Chapter 3 Song

"Don't Let Me Get Me" - Pink

 

Never win first place, I don't support the team
I can't take direction, and my socks are never
clean
Teachers dated me, my parents hated me I was always in a fight cuz I can't do nothin'
right
Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person starin' back at me
I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

I wanna be somebody else, yeah
LA told me, "You'll be a pop star,
All you have to change is everything you are." Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears
She's so pretty, that just ain't me

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Cuz I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Don't let me get me

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

 

 

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3. This song reminded me of Erikson's psychosocial stage identity vs. role confusion. In this stage, adolescents struggle with finding who they are and essentially "try on" all these different identities to find the one that fits them the best. In this stage, adolescents integrate their perceptions about themselves into a more multifacted sense of self.

 

4. This song in it entirety relates to Erikson's fifth stage, but I believe the highlighted parts strongly exemplify the stage teens are going through. The artist of this song is singing about how she perceives herself in comparison with how others see her too. She realizes that who she is is not widely accepted and seems to be expressing a feeling of neglect from her peers or the world. She describes herself as not being the type of person that supports (what I think, sports) teams and she does not win at anything. She sings about how she is compared to a pop star- Britney Spears and her view that she, herself, is not pretty and does not live up to the same standard. She was even told by high-up, record artists that she had to change who she was to make it in the business. Repeatedly in the song she states that she "wants to be somebody else" and she is "her own worst enemy." I think this song gives an example of how teens take on temporary identities to discover who they are, and the artist has figured out that her current identity is not working for her in her best interest.

 

5. In my future classroom, I do not believe I will be working with an age group that is beginning to develop such harsh negative views about themselves and really comparing themselves to their peers in such a harsh way. However, I do think that even at a young age children can begin to develop a sort of negative view about who they are through what other people say about them. If the child is exposed to generally negative comments about their abilities, I think it is possible for that child to just take on that role (ex: if the kid is always being told he is lazy). To apply this knowledge, I would start off the year in the right direction. I would make explicit to my children that actions such as bullying or demeaning another person's ability will not be accepted and that we treat everyone with equal, mutual respect. If I were to encounter this child mid-year, I would do what I could to bring out the positive in the child and help that child as well as the other students see the positive. i would help that child build on what they do best to maintain a positive self perception.