I Am A Philosophy Major

I was born to a Christian mother I had 7 brothers and sisters we wasn’t perfect but we all loved the Lord. I went to church every time the door was open I loved Sunday school and loved to sing the good ole songs that Baptist Churches sing. I am now 52 and my mind has never changed I love the Lord with all my heart and soul he has helped me so much I wouldn’t be here now if it wasn’t for him.

Learning has always been my passion. When I was younger, I would spend hours pouring over dictionary pages, trying to decrypt the hidden messages of jumbled up symbols. I would take a book and invent stories to go along with the pictures. Nothing ever stopped me from trying to understand things. When I turned 4, my dad finally taught me to read. We would sit on the couch, me sounding out each word and my dad correcting me after each mispronunciation. The experience was enthralling. Ever since that moment, I have been passionate about learning. When given the opportunity to learn, I seize it. In this way, I identify most with the Scholarship aspect of the Nation Honors Society. Education has never been the means to gain a degree, but rather the means to expand my knowledge.

The bible states that Christians are supposed to love and help each other at all times so I find myself always helping people in need. Also, on the political end, religion has strongly influenced which party I vote for. In my life, religion affects the way I look at life, communicate with others, spend my time, and how I act. My faith has shown me evidence of the resilience I’ve had towards the inherited oppression in my life. I am now more compassionate and have a lot more empathy towards different ethnic and racial backgrounds which has allowed me to have more humility and empathy in my social work practice and relationships.

My Christian faith is the reason I have accomplished what I have and why I am who I am today. A lot of my activities that I am involved in or have been involved in were centered on my faith. My faith has helped me through high school and given me purpose as well as strength to reach the high goals I have set for myself. God has been with me through difficult decisions and situations, guiding me along the way. I usually base my decisions on what I feel would be right by God.

Both of my parents were born and raised in religious household, one in an Irish Catholic suburb of St. Louis, and the other a small Roman Catholic town in rural Spain. By the time they were young adults both had rejected the religiously institutions they had grown up in. My brothers and I were raised in a house, which viewed religion indifferently resulting in us never receiving formal religious instruction. I grew up a scientist. I quickly developed a passion for science and mathematics, and found particular interest in areas of those fields supported by empirical evidence and had undergone trial by scientific method. I found comfort in the structure provided by my faith in our scientific exploration into the laws that govern the form and

I learned to look at things differently by using hermeneutic phenomenology lens and understand people and their experiences in a different way before jumping to a conclusion. Relational inquiry on critical social theories such as: Colonialism, Neo Colonialism, Feminism, Post Structuralism were my areas of interest; as political science was my major in the university, so I took part in discussion of these theories with much curiosity. In addition to these major theories, I took much interest reading transition theory article and made notes for future

Every decision, major or not, I question. I am christian. For me this means following the ten-commandments stated in the bible and generally striving to be a better human being. Without my religion I would not be the same person. Going to Sunday services, VBS, AWANA, and youth group have all affected me in that the way I view the world is different then a lot of my other friends. At one point in my life my dad was going to college, and my mom was working three jobs, and on food stamps to support my little brother and I. The church stepped in and made sure we got back on our feet. My religion is probably the most important aspect of my personal life. Religion gave me my morals, Ethnicity gave me the way I define

I was and raised in a Christian home with my personal foundation being built on Christ. My parents are pastors and have been involved with youth and children ministry as long as I can remember. Which has given me opportunity to discover and use my gifts and talents for Him within the church.

Throughout my adolescence, I regularly attended the Lutheran church and was enrolled in a Christian school until the age of twelve. I grew up in a middle class neighbor located in a Suburban in Florida near downtown Tampa area. God had completely blessed this only child, who was raised in a stable household with two, loving parents. Most importantly, my Christian parents based every aspect of their lives in devotion to Christ and mentoring the youths in the community. It was important for them to serve others and live a life that was pleasing to God and according the Christian principles that are inscribed in the Holy Bible. My parents viewed each individual as important and often reminded me to seek positive potential in everyone.

Growing up, religion never played a big role in my life. My mother, who came from a religious family, never pushed religion or the Bible onto us and not much

I have always believed in Christ since I was a little girl. But it wasn’t until I made the decision to follow him when I truly started to have faith and believed. Following him has mold me into the person I am today. Growing up my grandparents and parents set a good example of how living for Christ should look like. They were always involved in church. My grandpa was a deacon for over forty years and my grandma open her house to many people from the church. Both of my parents became a Christian in their teenage years. They both serve in ministry at our local church. My mom sings in the choir and my dad is a deacon. They have hosted a small bible group in our home for over seven years. Seeing my grandparents and parents serve the lord taught

I was raised in religion. Catholicism. Its impact may not have meant much at the time but as my life transpired, I realized the great significance of these beginnings. My mother who was raised Episcopalian used to take us to mass on Sundays being the dutiful wife my father was creating her to be, including assimilating her to his Catholicism. But he never came to church. Surely

I try not to think too much on the negatives of religions and find most of them very connecting, unique, and beautiful in their own light. I wasn't raised any particular religion. I did, however, go to Catholic services when I would visit my grandmother at a young age and that's probably around when I started looking at the different religions. I read every book in elementary the library had to offer on Egyptian beliefs, Christian beliefs, and whatever else I could get my hands on and the fascination never really stopped. I continually question people who have a religious belief about the "what's" and "why's" to why they believe. Which have ended in some pleasant conversations and some heated conversations.

Naturally, my eagerness to learn came about at a very young age. I always wanted to know how the human body worked. Growing up in the age of YouTube, I often poured over countless hours of videos learning simple concepts that I could easily understand at that time. As I grew I was always looking to learn something new. Finally, in high school I took advantage of College Now, a program where students in high school had access to college classes on a college campus while receiving college credits. While I was there, I earned a Certificate in Computer Science from CUNY Queens College. This eagerness to learn came about of a very simple reason. My parents had high aspirations for me since no one on either side of their families had ever gone beyond a high school education. They wanted me to be the first in the family to achieve a Bachelor’s degree. Finally in 2012, I graduated from St. Johns University with a

To begin with, religion is one aspect of my life that I could not be happy without. My brothers and I have formed this conviction in the Lord from being taught the right way. My father is the minister at Sims Hill Christian Church and he has always taken us to every church service held as long as we were able. It has always been a priority in the Jones’ household to read the Bible and to present ourselves in the correct manner. Without God, the pursuit of happiness