Personal Reflection

I went into Government class thinking I knew a lot about government. I quickly figured out there was a lot I had to learn. I am very glad I was required to take this class because without taking it, how would I know how everything works or know how I am affected by the government? My beliefs didn’t change nor did the political party I identify myself with but I have a much better understanding about what goes on in our Country. I learned much more than I thought I would learn, from the ways someone can become president, to how a bill becomes a law, to who were considered to be the best presidents.

On 08/20/2017 at 1002 hours FTO Wheeler #4361 and I responded to St. Luke’s Hospital emergency room entrance, on 3555 Cesar Chavez St., regarding a women in a hospital gown trying to break the caller’s vehicle window with a brick. Officer Wheeler and I were in full police uniform driving a marked patrol unit when we responded.

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.

NCSSM Residential and Online students must have a high level of maturity, whether living away from home or working daily without teachers or supervision. Please help us understand why you are mature enough to manage your own deadlines, schedule and academic interest.

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

I chose to attend a city council meeting for this assignment and was very surprised at what I witnessed. The city council served an important purpose and the meeting actually accomplished many important goals. Among the interesting things that I saw at the council meeting were the people who attended, the people who presented, the people who sat on the council, and the subjects that were being voted upon in the meeting.

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35, New International Version). Giving does not have to equate to a monetary sum. Individuals can implement their talents and skills as a form of giving. Volunteering not only affects the receivers, it alters the giver’s heart and mindset as well. During the course of Community Health, I had the privilege of attending a seminar called the Cost of Poverty Experience (C.O.P.E), watching a web seminar entitled Working With the Diverse LGBTQQI Communities 101, attending the Matter Park Festival, and visiting the Veteran Affairs (VA) facility in Marion, Indiana.

In the past year I have produced three different pieces of writing with different purposes and intended for different audiences, but they all share a common theme of family ties. The first piece of writing was a creative piece centred on fixing family bonds and bringing the family closer together. The creative piece was intended to entertain a more adult audience and was based around a real life even that happened when I was younger. The next piece was an exposition arguing the point of technology creating a divide between adult and child, it was made to inform and persuade the audience on my point of view, I chose this piece as it seemed a good topic to debate and related to the theme of family. The final piece was a magazine article, this piece was made to inform the audience of which holiday destinations are best for families and there is to do in the suggested towns or cities. In that the magazine piece was created for a target audience of parents with younger children. This piece is heavily linked to my creative piece as the knowledge I gained to create that piece was acquired through my travels as a kid and was based around what places I enjoyed most as a kid.

My work ethic and my ability to fulfill my commitments shows how much of a dedicated and hard-working person I am, in terms of achieving my goals. Academically, I have been set on a course of facing on challenges to overcome. Since childhood, I have been placed in the Gifted and Talented program where my peers and I took advanced and honors courses, in which we would focus on rigorous and tough tasks; due to my effort, I was consistently one of the top students in my classes. However, when I entered Bronx Science, I realized that I would have to put even more effort in order to stay on top of all my classes and continue to do well. Sophomore had hit me hard, taking two AP classes, one honors, and one biology research class, but receiving relatively well grades by the end of both semesters had shown that I worked hard throughout all year in order to succeed and achieve my goals of being exceptional in my academic career. My extracurricular activities additionally demonstrate my determination, work ethic, and ability to fulfill commitments. Starting in June 2015, I worked as an intern at the Jackson Heights branch of Khan’s Tutorial, a medium-sized tutoring and mentorship academy. I initially planned to only intern for the summer, in which I would aid instructors, grade papers and homework, and do other simple administrative duties. However, I decided to continue interning past the summer because I was determined to continue working and I enjoyed the work environment at Khan’s

My supervisor/ team leader gave me top rating of 10 except a 7 on academic knowledge. I agree with his ratings except I would lower the rating of academic knowledge to a 5. I started with fundraising for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and recently I started on Save the Children. When I received the rating of a 7, I had been on the start of my third week. I only had the basic knowledge of TNC and wasn’t fully confident to do on my own to overcome objections. After listening and practicing saying my pitching about the charity, I got more comfortable and was able to influence others because I had the education to back up with what people asked.

mindful that I am not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. In addition, I've been experiencing angst about writing in this style of writing; and using profanity-laced terms and whatnot!

To be honest, I'm writing this for me as much as I am writing it for you.

Throughout my writings in English 2201, I have become a better writer, where my work in both the Category 1 and 2 project shows my abilities. Each category was designed to help and develop my writing and I believe it did that. There were many process that took place while writing and I think it allowed for much improvement. Each part of my writing process played an effective part in having an overall successful paper during the semester.

The first paper assigned to the class was a summary and response essay. The assignment called for my personal opinion on the text in reference to wether or not I agreed with the author. When writing this essay I laid out the assignment expectations in my own words and attempted to evaluate the prompt in a matter that I better understood. I recall drawing up a number of possible introductions to help decide whether agreeing or disagreeing would result in a better written essay, despite not particularly enjoying the piece, I decided that agreeing would be best. Once I decided that, I wrote out my topic sentences and moved from there. After those two steps were complete. my pharmaceutical company rejected my prescription refill due to an error on their part, as a result of this, I was unable to safely continue work and school. I threw the rest of the essay together with little attention to detail in an attempt to turn it in as quickly as possible. I did not receive feedback. After the issue was resolved I attempted to explain the scenario to you, doctors note in hand, but you told me there was nothing you could do. On account of this issue, I cannot say that I learned much from the assignment itself.

For as long as I can remember, I have known who Jesus Christ was. Though, for a period in my life I questioned my relationship with him, and everything that I had grown up knowing about Christianity. Playing with fellow classmates on Sunday mornings as a 6 year old is the first memory of church that I have. Ever since I was a baby to now as a 19 year old I have always attended church. At the age of 12, life took a drastic turn for the worst, making me question all that I knew, and believed about God. Now that I am an adult, attending a college that pushes me everyday closer and closer to God; challenging me in ways that I have never been challenged before, I now see why God does certain things in our lives.