Years ago Abraham Maslow said that people are constantly striving for self-actualization. He believed that people are willing to give up other needs to make one area of their life stronger. In a way I can see myself giving up homework and other important just so I will be able to see my friends. I feel that everyone needs to be happy and nothing makes me happier then being with my friends. I also agree with the sociocultural theory. The sociocultural theory suggests that people that live in different cultures will do things and feel things differently. I can see this in myself because I grew up eating a large amount of wild game, whereas my friends grew up not eating things of that nature; therefore our tastes our different.
Three defense mechanisms that I use are sublimation, rationalization and displacement. I use sublimation when I have a bad day at school and that day in practice I will play extra aggressive, which in turn relieves stress. I also use rationalization during school. Sometimes when I get caught doing something wr
ong I try to find ways to make my situation “OK”. Displacement is a mechanism that I use rarely. Sometimes though I feel anger towards someone and instead of yelling at them I come home and everything that people say seems to annoy me. Then I find myself yelling at everyone instead of the person that made me angry. When I have extra stress I sit down and relax by listening to music. Music has a calming effect on me as does being with friends.
In today’s world I feel that the greatest problem facing teenagers is the lack of jobs. I feel that teenagers just graduating from High School don’t have many job opportunities. A way to fix this would be for employers to start hiring younger employees. In the future I see my role as a citizen is to support my country by paying taxes and voting for good presidents. My philosophy on abortion is pro-choice. I feel that if a woman is raped and she becomes pregnant then she deserves to have an abortion. The main educational/social problem at CVHS is the lack of students willing to learn
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