Peter's regular process

I have been addicted to coffee for several decades now. I need it. The preparation and enjoyment of coffee consumes about an hour of each day for me. The process of making coffee is a ritual that gets my day off to a healthy, refreshing start. 

First, select the beans you prefer. I usually use arabica beans that I buy at Tops at Silom Complex. They have a pleasant taste that is strong but not bitter. Occasionally I buy a packet of the much more expensive Blue Mountain beans to spoil myself, or when I’m expecting a guest who I know will like them. Next, put the selected beans into the coffee grinder and press the button to turn it on. You can use pre-ground beans, but it’s better to grind your own, and enjoy the sound of them being turned into a powder ready for the water. 

While the beans are being ground, releasing their first delightful aroma, prepare a filter paper by folding it into a cone and placing it in the drip machine. Some people use a French press or a fancy espresso machine, but I like my coffee plain and simple, so my ritual has not varied for decades. In fact, I’m still using the same drip coffee machine that I bought about 25 years ago. It continues to serve me very well. At this point, water for a very large cup is also poured into the machine. 

The ground coffee is then tipped into the filter paper, it’s locked in place, and the switch is turned on. The water is heated in small amounts that pour over the freshly ground coffee and then drip down into the jug below it. This takes about five minutes, during which time you can get ready for the final product. I spend these minutes turning on my computer and opening the newspapers I browse every morning. 

Finally, the coffee is ready. It is poured into the waiting cup, so that I can enjoy it as I follow my morning ritual of quickly checking Facebook, then looking through the Bangkok Post, the New York Times, and other newspapers and magazines I subscribe to. The simple process of making and enjoying a large, strong coffee provides a relaxed, regular start to my day, every day. 

Processes we regularly follow

Definition

process, noun: 

"A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end." (Lexico, def. 1)
 

Why follow processes?

As the definition from Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, suggests, we follow processes because they provide a step by step way of achieving a goal, an end result, that we want, whether a delicious cup of coffee in the morning, a successful workout, a memorable birthday party,  a successful Ph.D. thesis, making a shirt, baking cookies, or moving house. 
 

Our examples  

We have been following a process to bring us to here: 

1. we chose a topic to write about = a process we regularly follow
2. we got ideas on that chosen topic
3. we organized our ideas on our topic 
4. now, we will write down those organized ideas. 
• you already have the ideas. You only need to turn them into sentences organized in paragraphs in a very short essay. 
• introduction → introduce your topic = what is your chosen process? 
• give some background / point → Why is it interesting? Why does it matter to you? Why did you chose this topic to write about? 
• tell us your main idea about the process = a general idea about it and perhaps the final outcome. 
• body = describe the steps in your process in order. One or two paragraphs will probably be enough. You don't have time for a lot of detail. 
• conclusion = end your essay. 
• restating the thesis with some new perspective from the ideas in the body is usual here. 
• and perhaps add a final comment that clearly tells readers: "The end."
   
• You have 12:00 minutes to write your short essay describing your chosen process. 
   
  And before we click "Publish" there are a few more steps: 
5. review what we have written: is it a complete answer?  Is it clear? = 3:00 minutes
6. revise our comment: cut, add or move ideas. = 4:00 minutes
7. proofread = check the grammar and spelling = 3:00 minutes
8. finally, publish our essay. 

Kanoon's strongest trait

 The chosen trait

      What do I think are the strongest? Some people believe that the answer will be ascribed trait because the ascribed trait is a situation or the event that happens in authentic life. But I believe some people will think achieved traits are the strongest because if life doesn't have achieved the goal, it means nothing. You will feel like to fail and can't feel happy in your life. How about chosen trait? In my opinion, The chosen trait is the strongest because it is the way which I choose for myself. I know what is best for me and I have confidence When I choose even if I fail or I choose in the wrong way. I will not regret it at all. But it doesn't mean ascribed traits or achieved traits are not important.

     I was born in Bangkok, Thailand. My mother tongue is Thai. also my nationality is Thai. I live with my parents. There are three people in my family, Father, Mother, and I. After you read it. You will feel There is little information on my ascribes trait of mine. It seems to me it is really normal information. and my achieved trait too. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Engineering department. I'm a business owner. I'm preparing myself to do my master's degree abroad. From my point of view, the chosen trait is important. Why do a master's degree abroad? Why not do it in Thailand? Because I believe this is the best way for my life and I have chosen it by me and for me. I would like to do my master's degree in the Engineering department. Why did I also choose the engineering department? because It's a good thing for me. So far as we know, I have the confidence to choose my way. That is Why my answer is The chosen trait is the strongest. On the other hand, achieved traits can be a part of the chosen trait such as You should know What the job you like to do in the future? and then you review yourself. Is it possible in this way you would like to choose? While you are reviewing ascribed traits and achieved traits will have to link to the chosen trait. 

      In conclusion, the chosen traits are strongest when you have confidence and also have enough knowledge about ascribed traits or achieved traits. the chosen traits will be the strongest when they have strong component name ascribed traits and achieved traits like a table are strongest because it has strong legs.

Dear's strongest trait

My Strongest Identity Traits

My strongest identity trait is achieved. I remember that I have liked to attend competitions since I was a child to prove to my family that I could do it. Every time I need to get whatever, I try to do everything to receive it, even if it’s difficult. Success is one part of my happiness. It made me feel valuable.

During primary school, I always attended the competitions of education and entertainment at school, including studying very hard and trying to find the activities that could develop skills for students until I got a good student award and to be Chairman of students. Then I was a student council member during senior high school again.

After I graduated with a bachelor's degree, I worked as a governance executive. I had no knowledge about it at all, but tried to learn very hard by taking courses related to my career path, asking advice from colleagues and boss for development, and trying to present my skill to my boss until I was promoted to a higher level within two years. On the other hand, others took more than three years to be promoted. I was so proud of myself.

Moreover, I wish to be a business owner of a bakery. I’m practising very hard and hope it will be completed soon.

As mentioned above, to get the achievement for whatever, I must contribute all the time to focus on what I should learn and make my understanding clear. Sometimes, I face pressure and am serious.

However, I think achievements are not the strongest identity traits for all people because some people may be not like competition like me.

Prang's strongest traits

My achieved traits

Normally, most people can certainly describe their identities because they can acknowledge the facts about themselves. Therefore, this is not so hard for me to explain about myself what my strongest traits are, and my opinion about my obvious character is not very unusual for ordinary people.

From my experience about self-awareness, my strongest identity is the achieved one that is adaptation skill. I got this skill from my job as I worked for a company in the position of a radio frequency engineer, tuned radio waves and installed wireless networks. After tuning a radio project was done, I must move to other areas. This position frequently travels around 70% per year. Thus, I have to change my accommodation from town to town at least  times per year. 

The benefit of being an adaptive person is that I am less concerned about culture, food, residence, and even people. This skill can help me to survive in any work environment and be good at cultural adaptation. I never experience culture shock at all and do not feel insecure when I need to move to other countries. Another positive effect is that I always feel energetic every time I face a new experience. Moreover, It helps me to develop my attitude because I am not afraid to change or learn new things.

In my view, I think an adaptive personality is not very typical since people always feel uncomfortable to change their life. Some people cannot move out of their safety zone, which makes them feel more secure to do a routine lifestyle and can better control everything in everyday life. For example, my father never goes out from his same route when he commutes because he can manage time exactly . Even my friend never changes his career since he feels insecure to face a new working environment. It can make him stressed easily. So, he tries to avoid that kind of situation.

Skillful 3: Reading and Writing, page 17 - Critical thinking, 3

What is it? 

In their critical thinking question 3. that concludes the reading "How Permanent Is Your Personality?" (p. 15-16) Rogers and Zemach invite us to apply the ideas there to the ideas we previously read about in "Social Identity" (p. 11).

We have already discussed questions 1. and 2. We will discuss Rogers and Zemach's question 3 in comments and replies to this blog post. 

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Question 3

• What do you think the results of this study imply for ascribed, achieved, and chosen identity traits? Can they all change, do you think? Why / why not? 

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Writing  

You have 18:00 minutes to plan and write one or two paragraphs. I suggest: 

• planning = 4:00 minutes
• writing = 12:00 minutes
• editing = 2:00 minute. 

 

Remember

Imagine you are writing for someone who has not read the question you are answering or the reading that the question follows up. Your job is to clearly communicate your response to that reader. 

Because your writing should make sense independently of the question it might be answering, it is usually useful to give background. This can be achieved by paraphrasing the question into statements that begin your answer. This is also a useful strategy n exams such as IELTS and TOEFL. 

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 Reference

Rogers, L. & Zemach, D. E. (2018). Skillful 3: Reading & Writing, Student's Book Pack (2nd. ed.). London: Macmillan Education 

 

View's strongest trait

My Strongest Identity Comparing to Most People

Issues related to personal identity are frequently discussed these days. It is argued which is the strongest identity from three kinds of traits, which are ascribed, achieved, or chosen, people have. Therefore, my strongest identity will be stated in the following paragraphs.

To begin with, having considered, I found that my strongest identity is from  achieved traits. What this means is that the achieved traits are what I have worked for over a long period until it became a part of my life. In addition, the achieved trait is particularly difficult to gain, so I feel proud of having this identity. This is illustrated by the fact that university graduation, known as an achieved trait, is one of my strongest identity elements. Even though I graduated more than four years ago, people always keep asking what my bachelor’s degree and university name are. If they find it is the same as theirs, we will then have a smooth conversation.

On the other hand, to my mind, both ascribed and chosen traits are categorized as my weak identities since they are obtained effortlessly. An ascribed trait is what I have had since I was born: although, it could change later according to some reasons such as law. For instance, I was born a female. Also, a chosen trait is easy to get. For example, joining a RICOH GR III group on Facebook. It is just one click, isn’t it?

However, in my opinion, most people could not agree with me regarding the strongest identity being achieved traits. It is widely believed that the chosen traits are what people decide by themselves. Certainly, it is the thing desirable and impassioning to people. In fact, this is not the same as me, who changes a topic interested in quickly.

In conclusion, my strongest identity is achieved traits, which might not be typical. The majority could think that their strongest identity is their chosen traits. In fact, the strongest identity of individuals is different, because of the fact that how strong traits could be is up to the personality.

Keet's strongest traits

Balance 

When I talk about my identity traits, I think one of  my strongest traits is ascribed  for the reason that I was born with it and it's the things that I couldn't choose and I have the ability to do many useful things because of it.

When I was in grade 5, my mum used to send me to kumon, a maths tutor school. I had tried, but it came to nothing. Also at that time, I studied English with my Persian teacher. I can talk and write, which is different from maths and science, and that's the time that i know that my left brain side is not perfect for me, and after my mum knew about it, my mum gave all of the kindness of dedicating her heart to send me into an English tutor school and I enjoyed it so much.

I also have the thought that my second  strongest traits are achieved after I sat down and figured out that ascribed and achieved  work in tandem for the reason that If you only had the strongest ascribed and you did not fight for it   (achieved) it's not balanced. 

In conclusion you have to balance these  all together: ascribed, achieved, and chosen traits. It all works in tandem.

Pluem's strongest trait

Achievement from achieved trait 

Every success in my life came from a lot of factors which include my characteristics or traits. Some success occurred because of a trait that I cannot choose, or an ascribed trait, while some occurred because of a trait that I worked for, or an achieved trait. I have never been successful because of the traits I chose, or chosen traits. From my experience, I believe that my advantages are from the achieved trait.

My achieved traits are the strongest traits among others. I am not a rich, handsome and talented person; therefore, I have to work hard to create my own competitive identity. Firstly, I studied very hard in my bachelor degree until I graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University and that allows me to be qualified in applying for any job that is related to government affairs such as a ministry, international organization or officer of any government agencies. This identity creates competencies for me in order to overcome other applicants in the recruitment process. Secondly, I have good language skills and am able to speak several languages, which allow me to understand people and media more than some people. I am interested in learning languages as a hobby which led me to the point that I can speak four languages, which are Thai, English, Russian and French. I started to learn English when I was very young. As for Russian and French, I began to learn them in high school and continued as a freshman in university. I put a lot of time, money and effort into learning these languages because they can distinguish me from other applicants when it comes to job applications. 

In my opinion, an achieved trait is also the strongest trait of many people. Those who were not born in rich families or were not born with personal capital or gifts have to persevere or have to spend their time, money or effort in order to create their own competencies which can eventually lead them to success in career, studies, business or relationships.

To conclude, I accomplished several things in my life thanks to achieved traits. Most of them are educational background and competitive skills. I believe that there also are a lot of people who consider their achieved traits as their strongest advantage.

Peter's strongest identity traits

Making Me

Our identities are complex, made of many factors that can be classified in different ways. One common classification of the traits that make up our identities is based on how we come by them. According to this classification, identity traits can be ascribed, achieved or chosen. Because they are very variable, we expect different categories of traits to be strongest for different people. Jill’s chosen traits might be the strongest aspect of her identity, while John’s identity might be most strongly influenced by his achieved traits. For myself, although my first idea was that my chosen traits were the strongest, further reflection led me to conclude that in fact my ascribed traits are the strongest, which I think is probably also typical. 

First, my achieved traits are important to me. I’m proud of my academic record at Sydney University, where I did well in my chosen areas of study, mainly philosophy, mathematics and a couple of dead languages. My achieved identity as an honours graduate who won awards and scholarships for graduating first in the class my major certainly pleased my mother. Another achieved trait that is part of my  identity that is significant is my work as a teacher, where I hope I also help my students to achieve their goals that become a part of their identity. 

However, important though they be, my achieved traits matter less to me personally than do my chosen traits and have had a bigger impact on the course my life has taken to make me who I am today. While my academic achievements gave me options, it was what I chose to do with those achievements that really created my identity. If I had not chosen to visit Thailand many years ago, my life would have been very different. 

But what makes our achievements possible if not the situation and abilities ascribed to us at birth? I was born into a comfortably off family in Australia. That gave me not only my identity as an Australian, and the benefits of English as a native language, but also my family name and the advantages that came with that. Because of my ascribed status as their son, my parents happily cared for me, ensuring that I got the education that let me achieve the foundations for the choices I subsequently made. It was not only the ascribed position in life that came with when, where and to whom I was born; the truly unchangeable genes that I inherited from my parents created both the body and the brain that make me the person I am. As I’ve already said, the environment I was born into played an important role in forming my identity, but even more strongly ascribed are the intelligence and personality traits that come at least in part from my genes. Without that particular set of likes, dislikes, interests, emotional responses, personality characteristics and so on, I would have worked to achieve different traits, and I am sure I would have chosen very differently about how to live my life. 

Naturally, all the parts of it, the ascribed, the achieved and the chosen, contribute to my identity, but because of its foundational influence on all the others since at least the day I was born, I have to admit that my ascribed traits are the strongest in my own life. Perhaps for others it is different, but I suspect that for most people, even Jill and John, it was their ascribed traits that their identities are really built on. 

Skillful 3: Reading and Writing, page 12 - Critical thinking

What is it? 

In their critical thinking exercise that concludes the reading "Social Identity", Rogers and Zemach invite us to discuss questions that follow up ideas in the reading we have now read carefully, (2018). These questions invite us to reflect on the ideas in the reading and apply them to our own experience.

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The questions

1. What are some benefits of rivalries? What are some problems? Give specific examples.
    
2. When people meet for the first time, do you think they focus on similarities, or differences? Why, do you think?

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Writing  

We will respond to the the questions separately, that is, in two comments. 

For each question, you have 8:00 minutes to plan and write. I suggest: 

• planning = 2:00 minutes
• writing = 5:00 minutes
• editing = 1:00 minute. 

First, we will write our responses and replies to question 1 only. 

Then we will discuss question 2 in a series of comments and replies. 

 

 A helpful strategy

Imagine you are writing for someone who has not read the question you are answering or the reading that the question follows up. Your job is to clearly communicate your response to that reader. 

Because your writing should make sense independently of the question it might be answering, it is usually useful to give background. This can be achieved by paraphrasing the question into statements that begin your answer. This is also a useful strategy n exams such as IELTS and TOEFL. 

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 Reference

Rogers, L. & Zemach, D. E. (2018). Skillful 3: Reading & Writing, Student's Book Pack (2nd. ed.). London: Macmillan Education

 

Skillful 3: Reading & Writing, page 9 - After you watch

After we have watched 

Rogers and Zemach's three discussion questions invite us to share our own ideas in response to the content of the video about Doppel. Because it helps to get a greater variety of independent ideas, we will do this discussion here on our class blog. First, read the three questions the authors ask us to share our ideas on. 

You want to write one response that discusses all three questions. You will probably want to write two or three paragraphs, but that's up to you.  

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The three questions to respond to

• Do you like the idea of a gadget that can change your moods? 
   
• Do you agree with the inventor that the gadget is unique? 
   
• What gadget would you like to invent to improve your health?   

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Planning and writing = 18:00 minutes 

You have 18:00 minutes to plan and write a response to the set of three related questions. I suggest you divide your time roughly as follows: 

1. planning = 4:00 minutes 

It's usually a good idea to plan before you start to write.  Especially in quick response writing, you might change your mind as you write, or get better ideas, but having  a clear idea about what you want to say before you write the first word helps to produce a well-organized piece of work that communicates with your readers. 

2. writing = 12:00 minutes

When you know what you are going to say because you have planned, the writing step consists of turning your ideas into sentences organized into paragraphs.

3. editing = 2:00 minutes

You don't have much time to review, revise and proofread in a quick response writing activity, but it's still a good idea to quickly read over what you've written and perhaps make a few changes or corrections.

A useful strategy

Don't write things like "question 1," just write your ideas. Imagine your reader has never seen the three questions. You want your ideas to be make sense to that reader. 

 

Reference

Rogers, L. & Zemach, D. E. (2018). Skillful 3: Reading & Writing, Student's Book Pack (2nd. ed.). London: Macmillan Education

  

Pluem: my identity

How I display my identity in person 

Because I'm an easy-going and simple person, I usually wear clothes in plain color. I wear white t-shirt, blue jeans and white sport shoes. As for tone of voice, I usually speak in middle and low tone to my friends and family but when I speak in front of public I change my voice into high tone, in order to attract people's attention. I often have conversation about international politics, psychology and Marvel movies. When I like or impress something, I will lift my thumb up to show my satisfaction. People said that I often smile when I'm talking to people. Maybe it is the way to express my friendliness to other people.

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How I display my identity online

I have online identities in many platforms such as Facebook, Line and Instagram. I use my real name and surname in Facebook. I use nickname name in Line and Instagram. I don't use avatar on my profile picture. I use my real photo instead. As I have said earlier that I'm a simple person, I did not decorate my photo and my name with any fancy fonts. I sometimes share information about politics and Marvel movies in my facebook. I rarely write and share about myself and my feeling in social network. 

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

My online identity is almost the same as my identity in person because I use real name and photo. I don't use application to make myself looks more handsome because I prefer to look natural and simple. I sometimes change the tone of my photo just when I feel sad, so it will look a little bit darker.

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Prang: my identity

How I display my identity in person 

Normally, my majority of clothes is blue and white color which are a various pattern. Before, I really did not know that it has only a single tone in the closet as it might messy and did not organise. When I am at home, I always wear casual style like T-shirt and short or skirt. While, when I went to my office, I mostly wear a shirt with pants because it looks more formal. It is hardly to see me wear a dress or skirt at office since it does not convenient to work cause sometime I need to visit outside places. Moreover, when I meet new friends or people who I do not know much, I usually listen to them more than speak and put smile on my face to response or reaction back to them. So, some people think my look is hard to talk with. In fact, I still listen carefully, learn about their identity and try to think a funny joke to impress them. In contrast, when I have conversation with my close relationship, I am a talkative person and do not have to think much before I said something. I express myself as I am. That is a little detail of my personal character how I show my identity which difference depended on the relationship.

How I display my identity online

When I am on the cyber world, I rarely use my real name. I have many names such as Luna P, Jade NP, Knightmaron, and etc. This is because sometime my pen name matches with others, so the registration always suggests name like Luna3456 or Nunnapat765, which I do not like it, and I also want an unique name. That is why I have so many pen name, but all of names have their meaning. For example, Jade NP is from my Chinese name which is mean Jade in English and NP is short form of my full name. Knightmaron is the oldest name I ever used it only in the online game since I was middle school. This name comes from the mystery thief in Conan (Japanese comic book) who never be caught. Furthermore, I use my real photo in some social applications. This is only one clue to describe myself. Therefore, if you want to find me in Facebook or Instagram, please look at my profile picture :)

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

In my view, some clues in social media can describe my personality because I post everything which I interested. For instance, while I am travelling, I always post photos about the places where I just visited. Not only the photos, sometimes I create clip video like a brief story about what I enthusiastic with it at the moment. For example, currently I am passionate in a orphan bird since it dropped from its nest. It can changes my attitude about bird. I can learn from it and wondered it is clever species as same as dogs. Thus, my online identity can express an accurate about myself. 

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View: my identity

How I display my identity in person 

The most outstanding identity of mine in person is easily noticed through clothes. I always wear clothes in classic colors such as black, white, and beige as they can be matched into many various looks. In addition, I seldom wear shorts, except when I go to the places like beaches since I believed that pants or long jeans make me look better when wearing them. Therefore, I can be considered as an easy-going person with a little formal style.

How I display my identity online

I use Instagram daily so there are a lot of pictures posted. When hanging out with friends or traveling with the family, I always explore new restaurants and share food pictures after that.  I always go to the nice decorated cafe which has a nice coffee since I am a coffee addict person. In addition, the cafe should be instagramable so that the pictures I shared will be interesting.

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

Not really, online identity is just a slice of my life. I posted all pictures online when I have special occasions such as sightseeing on holidays when I feel happy and relieved. People might think that I always have time and feel happy. On the other hand, most of the time, 8 AM to 6 PM on Monday to Friday, I work at an office and feel very stressed. I have never posted a picture while I worked and been unhappy so people have never seen this side of my routine.

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Kanoon: my identity

How I display my identity in person 

            In my opinion, I think I'm an adventurous person. I like to do outside activities. That's why my identity can explain by my style of clothes. 

            I like to wear jeans. I'm a simple and easy girl. I don't like to wear details clothes at all. I'm ready to dirty every time. So my favorite color is black or gray. I like the dark tone so much 

           My clothes can identify with my lifestyle. I like to wear simple dark color clothes because I like to go everywhere even if that place is a scorching one or an adventure trip. I like hiking and biking. I like the activities in which I can feel relaxed and exercise together like walking in the Chatuchak Market in the afternoon.

            My tone of voice is uncomplicated. It changes to follow my emotions and also my gestures too. it depends on my emotions or the person who is to face me. if I don't like someone or something in an event. I will show everyone how what I feel.

            The last one to a good way to explain my identity is my characteristics. Many people and also my friends said I look like a friendly and optimistic young girl. but when I am in an official hour like a meeting or presenting something. I look like another girl who has so much confidence and energy.     

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How I display my identity online

        For my profile on the online platform, I use a cartoon that My friend said it looks like me for my profile picture. I sometimes like to post a good picture or a good moment about my lifestyle on my Instagram but the only moment when I really like to share the good energy with everyone is not for everything or every hour in my real life.

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

   In my opinion, social media platform is a part of my life. I think you can't decide on me or know me like in real life but you can also know a little thing which I like. and also we can't decide on someone just because you see his or her profile from online platforms. They aren't posted everything in there for sure. I think everyone also likes to have privacy and security in real life.

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Keet's Identity

How I display my identity in person 

I sometimes display my identity trough color of  my clothes whenever I feel happy I choose to wear bright and colorful clothes , Pink , Purple, Green are my favorites. But when I feel blue I describe my color such as black. It not always has to be black, It can be dark brown and dark blue.

my tone of voice , I'm kind of person who love to play around and playful. I speak nicely to people around me. Ahmad once says " Be gentle to others, People will be gentle with you" I totally agree with him. In addition I love to put smile to my face or maybe just a little smile when I talk to make people around me feel comfortable.

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How I display my identity online

I try to  avoid to show or post my personal picture on social media. I normally use my Instagram platform just to post pictures of my pets, Travelling .Use social media to contact with friends . But when it comes to Facebook it will show my picture when somebody in family tag me and I use my real name on my Facebook.

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

It's totally different , It's more accurate my identity in person ( more cheerful and  bright , lively) And I think I prefer how I display my identity in person over my identity in online.

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Dear: My identity

How I display my identity in person

Normally, I wear the casual clothes with colorful, excepting a working time that I will wear the formal clothes to built a reliability to myself.

When I have to communicate with people, I always concern what I need to say and tone of voice as I think it maybe affects to a relationship.

However, in case of the serious topic, I try to explain it with reason without emotional.

Besides, to communicate efficiently, I also use the body language to make an understanding easier.

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How I display my identity online

To display my identity online, it depends on what the purpose is. 

In case it relates to business purpose, real name-surname, personal information with photo are applied to identify myself. 

On the other hand, I always show the real photo with nickname on the social networks  such as facebook, instagram, etc. as I concerned about the security. Avatar sometimes is used. In addition, I also like to share the travel photo with the comment at places where I visited for my memory.

Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

I think the most information shared on my online are accurately because they are a general topic that can be shared to everyone. As mentioned above, I always share my travel trip, not be the personal information.

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Peter: my identity

How I display my identity in person 

showing several
aspects of my identity

One of my identities is that I'm a teacher, and my clothes display this identity. When I'm at work, whether in a classroom or online, such as in a Zoom class, I always wear a plain white shirt. I think it's appropriate for my identity as a teacher. But in my life outside of work, I also always wear button-up shirts with collars. This could be because I'm getting old, which would be another aspect of my identity, but in fact, I've dressed this way since I was at university about 40 years ago. I feel comfortable in slightly formal clothes, which I guess shows that part of my personality is to be a bit formal, and my my chosen clothes show this. I have not even owned a T-shirt for more than 30 years! (Thank you Keet for that very useful question to give me this idea to write here. 

My tone of voice tells people, I hope, that I'm friendly and generally relaxed, but what I say can sometimes be serious and emphasize the importance of being logical. When I was in high school, mathematics was my favourite subject, and I did well at it. I also studied mathematics for three years at university. My major was philosophy, where one of my main areas of interest was logic, which went well with my interest in mathematics. Today, if I'm in a discussion, and even in some of my classes, I can be a bit pushy that people give logical reasons for what they say. It doesn't worry me what their ideas are, but I like strong, logical reasons to be given, and this fondness for logical thinking is an important part of my personality, which is itself a major part of my identity, of who I am. 

And I think I've written enough on this aspect of my identity. 

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How I display my identity online

On my personal Facebook page, I use my real name and images. I don't post very much. Mainly photos with very short comments about what I'm doing in my life. And after ten or more years on Facebook, I now have 32 friends. They are all people I know in my life outside of Facebook. Because they are close friends and relatives, they might even be interested in the meals I post about, or my shopping trips with Ea and his dad, and my thought about current issue. 

other sides of me

However, I also have another online identity that shows a very different me. One of my hobbies is joining online comments and discussions in articles published in a few of the newspapers and magazines I subscribe to. For that I use a screen name unrelated to my real name, although my avatar does include a real photograph of my face. My avatar is of the cartoon character Felix the Cat. He was very popular when I was a child more than 50 years ago, and is still fairly well known, although some young people who recognize the image might not know who the character is. I liked his bag of magic tricks and his mischievous attitude. Sometimes I like to be mischievous, like giving strong arguments to support a position I know will annoy someone. But the photograph in my avatar is really my head. I made Felix punch me to show that I'm happy for other people to disagree with me and present their supporting arguments. 

from the Vergilius Romanus 
manuscript, 5th century

My screen name is a little more complex: it's the first two words of a line in one of my favourite poems by Virgil that refers to the author of what really is my favourite Latin poem. I don't expect most people to know the reference, but it does show things about my identity: that I studied Latin at university, that I love philosophy (the poet Lucretius's de rerum natura is really a series of philosophical arguments written as poetry. It's brilliant.), and that I enjoy being a bit controversial. 

After uploading the image for Virgil's Georgics, I was tempted to write about my own rural background to fill in that part of my identity, but I think I've given enough details here. 

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Whether my online identity is accurately communicated 

I don't think that my online identity represents me incorrectly, but it is incomplete. Although the few photos and comments I post on my personal Facebook page are all real, they give a very biased view of me, one that emphasizes the fun, cheerful things. I do occasionally post unhappy things, but those are certainly in a minority, far smaller than their quantity in my life. Similarly, on my other Facebook pages, such as my AUA Facebook page, everything is true and correct, but only presents the aspect of my life that is related to my work as a teacher. I don't think this is a problem: professional pages are supposed to relate only relevant content, not the person's personal life, and my other Facebook page similarly reflects on the aspects of my identity that are relevant to that: it should present limited aspects of my identity.

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Good: Surreal self-sufficiency

 

According to “Self-Sufficiency Is Overrated” written by Sarah Wildman (2021) in The New York Times, the author had been helped by her friends and strangers and this kind of generosity bettered her to understand her real feeling and new points of view of self-sufficiency during her struggling times. First, the author exemplifies the situation when she borrowed her friend’s house for a summer week. On top of that, her friend also made additional generous offers, asking if she wanted some supplies such as eggs or milk. Ms. Wildman stated that “I brushed off her offers. Really, I said, we don’t need anything. It’s kind of you just to lend us the space.” However, her friend insisted, and this kind of entreaties enlightened her to realize that she “want[ed] someone else to take care of”. Being isolated from covid has worsened everyone’s mental health as the research conducted by NPR has shown that a half of families have been facing serious mental problems in the past few months. Some added stresses also aggravated the situation to become not only weary but also frayed, and her daughter aged 12 would be an example for this. Her daughter received chemotherapy for cancer and was under numerous treatments before that. On top of that, her mother couldn't think of words and was sent to the hospital. Spending time for four days to monitor her mother, her family was offered some help from friends to take shifts looking out for the patient. Although she denied it at first, then she thought it was the time to not take on self-sufficiency anymore. She then had an opportunity to receive tremendous kindnesses from friends, salespersons, and even strangers, all of which made her reflect on a way of thinking of the concept of self-sufficiency that we, humans, need to live with other people and sometimes we need someone to support us at some points. However, it is difficult for us to not hold strange feelings when bumping into long-lost friends. Just simple words like “I love you” made the author feel more buoyed. 

Reference 

Wildman, S. (2021, November 25). Self-Sufficiency Is Overrated. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/opinion/self-sufficiency-generosity.html

Num: Sex ed, one Instragram post at a time

 

    According to “Sex ed, one Instragram post at a time” (2021), The New York Times’ reporters Mona El-Naggar and Sara Aridi reported that social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or TikTok were used as enlightening sources to provide sexual education to Arab women by numerous activists who are aiming to support reproductive health, solve cultural sexual misbeliefs based on religious doctrine and patriarchal societies in the Arabic world. Arab women have been facing gender equality. Moreover, standardized sex education is nonexistent in schools, with 40 percent of the unintended birth rate in Arab countries (Guttmacher Institute, 2018 as cited in El-Nagger & Aridi, 2021) attributable to women and girls have been left wondering, uneducated, and ashamed of their bodies. Activists are trying to mitigate the issues with the internet. Nour Emam, 29, an Egyptian activist, a professional doula, who helps women giving birth, and a former DJ broadcasts her show, “motherbeing”, via Instagram and TikTok. Fatma Ibrahim, 32, the founder of “Sex Talk in Arabic” posts her content on Instagram and Facebook. Dr. Sandrine Atallah and Dr. Deemah Salem, physicians from Lebanon and the UAE broadcast their show through Youtube and Instagram. The array of such online platforms and their ability to reach out to Arab women throughout the region is changing Muslim cultures. It's a common ground to provide a safe space for women to understand anatomy and open women to knowledge considered as harmful. To accomplish the main goal, to change a common religious belief that women have to oblige their husbands’s, every sexual desire, where those who refuse their husbands “the angels curse”, activists try to renew the idea with consent. Another misconception that they try to break is that families value women’s virginity, although many conservatives said that the platforms provoke unashamed, unembarrassed acts from women such as having sex before marriage, or learning about sex, which are not appropriate manners. However, many advocates found that the contents boost women’s confidence, and they can overcome their fear by understanding their nature.   

Reference 

El-Naggar, M. & Aridi, S. (2021, November 18). Sex ed, one Instragram post at a time. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/middleeast/sex-ed-arab-women-mideast.html