Journal+4-+Reflection

Please respond to the following prompt for Journal 4-Reflection. Please check your response, utilizing STAR, prior to publishing. //How do you act, speak, or dress differently according to which group you are with or whom you are around? Why do you make these adjustments? Do you think it is hypocritical or false to make such changes? Why or why not? Which is the real you?//

The group of friends you hang out with can really affect the way you act, dress, and speak. This affects you because you want to "fit" in with this group of people. I think this change happens much more with people who are unsure of who they are yet. People like this will often go through a couple complete changes, for example, gothic kids. I think they start to change to be considered "gothic" because they aren't sure who they are yet. They stay this way until they know who they really are. After all, you barely see any adult goths. I think small changes are normal as you discover who you really are. Kids go through many stages in their teenage life that in the future they may look back and just laugh about it. I find that if you need to drastically change yourself to fit into a group, then they are not the group you were meant to be with. The group should be as close to you as you are when you are alone. After all, that is who you really are; the person who you are when no one is around.