How Do Others View Me

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I am going to cover my own perception and how I believe others view me in this essay. I would guess that some people would likely write about a subject like this in defense of themselves because they feel like have to; whether I am right or wrong is left to debate. I do feel it is necessary to make it a point in this essay that I believe my own perception and those that I feel other people have of me are mostly the same. I will cover things such as why I think I come off as unfriendly, my blunt honesty, and my view of not being privileged. These are only three things of many more that I will cover about how I believe that I and other people see me. To close this introduction, I hope the reader comes away with the impression that how I and others see me is based on my belief that the measuring stick of life starts with yourself. …show more content…

I know that I have always been a quiet person. I also know that I may seem like a mean person to some people. That is because when I do say something it is something that is going to be blunt and honest. Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m taken seriously by others because I have a tendency to fumble my words. I do feel, at least in the Mississippi Delta and probably among people I went to high school with as well, that because of my skin color I automatically have a privilege over others. However, when I’m actually approached one would probably notice right away that I am one of the cheapest people on the planet. I know that I am the person that people see me as because I see it first and I don’t think there is anything wrong with

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