Assignment 2: Answering the Questions

Why do we all yearn for that feeling of acceptance?

Everyone wants to have that feeling that they're accepted for who they are, whether they are kids or adults. We yearn for it because it gives us a feeling of satisfaction or relief that it's okay to be who you are, and people respect who you are.

Why do some people pretend to be something that they’re not?

When it comes to the sense of belonging, some people, teenagers essentially, want to belong to a part of a clique or a group of people, it gives them a sense of importance they believe they lack. Even if the group won't accept who others really are, some people really focus on trying to mold themselves in that perfect fit the way others would like them to be, instead of trying to find a group that will accept them for who they are.

Why is it so hard to find who we are?

At a very young age, kids are influenced by their parents, siblings, peers, and media that sometimes as we get older we get lost on who we are, what we want to be, what our family wants us to be, what our peers tell us what's cool or not, and what the media tells us what's cool or what's not. We get tangled up in what others say who we are, rather than what we say who we are. As we get older, it becomes more difficult for some, to the point where it's hard to know exactly, sometimes we don't know at all until we start to search within ourselves.

Why do we constantly try to search for who we are?

Your identity is like a 1,000 piece puzzle that you are putting together since birth until adulthood, and probably are still putting pieces together even then. If we don't know who we are, it's like having a giant hole in your chest. We yern to find our belonging and who we are in order to fill that hole, because it doesn't feel right.

Why aren’t we all the same?

It would be a boring, boring world if we were all the same. We wouldn't learn about the differences in the world which are essential in everyday life. We would just associate with people just like ourselves, and where is the learning in that?

Why are we all different?

Differences are what make the world. Different personalities, different opinions, different ideas, different people. You will constantly meet people who are different and disagree with what you believe in, and that's okay. Because we are all different, we learn to tolerate and to accept, and to make ourselves a more rounded.

What is normal?
Normal has such a broad definition, and is constantly being debated about. What exactlyis normal? What's "normal" to someone is just a matter of opinion. What might be normal to one person, might not be to another. It depends on how you were raised, and the environment you live in. Everyone has different views and opinions on the world, and what's considered "normal" in it.

What is strange?

Just like normal, strange is just a matter of opinion. What might be strange to someone, is normal to someone else and vice versa. Everyone's brains works differently, and everyone is raised differently. So in retrospect, isn't everyone strange in some way?