REFLECTION 13:- SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-CONCEPT

In the articles "Understanding the Self" (Hamachek) and in Transformation: Creating Context, Part 1 it shows that every person in this world thinks of themselves differently. I thought that the sections on self concept and self-esteem were the most important parts. This is how we as individuals see, think and feel about ourselves. It can be either low or high. Obviously low self-concept and/or esteem are bad and high are good to some extent. Many factors influence how we worth ourselves such as culture, socioeconomic status and our perception of what the ideal self-looks like. Feedback whether good or bad has a great amount of impact on a person. These concepts build you into the kind of individual a child grows up to be. For example, if a child is always told you are horrible, you will become nothing in life this child grows up thinking that they are actually horrible and will be a true failure, thus them not making any goals and work towards nothing. During this process, this child is developing self-concept in a bad way and an extremely low self-esteem. This of course is not encouraged. This article was interesting and encourages me as an aspiring teacher to show always children good deeds. It also teaches me to encourage others because you never know what one kind word can do to an individual. Suggestions and feedbacks are extremely powerful this can break or make a person so always be careful what you say to people especially the young, disabled and the extremely old. The wrong impression is very easy to acquire so I encourage all to try to change someone’s life for the better. Let them think of him or herself as worthy, wanted or any other inspiring word and develop high self concept and high self esteem. Pretend it was you who needed that help and needed just one person in this world to encourage you.