What Influences Have Made Me the Person I Am Today

What influences have made me the person I am? It was a Tuesday afternoon and I was just getting to my psychology class and as usual I was chit chatting with my neighbors in class, Cpl Christie and Fausnight about the things that each of us did this weekend. Just when I had finished talking to Kara (Fausnight) about her weekend our psychology teacher Dr. Douglas walks in. As she is walking in I in my peppy self- personality ask how her weekend went. Dr. Douglas then proceeded to tell me that it was none of my businessÂ…Â….maybe she was having a bad day or was really stressed out or maybe in fact it was none of my business. She also told me that there was a certain thing called boundaries and that I needed to find out what that was. I†¦show more content†¦But like I mentioned before Ive always been ahead of the power curve. So when my teachers told me that I would be placed on a special schedule by going to the 2nd grade for half the day and learn English and language arts and then go to the 3rd grade the other hal f of the day and learn math and science I didnt feel all that scared. Which brings us to the next stage, elementary school. In the elementary school stage a person faces the issues of competence versus inferiority. In my case I already knew I was smart. So as far as myself feeling competent about myself, I knew I could do it or id find a way to get it done. But one thing that I did struggle with was where I fit in. I was more advanced than my friends in the second grade as far as my math and science, and got to go to 3rd grade where I could be challenged. But since I only went for half of the day I sort of felt like and outsider even though I was friends with both groups. This dilemma carried through till I got out in fifth grade. 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