Personal Reflection

I was a Follower of Christ and I didn’t even know it. I was the last of three boys to two faithful Christian parents. My parents attended St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron, OH. I was baptized and confirmed by the same Bishop. Some of my earliest memories are of me standing in the pews with my parents and stacking the prayer books as if it were my own pulpit and I would pretend to be the priest giving the Sunday sermon. I didn’t know what he was talking about but I always thought that I would be like him one day. I was an acolyte and attended the youth programs regularly with my friends. I completed my studies to earn my God and Country award with the Boy Scouts.

The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don't feel obligated to do so. (The application won't accept a response shorter than 250 words.)

This reflection will discuss personal diffidence and how it has influenced my academic studies, including my practice within placement settings. Gibbs reflective cycle (Gibbs, 1998) has been utilised as it illustrates a clear structure for the process of reflection. To conclude this reflection will draw together the themes which have emerged and highlight a clear action for future learning that will be used in order to enhance my future practice.

I became a Christian in May 2005. I was blessed to grow up in a family that is highly involved in church. Prior to my conversion, I had noticed how I could not partake of communion; this led me to begin asking questions about salvation and the Gospel. I was blessed at a young age that God revealed enough basics to draw me to him. In May 2005 I realized that I was a sinner, and I could not make a pathway to God on my own; I knew that truly believing Jesus dying on the cross to take my place and rising on the third day and confessing he is Lord and that I needed to repent of my sins was the only chance to have a relationship with him. After this realization, my parents and I got in touch with our Pastor at the time – Rev. Junior Corn to schedule

When I arrived at the agency, the room was crowded and many people were waiting for their turned to be served at one of the several tables. The person that I interviewed for this assignment was Emily Hampshire, the coordinator of one of a program called 180. Emily has been with the agency for over a year and is currently the coordinator of the agency’s newest program. This program is a gang prevention and intervention program and was created for the local at-risk youth in an effort to prevent gang related crimes and help youth “change their life around”, as Emily mentioned. This program was created in collaboration with the local Police Department and the Mount Diablo Unified School District and in

When I first enrolled in the class, I didn’t know what was to be expected of me. I was scared the first time I logged onto the computer to see what the course entailed. Then, things changed and I was comfortable with my new lifestyle of doing work on the computer. I began by making myself a schedule with things that I wanted to accomplish each and every day. As I continued to do this and the end of the course started to become visible I started to grow more and more comfortable. I am happy with how everything has gone throughout this semester. I have learned a lot of things this year, as well as being refreshed with things that I obviously struggled with. This course developed me into a better writer; educated me on how to begin the

My freshman year of highschool, like most people’s, is not something that I remember fondly. However, it wasn’t about the social displacement or awkward phases that so many upperclassmen lament about-- it was the academic pressure that proliferated my life. As a student on the honors track, I always had a great enthusiasm for learning, but I also experienced an immense pressure to perform above average in the face of the looming honors workload. By the beginning of second semester, I had found myself sitting in the school social worker's office having a full blown breakdown after a concerned English teacher found me crying in her class and had no idea what to do. I remember feeling like I was drowning in a wave of responsibilities that of which felt impossible to fulfill. My grades, my work, my intelligence just wasn’t good enough for all the expectations I had placed upon myself. A year later, I was put on medication for my uncontrollable bouts of anxiety and depression. As someone who already experienced some issues regarding mental health, the amount of pressure I experienced from my parents, teachers, and even myself, pushed me over the edge.

I believe I can keep a cool head during difficult situations which allows me to think clearly and not worry. When my team sees this, they feel secure and are able to let go of the negative and keep moving forward. This leads to my team and I being proactive in starting new projects instead of worrying about something we couldn’t control.

Since early on in life, numerous individuals have been hearing people talk about college. Parents usually encourage their children to go to college, get a degree, get engaged on campus, be someone great in life and be important in the society. Hearing people talk about their college experience can push someone to go there and see what is there and how is that going to improve himself/herself. When actually going there, then come the experiences and the hard work and experiences come along in every aspect, such as academic, career, and personal facets of someone’s life.

I found this exercise very helpful, reading the scores form each of the sections has given me a lot of insight into what I am good at, and what I can improve on in my field. I scored high in the adapting practice and in linguistics competence and health and health care disparities. To me, this shows me that I am good at communicating effectively in terms of making sure clients understand what options they have and how we can help them find the best decision which will benefit them the most. The results indicated that “Items contained in this…adapting such care to individual patients in the practice environment.” (National Center for Cultural Competence, 2). I have just recently experienced something similar to this, and I can see that even though I am at an internship, I can still see myself taking these things into my everyday life.

This semester I had a man in his mid-fifties who has a severe stutter. One long term goal that we worked on was having a more positive experience with stuttering, as well as difficult speaking situations. We have this goal to reduce the amount of negative thoughts he has about his speech, and to prevent him from avoiding speaking situations.

An idea that makes me excited about learning is vulnerability. We experience fear and shame, when we don’t have a sense of belonging. However, this helps us learn from our experiences, change, and develop as stronger people. It is not others who put us down, but rather ourselves by constantly thinking we’re not fit to complete a certain task. I remember that after I got kicked out of my house due to family strife and started living with roomers, I felt embarrassed. Questions constantly hoovered my mind. What would happen if my friends wanted to come over? What kind of household must they think that I grew up in as my own family members to betrayed me? Would they even think that I am even of their standard? From this point onward, this made me think about how the human brain works in general. Why do we care about what others think of us? Why are we wired to want to feel accepted? What causes us to cry or smile? How are our emotions processed? How are other individual's actions and words so powerful that they bring forth an immediate reaction on our side? Biology teaches us about complex human body functions, how life came to be beginning from the origins and evolved over these years through multiple stages of growth, and how organisms function and interact with each other. That's why I want to major in biology, it allows me to gain the answers to all my questions.

I began my journey at CCRI in the Fall of 2015 after realizing that my life was not progressing in a direction I was comfortable with. I had previously attended three semesters at another community college in my early 20's but did not complete the program due to unexpectedly starting a family (whoops!) and dropping out of school. I had no support network and no money, so I did the only thing that made sense... I got a job. Over the years I worked menial jobs for greedy bozos, eventually acquiring a trade and securing steady reliable income. At first, I felt accomplished to have ascended the ranks and provided for my family, but as time progressed it became apparent that, unless I made a change, I had little room left for career growth.

I am Samantha pressdee and I will self assess myself for this quarter. I will discuss my attendance, my grade,work ethic and my overall attitude in this class.

When you understand your emotions, you can keep them in check. When you know your weakness and strengths, it helps to keep you emotionally healthy. During this week, I have learned many new and interesting ideas like how to be in check, how to recognize feelings in a social situation and how I compare with my family and friends when it comes to my Emotional Intelegance.