How Do You Define Yourself?

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* 1. Your Name

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* 2. How quick were you to judge the speaker when the video started?

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* 3. What were a few thoughts going through your mind?

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* 4. Have you ever felt like you were being judged solely on your appearance?

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* 5. As a young girl, when did she first realize she was different?

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* 6. Her mother instilled a "fighting spirit" in Lizzie. What does that mean?

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* 7. She had to deal with Bullying in school her whole life. Did she let the bullies define her? If she had allowed them to affect her outcome - how different would she be today?

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* 8. When others (bullies) cast labels on us, "poor kid", "bad kid", "rich kid", "stupid kid" - we often end up believing them. Why is that?

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* 9. Her parents told her that she has a syndrome, but that it's "not going to define who you are." They would not allow her to fall victim to her disease. If we start believing what others tell us, how might that affect our choices?

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* 10. Our culture tends to define us by our differences, and often by our flaws. Some of us are known as the "fat kid", the "gay kid", the "ugly kid". Instead why don't people focus on the positives?

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* 11. She chose to let her goals and accomplishments define who she is today. Given her circumstances in life, could you see yourself overcoming the challenges she faces every day?

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* 12. She asks the audience a very important question, "what defines you as a person?". Is it your skin color, your background, your friends? Give that some thought because next week we will explore this even further.