Personal Experience : The Challenges Of Opportunities For Learning

I was able to learn about many issues which our city is faced with, issues of which they and the city must solve. There were more issues than I would have ever imagined. I believe this meeting covered almost ten issues, even though not all issues were resolved this meeting; a lot of thinking goes into the solution of each issue. Also, prior to this, I had no clue how our local police departments paid for replacement equipment. I mean, I figured the taxpayers provided the funding, but I had no clue it went through the council. This also applies to many things. I had no clue our local government had such a large impact on the community. I always thought it was the federal government that had the largest impact and influence on the community. It was definitely a unique experience, which was as interesting as any teenager would imagine it to

I can understand your experience as well, I went through a similar experience where my faith and my health was tested. I was always doing and going and all of a sudden life happened and I was never the same again. God had to use something that I didn't take advantage of and use it as a thorn to keep me in reverence of Him, in humility, and realizing I could not live nor do life in my own might and strength. You would be amazed how life has a way of setting you off course from the path God has you on, but I would not change the growth He has done in my life, and more importantly, my heart. At times, your heart has to soften in order for God to do the healing He wants to do in your life. People may not notice your change until they see how your

Overall, this group project went very well and was completed on time due to the fact there everyone including myself assigned ourselves with a task role, relational role and from the start had individual roles present such as leader, compromiser, and gatekeepers in the group that made it

Describe five significant points (in detail and complete sentences) that you absorbed from this presentation that is related to what

In this paper you will learn my insights into my life. I will touch on my formal and informal education. I will reflect on the four Breadth areas of Ottawa University’s program of liberal arts studies. Future goals, philosophy, values, and obstacles will be discussed. This will include significant people and events that have happened in my life.

I have reflected upon previous experiences within university; contrasting performing our first group presentation to a recent group presentation experience. I perceive a vast improvement however again there is still margin for improvement and gain in confidence.

The most interesting thing I observed was at the beginning of the activity, everyone seemed to hold back their thoughts and ideas. It felt like everyone was reluctant to speak up and chime into the conversation. In the beginning when the CEO started to list off the issues Lakeview was having, everyone was shy and was raising their hands to speak. After a little warming up, people spoke freely but was

For the first presentation, I was partners with Maddi and we conducted a lifeboat simulation to demonstrate the discrimination people face based on diversity and primary judgement. I really enjoyed watching everyone in the group share their input. I also loved how people allowed others to speak up as this does not always happen during normal class time. It was cool to see how similar our class is to the other groups I have seen attempt this task. Asking how far along in the pregnancy the woman was happened near the beginning of the exercise as well as other things like putting women and children on the boat first. I was also proud that they thought about how helpful certain people would be if something were to happen. These specific individuals

Once time came around for our presentation, Sharon had mentioned that working on google docs would be a good idea, because we could all do our portion of the work without actually meeting up; which was nearly impossible due to our busy schedules. Johnny and Rae had mentioned that they are going to be extremely busy and they would rather present the project as long as we told them what we had prepared. Melissa and Scott both added their portions to the google docs, and left me quite impressed I believe our

The first and most important one was seeing teens partake in the workshops and enjoying themselves. This to me said that I did my job in having the teens not only learning , but also enjoying themselves through the lessons. In addition, completing the project as a whole was a huge feeling and proof of success for me. I say this because this was a major project for me, and to be able to put it all together and execute fully with it after all the presentations and papers; it just shows that I can do anything I put my mind to. Now of course not everything was perfect with this project and there were a few small adjustments in that I would done to have the workshops run smoother. One thing would be I wish I had better communication with the teens so that I would’ve tried to have them there all four days. Also it would have been great to have a little more time for the teens because they really enjoyed have the open conversations on the topic about different types of unhealthy relationships and abuse. Those were the only two difficulties I would have further improved if I were to redo the

I feel as though I addressed my goals effectively through my visuals and the video. I did everything I intended on doing for my presentation and was very proud of the outcome of it. One thing I would have done differently is I would have created a script beforehand to present more smoothly and I would have added some statistics to help support my points I made.

An outstanding experience this week comes from attending the Logan Square Neighborhood Association. I couldn’t believe how well everyone worked together even though they are from different agencies and have different responsibilities. There were people from different areas for example, social workers, teachers, volunteers, interns, people who work in the medical area etc. The main focus of the meeting was to talk about services provided in the community and why people don’t ask for them.

I believe that sensitivity and appreciation of others develop from vivid experiences and interactions with people from different cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds that challenge my worldview and help build relationships with those around me. First and foremost, these experiences have also taught me that appreciating yourself before others is essential for growth.

The meeting started with the president of the group asking each one of us to write down three goals and ideas for a community outreach project. My ideas consisted of working with a homeless shelter to provide adequate rooms for the families, working with a local elementary school to build a maker’s space for the children, and creating a large event that mimic’s TED X by creating a large educational form for all design fields to support a cause.

Overall, I am satisfied with how well my group worked together during the community assessment portion of the project. We did well because we were all committed to the project. Moreover, at almost all of our meetings and community visits, members showed up on time and prepared. Some parts of our assessment were more comprehensive then