Homebased Work Experience Analysis

Being a parent transformed me in unexpected ways. I found myself wanting to provide for my daughter and later my son the same security and benefits my parents had provided for me. I found a job at University Children’s Center. UCC provides care for children from the ages of 6 weeks to 6 years and I wanted to be close to my children. I worked with all the age groups but found my niche in the infant program. I enjoyed the close bonds I was able to form with both the babies and their families. I took great pride in creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. I took classes to become Infant Nursery Room Supervisor. Once again, I excelled in my studies and enjoyed the learning process. Bringing the information I learned into the classroom was

Today I gained my 100 hours experience volunteering at Blue Cross Rehoming Centre. I feel I have come so far from when I started and I have learnt a lot of quality knowledge that is invaluable for my progression in my studies.

This was the perfect job for me at the time because having a newborn, a six year old, and a twelve year old was a lot of work. It was very convenient for me to start house cleaning because I chose my hours. I was working two to three hours a day and was still available for my kids. At this point of my life that I still couldn’t go back to school.

Throughout the years I feel that I’ve had a number of valuable experiences, my most significant experience is my volunteering experience at Children’s Hospital Colorado. I still remember feeling utterly terrified on my first day volunteering, pondering all the possible ways things could go wrong. I suddenly felt as though I have never experienced this before. I was on my own, responsible for myself and all of my actions.

Home school had proven to be a waste of my time. I found out about Job Corps through a couple of friends who had attended the school. I decided to go to the Brunswick Job Corps. I spent 10 months there. I would like to say that I used all that time wisely, Of course not. It wasn’t till month seven that I started buckling down and finally got my General Education Diploma (GED). My life has now begun to go in the right direction. I came back home. My mother worked for Delta at the time so my mother, father, and I took a trip to Hong Kong, China, a business trip for my mother, an educational trip for me, and for my father it was a stroll down memory lane. My father spent some time in the city of Hong Kong when he was nineteen, and he got to show me around the city when I was nineteen. Of course for myself, once we crossed the International Date Line on the way there I was of age to

When I became a mommy at the age of 23, I became aware of how much there was to learn. As a new parent I became overwhelmed by all the duties I had in order to take care of my daughter. She had to be fed, change, bathe, put to sleep, etc. It seemed unconceivable to me that I could cope with any other additional activity, such as going to college or working at the same time. There was a point in my life that I felt discouraged and felt I needed guidance and support to keep on going. I wanted her to experience what I experience during my childhood. However, by the time my 3rd daughter was born, I was aware of everything I had learned and I was actually an excellent mommy. I was able to analyze in detail what every parent must do raise their family in becoming productive citizens of our society and the reason why it was so important to become an excellent caregiver.

During the school year I worked for a year and a half, part time at a Brewing Company on Cannery Row bussing tables and hostessing. Working about 30 hour weeks taught me how to manage my time with work and school.

I started to work as a waitress at very young age. I stopped receiving education because my grades at school were not good and studying seemed to be boring. Working in my twenties appeared to be more adventurous and full of promises. As the time passed by, my routine at work turned out to be a nuisance. I was feeling empty inside without knowing the reason. As my level of expertise in the catering business was growing, the idea of starting up a restaurant on my own was beginning to take shape. I believed to know how to handle a business but I was missing all the technicalities. Getting back to school was a good alternative though I did not feel ready.

learned that I can always do more to help. I remember coming home to the sweet smell of my

I never imagined that I could be changing the life of a child through therapeutic play. When I noticed that I was actually making a difference in the lives of these children my eyes opened to the possibility of working with young children. I ultimately discovered that I am good with children and that I am able to form bonds with people no matter the age.

This links to Educational Psychology as I was able to identify problems and provide appropriate interventions to break down barriers to learning. This was done by researching about autism and liaising with the SENco and it taught me alot about how children with autism learn. Other work experience led to me gaining regular employment at a local farm shop. It was here I learned how to work both independently and as part of a team in an effective manner. As a high level of customer service was required I gained strong communication skills, excellent time management and a flexible approach to solving

Housework assignments bore most of the population with nothing at the end to obtain except self gratification. However, homemakers tolerate a long duration to learn but, for some it is inherent; unfortunately, for me, I have been struggling for 20 years. Granted, homemaking requires dedicated commitment and can be frustrating at times, but the accomplishment would be self-fulfilling. Above all, learning to strategize and formulate habits ultimately grows into an outstanding

I can honestly say now that I feel more “at home” at my senior service site. I can easily talk to any of my coworkers. We make jokes. We laugh with each other. They give us details about some aspects of their lives. We share what is going on in ours. I love how expressive they are; not afraid of judgement. They sometimes have the music from the radio blasting (at a reasonable blasting volume for a working environment), and they sing their hearts out. Sometimes I feel compelled to join them, but most often I just stand and admire.

In the midst of living out my childhood fantasy, life threw me a curveball when my mother decided to pull me out of public education in seventh grade and attempt to homeschool me with a correspondence course based in Illinois. Her decision developed rewarding, as well as, challenging lessons for me over the remainder of my school years. The biggest challenge I experienced with homeschooling was the lack of instruction. I found it extremely difficult to teach myself the material and while there was over the phone and mail support from teachers, grasping some subjects with only verbal instructions seemed impossible for my fourteen-year-old mind to accomplish. The freedom of homeschooling also caught me off guard. I specifically had trouble with prioritizing tasks when I didn’t have clear deadlines or in-person classes to attend. However, with challenges also come rewards. One of the greatest rewards of being homeschooled is learning that, with drive and passion anyone can overcome even the greatest obstacles in life. Similarly, homeschooling taught me that there are also several different ways to accomplish a goal; all you need are the right tools.

The workplace was always very clean, which also created a nice environment around me to focus on my work. That’s really a good thing because a nice working environment keeps me safe, healthy, and gives me more energy to do my work. This company was also very well organized.