Growing Up In Poverty In Douglas County

Living in a strongly religious community, I was given many opportunities to provide service to fellow church members and also under privileged youth of the community. When I began high school I was given the opportunity to become a counselor during Vacation Bible School and

Harley who is fifteen lives with his grandmother since his mother is currently in prison, he also smokes cigarettes and has a bad anger management problems also making it difficult for him to stay in school. All three of these adolescents struggles with isolation, broken families, and a lack of opportunity, creating the ideal picture of growing up poor in America.

I am committed to social justice. My life started off rough coming out of an abusive home. I have worked so hard to get myself to a place where I can help kids that were in an abusive home and have trauma like me. I am a Criminal Justice major here at Westfield State University. My end goal is to help kids in bad living situations. I want to help juveniles that haven't taken the straight path like I did. I feel as though I can help them see that your background doesn't matter, but handwork and passion does. I have experience that not many people have. I can touch these kids in a way that others can't. I want to lead them to a path of greatness and use their painful past as fuel to make an amazing future.

Growing up in the small town of Chapmanville poverty can be seen with every step you take. Do to the decline in the mining industry the people who could once provide for their family can no long put food on the table. Whether it’s seeing a child without a coat or someone walking along the railroad tracks during the coldest of days, poverty is certain.

Whether it is to assist clients define their goals, identify various behavioral issues, teach classes, diagnose emotional and psychological issues if it involves people, I should be considered a

Poverty is all around us in Morgan County and one of the biggest causes of poverty is a lack of education. Without education such as basic reading, writing, and math skills it will be very hard to find a job especially in small towns such as Morgan County where there is less employment

In society, everyone works for a living. For a majority of people, a job is an economic necessity. Wages earned by individuals fuel our economically system; however, in the United States the official poverty rate was 14.8 percent in 2014 (“Poverty”). The U.S. classifies a family being in poverty “if a family's total income is less than the family's threshold” (“Poverty”). Growing up in poverty runs a higher risk of effecting individuals in their education, criminal history, and work opportunities.

In my opinion, the idea of people being responsible for what happens to them when there adolescents growing up in poverty does affect them a lot. When you're suffering from poverty its way more tough to do the things you want to in life than someone who hasn't suffered. Some teens are able to overcome the effects of living in poverty and go on to become very successful adults, but this is not likely. When your an adolescent growing up to become an adult is one of the most important life transitions you will ever have (Kail & Cavanaugh). Most adolescents won't have this opportunity in life because there struggling with poverty. In my opinion, adolescents are responsible for growing up into poverty. When you're a teen you end up making poor decisions

My cooperative nature stems from my diverse experiences. As a CNA and tutor, I work independently, but I also routinely collaborate with my supervisors and peers to provide the best service. These qualities will benefit me as a PA, where I will work with consulting physicians and other healthcare affiliates to deliver exceptional care. Furthermore, by being conscientious I work hard and operate with integrity, two values I learned to appreciate from my environment. Being the first of my family to attend college, gratitude powered my resilience. This mentality helped me when my father was laid off work; and I had to take on two jobs to assist my family, as well as pay for school. Although this led to challenges early in my college tenure, eventually I was able to successfully maintain both jobs while remaining a dedicated full-time student - as evidenced by the upward trend of my GPA. It is this resiliency that has pushed me to continue on my path to becoming a PA.

I’m currently satisfied with my decision to pursue this career since I’m enjoying my classes more than ever. During my first years of college I worked part-time at a Levis Strauss & Co store. I would go to school weekdays and go to work on weekends. While working at Levi’s I did some volunteering. The volunteering was to fundraise and walk a 6k to spread HIV and AIDS awareness. I witnessed the impact that the Levi’s employees were doing with the walk, which essentially inspired me to become a social worker.

Often times mainstream media fails to capture a universal meaning of "Poverty" and "Poor" mainly because there is no universal meaning to what exactly poverty is. For ratings and controversy media programs influences our society with a lack of understanding about poverty being that mainstream media don’t cover the issues of poverty accurately with comprehensive logic. Instead they rather use terms like "third world" or "underdeveloped" to portray places as inferior to other places specifically the United States. For example when people think of Africa the first thing they think of is poverty which is the media's fault. Generally I'd say the media does a poor job at educating what is considered poor and poverty. Not only do the media use “exceptionalism” as a way to tell us what is considered poor they also portray most people in poverty as drug addicts, loafers, alcoholics or just flat out criminals and that's pretty much worldwide.

As you’ll see in my attached resume, my most recent job was a program administration role with the New York City Leadership Academy. (I left that job in January to travel through Asia and Eastern Europe.) In that position, I managed processes and logistics for the coaching program, which pairs retired public school principals with current first-year principals throughout the city. A large part of my job was to support the coaches, effectively providing customer service. On a daily basis I fielded emails and phone calls, helping coaches to locate a tool or overcome a technical challenge. I enjoyed helping the coaches find an answer to whatever problems they encountered and I’d be excited to do the same for Catchafire’s customers. At NYCLA, I also had the chance to observe coaches in the field and provide practical, actionable feedback they could integrate into their coaching. I loved the process of observing a coach at work, finding his unique strength and then helping him to see ways he could leverage that strength. I like

My professional career goal is to become a licensed clinical counselor specializing in marriage and family therapy. Combining my academic knowledge and training along with self-knowledge I plan on opening my own private practice where I along with other therapist counsel, empower, encourage, and uplift families, marriages, relationships, and individuals to become all that they can. To sum it all up my goal in life is just to be an ear to those who have something to say, but can find no one to say it too. Along, with marriage and family therapy, I would also like to work with young people, more specifically young impoverished girls. Growing up I experienced firsthand what it’s like to need something and lack the resources needed in obtaining

Growing up in a small, poor community, I was unaware of the effects of ignorance that isolation creates. I come from a place where it is okay not to have motivation or be driven, and I found that illogical. Teachers preach about students being affected by education disparity, however, they are not taking the initiative to make a change. It enrages me that the low quality of education is evident at low income schools, but there is no steps being implemented to combat the issues. Students are constantly being compared, and I feel that it is important that no person feels inferior because of the quality of their education. Being influenced by my surroundings, I have become conscious of the capability of every student being successful despite

All of my education has been within the low income communities that I have resided in. My first professional experience within a low income community was working with Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council. I was an after school counselor responsible for tutoring students of high-need schools in various subjects as well as creating lessons in those subjects during holiday programming. I have also worked with youth of low income communities through the Youth Ministry program at St Martin of Tours. I began volunteer work there at age fourteen. Through the program we have been able to provide youth of the community a space to discuss their life and faith, as well gain their own volunteer experience within the parish, and the larger community.