Express Yoruself Essay examples

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Like most children in the early stages of life, I had questions. Simple questions, complex questions and some would say offensive questions. I grew up rarely expressing my thoughts and ideas, for my elders or people in higher power oppressed my early speaking rights by often saying things like "Stay in a Childs place" or something in resemblance to that. They felt I was being disrespectful by speaking certain thoughts and questions. I figured that these people are ignorant, or unwilling to accept mistakes. I could 'of been wrong, or was just a child with a lot of "out of place" questions on his head. The importance of expressing one's self is very helpful in understanding and making ideas, and thoughts clear. Growing up includes different heights of maturity which reveals to older people your basic knowledge level, what could be talked about with you, and how similar you are to them. For example, when I am getting a cut in the barbershop, the older barbers talk with the other older barbers, who are bald, and the younger barbers talk with the younger barbers. The older barbers mostly talk about the past, and what would happen if this or that happened in different areas of life. However, the conversations between the younger and older barbers are simple everyday life topics that are dull and uninteresting. If they are speaking with me, it was usually about my family or me. Nevertheless, I would follow the different conversations and learn more at the barbershop than if I was in school.

More than often, when I try to explain something with an older person they are unwilling to teach, or accept to be wrong. In High School, I had a teacher who teaches math that