Accomplish My Goals

How do the gender roles present in society impact a person? There are many negative ways gender roles influence a person's mental and emotional state. In The Bell Jar, Silvia Plath presents Esther Greenwood, who struggles to fit into the traditional gender roles of the 1950s, and Doreen, who had the self-confidence to not let society bring her down. Throughout the book, specifically chapters seven through nine, Plath makes it clear that gender roles negatively impact a person's mental and emotional state through the use of many stylistic and persuasive elements.

Growing up I have always had huge goals set for myself and I have had a lot of obstacles that have had a big impact on where I want to go in life. Those obstacles made me realize that maybe I can be different my life and that lead me to where I am today, senior year at Mountain View High School. I’m Caroline Kalcheff, and this is how I used my past issues to develop my future goals and dreams.

My long-term goal with my college education is to complete my Bachelor's degree and eventually continue on to receive my Master’s degree in criminal justice. The first step to complete my long-term goal is receiving my Associate’s degree in criminal justice by May 2017. This goal is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.

There are countless factors throughout the book that help to create a critical gendered lens. However, I have found that the four most helpful have been the discussions of intersectionality, gender performance, gendered/sexed language, and the three prominent theories of gender/sex. Learning the term intersectionality and what it means in terms of gender and communication really helped shape the way that I looked at all of the content of this course. The idea that a person’s identity is multiplicative rather than additive gives clearly explains intersectionality. The idea that all of the components of a person’s identity work together to make up who they are and how they view the world and are viewed by others is critical to the study of gender

Throughout the readings, a major theme that kept reoccurring was the idea of gender inequality. Gender inequality is an issue that is still happening today, but it’s now

Life is all about choices, what do you want to eat, who do you want to hang out with and where do you want to attend college? These choices shape and create who we are. However, as important as choices are they do not guide us. The goals we set for ourselves are our guides. Goals can determine whether a person succeeds or fails (Hyatt). Goals give us a sense of direction, a sense of self worth and a sense of excitement (Locke & Lathem 2002). In my classroom I ask students to create goals every year. I ask them for two academic goals and one personal goal. I enjoy doing this activity because it gives my students guidance and something to shoot for. I create goals in every aspect of my life. Some of my goals include professional goals with coaching and teaching, some goals are personal goals and lastly some are goals are family related. Throughout this paper I will be talking about goals. This paper will discuss advantages of goal, S.M.A.R.T. goals and types of goals.

Gender is taught to kids at a young age; girls are taught to look beautiful, cook, clean, and shown motherhood. The words she uses develop the theme of how women and young girls are seen by

In order to compare and contrast the different readings from this semester I want to start from the beginning. Gender is an achieved status in which is constructed through psychological, cultural, and social means (West 1987). Instead of solely depending on your biology, which is considered your sex, gender is performed in interactions. Almost every interaction that someone encounters is relevant to his or her gender. Gender can be the degree in which someone can describe himself or herself as masculine or feminine. In Lorber’s “Beyond the Binaries: Depolarizing the Categories of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender” she explained, “gendered behavior is constantly normalized by processes that minimize or counteract contradiction to the expected” (Lorber

I took this class because it was one of the options for my major that was required. This course was appealing because I read that it went through the different aspects and changes that gender norms have gone through and I thought it is a current topic today so I might as well dig deeper. I never really gave this topic or some of the chapter’s issues much thought before this course and I feel that after completing it I have been able to learn and develop new ideas on sensitive subjects. Without this course I would have never have learned about the political and social issues surrounding gender. I identity myself a female with the traditional characteristics that are found in parts of the book but, I now am able to distinguish and recognize

Knowing what I excel at has given me the ambition to rise to the challenge of earning a college degree. I have attempted on line school seven years ago and I had to make the difficult decision to withdraw from school when my family and financial obligations became overwhelming. I look back on that experience and have been able to analyze myself and now know what was lacking in my life at that time. I was not close with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I was attempting to control all the angles of my life alone instead of allowing the Lord to help me. In the midst of my struggle for control I was unsure of my own strengths, passions, and abilities. Since that time I have been working in the human services field as the assistant director of a local adolescent girls group home. Working with at risk

Prior to taking this class, my feminist knowledge was not lacking, but I do feel like I know more about the different perspectives after completing this course. I also feel like I have more knowledge about the issues and oppression women face in today’s society. My expectations of this course were a little different from the reality of it. After the introduction post, I thought that the focus would be very much on stereotypes, but in fact there was a broad range of study. In the rest of this paper, I will be talking about how my awareness of the history and experiences of women has grown, feminist concepts and feminist explanations (theory), how family, culture, and society shape us, and finally understanding the gendered dynamic

Discussion about female as the normal human model came up multiple times in class. One class where this was discussed heavily was the week we discussed gender and the words used to describe women. The language used in the text such as fireman, policeman, or snowman. Women aren’t used as a normal human model, and we discussed the importance of gender-neutral terminology. A student commented, “The amount of words associated with women versus men and the amount of stupid words in my opinion, it really blew my mind. ”Women are treated as the “lesser gender,” when we are as equally important as men. In chapter 3, Lips discusses the androcentric norm, and she highlights how men are the norm and their behavior is the norm we compare to women. She gives the example that women are found to be less ready than men to do “whatever it takes,” to succeed in a career. The desirable qualities people look to have are often associated with men and not women. These qualities include achievement, responsibility, and bravery. On page 16 line 7 a student reflected on the content in the Dream Worlds describing women as “Avenous, sexualized creatures looking for sex and attention; aggressors who won't take no for an answer. They are dependent on men for emotional stability.

My long term goal is to become a profiler in the BAU. In ten years, I can see myself still in college, working to get a bachelors degree in either psychology or criminal justice, and maybe even in sociology and forensic science. While also gaining at least three years of experience as an agent before applying as a Special Agent and qualifying for at least one of the FBI Special Agent Programs in either law, language, accounting, computer science/information technology, or diversified. I would also have to be older than 23, but younger than 37. I would analyze criminal cases for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to get a psychological, behavioral and legal profile of the unsub (Unknown Subject).

One of the most important key factors to succeeding throughout your life is creating goals for yourself. Some goals are short-term that can be accomplished within a year, while others are long term goals that you work for over a long period of time. Majority of the goals that I have set for myself require hard word, dedication, and planning. To achieve the goals that I have set for myself, I attend an institution that drives my creative mind in a direction that will bring prosperity and achievement. Receiving an education from Spelman college has enabled me to become a critical thinker in a society that is diverse. The three main goals that I have set for myself are based upon ways I can strive in my academic journey, personal life, and

In the year 2028, I will be twenty-eight years old having my bachelor's in life science education from Heidelberg University, and possibly a Master’s in a particular science field such as biology or chemistry to make me even more marketable as an educator. When I was younger I always thought of myself becoming a science teacher due to my heavy interest in all my science classes. My interest in the sciences only grew as I went into high school, confirming the idea of me becoming a teacher for a career. I especially loved the intensified details at the high school level causing me to want to teach high school sciences. I also do plan on being a Heidelberg alumni for the sport of volleyball, increasing my knowledge of the sport I love. I then hope to incorporate the lessons I learned from playing into coaching volleyball — hopefully at the school that I