Examples of feeling empowered
| Avery: “I feel more empowered at work when I’m able to solve certain tasks that I would say are difficult, or in school when I’m handed difficult assignments, and I’m able to complete them and achieve the proper good results.” |
| Grace: “I think the biggest moment I felt empowered was when I was doing the LGBTQ March downtown. And I was like, at the front of my group, and I was marching. I was like the lead marcher and it was really cool. And I was like, felt really empowered … I think it was the fact that I was like, a gay girl, like, at the front of the March, like marching, you know, and I just felt really good. Like, it just made me feel good that I was at the front.” |
| Sofia: “I felt very empowered when I got my second degree black belt, as I was the only female that was going for my second degree black belt, and I was the only coloured person going for my second degree black belt. So, I thought it was pretty empowering that I was like, 14 or 15. Getting my, my second degree in Taekwondo … that’s very, that’s a big accomplishment there.” |
| Michelle: “Areas where I have expertise: singing, music, baking, cooking … It makes me feel like I am in control of things in my life.” |
| Lily: “Being able to leave an environment that was harmful for me and move into a better place.” |
| Avery: “I was boxing. I was winning and proving people wrong … Kind of just the fact that you’re underestimated. When people think you don’t know a lot about it, but you kind of do.’ |
| Sarah: “When I was asked to be a manager, I felt empowered because I was able to gain more responsibilities and help in the bigger picture.” |
| Isabel: “I felt empowered when I was racing in war canoe at Nationals, and we won a race and it was with 14 other people in the boat. So, it was really fun.’ |
| Hailey: “When I got a 90 on my unit test, it made me feel empowered and confident in myself that I can do anything with determination and free will to do [it].” |
| Jaxson: “Like, if I’m able to tell them the kind of jokes I tell with my friends, which for a lot of people, I think, you know, they wouldn’t feel as comfortable telling a lot of those jokes. So I think being able to tell what kind of crazy jokes I tell like, are my friends, like with my family? I think being able to do that makes me feel more empowered and in control of my life, I guess.” |
| Avery: “I feel more empowered at work when I’m able to solve certain tasks that I would say are difficult, or in school when I’m handed difficult assignments, and I’m able to complete them and achieve the proper good results.” |
| Grace: “I think the biggest moment I felt empowered was when I was doing the LGBTQ March downtown. And I was like, at the front of my group, and I was marching. I was like the lead marcher and it was really cool. And I was like, felt really empowered … I think it was the fact that I was like, a gay girl, like, at the front of the March, like marching, you know, and I just felt really good. Like, it just made me feel good that I was at the front.” |
| Sofia: “I felt very empowered when I got my second degree black belt, as I was the only female that was going for my second degree black belt, and I was the only coloured person going for my second degree black belt. So, I thought it was pretty empowering that I was like, 14 or 15. Getting my, my second degree in Taekwondo … that’s very, that’s a big accomplishment there.” |
| Michelle: “Areas where I have expertise: singing, music, baking, cooking … It makes me feel like I am in control of things in my life.” |
| Lily: “Being able to leave an environment that was harmful for me and move into a better place.” |
| Avery: “I was boxing. I was winning and proving people wrong … Kind of just the fact that you’re underestimated. When people think you don’t know a lot about it, but you kind of do.’ |
| Sarah: “When I was asked to be a manager, I felt empowered because I was able to gain more responsibilities and help in the bigger picture.” |
| Isabel: “I felt empowered when I was racing in war canoe at Nationals, and we won a race and it was with 14 other people in the boat. So, it was really fun.’ |
| Hailey: “When I got a 90 on my unit test, it made me feel empowered and confident in myself that I can do anything with determination and free will to do [it].” |
| Jaxson: “Like, if I’m able to tell them the kind of jokes I tell with my friends, which for a lot of people, I think, you know, they wouldn’t feel as comfortable telling a lot of those jokes. So I think being able to tell what kind of crazy jokes I tell like, are my friends, like with my family? I think being able to do that makes me feel more empowered and in control of my life, I guess.” |
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