Influence Of Childhood And Adolescence

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My childhood and adolescence experiences helped form my identity and vocation. Some of those factors included my childhood environment, social relations and image of self. I also had a few religious experiences that allowed me to be closer with God. Some of my religious experiences were similar to St. Francis’ experiences, but on a lower scale. One factor that helped form my identity and vocation was my childhood environment. My childhood environment includes my ethnicity, class and religious formation. My parents were both born and raised in the Philippines. My parents raised me the way Filipino parents raised their children. They helped develop a strong relationship between my younger sister and I. Filipino people are very close with each other. I grew up with many of my parents’ friends and their children. We celebrated important events. My parents showed me how family oriented we should be and I take it very seriously. I grew up in a middle class home. My parents own the house, they both have stable jobs and have a steady income. My parents always tried their best to provide for my sister and I. My parents also got us …show more content…

Over the years I have been through many different experiences that changed the way I viewed myself. In the beginning of high school, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be a nurse just like my mother but I had to be a different plan. When I had to pick a different plan, I didn’t know who I was anymore. I eventually picked a different plan for myself which was to major in Health care management. This was how I viewed myself for the future. I was still the caring person as everyone viewed me and that was how I viewed myself. I see myself as a successful person because of the way my parent influenced me. It allowed me to be kind, quiet and caring. All of my childhood and adolescence experiences helped give me an image of self. Some of my experiences led to religious

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