Throughout the course of life, a sense of self in an individual is constantly being revised and changed due to the way one views their own characteristics and traits, beliefs, social status, and purpose within …show more content…
These glasses, while they were essential to my well- being, isolated me from my peers. If my exclusion from the group was not a product of the treatment I was receiving from my peers than it was the way I viewed myself wearing those glasses, the identity I assigned myself. While I excelled in my academics and athletics, my unostentatious attitude prevented me from being the leader I could have been. As a child and a “tween”, the perception I had of myself was not great, I looked into the mirror and saw a timid young girl. Because of this sense of self, I remained quiet and kept my opinions and ideas exclusively to myself. My title was “ostracized”, this label is one I gave myself solely due to the way I felt behind my purple