The academic enrichment workshop was great. It was centered around the theme of identity and the panel shared a lot of views. Amidst them how everyone has both the potential for good and bad and how little moments determine who you are; what you value. Charles Li spoke about the notion of reality and one most become conscious of one’s identity and it is built through our current actions and the lack of emotional cultivation that we as Americans/ westerners lack as opposed to East/Asian culture that values emotion. That made me realize how important our emotions are in determining our identity; our emotions tell us what we like and what we don’t and shape us not only via our values but what we learn when placed in serious situations and how we feel at the moment of and after we act. The panelists also made me realize I have a long journey ahead and that my identity will still be in progress until I die.
