https://padlet.com/190163c/2gk5cf21tklrnx44 en-us 2022-09-12 04:01:58 UTC 2023-04-25 16:49:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/962979160/4ef61a5369a25b3919342332c00a09b6/89D05F99_5220_431F_AD21_34543ECE2D51.png 190163c https://padlet.com/190163c/2gk5cf21tklrnx44/wish/2301636067 6 years ago I got my first tattoo. At the time I thought of it as a birthday gift to myself, but now it seemed more of a celebratory mark on my life instead. I got a ";" as my first and I cannot tell you how many people then and again asked what it meant. I thought that the meaning was universal, so it was eye-opening for me to realize that only people who know, actually know.

I struggled with depression and SH all throughout 6th grade till junior high. I battled long and hard with myself and debated a lot about whether I should remain here or leave. I had years of one aggravating dilemma, but I had so many people on my side that it felt like a shame to leave them behind. I promised myself to stay just to figure out why they wanted me to in the first place, maybe then I'd learn to stay cause I wanted to.

The semicolon for most people is merely just a symbol no one really learns how to use, but eventually, they do. It was just this key on a keyboard that wasn't much noticed but known. For me, a semicolon was a new beginning. Basically, I had to go through so much trauma just to figure out how to actually use it in a paragraph. Essentially, a semicolon is used to connect two independent but relative clauses. One of those clauses could end with just a simple "." but no, there is a continuation. So as for my tattoo, those two independent but relative clauses are my life before and after the tattoo. There could've been a "." in my life, but I'd rather just separate the bad clause and the good clause with a ";" and continue from there.

As humans, we perceive a lot of things differently. For instance, we see a stickman with a skirt and automatically assume it as female, we see a heart and think
"love", and this is based on what we know and are accustomed to. Symbolic Interaction states that we read symbols and images based on our knowledge, perception, beliefs, and experiences. This theory attempts to understand the relationship between us and society, and how we see things based on that.]]> 2022-09-18 14:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/190163c/2gk5cf21tklrnx44/wish/2301636067