Forming Your Identity

Forming Your Identity
Who Will You Become?

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Be-er or Doer?



Four steps to complete:

A. Consider the story "Be-ers and Doers," and create your own definitions of the terms "be-er" and "doer."


B. Then decide whether you are a "be-er" or a "doer."


C. Make a list of other words that define who you are and that end in "er."


D. Using the format with which you are most comfortable, define yourself using the words you have chosen.

Hurdles


Make a list of at least four common obstacles teenagers might encounter on the way to discovering their own identities.
Include strategies for dealing with each of those obstacles.

Looking Within

Evaluate this statement:

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

State your opinion about whether you agree or disagree.