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I don't think I will have an extraordinary place in the world, at least in this lifetime. I will never be a famous celebrity, be on the news, or reach millions of people. My goal is to make a difference in the people I come across in a positive way. While I want to help people I also keep in mind I also need to take care of myself and not be pushed around. A rule I try to keep in mind for myself is that "you do not owe anyone anything". By this, I mean to be unapologetically you and don't try to change yourself for the convenience of others. The opposite of this, “no one owes you anything” is also true. You should roll with the punches and not dwell on your misfortunes. Life is unfair so it is useless to regret what happened so take that energy and do better next time or become a better person from that experience. As long as you aren't hurting anyone just do what makes you happy.

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My Mom has always been hard on me about getting good grades and doing well in school. Both my Mom's parents have the highest academic knowledge of a fifth grader, my Mom and her brother being the first to get a degree, so I know she wants the best for me and wants me to do well in life so I can enjoy it and live comfortably. I appreciate her caring about my future but at times I don't think she understands how it can hurt when I do my best and she thinks I could have done better, as she isn't content with my best efforts.

My Dad is almost the opposite of my Mom, he is too kind to a fault. He is extremely open and speaks openly to strangers about his problems, asking everyone what their names are yet forgetting the names of the people he sees semi-regularly. He believes the best in people and although I am a little more skeptical of people I still see the best in them until they give me a reason not to.

My parents have always been pretty good with their money and they taught me from when I was really young how to manage mine. This has shaped me alot and has made me a very frugal person. Some people believe the “good life” is to live in a mansion with acres of land surrounding them and lots of expensive cars. My life would be more about experiences and the companions I have with me. I am extremely indecisive when buying materialistic things because if I have no need for it, I see no reason to buy it. My parents were not this frugal but I would rather save my money like they do, using it for necessities and experiences like pottery or soccer rather than on a shopping spree where I would most likely regret my purchase.

Something my parents did not believe in was the “traditional” roles of a household. When my Mom moved here to be with my Dad, she became a full-time Nursing Student so my Dad became a stay-at-home-Dad and did a majority of the cooking, cleaning and taking care of me and my sister. My parents both grew up in a household where the men worked and the women took care of everything else, my German grandparents even having an arranged marriage. My Dad was always the only guy at the playground or the one to take us to school compared to all the other mothers who took their kids to school. Even after my Mom finished School she started working full-time and my Dad became a Bus Driver. My Mom became the breadwinner which was also unusual at that time. I'm glad I wasn't brought up the way my parents were and I wasn't boxed into what a girl should do or shouldn't because only boys were allowed to do it. My parents didn't push any stereotypes of gender on me and allowed me to be who I was, play the sports I wanted to and dress the way I wanted to.

My parents believe everyone is equal and shouldn't be treated differently or be discriminated against. This has helped me a lot, for example, when going to a new school that required uniforms, the girls were only allowed to wear skirts which I found extremely unfair. My Mom helped me to make it so girls could wear pants as well.

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I would consider myself to be both individualistic and collective but to a certain extent. I believe that people should do whatever they want until it starts hurting and affecting others. I believe we have a relationship to everything around us and I would consider myself between stewardship and environmental wisdom in my environmental worldview. I think to truly make an impact we need to work together and since we are part of nature it is our duty to do our part and take care of it. I treat everyone as my equal almost to a radical extent where I avoid killing plants or bugs and consider myself to not hold power over anything or anyone.

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I do not celebrate many cultural practices besides Christmas and Easter. Since my Mom is German we celebrate Christmas on the 24th of December and for my Dad who is Canadian on the 25th of December. While these events are religious holidays they have no religious significance to me. I do go to church for Christmas but I do it for my parents. Christmas is important to me because of how it brings my family together and allows us to be thoughtful and give gifts. Easter is not as important but is just a fun day where we eat chocolate.

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I think knowledge is anything that holds truth at that time. It can only be passed down by people or discovered through experiences, but is ever changing. It may have been true once, but as science progresses it may become false. If something is scientifically true it is easy to know if it is probable as it should be testable but when it comes to people's experiences and what they have learned it is hard to know what is true. People can lie and deceive, therefore, their “truth” is not always that accurate. A belief can be knowledge to some and help them discover themselves more, for example a religion, but may not help another person who believes in a different religion. I think beliefs are not always facts but a belief can always be a form of knowledge.

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I used to be more involved with my community. I was a girl guide and sparks member, volunteered every Christmas, and seasonally played community soccer. I enjoyed helping in the community but as I grew older I had less and less time to interact with the community as I had more homework, extracurricular activities in school and a part-time job. I believe it is important to be part of the community and I plan on engaging more with it in the future when my life becomes less hectic.

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I am technically a Catholic, but I am not religious. The only time I go to church is for Christmas and Easter. I don't really believe there needs to be a higher power for people to do good or live a worthwhile life. I think if some people need to believe in a god to be a good person then that is fine, but I don’t think believing in one is the only way to be a good person or that it means you are one. I think humans are naturally good but can be shaped by their social environment and do hurtful things to people. Some people need motivation to go to heaven and not commit sins but I think most people don't need motivation to be kind or do the right thing. I don't have any spiritual beliefs, I like to believe that all religions are right and may have happened in the past but I do not think anything has godly power over us or maybe just me at this time. I don't know how much good it would do if I would participate in a religion because I already try to do my best to help people and live a worthwhile life without hurting people, yet some religions do it intentionally, excluding  individuals and making them feel wrong. At the end of the day, if an afterlife is true a majority of people would be wrong in their assumptions of what they thought, unless all of them were true, which I choose to believe as well. Whatever afterlife there is, there is a spot for each religion I would like to hope for.

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In our house, we speak a majority of English because it is my Dad, sister and I's first language. Since my Mom is German, my sister and I went to a German elementary school and are able to speak German but my Dad is still learning so it is mostly English spoken at home. Every two years we go to Germany to visit our family so it is pretty important for us to know the basics and be able to communicate with them. Germany has a very different environment and social climate compared to Canada so it is nice to see the differences and it helps me to not be set in my ways and think the rest of the world is like Canada.

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I am extremely caucasian, my Mom is from Germany and my Dad is from Canada. I think where my parents are from is important to me but my ethnicity is not as important. I grew up where the colour of my skin did not dictate anything about me and was not a defining characteristic that could determine how people thought of me, so it never really became an important part of my identity.

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I have lived in Calgary my whole life, but a majority of it has been in the Bowness community close to the river and near lots of nature. I have always loved nature and the natural world so living near the river has contributed to a lot of my happiness. If I were to live Downtown I know my quality of life would not be as great as it is now. The natural world is important to my happiness so living downtown where there is a lack of nature and animals would be harmful to me. The natural world truly makes me happy so although Bowness is technically urban, it has a very rural vibe, especially where I live which allows me to still have a connection with the natural world compared to someone living in Downtown Calgary may have. In Bowness there is an abundance of nature along the river and I know when I move out and into a different place it will be important to still stay connected with the natural world by going for walks, collecting plants and adopting a cat.