Confusing ‘Ole Me and My Cultural Identity
There are a lot of things that have made me the boy/man I am today. Cultural identity is the ‘proper’ term for it, it makes me ‘me’. Cultural identity can be classified as anything that distinguishes you from everyone else, or even makes you the same as others. My cultural identity is something I have never really thought about until now. Classifying myself by the experiences in my life is new to me, but, if I had to, I would consider myself a southern wrestling cycling nerd who is quite the character with a few secrets to go along with it.
My first example of cultural identity, or the first thing that makes me unique, is gaming. When I was younger, video games always interested me. I had a Gameboy …show more content…
I have always been teased for being weird, or being as isolated as I was. I didn’t bother at first, but I eventually broke under the pressure. I began, at one point, being a different person at school than I was at home. This, above anything, taught me that not everything is worth the trouble that it costs to accomplish it. I let peer pressure and other various temptations change me, and I suffered. The more I tried, the worse it got. I started getting into fights and being meaner to everyone because I became bitter from all the negative experiences. I had a hard time making friends. There is no happy ending to this part of the story sadly, because it is still somewhat going on. I am still learning and I am not as mean or lonely as I used to be. I am definitely not teased anymore, that was a hard fought victory on my part. But, it helped shape me in a big way, especially with how others see me. It made me aware of how I present myself and how I treat others. It made me cautious about the people I befriend because I have to be sure I trust them. In this sense, it made me sort of anti-social. Oh well.
My cultural identity is a long, not-so happy story, that I do not have enough time to fully tell. But, it is my story, and it has made me the guy everyone knows me as. If I had to describe my cultural identity, there are a few words I would use. I am a lot of things, but the things that describe me is my southern heritage, my rough family background, and my experiences at school. All of these are the things that, as I said earlier, make me
There are a lot of things that have made me the boy/man I am today. Cultural identity is the ‘proper’ term for it, it makes me ‘me’. Cultural identity can be classified as anything that distinguishes you from everyone else, or even makes you the same as others. My cultural identity is something I have never really thought about until now. Classifying myself by the experiences in my life is new to me, but, if I had to, I would consider myself a southern wrestling cycling nerd who is quite the character with a few secrets to go along with it.
My first example of cultural identity, or the first thing that makes me unique, is gaming. When I was younger, video games always interested me. I had a Gameboy …show more content…
I have always been teased for being weird, or being as isolated as I was. I didn’t bother at first, but I eventually broke under the pressure. I began, at one point, being a different person at school than I was at home. This, above anything, taught me that not everything is worth the trouble that it costs to accomplish it. I let peer pressure and other various temptations change me, and I suffered. The more I tried, the worse it got. I started getting into fights and being meaner to everyone because I became bitter from all the negative experiences. I had a hard time making friends. There is no happy ending to this part of the story sadly, because it is still somewhat going on. I am still learning and I am not as mean or lonely as I used to be. I am definitely not teased anymore, that was a hard fought victory on my part. But, it helped shape me in a big way, especially with how others see me. It made me aware of how I present myself and how I treat others. It made me cautious about the people I befriend because I have to be sure I trust them. In this sense, it made me sort of anti-social. Oh well.
My cultural identity is a long, not-so happy story, that I do not have enough time to fully tell. But, it is my story, and it has made me the guy everyone knows me as. If I had to describe my cultural identity, there are a few words I would use. I am a lot of things, but the things that describe me is my southern heritage, my rough family background, and my experiences at school. All of these are the things that, as I said earlier, make me