Erickson Reflection

After watching the Eric Thomas video, My initial impact was feeling a great deal of disappointment in myself. The reason for this disappointment, was because I felt like his words were directed towards me. There are times when you realize you fail, but you cannot bring yourself to admit that it was your fault and your fault alone. And I tend to blame my failures on the circumstances surrounding me, rather than my incapability in putting one hundred percent of my effort in what I want to accomplish.

The significant topic that stood out for me this week was the in class viewing of the TEDMED talk by Aimee Mullins (2009). Specifically, when Mullins asserted,

The most exciting part of the week was the opportunity to create the vignette because it connected coursework to real life situations. The vignette afforded me the opportunity to examine my strengths and weaknesses as they apply to becoming a qualitative researcher. The ability to read body language and facial expressions will be useful as I observe. My clinical experience developed in part by working with students who are English Language Learners will be an asset as I ……….. For one I possess a natural curiosity without being extremely nosy.

Throughout the semester in this class I have learned many valuable things. Each topic that we learned every week helped me understand the process of human development in a very clear and enlightening way. I believe that every subject that we covered will somehow be able to help me throughout my life and I may not be realizing that it is. This semester, I really enjoyed covering three different topics: nature vs nurture, IQ scores, and the effect that relationships have on development.

Multitudes of individuals’ are convinced of the idea that the world is a minor step away from achieving equality for all. Unfortunately, individuals often overlook various occurrences of inequitable treatment in their own lives; due to their modernized outlook on fairness, as well as what the term “being fair” truly stands for in society. Throughout the social justice unit, several short stories as well as seminars in particular have created a substantial impact on my perspective towards the contentious topic. These distinct works corroborate the adverse reality of the fact that oppressing others due to eminence as well as stereotypical views often generates prejudicial treatment towards the subjected individuals. The theme established is clearly illustrated throughout three specific pieces discussed in class, which includes the war/dictatorship seminar, the women’s equality seminar, as well as the short story “Harrison Bergeron”.

All together Ken Robinson had a well put together discussion. He kept the audience’s attention as well as my own and make good points about the importance of creativity and the way that school effects it. If students are constantly told that they are doing something wrong then they are not going to be as open to taking chances later on in life because they will develop a fear of being wrong. He keeps his words short and understandable so that he can reach a broad group of

In conclusion, this quarter was interesting because of the topics that we learned. I liked connecting what we learned, a theory, to my fieldwork hours. I look forward to learning more about Human Development and Family Studies as I continue volunteering and connecting it to what we learn in

Throughout the course of the book Stevenson made me realize how little I know about the justice system and everything surrounding it. Through statistics and stories he opened my eyes to a whole world that I previously had never explored. It baffled me how hard it is to get things done and people properly taken care of. Initially I was surprised at how under represented public offenders are, but then it started to make sense. Government jobs do not pay well, so it is hard to recruit someone for such a cumbersome job with such little pay. Once that person is there it is even harder to make them do good work if they don't feel they are being appreciated.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

I think the entire experience of leading the class in a discussion about this short story was really fun and interesting. We not only were able to help guide the class with the questions but also were able to explore other unique viewpoints to analyze the theme and literary techniques used in the story. In the process of preparing for the lesson, we decided it was important to mention O’Brien’s history and experience in the Vietnam War and connect it to key events from United States involvement in the war. However, during the presentation, I felt that we focused too much on somewhat unrelated specific details about the history and almost ran out of time in the end. This prevented us from completely analyzing the tone and multiple themes of

This week in class something that stood out to me was the “pageant”. I think that this activity was a really good way to get us out of out comfort zones. I would never be presenting or talking to my class by choice. We also finished watching Poverty Inc. I really enjoy learning more about the topic of poverty because I feel like we are only given the basics of the topic normally. I think the activities that get us out of our comfort zones are teaching me some life skills for my future.

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

Hi Alyssa, I really liked reading your post. I was also very interested by the history of child research because I found it interesting how parents used to have to study their children all by themselves. I can only imagine how stressful it must have been to have an underdeveloped child in the 1800's because of the lack of resources and information about it. I also liked learning about the theorists, and I thought it was really interesting to see how their theories can be integrated into our classrooms. Chapter 2 was also very interesting. Like you, I liked learning about the brain, but it was really just a refresher for me because I took human biology when I was getting my AA. I am really glad that I took that class because it has really

In this week’s assignment I had to read an article and watch a YouTube video about the Marshmallow Experiment. The video and article was basically the same thing and it was an interesting thing to watch and read. The video itself was very entertaining and it made me laugh. This video really gave me an insight on how today’s society really is. When it comes to children and how they develop on years to come and where they mindset will be by a certain age.

I also really enjoyed the technology module, probably because I’m a nerd when it comes to gadgets and software. I enjoyed Professor Celeste A-Re’s thorough, but informative, lectures and interviews about the Queens library’s experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. Because of this module, I am much more fascinated with maker spaces, even to the point where my Universal Access Equipment Selection Assignment in SLIS 706 was based on creating a universally accessible computer to compliment a