The Cause Of Change In Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli

“The girl I ignored will leave her mark on the world in a way I never could. To know this helps me accept my fate.” This information proves that one should get to know a person before choosing to ignore and resent a person who was given poor opinions by a false judgement. Savannah looks ahead to what life will hold into the future and realizes that the right girl lived and is living a new purpose. She realizes that her future is not as bright and the way she thought about Claire before was wrong. Some may argue that Savannah looking ahead might not show the true potential and the life in the future because what she sees now might not be what will happen in the future. What happens can easily change and might not be true. However, although looking into the future might not be true, Savannah realizes that the characteristics that Claire holds are strong and meaningful. Ultimately, looking into the future at one’s personality and accomplishments can help one figure out how to see a new purpose in one’s life shows that anyone can have a

About 50% of kids get bullied in 4-12 grade by other students while about 30% bully others. Most people get bullied or have felt alone/ left out. People can feel this way anytime, but mainly during 4-12 grade. Everyone is different one way or another. Our differences are what makes us unique. The different traits from one another will be the one thing that will help you later in life.

I was born trans, and I will die trans. There is nothing parent’s, my priest, or myself could have done or will do to change that. I came out as transgender the summer before I started high school, and let me tell you this, it was quite a shock to my parents. Let me tell you this, there is no amount of hints you can drop that will make two gold star Catholic parents ponder, “Hmm, I think my daughter, just might be a boy,” even if you go the extra mile to the most tomboy person imaginable, cut all your hair off, only wear boy clothes, and develops an obsession with studying trans people while reporting back to them. Not even for second will it cross their minds. I knew my entire life I was a boy, but I didn’t know I trans until I fourteen. I blame this on poor exposure and lack of education.

There are a few links between an individual’s identity, self-esteem and self-image. An individual’s identity is them, their age, their name, ethnicity and background, their family, also their language and education. Their self-esteem means how much they actually value themselves and lastly their self-image is how they view themselves or see themselves. If they have no identity, for example if they are afraid of how others might see them this links to a low self-esteem which can lead to social isolation and/or they might suffer from depression, then their self-image may then suffer such as they forget to look after their personal appearance, hygiene and how they used to dress. On the other hand if they are happy and confidence with their identity then the individual is most likely to look after themselves and their personal image more such as the way they look, dress, eat healthily and exercise etc. and this will increase their self-esteem so they are more likely to be

To her counter parts her name was made up which to the general populations defense, it was. Susan’s decision to be called Stargirl is what gave a gate way for other students to treat her differently because did not identify herself as average and she would not stay in the norms of the population. In Stargirl’s identity, clothes also became a statement for her to express herself to the people around her using nonverbal cues. Stargirl thrives on her own, free of labels and social expectations.

In the essay, “The sociology of Leopard man”, by Logan Feys, he argues that individuality can be affected by the pressures that society puts on people. I agree with Feys opinion on this subject.

“Seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, feeling with a heart of another.” In which was said by Alfred Adler, demonstrates a great theme that was displayed in both To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, and real life. The theme is to always consider someone else's position by walking in their shoes before you claim to know a person. For many years, people have taken action into assuming that everything heard is true, without considering the person's current position, emotional state, or their outlook on life, this action has caused many dilemmas. As Harper Lee portrayed throughout the book, you must walk in someone else's shoes before you truly know them.

The best way to deal adversity is to move forward from it and don’t look back at.

We all face difficulties in our lives. Often such difficulties can lead us into great depression. A lot of emotions connect to what we do. It affects the way one thinks of viewing his or her life. Yet, if we try we can improve and gain more understanding of ourselves. In the untitled picture by David S. Waitz, we see a man standing in a glass booth alone. While at the back there is a person who looks to see what he does. In representation to this we also face similar outcomes in life, when we feel as if being alone will help letting you understand what you have done. Like the man in the glass booth when we learn the significance of our difficulties we then change for the better. Personal, I have overcome the same difficulties in life. When I shoplifted, it put me through a stage of depression. I

Things can change, as you can see change is not bad. Each time a new president for the united states is elected the usa does go through a dramatic change and can turn into good or bad. You can become someone better or worse. depending on you and your personal experiences. You can change your life into a billionaire if you win the lotto see there is another good change in yourself. There is also when you go to the gym and lose weight that's a good change also. It is helpful to change things if you don't like them. I myself have changed a lot over the years. I got taller i understand life more, and see from other peoples point of view in life. I've made these changed myself or rather i adapted to them. I live daily and i'm used to see these problems, because they probably happened to me or someone one i know. I've got 3 strong supportive reasons why changed is not bad and for people to stop judging about it so much..

When asked “What does it mean to be described as “a person of character” it brought two things to my mind, what is a character and as to what kind of character am I. The choices we made throughout our life help mold the proverbial clay that is our character; from where we decided to sit at the lunch table when we were in pre-school to whether or not we picked up some trash that laid on the ground and threw it away, these choices big or small created our character. Breaking down the question a person of character, in essence, is who we really are as people. The things that we say, do, and experience are the things that separate and make each and every single one of us are own unique individual, but what is my character? I reflect back trying to think of everything I have done, and it's hard to come up with my character. When I was little I always tried to keep to myself; I never really wanted to be more than be an average student. I would go to school and would go home every day and never tried to do more. I never was a leader at that age; I was known to be kind and caring but I rarely took charged of a situation and always stayed in the background. It wasn’t until around 8th grade that things started to change, I began to realize that I

essay, Just Walk On By, in which he acts differently in public to ease peoples perspective of him.

Every single day, society tries to define my cultural identity. I struggle trying to set myself apart from the norm but, being a modern American teenage girl, I find myself being influenced by what is considered “cool.” It attempts to make me the “perfect” version of myself. But I am not what society wants me to be.

Equality. What is equality? Have a quick think about that. The dictionary says: the state or quality of being equal. But what does this actually mean to you and today in society?

From the beginning of time, acceptance has played an important role in society. It is only human nature, to try and be accepted into a group of people. Explained by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, where social needs are expressed as the 3rd level before self-actualization. Which is what we all strive towards whether we know it yet or not. Acceptance or a sense of belonging can be reasons behind, how we form social groups like cliques, the reason we act the way we do and why we dress the way we do.