Finding My Sense of Self
Anytime I enter a new community, I notice that I automatically change the way I talk and act with the people around me. Like most people, when trying to become a member of a discourse community, my sense of self changes. I notice that when I am with my family or in a more conservative and professional setting, I talk and dress accordingly, usually wearing jeans that are not distressed, shirts that have a more modest neckline, and I talk with censored vocabulary and put on a façade of pleasantness even if that isn’t exactly how I am feeling at that point in time. When I am with my friends, I am able to speak freely and dress however I would like to dress, whether it’s jeans, leggings, sweats, shirts, pullovers, etc. I am more likely to speak freely about my frustrations and excitement with stronger vocabulary, throwing in an occasional statement that includes profanity. I have held many different discourses throughout college. I have held the discourse of student
