The ethical lens assignment has allowed me to me burrow deeper into my feelings about myself. When someone asks you define things about yourself it really makes you look inward. I had to dig deeper than I could imagine and go places within myself that I didn’t want to revisit. Things went through my mind, like who I am I really, what type of things are important to me, and how does all these things tie back to my ethics. I would say the “Ethical Lenses” I preferred to use the most are the “Responsibilities” and the “Relationship” lenses.
I didn’t realize that the choices I made as a teenager would affect me for the rest of my life and I didn’t think that I really understood how responsible I would have to become because of them. I got pregnant when I was 16 and had my first child when I turned 17. I remember looking down on my son and saying to myself “I promised that my child(ren) would never have to suffer for the choices that I made in my life”. With that promise I didn’t realize at the time all the things that I would have to do to make that happen. My children are a huge part of my life; they come first before anything and everything. Responsibility for me meant making sure my children would grow up in a safe and stable environment, and they would hot meals on the table every day. The responsible person that I have become came from the promise I made, all the morals and values I hold now are because of the promise. I think being so responsible at a young age made me grow up faster than others my age. Even though I have had my share of bad times in life but I’ve never let them make me unhappy. I have always try to stay strong and most important fulfill that promise that I made to my children. My parents raised me to have respect for people around me and be responsible in everything I do.