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There is always room for pie.

There Is Always Room For Pie

     Throughout my life my parents have always taught me that a child is a product of its environment.  As time has passed and I have grown older and observed the people around me I have seen this fact become more evident.  I believe that no one person can mimic another’s actions or behaviors so precisely that they become identical.  A person’s personality seems to be an infinitely large empty pie plate.  The actions or behaviors that people portray are a small slice that they have taken from others to fill up their plate.  These actions and behaviors are taken from the influential people in their lives.  I do not think any one will ever have a full pie plate because it seems to me that we never stop learning new behaviors from people around us.

     As I have began to talk with my mom more and more through the years I have found her constantly telling me that I act or sound “just like my father”.  Whenever I do or say something around my mom I wait to hear those four words, and it seems that she says them about every four minutes.  Even though I mimic many of my father’s actions and behaviors, am I my father?  In my mind I do not think I could ever be my dad.  I do know why I emulate him so much, because I look up to him.  Quite a few sons say that sort of thing about their fathers.  Even though it is a generic saying it seems to bring a unique feeling each time it is said.  I am glad that I am able to take large pieces from my dad’s personality pie and add them to mine.  It does not mean that I have not take anything from my mother’s, it just appears to me that a son imitates more of his father and a daughter imitates more of her mother.  I know that this is a sexist statement, but in my observations I have found this to be exceedingly true.

     What things make up the pieces of the personality pie that we copy?  A good example would be self-concept/self-image.  Self-concept is a person’s impressions, opinions and attitudes toward their physical, mental and emotional makeup.  My father had always been a physically strong person.  My physical strength that has come from him, as well as body shape, is more genetic than personality.  Mentally my parents have continually shown signs of intelligence, and that is hard to fake.  My dad has always been good at mathematics.  Incidentally I am a mathematics major earning my degree for teaching.  My wanting to be a math teacher is not based on the fact that my father is good at math.  I base my wanting to become a math teacher on what will make me happy in life.  My parents support me in my decision and have faith that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to.  I have a high opinion of my mental ability because I have seen the confidence my parents have in the decisions that they have made and do make.  Therefore I believe that my mental ability is never-ending.  The only things that can put a stop to my mental ability are my own fears.  Also whenever I have needed it, my parents have been there for emotional support both for me and each other.  With ample physical strength, high mental ability and solid emotional support I feel that my pie sections are filled in this area.

     Another slice of the pie is the roles that I play in my day to day life.  I am a student, a son, a projectionist, a tutor, a comedian, and many other things.  The roles I play have a lot to do with what roles my parents have assumed throughout my life.  I feel that there is a direct correlation between how many roles I assume at once with how many roles I have observed my parents undertaking.  Not all of the roles I have played or been subjected to have been positive ones.  Not all roles that we gather and place into our pie meet the requirements of being a politically correct or socially acceptable.  I believe that there is no such thing as a perfect role that people can affix themselves to.  It seems that there will always be a flaw in some role that we dare or need to delve into.

     The intensely large pieces of the pie feature ...

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