What is the world to a young girl? What is her world inside her young budding mind?
I have always kept in me a frustration in the fact that there is nothing much I remember about my childhood. However, in the few fragments of memory that I have stored, I would always see images of me in the beach which is how I chose the photo to represent me.
If I were to see this symbolism through the Bronfenbrenner model, it would be that a lot of myself was developed in this environment as a girl homegrown in a place like that. My relationships with my family, friends, etc. Or in more technical terms, the subsystems.
-Microsystem
-Mesosystem
-Chronosystem
I have discovered much that in the development of myself, what role the place pasted above plays. I remember early Saturday mornings, while half of the neighborhood is still in slumber, my father, my brother, and I would make trips to the beach for some reason it created a stronger bond between me and them. While at home, my mother would be waiting for us with breakfast already served. This went on for many years until eventually, our individual endeavors took this time from us. (Microsystem)
In my teen years, the beach once again became a home to me, this time with my friends. At random times, maybe on a Saturday afternoon, we’d call each other up and rush to the beach. I could already expect there to have a tent, my friend collecting firewood for our bonfire later on when the sun sets and bags of food. Or even at random afternoons, when class ends, sometimes we find ourselves with sand in our shoes, still wearing the school uniform. I didn’t realize that this little habit of ours would make affect my development as a person.
Even as I was growing up, this place served as an avenue for when I would transition into a new part or phase of my life.
I guess at this point it’s safe to say that this place can already be considered as a proximal process, as it played a role in my self development. But of course, I only figured it out now, this time, through a different lens.
The Desert Moon 