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“TIME OF MY LIFE: MY CHILDHOOD MEMORY”

UNIT 1: The Self from Various Perspectives
With the help of your parents, guardians, and childhood friends who have been a
part of you when you were a child, recall significant developments when you were
growing up. Identify some important experiences that you think shaped who you are
now. Identify a theory or concept that was discussed in this chapter which was evident
or relevant to your growing up experiences.
Time of My life: My Childhood Memory
Probably the best time of most people’s lives is their childhood. No work. No
deadlines. No worries. A child’s life is simply all about playing games and letting loose
of the loudest laughter. Many of us were contented having the best times of our lives
during our early days that we never would have thought growing up was ever an option.
If I, myself, were given the opportunity to take pleasure in being a five-year-old kid once
again, I’d take it in one go.
As a child, I was told by my parents that I was always cheerful and outgoing. But
I insist that I wasn’t always like that. I still have a vague memory of myself getting
bashful whenever we visit our other relatives. I was always nervous around many
people, most especially around adults, because I always felt like I had to please them.
But all of that changed when I entered first grade. I was a year advanced in my studies,
so while all of my classmates were around six years old, I was the only one aged five.
Thinking that I was the youngest, I felt inferior to my classmates, who I haven’t even
known yet, and have already decided that I would remain to be a shy and quiet kid in
class.
However, on the first day of school, I was seated next to a girl named Sheena
who was crying so hard because she was terrified and didn’t want her mother to leave
her alone at school. That’s when it settled to me that I wasn’t the only one who was
nervous of entering primary school. I took the initiative to talk to her and assured her
that she’s got nothing to be afraid since her mother would come back for her after
classes. She eventually stopped crying and calmed down, and just like that, I made my
first friend in school. Sheena became a significant part of my childhood because if it
wasn’t for her, I never would have realized that I was capable of approaching and
consoling other people. I gained the confidence to interact and make more friends in
class. While I remained as the introverted relative in every family gathering, I became
the extroverted friend at school. The more I interacted with new people when I was a
child, the more outgoing I became.
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“TIME OF MY LIFE: MY CHILDHOOD MEMORY”

UNIT 1: The Self from Various Perspectives
What happened to my personality development was mainly influenced by my

socialization with the people around me. Here, we can apply the manifestation of
George Herbert Mead’s theory of social self wherein the “self” is seen as a social
emergent. According to his theory, our individual selves are the result of continuous
social interactions and not merely innate at birth. My initial shy and reserved personality
when I was a child gradually changed through as I acquired new social experiences and
spent time with various people. Today, while establishing my identity in the society, I still
continue to undergo the process of self discovery. Now that I’ve grown as an individual,
I am able to utilize my social interactions from since I was a child as a mirror of how
others see me. This is the embodiment of Charles Cooley’s “Looking Glass Self” theory,
wherein I am able to accumulate more knowledge about myself from the perspectives of
the people around me.
A lot of other meaningful things happened in my childhood, like my first time

visiting the dentist or the time I realized I hated vegetables. But none has probably
impacted me more than that once in a lifetime interaction with my crying six-year-old girl
seatmate. It was from that moment onwards that the rest of my childhood experience
became more magical as I found myself in the company of other people. It was likely
the reason that my mother started to view me as an outgoing and cheerful individual.
That specific childhood memory is what I will forever hold as a treasure in my heart.
After all, it’s not everyday I get to enjoy the perks of being a free-spirited five-year-old
kid.
NAME: ALEXA GAIL ALVAREZ (CLUSTER B) DATE ACCOMPLISHED: SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
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JOURNAL NO.

“TIME OF MY LIFE: MY CHILDHOOD MEMORY”

Time of My life: My Childhood Memory

Page 1 Understanding The Self

“TIME OF MY LIFE: MY CHILDHOOD MEMORY”

What happened to my personality development was mainly influenced by my

A lot of other meaningful things happened in my childhood, like my first time

Page 2 Understanding The Self

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