Life Changing Experiences: Course Analysis

We sat on wood logs in the forest watching the instructor teach us how to zip line. I was about ten years old when I went zip lining in Mexico for my dad’s birthday. We walked up the flights of stairs when monkeys crawled around us looking for food. When we made it to the top we put on our harnesses and took our last bit of advise from the workers. The man said he had worked there for 25 years and has only seen one person fall. I thought that I was going to be the second. He hooked me on the line as I told him to let me off. With one big push he threw me

As I started climbing up the ladder, I kept looking down and seeing my classmates at the bottom. As I reached the start of the log, I could feel my knees shaking and my brain telling me ‘Don’t do it!’ I started walking across the log and I kept thinking that my feet would slip and I would fall to the ground. My heart felt like it was beating a million times a second. I walked nervously, my legs barely holding me up. They were shaking like a vibrating phone. I wanted to just jump off and get to the ground and leave this place. Eventually, I fought through all of the fear and regret that I had and got to the end of the log where the instructor brought me down and said “ let's go to the next

Then, I remembered my dream again and thought about the height of a zip line and about people afraid of heights (like me) could actually go on that ride. Honestly, I couldn’t go on that zip line.

To further my understanding of the profession, i independently organised a work placement shadowing a GP which was highly informative regarding life as a doctor. I witnessed a consultation involving a patient suffering from a subtle skin rash, even so, minor signs may lead to major consequences such as skin cancer hence the doctor decided to refer the patient to the hospital. Observing the ability of the doctor to think critically and operate effectively led me to acknowledge the level of professionalism involved with treating patients to provide high quality care. The manner in which the doctor dealt with the patient empathised the importance of collaborating well in a team, exercising strong leadership skills and possessing the ability to communicate clearly to treat the person, not just the illness. I believe i have enhanced and honed these skills myself whilst partaking in NCS:The Challenge

The importance of knowing the life course paradigm is for the social worker to started to navigate and better understand where client/s experiences stem from. Moreover, for the developmental theories it provides a framework for social workers to go by too see if clients are developing psychosocially and physically correctly (Payne, 2005.) In addition, it assists social workers in helping client’s get to their appropriate developmental stage either psychosocially or physically. Lastly theories help practitioners provide an expiation on the practices they can take on with clients (Payne,

Currently at the end, half-way around to the other side. Only having one hand on, as my other hand was reaching to grab the bar, was when the scare happened. As the aero-car jerked, my body went forward towards the edge, but was quickly pushed back. Knuckled were pale from gripping the bars, as was my face, or so I was told. Tears began to well up in my eyes, body shaking and lungs gasping for air. The event reminded me why the fear of heights existed with me, and made the fear worse when it was beginning to get

As I crossed, I had to keep myself focused to balance, and not allow myself to look down, even though my stomach had already twisted itself in a knot. I had to focus on my goal, but my attention lapsed for a second, and I suddenly slipped. The tether line was unusually slack as this happened, so I fell relatively far. Panic set in immediately, and time seemed to slow, turning the moment of time into an eternity, my instincts convinced that I was about to die. Suddenly my body tensed as the rope went taut and caught me. It was here that I lay petrified, dangling over an enormous drop, on the brink of a panic attack. Trembling, I slowly hoisted my self back on to the tightrope. I began to feebly finish the course, and slowly worked my way to the end of the section. Periodically, the course had ending points that would allow you to get off when you were finished. As I reached this, I wanted to quit, and be done. Rather than do that, I convinced myself that I could continue and that I would make

On October 30th 2008, my father died in my arms. He had succumbed to a short, but painful fight with lung cancer. It was the defining turning point in my life, Leading me down the path to become the man that I am today. It was the first, of many hard lessons. None of which I regret experiencing. Yes many of these moments have been incredibly painful, and seemingly unsurvivable at times. They have however made me a strong and diligent young man.

During our teenage years, we often become confused and lose track of who we are and what we are passionate of. Although I acknowledge that I am losing certain things in life, I am also gaining a variety of opportunities to make up my losses. I believe that I should be the winner of this scholarship because I have rediscovered what I can am zealous about and my first step to accomplishing my goal is to attend the college of my dreams. With this scholarship, I can lift a bit of the burden of tuition off of my family and can thoroughly keep my concentration on my studies in order to achieve my goal of becoming a successful financial adviser and help others improve their living situations. If I were to be awarded this scholarship, I can then reach

I remember looking down at my hands and they were covered in blisters and blood. My body was producing such a high amount of adrenaline that my hands were shaking vigorously. Through the pain there was beauty. Our fifth and final jump was a monster. The previous cliff jumps ranged anywhere from ten to twenty feet and the final jump was a forty five foot jump into a canyon pool the size of a large hot tub. The jump was surrounded by sharp rocks on all directions except one. You also had to run and leap forward to avoid the rocks directly beneath us. A false step meant a serious accident. Everyone was tense, there was no denying that and fear lurked around us. You could see it in everyone’s faces. I felt responsible, as I was the person that set up the trip and convinced us to take the “extreme option”. I could not show fear, I needed to lead and act by example. Without hesitation, Steve said, “I can’t do this! I am afraid!” With that I replied a saying that my grandmother told me a long time ago, “So be afraid! And then, do it anyway.” I was the first to jump and the group followed through. The water was freezing and I couldn’t feel my extremities. At the base of the waterfall we looked up in disbelief at what we had just done and laughed uncontrollably for what seemed like a life time. We made it out alive with a great lesson learned. Rise above fear. It is only a state of mind that anyone can

I decided I should try again.  I got my skis back on and had a new mindset this time.  The 6th try was going to be the try that I got up on.  I grabbed the rope again, and I repeated everything my grandpa had told me in my head.  I bent my legs, held onto the rope, pointed my skis upward, and kept my back facing up.

I knew right then, I was about to be in my challenge zone. I chose to do the zip lining, I knew I would be pushing myself but not to the point where I was in my panic zone. I felt butterflies building up in my stomach when the safety guide strapped on my harness. Before I could think twice, I leaped off of the edge and shut my eyes really tight. I felt the wind hitting my face, like a splash of water, so refreshing and relaxing. An instant smile came across my face and I kept telling myself "I cannot believe I am doing this", I easily must have said that a thousand

I went to camp for the first time last summer to get away from the pressures of home and school. Camp was a month long, I have never been away from my parents more than a week. I was very anxious. I had no idea what situations to expect and how I would handle them. I started to really wonder about my life. The way it was going was not the best for me. I can “run away” from my reality, but I know that I was going to have to come back to it in a month. The way I treat people was total opposite from how I treated my parents. What my friends were capable of doing was not a bit close to what my parents would let me do, my parents are very narrow minded. My grandparents were even more

When starting the ropes course I think we were all a little nervous, not just about heights or different challenges, but figuring each other out. People walk around on nails for a while till they feel they know someone good enough to open up, this activity sped that process up a quite a bit. Different people take on different roles and I think this made some stand up to show their leadership and others show how they follow. This is a good way to sum up how people will act in working groups as well and gave us a further understanding of what we should expect from our teams. The ropes course was a good exercise to have fun and open up to each other. I know that I am usually quiet at first but if I am given a hands on activity I feel I can be more of myself and interact at a greater level.

In life we all have something that has changed the way we perceive things. Most things that change a person’s perception happens to be an experience that they have gone thru and learned from. In my case it wasn’t necessarily an experience, it was a dog that changed my perception on life. My mind and heart was opened in a whole new way. I never thought I could love an animal just as much as I loved the people in my life. I always thought it was strange that pet owners loved and treated their pets the same way they treated their children. My perception on dogs or pets in general definitely changed. Throughout this paper you will see why I am a totally different person because of a dog that entered my life.