Closley Reflection

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

In the second half of the film, Cléo transform herself into subject; she finally takes on the role of looker. Her switch to subject happened on the streets after leaving her place distraught from a song her songwriters made her sing. This lead to her pulling off her wig, wearing a simple black dress, and wandering the city alone finding a new way to engage with the world. This tone down version of herself allows others to actually see her and not the ideal beauty she exhumes and is mostly known for. The moment in the cafe is when she truly begins to see others. She walks in with sunglasses hoping to hide and not be recognized and this time she catches snippets of conversations. There are people talking about the algerian war and others talking about their personal lives, politics, art and so on.The world and others continue about their day and does not seem to notice Cléo. There was a moment in which she put one her most well known song on to play and no one was listening. One customer even discussed how the loud music stopped her from paying attention to the conversation she was having. This lack of attention shifted a redefinition in Cléo and how she sees the world. Her own concerns and problems are diminished, so that she now pays attention to things other than herself and her beauty. At one point she even states, “I always think everyone’s looking at me, but I only look at myself. It wears me out” (Agnès Varda, Cléo from 5 to 7). No longer looking at herself brings a

2. The author’s main purpose in writing this book is to present some lies or myths that some people might believe concerning Christianity, and show them the truth of what the Bible says about those topics.

I’m sorry I was not aware that you covered both the Phoenix and Tolleson location when I spoke to you yesterday.

Naturally, I am a kind of person who have some types of introvert personalities. I find it difficult to interact and mingle around with a group of people. I always prefer to do things by myself. The moment I started school in Richland for about a year, I have realized that my behavior has completely changed due to the group assignments and discussions that we together. Most of the courses that I have taken too have helped me a lot. I can now interact and share ideas with the other students.

Day-to-day, as Vice President of Blackside Tactical I have worked with my team to direct inventory purchases, develop law enforcement contracts, and the takeover/integration of two small companies with our main business. Furthermore, I worked on special projects for Community Champions which is a vacant registry company. Arriving at Blackside I found a failing business, my first step was to implement the right team, create structure, and secure contracts, both public and private to propel us forward. Therefore, I focused on the government contracts, we developed LEOchamp and secured the first public/private armory contract with local law enforcement in the nation. In developing LEOchamp I meet with government stakeholders and set priorities

I did too enjoyed this class all the material was related to serve the ELL students.  In some of readings differents strategies were point out by content teachers to instruct the ELL students. In my personal opinion,  there should be more training in assisisting and supporting ELL students in learning English. This class has been provided it me with a great source of  knowledge to teach the ELL student in more effective and efficient way.

Great post this week, I also enjoyed the Smith Hill forum because it allowed us to identify the emergency management problems that Smith Hill was facing. Overall, I enjoyed this course because I feel that even though this course was only eight weeks, I feel that I was able to learn a whole lot. My favorite part was the final assignment because I was able to put into practice everything that I learned throughout this course. Good luck in your academic

As we begin to wrap up this semester, I reflect on all the learning and achievements I have obtained thus far in the program. Throughout this semester, my communication and relational capacity has grown, driving me to break out of my comfort shell. At the beginning of this year I had wrote a letter to myself, outlining three goals that I wanted to achieve. The three goals were: work with a palliative client, become more assertive, and to integrate family care into my practice. I began the semester off in acute care, on the medical floor. During the second part of the semester, I was assigned to be in the first group of students to start the Trail Outreach Nursing. My new placement has created a new goal of increasing my communication

It all started in June of 2015. God had been bugging me with something for a long time. I had suddenly felt called to Woodcrest to have with their ministry. Flashback to March of 2015. I had found myself going to a conference at Woodcrest. When at the conference I began to realize that Woodcrest was full of people with faith, despite what I had thought. I thought the preacher was high and mighty but at the conference he was sitting among the people learning with us. I also was greeted with a smile by everyone. These people I had never seen before where so nice. Having trust with Woodcrest I showed up with my grandma, since my parents were out of town. I went in and the message was deep, what I didn’t know what God was going to do in the next

Thank you for the compliment and interest for reading my post. It was rare, rewarding experience and witnessed the drastic weight loss of my patient. I apologize that I did not add the other medical conditions and the other treatment that he was receiving. My patient was receiving a feeding tube before he came to our facility. He has multiple medical history such as cerebrovascular disease, dysphagia, congestive heart failure with severe lymphedema. I addressed the lymphedema and intensive exercise. The dietician, nurses and attending physician were monitoring him carefully. He was on a restricted calorie fluid intake and was receiving a fluid pill and multiple medications.

Talking to various people in Arbor Hill and West Hill was truly a rewarding and enlightening experience that helped me synthesize everything I learned in this class. Some themes that I noticed while engaging with Arbor Hill community members is high levels of violence and an awareness of what was happening within their community. I talked to a man named El and while talking to him some of his family members and family friends joined us on his stoop. When walking to West Hill, I approached a family while they were sitting on their stoop. I talked mainly to a man who lived in the neighborhood for 52 years and has seen the neighborhood transform over the years. He was accompanied by two of his daughters and who I believe to be his granddaughter; we were never formally introduced. I saw some differences in his opinion of his community. El and his family realized that many of the issues affecting him and his people were systematic and intentional while this West Hill resident seemed to blame many of the neighborhood ills on the migration of more Black people into the area. This, of course, seemed problematic to me but it was not

When I made the decision to achieve a higher education in pursue my passion for social change. I was met with disdain. I’m a nontraditional college student, thirty-one, African American female, and a mother of a six year old son. Being told by society that because of my age, race and the labeling of being a single parent I’m expected to not achieve much conversely I did not allow this frame to keep me confined to this idea that was placed on others like myself. Coming from a family that has little means, the thought of attempting to attend college was far-fetched, something that was merely impossible to achieve. I am the second person in my family that achieved a high school diploma the first to attend college. I grew up in Oakland, in a

After analyzing the information about Olivehurst and Lindhurst High School I have come to a conclusion that I want to make a difference in the community. I believe with my passion and drive for teaching and coaching in this community will make a great impact. After reviewing the information, the socio-economic status of the surrounding area around Lindhurst has impacted student’s education. With the right person, big changes could happen for the best. Mrs. Lamas has opened a great opportunity where Lindhurst can improve. Developing a plan that includes parents and students is a great way to start incorporating the community. Mrs. Lamas also helped me understand what needs to be done to have a successful class. Working with colleagues and developing strategies to communicate with parents and students must be addressed to help students further their education. I also got great information viewing Mrs. Bannon’s class. She developed a well-organized lesson that targeted common core standards. All though, I wasn’t able to observe a teacher in my area, I was able to get great information seeing how a teacher is supposed to complete their Teaching Performance Expectations.

The journey in taking my Master’s degree is an experience I will never forget. While the end is getting near, it is never a goodbye but a welcome to the next chapter of my career. I took this class with hope and faith to be able to broaden my knowledge about teaching ELL students. My passion in teaching has become intense. I have a new perspective about learning after a year of hard work and digging deeply in understanding the “other side” of teaching. I have to say there was a point in my career when I literally want to give up. Teaching indeed brings a lot of unwanted and unexpected results to students and to teachers as well. I will take this opportunity to say good luck to my classmates. I wish everybody to be successful in the field that