Noah Goggins' Timeline by Noah Goggins

Stage 1: Trust vs Mistrust

ngoggins — 2024-04-28 00:54:20 UTC

I was born on July 27, 2002. I came from a big family with me being the sixth child in the family. This opened up a lot of opportunities to be with many people, which were my mom, dad, two brothers, and three sisters. Overall, I gained the ability to trust in others while in my earliest years. I believe this had to do with the fact that I grew up with a lot of people, and saw how much care was shown between them. According to Child, "A child who first successfully developed a sense of trust would be in a particularly good position to develop this strength. After all, if you feel that others have your back, you are likely to try new things and thus develop new skills." By having a plethora of people around me, I was able to be open to trust people and create bonds with my family members.

Stage 2: Autonomy vs Doubt

ngoggins — 2024-04-28 01:09:52 UTC

Growing to my toddler years, this is at the point that I am trying to do things on my own. For the second stage, I say that I leaned towards the autonomy side. The reason why is that I felt encouraged to do things, mostly due to the fact that my family cheered for me doing a function or a chore by my will. According to Child, "Motor skills do not develop in isolation. The skills that emerge in early childhood build on the achievements of infancy and toddler hood." I was not alone while I was doing things. Eventually, I picked up what my parents or siblings were doing, and had the courage to find what skills I can develop on my own.

Stage 3: Initiative vs Guilt

ngoggins — 2024-04-28 01:27:57 UTC

Little before my school career started in 2008, I was in preschool for about two years. I remembered during my time, I couldn't get along with the other students. I didn't hate them, and I tried to be nice, but I believe that it was a few of my actions that stood out. For example, Whenever I tried to take part in a game, whether it be a sport or a board game, when I did something wrong, I felt guilty, and the yelling from the others over me didn't help at all. The third stage, I eventually grew a purpose, but as for age 4 through 6, I was more ashamed of my skills. According to Child, "If you feel ashamed after getting caught doing something others think is bad, that might keep you from doing it again." This part of the textbooks perfectly described how I felt at preschool. I felt like I couldn't do anything, because of what would happen when I did something wrong.

Stage 4: Industry vs Inferiority

ngoggins — 2024-04-29 00:01:05 UTC

As I am starting my school in elementary level, I experimented with the subjects that I was taught. For the most part, even if I had struggled a bit on reading and writing, I was able to show promise on the other subjects. My favorite subject as a kid, and still is now, was math. It was mostly due to the fact that it involved patterns and methods to solve the problems, and was able to catch a skill at it quite quickly. As a whole, between six and eleven years old, I was able to meet the industry at this stage. According to Child, "If the stage is successfully resolved, children develop a view of themselves as being able to master skills and complete tasks." I feel like I was mastering the subject of Math, and thought to myself that I felt worthy of having this skill.

Stage 5: Identity vs Identity

ngoggins — 2024-04-29 00:35:04 UTC

My middle and high school years play an interesting part for the fifth stage of development. I remember in middle school, I was in a phase where I wanted to be a part of the popular kids. By doing so, there was a time that I was so, but it came at a cost where I lost a good amount of simple friendships I made back in elementary school. Nearing the end, I started to become uninterested in being popular, and my "new friends" started to not like me. I was at a point where I didn't know who I was supposed to be. Then, at the end of high school, I started over and tried to make friends that I was happy to be around. Even though I didn't have many friends, I realized I was happier with a few than many. I was able to find my identity and be comfortable with myself. According to Child, "Adolescents who resolve the identity crisis satisfactorily develop the virtue of fidelity: sustained loyalty, faith, or a sense of belonging to a loved one or to friends and companions." The text referenced that loyalty by others will help you build who you are. That is exactly how I felt when my friends in high school were doing with me.

Stage 6: Intimacy vs Isolation

ngoggins — 2024-04-29 00:51:51 UTC

Now this is a point where I make a prediction about my future life. In terms of relationships, I will be fair and say that I don't have the best track record when it comes to long-term. The only relationships that are long are a few friends that I hang out with every now and then since high school. In terms of romance, that is a completely different ballpark. Throughout my life, I have only had two relationships back in grade school, and both didn't last even a month. I just have never been a lovey type guy, and simply lack the skills of being in a relationship. At this rate, I would likely be in isolation of this stage. Also, I get more invested in other activities, whether it be for fun or something that is important in my work life, rather than caring about being in a relationship. This point is also backed up with a point made in Child. "If children become too industrious, they may neglect social relationships and turn into workaholics."

Stage 7: Generativity vs Stagnation

ngoggins — 2024-04-29 01:07:18 UTC

As of now, my dream career is to be a high school math teacher. I believe in the future that I will impact some future students' lives by me being a teacher. For this stage, I will predict that I will be on the generative side. According to Child, "When children are enrolled in high-quality programs, they show positive changes in social conscience, decision making, critical thinking, academic outcomes, attachment to their school, peer relationships, and self-confidence, and they show declines in problem behaviors and drug use." This part of the textbooks stood out to me because I would like to see the children grow into mature adults. I will like to take on the challenges, in order to help mature the youth.

Stage 8: Integrity vs Despair

ngoggins — 2024-04-29 01:22:32 UTC

This is the part where I am the most interested in predicting. According to the eighth stage of development, it draws out this question: Was my life a good one? I would say if my life ended, I would say, yes. One thing to point out about me is that I am an open-minded person. I always like to discover things new, learning the past, whether good or bad, and listening to opinions that I agree with or disagree with. With my openness, I like to focus on the stuff that was great, and impacted me in a great way. According to Child, "Adolescents are better able than younger children to take another person’s perspective, solve social problems, deal with interpersonal relationships, and see themselves as social beings." This part stood out because this describes who I am now, and I believe it will transfer over for many years. I like to switch perspectives and why do certain people think the way they do.