Thursday, December 19, 2013

Understand Youth

Veronica's Context Map

    Home
  • Big sister
  • Safe
  • Great relationship with my parents
  • Silly
  • Sarcastic
  • Open book
  • Chatter box
  • Hyper
  • Comfortable
       School
  • Tired
  • Always learning
  • Hungry
  • Sometimes fun
  • Never ending homework
  • Socialize

       Work
  • Serious
  • Organized
  • Fun
  • Multi-tasking
  • Productive
  • Chatterbox with other student workers
      Church
  • Leader
  • Peace
  • Happiness
  • Relaxed  
  • Sing
  • Complete
       Friends
  • Loud
  • Silly
  • bubbly
  • caring
  • happy
  • chatter box 
  • I can be myself 

As I was creating my context map I realized that as much as I wanted to think that I am the same person everywhere I go. I am not, and that is okay. The reason why is because when you are at work yes you want to have a bubbly personality but you also want to be able to maintain professional so that your boss takes you serious. Or at church since I am a youth leader yes I can have fun and associate with the youth but I also have to be able to have certain boundaries and know that if I make a mistake because I am a leader I have followers who look up to me. Also when I am at home I do have the opportunity to be myself but at the same time because my parents see school as a top priority my conversations with them tend to always lead back to how I am doing in school. We have time to have fun and watch television as a family but we mostly talk about school and where I see myself in 5 years or more. They are the ones that keep my feet on the ground whenever I feel like it is impossible but at the same time because I have to be strong all the time around them about school I rarely have a moment to let myself go when I am having a hard time. Which is why I am thankful for my friends, they are the people that I can cry to and express my sadness or stress to and not feel judged. Instead they always tell me empowering words or give me my favorite type of hugs which I like to call "bear hugs"

     
  

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