Ghetto Woman

Intro

-find section of poem that truly represents self-doubt….to me this poem talks about self-doubt

-dictionary definition of self-doubt ( lack of faith or confidence in oneself. (freedicitionary.com)

-My definition of self-doubt -> unsure about the outcome. Feeling fearful that you won’t accomplish goals

-I looked up the definition of self-doubt, at freedictionary.com. Both of our definitions were similar. The dictionary defined self-doubt as a lack of faith or confidence in oneself. I defined self-doubt as being unsure about your outcome. Feeling fearful that you won’t accomplish your goals. No matter what your age, everyone experiences self-doubt throughout their life.

Body

I can remember experiencing self-doubt at an early age. One is example is my first time going to the public pool with my friends. This was during my middle school years. So I had to ask my mom for permission to go to the pool with my friends without an adult. My mom being a mom had a ton of questions for me to answer before she decided I could go. She gave me enough change to get in and told me to be safe. I met up with my friends and we walked to the pool. I began experiencing self-doubt or at that time I was nervous. I didn’t really know what to do or expect after I put my change in the machine. I wanted to jump right in the pool. But it was adult swim time, so I had to wait. Once that was over, my friends and I had fun, dunking each other. I felt like an older kid and decided to try to jump off the low diving board. Again self-doubt came over me that I might drown. But I didn’t and after this moment you couldn’t keep me away from the pool or off the diving board.

The next phase of my life was high school. My freshman year I was unsure of the outcome. It was new school. None of my friends from middle went to the same high school. I just didn’t know. I remember taking home economics and my first assignment by myself I had to make macaroni and cheese. My confidence level was low...