Community Observation Paper

There are so many different things and people to watch when observerving a specific community for analysis. I chose my community observation to be during a high school football game. I will be discussing my observations of the community that I watched including demographics, ages of those at the game, and their possible socioeconomic class. I will also be describing the folkways, customs and mores observed. This paper will also express the forces influencing fashion, the fashion forms reflected by the wearers, and the fundamental attitudes of dress that were observed by the people at the football game.

I decided for my social observation the mall would be a good place to start. I came there on a Friday evening when there should be plenty of people to watch. I also sat in the Barnes and Noble café after that to observe. I expected to see a lot of people shopping and conversing. A few things did stand out to me within the few hours I was there. Some things I didn’t expect to see. We are expected to behave a certain way in public determined by our culture as to what is acceptable. Some people stay well within the lines while some might stray outside the norms but never too far typically. Usually the ones to travel to the extremes are adolescents and teenagers. This is what I observed.

Within the limits of Rockville, one of Maryland's largest cities and the county seat of Montgomery County, King Farm is located just north of Washington, D.C. The King Farm community is easily accessible; bordering Interstate 270 to the west and the Shady Grove Metro transit station to the east, making King Farm an ideally located community featuring the best of urban living in the heart of the Maryland.

They offer classes for youth that include, summer camps, role model programs, youth fitness programs swim and gym time among many other activities offered. They promote healthy living by providing access to the community to its facility and keeping in mind the needs of each individual when it comes to membership fees so that it is affordable. They also give many lectures on healthy eating, art, and pastimes the community might have an interest in. They show social responsibility by offering programs that partner with local hospitals that focus on diabetes, support groups for cancer patients etc. which makes us aware of the community’s responsibility to take care of these group of people that are the most

Berks County, Pennsylvania Community Health Needs Assessment. (January, 2013). Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://www.uwberks.org/wwwpub/assets/base/ pdf/Commu

My participant observation research project is on sex offenders. A few topics I would be interested in is different type of offenders, such as pedophilic and non-pedophilic. I know sex offending is horrible all together but I really hate when I hear about children and teens being hurt. My questions would be what causes their urge to offend children? How do they know the victim? How to help the offender?

To collect data I used two methods, participant observation and surveys. For participant observation, I went to Oliver Hall to get my food and observe other students’ interactions with the workers. I was able to observe and participate six times for about 30 minutes each session, and each time I was able to interact in meaningful and respectful conversations with each worker I came into contact. Since it was my own experience, I was able to take notes after I sat down on the table closest to the entrance, and then I took notes on who walked in, how many people they walked in with, and which worker was working. At first I focused on simple greetings, for example, saying “hello” or “thank you,” but then I was able to go more in depth to seeing which students make an effort to go beyond pleasantries and ask about the worker’s day or tell a joke. When I went to

Somerville, M. H., Seeff, L., Hale, D., & O'Brien, D. J. (2015). Hospitals, collaboration, and community health improvement. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 43(1), 56-59. doi:10.1111/jlme.12217

We all have things we do to help us relax at the end of the day. Some people have an alcoholic drink, while others smoke a cigar or a cigarette, or relax and watch television. Now people these days go to a place called Coffee Rush every day after work to get away from their hectic life. When arriving at Coffee Rush, the aroma of freshly ground up coffee beans is in the air along with the bustle of everyone in the shop, and the baristas making the drinks. Everyone in the shop is in a good relaxing mood drinking coffee. As you sit down on the cold metal chairs, you are in a different world, a world away from reality with no cliques or stress and acceptance between all.

The social observation setting that I chose was a play area in the indoor shopping mall in the city were I reside. There were approximately 15 children (divided equally among genders) of various ages, accompanied by several adults’ most likely parents or family members. Although many families and children are not originally together, when facilitated in a common play area, social interaction develops. The children seem to group within similar ages, which developed into three noticeable groups. Some of the children were brothers and sisters, however as stated before many of the children had never interacted before. Although my wife granddaughter (who has Asperger’s syndrome) was in a different area of the shopping mall, I observed the groups

The ideal habitats for N. kaiseri are water pools and waterfalls (). The pattern of habitat selection in N. kaiseri is characterized by high occurrence in sandy substrates. This is presumably due to high velocity of water at the inner parts of the stream channel (Sharifi and Assadian, 2004) Sharifi et al, 2008). Pools and streamlets where this species is found are covered with different algae. N. kaiseri feeds on most small invertebrates particularly insects and their larvae in nature habitat and can hunt its prey inside the water, outside the water, or on the surface of water Reyahi- Khoram et al, 2016). The common causes of death in reintroduction are related to human activity, diseases, aggressiveness from other individuals and starvation

An event that I observed in during the co-op placement was a consultation meeting held between a client and my coworker. In this meeting, my coworker discussed information regarding the next quarter for the business that the client owned, which was to be held between August to October. From this meeting, I learned how an Accounting Firm receives all the information of a client, which is then transferred onto an Accounting Software to transmit and show a detailed and complex report.

My primary goal is to maintain social order within prescribed ethical and constitutional limits, while providing professional law enforcement services to all. To attain this I will enforce the law in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of police authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. I recognize that no law enforcement agency can operate at its maximum potential without the support from the citizens it serves. I will actively solicit and encourage the cooperation of all citizens to decrease the opportunities for crime and to facilitate the maximum use of all available resources. I am committed to serving my community, and I will do so with honor, integrity, and respect for the

I would like to schedule some time for us to meet with Heidi Quinlan. She is a major advocate and mental health provider for infant and early childhood services. She forms part of various committees for this movement at the State and RBHA level, including the Infant-Toddler Mental Health Coalition of Arizona. She developed and directed the Infant & Early Childhood Program (IECP) at Touchstone Health Services. I have been meeting to connect both of you and forgot to invite you to the BHS-Occupational Advisory Board yesterday.

You can imagine my shock because as far as I knew when you are applying for any sort of help from any agency, you usually need documentation or proof of who you are. This opened up my eyes to a different world than what I was used to, and it began to slowly change my perspective on the social services available to those who are underprivileged. It also made me wonder what it was like for my mother who at some point used social services, when she was pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. I immediately thought of my own uncle who was once a drug addict. I couldn’t help, but think about how I would have liked for people to have treated him fairly like they did at UAII, especially when he was roaming the streets. I think seeing this changed my perspective throughout the internship because I couldn’t help, but relate to a man who came in for what appeared to be his first meal of the day. I related to someone whom I did not know, because in one way or another I was reminded of a family member close to me. I couldn’t help, but be reminded of how some problems like drug addiction, and helplessness crossover races and borders because they are issues that unfortunately every community faces. UAII is a community organization that decided they would address the issues and try to fix these problems. It was a beautiful experience to share the resilience of the staff, who helped everyone regardless of the situation the person coming into their community center.