Being new to the class and completing this assignment after everyone else, I've had a bit longer to think about exactly who I am. I have come to the conclusion that I have no idea who I am. Even as I write this now, I can say with all honestly that I don't know myself very well. I sit here dumbfounded because never in my life have I been forced to put into words exactly who I am. I could answer a series of questions about myself if asked; favorite color, favorite sport, number of siblings, hobbies, but none of that could come close to explaining to you who I am.
When reading this, many will think that I'm just another complicated 16 year old girl lost in the mix of the crowd who thinks it's "different" or "artsy" to leave myself as undefined. I disagree with this. I don't think I'll ever fully understand myself or know why I do the things I do until the day I die. I believe that you cannot know yourself until you've lived a full life. In your last breaths, you'll know who you are. You'll understand why you made those mistakes. You'll understand why you sacrificed yourself for your friends. You'll know that you needed to live and let live to see who you truly are.
To end this, I could list numerous adjectives and facts about myself just for the sake of completing the assignment, but I'm not going to do that. Doing so would simply be a waste of both my time and your time. I realize that I leave you with little to no knowledge about myself and I apologize if that may anger you, but who I am and who I want to be is honestly not anyone else's business. Who I am changes every second of every day and to put that into words would be impossible. I, Meaghan McDougall, owe no explanation to anyone and am simply someone still trying to figure who I am.
Thanks Meaghan. This post is well written, and I agree, you owe no explanation to anyone and it is difficult to define who you are. That said, there are things you could have done in this response to make your post a bit more engaging. The biggest problem that I have with this is that it is a bit repetitive. Your uncertainty regarding the answer and your desire not to share leave you with nothing to say, so you just repeat these ideas over and over again in different ways. I respect your answers, but I think the burden of the writer is to find a more engaging, substantive way to say them. Perhaps you could have used an analogy or a metaphor, or you could have provided an example of your changing identity. Regardless, your command of language tells me that despite some curiosity about your personality, I do know that you will be a nice addition to the class.
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