Moving On

There is one thing in this class that I have a hard time remembering! Although I really like how he has his stages set up, I just can't seem to remember all of them nor the little bits of information that go with it! Erik Erikson, other than having a pretty classy name you have managed to stump me! I will admit that having 8 different stages does make a more precise place for a person to be. But, that's too many! I kind of wish it were broken down into less stages. Some of the stages are somewhat easy to remember though. Such as identity vs identity confusion. I find myself being in that stage right now. I'm still kind of confused as to what's going to happen with me in the future. I sometimes wonder what kind of teacher I will be and if I should be a teacher at all. I know everybody goes through this stage so that's why I'm not taking all of it to heart. I love working with kids and I want to try and make a difference in a persons life and I have learned in the past years that the best way to do that is to teach it. There is one stage that I am a little afraid of. I'm willing to admit that. Intimacy vs isolation... I know I will be entering adulthood here soon and I will be looking for my lady friend. That kind of gets to me a little bit. I'm sure it's giong to be fantastic but I just want to be sure she's the one. Anyway, back to Erik Erikson! I appreciate how he is a stage-ist theorist like Piaget and how unlike Piaget, Erikson is a life developmentalist.