IDENTITY & BELONGING QUOTES

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma

Gandhi

"If you understood everything I said, you’d be me." – Miles Davis

"Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?" – Scott

Turow

"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known." –

Chuck Palahniuk

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a

mimicry, their passions a quotation." – Oscar Wilde

“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At

least that's what I would choose to believe." – Barack Obama

"At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific." –

Jan Neruda

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it

can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt

you." – George R.R. Martin

Friday 20 July 2012

 

Growing up Asian in Australia  Review of SAC detailsDiscussion of Assessment Criteria –

impress 20% for 1st criterionOutline Task - Present prompt – start

writing – DUE next lesson after weekend Individual interviews regarding plan from

last lessonWriting time

1. Our identity determines where we belong.2. Everyone needs to feel a sense of

belonging.3. Identity is shaped by positive and

negative experiences.4. Our identity is influenced by how others

view us.5. Where we belong is influenced more by

family than friends.6. Culture is an important factor in shaping

one’s identity.