College of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus
September , 2010
People may identify you in several different ways, but the only judgment that matters is your own. It should not matter what others think of you as long as you are genuinely happy. Adolescent years are the most difficult for people to identify their true selves because teenagers are too busy trying to please others and fit in. The harsh judgments they face by their peers begin to define them and change how they view themselves. Adolescents do not want to be different; they want to fit in and be the same as everyone else.
Teenagers fear the word different because they automatically associate it with the word outcast. Adolescents do not believe it is ok or good to be different. I believe everyone's identity is different. It starts with happiness. You need to be happy before you can make anyone else happy. When a teen stops living for others and starts living for themselves they will then truly start to live. When I become a teacher I will be sure to encourage differences and uniqueness among my teenage students. I will explain to them that identity is making yourself happy without harming or disrespecting others.
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