Perceived Self and Presenting Self

I wrote a little something about my perceived self and presenting self in one of our class discussions. I think that your perceived self can change quiet readily. In certain situations you may have a different reflection of yourself. I think my perceive self changes depending on the age of the people I am around. When I am around younger kids, usually babysitting them or just playing with them for fun, I feel older and like I have experienced so much in life. I feel that I have wisdom and information to give them. I perceive myself as one with much knowledge. This changes though when I hang out with people from work. Most people I work with are at least 5 closer to 10 years older than me. When I talk about issues I am having, they say yea I have been there and done that, it will get better. When I talk to them I perceive myself as still being very young and having so much to learn. Both of these perceptions I feel are good ones, but different. My presenting self is much different between young children and when I am around my friends. I would never use some of the language or do some of the things I do around children that I do with my friends. When with the children I present myself as a diligent student who is a hard worker and a good friend. When I am with my friends, they know because I present myself as not being a very hard working student all of the time. There are times that I like to go to a party or maybe break a rule.