Avowed Identities
Female, Daughter, Sister, Young, Student, positive person, a person who believes in oneself
① Ascribed Identity
② Who was responsible
③ Action to resist
① Hard Worker
② Friends
③ Don’t do my best, choose an easy way
① Optimistic
② Other people
③ Have a life plan
I got this result from what people said to me and/or how they treated me. Avowal identities sometimes agree with ascribed identities and vice versa. This is because you may think that you should be a person who is thought by others, or you may tell others who you are through your attitude, and people would agree with that image. On the other hand, when avowal identities and ascribed identities do not agree with each other, you may not be able to evaluate yourself correctly, or you may act to lead a wrong image of yourself, consciously or unconsciously.
My first ascribed identity is my friends think I am hard worker. This is partly true, because I study hard to get good grade. I had two part-time jobs to get what I want. However, I am lazy after exams and never open text books again. I had two part-time jobs but these were easy and boring, and I got nothing except money from those jobs. If I was a true hard worker, I would choose the job which is related to my dream job, or good paying job. For example, one of my friends worked at a cram school because her dream was to be a middle school English teacher. Another friend worked at night because it was better-paying job than a daytime one. Neither one of my jobs were like theirs. However, I went to private high school and college, and many my friends did not have to study hard or work hard. My high school had a university admission system by recommendation and students sometimes take only ten minutes interview to enter a university. For my friends, I was strange because I already got a ticket to go to a college, but I was still listening to lectures. When I became a college student, some of my friends never had a part-time job. They asked their parents for pocket money when they wanted something. They considered I was hard worker because I did not ask my parents, and earned money by myself. If I went to a public school, this ascribed identity might have been different.
Next, my ascribed identity is, I am an optimistic person. I think that is true. I believe bad things never happen to me, and even if it happened, I could learn something from that and it is good for me. However, I also believe the words “Chance never helps someone who does not ready” by French chemist Louis Pasteur. To take my life’s rosy view, I study to get a degree, and I got qualifications such as a secretary certificate, TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication), driver’s license, and etc. I do not say I will get married to a rich guy! I wish I could though. Japan is an academic background-oriented society. When I become over 40 years of age and try to find a job, if I did not have a degree or at lease special skill or knowledge, it would have been very difficult to work as a full-time worker in Japan. I am not a person who says “Tomorrow is another day”. I prepare to be optimist. I got the idea, to prepare to be optimist, from my mother. My mother graduate high school and did not have any qualifications. She told me how hard life is and importance of preparation.
All in all, I think avowed identities and ascribed identities are both who I am. How much you said ascribed identities are only people’s image of you, and not who you are, your behavior and attitude are part of yourself. Thus, avowed identities and ascribed identities can be similar or not. Do people tend to have a same idea of you are, or not? (Avowed identities tend to equal ascribed identities, or not)
Most of my avowed identities are the same as my ascribed ones. For example, I see myself as a good student, a devoted daughter, and a Catholic. Other people see me as these things as well. However, a few of my avowed identities are different from my ascribed identities. For example, I see myself as a female in the modern sense of the word while my grandparents see me as a traditional female. Overall I think I portray myself how I view myself, and any differences in my ascribed and avowed identities result due to misunderstandings or differences in cultures.
返信削除I think that is depends on who is giving you the ascribed indentity. If they were one of your peers than I think that the avowed and the ascribed identities would be similar. they would probably be in the same boat as you and see what you see. If the person was not one of your peers maybe someone older or younger than you. maybe someone from a different country than they would have different views on how they see you and what they think of you.
返信削除That is the whole key to this in a way isn't it? Are we who people think we are or are we something different? I would think anyone who knows me well would know me by my avowed identities and not necessarily by my ascribed ones. Others, who do not know me, obviously would only see what they see and so I doubt that my avowed and ascribed identities would match at that point. In general, most scribed identities will not match up to who I think I am as a person. I only scratched the surface of what my avowed identities are; if only you could see inside my mind....I'm superwoman!
返信削除I think that the people who care about me most and have more personal relationships with me have similar ascribed identities for me as my own avowed identities. The people who have gotten to know me personally, know me and my family, know that I am a daughter, sister, cousin, granddaugher and so on. They also know me as a tranfer student, soon-to-be college graduate, and some even know that I am a Marketing Communications student. Those who don't know me very well could still have some of the same identities as my avowed, however take on different meanings. If not, just completely different identities all together.
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