoir or their autobiography?

I would say that if you really want to get to know a person through a piece of text, I would pick a memoir. A memoir would show you how this person thinks. You wouldn’t really have that opportunity if you were just having a conversation with them. Even if you’ve known them for your whole life, they might be living in a completely different world in their head.

Through a memoir, you would also get to see the moment that they intentionally picked and that they intended people to learn more about. If you were there, you would see how they saw that moment through their eyes, maybe even learn what it meant to them.

Memoirs might be the easiest way to learn about a person. I’d say that you can learn so much about a person through the way they think and finding out about the things and experiences that shaped them into the person you may know.

For me, I’ve been unclear on what identity I have or what identity I relate to for a really long time. Only now am I starting to develop an understanding of what makes me me. Ever since I’ve started to develop a grasp on this identity, I’ve been trying to stay true to what kind of person I am. For example, when I’m with other people and there might be new people, I’m the kind of person who makes an effort to go over to them and strike up a conversation with the hopes of meeting a someone new.

When meeting new people, I’m pretty much an open book. I wouldn’t continuously blab about myself for hours on end but if someone asks, there’s not really anything that I keep hidden, especially with characteristics and traits, but people can find that out for themselves. I’ve always been a person who’s easily influenced for my beliefs and yes, it might be a weakness, but it’s great fun starting to see my identity and morals develop and internally challenging other beliefs and morals that are being pushed onto me. So while I might seem to accept what someone is pushing on to me, internally I’m disagreeing. It’s not the same as having a friendly conversation and discussing our different perspectives. I guess in that sense, I do keep that side of me hidden when the time is appropriate.

Month: August 2019

ENGLISH – Representation

PSE – Identity