What defines you?

[Clarissa_Rainbow]

Re: What defines you?

Well, nowadays people define us just by looking at us and seeing how we look. People define us by looking at where we work. People define us by our grades. People define us by our money status. What kind of music we listen to. People define us by our parents actions. People define us by one little mistake... It's wrong, yes, but it's what happens. How they define you should not matter, but it does. It's sad...

[DossarLX ODI]

Re: What defines you?

What I find pathetic is the shooting that happened at columbine High School in 1999. I mean, I can understand that Eric and Dylan were angered by the actions of several students in the school, but going into a shooting was just unnecessary. Clarissa, I do have do agree with your statement that nowadays people define others by appearance and the first time.

http://www.rachelschallenge.com/LearnMore/RachelsEssay/tabid/1701/Default.aspx

In Rachel's essay, she states that you should not just look at someone's appearance, but also look at that particular person's personal life. Was that person abused in his or her childhood? Is he or she just having a bad day? Many people judge by the first few encounters, but the majority of them usually don't really know the other person's past at all. Honesty can also be a big factor when you're trying to tell someone you know about any type of events going on. Do you know your friends well enough that they can be trusted? Are your friends going to guarantee they won't share this information to the public (rumors)? These types of things can cause lots of stress, which Eric and Dylan were undergoing so they decided to fight back at the school, but in a very violent way that wasn't exactly the best solution. But, Rachel's challenge has been spreading through schools, and I hope it is successful in lightening up some "bad" students. "No one knows how far a little kindness can go," Rachel said. It's really nice to see all the well-mannered students in the high school I go too.

Although, it's also good to see some variety in personality, just not in extreme cases.

[Dave&Wave]

Re: What defines you?

People define me by what they think .

[Bojack2424]

Re: What defines you?

Well, nowadays people define us just by looking at us and seeing how we look. People define us by looking at where we work. People define us by our grades. People define us by our money status. What kind of music we listen to. People define us by our parents actions. People define us by one little mistake... It's wrong, yes, but it's what happens. How they define you should not matter, but it does. It's sad...

i believe in that to the core.

[awein999]

Re: What defines you?

what truly defines a person is the decisions one makes without the outside influence of others. Intrinsic values. There is a difference between how you define yourself and how society defines you. Society is like high school, lots of peer pressure, back stabbing, grades (labeling). It's all fake and self centered. Although society could label you as "a bad person", or a "failure" it is possible that most individual people actually think very highly of you because you are a nice, caring, sensitive individual.

What matters is doing what you believe is the best thing to do without letting others corrupt your thoughts. Just imagine you are by yourself as a conflict arises. What would you do without any outside influence? That is how you figure out who you are and that defines your values and your character.

[Dave&Wave]

Re: What defines you?

Everyone needs constuctive criticism somewhere in there life . Everyone is confronted on something . So it is good to take advice from others , but it matters who's defining you . Is it the pastor or your parents , or maybe the school bully ? Or is it the gang roming the streets , or just ongoing strangers . Or the society (as mentioned before) , or just relatives .

[devonin]

Re: What defines you?

I'll be constructive, you should really stop putting an extraneous space before every punctuation mark. It's syntactically incorrect and makes your text more difficult to parse naturally.