Personal Reflection : The Way A Person Is Treated

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.)

Before, I begin my story, here are a couple of the theories I have incorporated about my college experience. The first is Schlossberg 's Transition Theory. As a Transfer Student, this model has helped me understand my transition process through her model. Her theory is grounded in adult development literature. A transition as she defines is “ any event, or nonevent”[ which] results in changed relationships, routines, assumptions, and roles.” ( p 37) In her model, she talks about the meaning of the transition for the individual based on three topics: type, context, and impact.Then, she moved into the transition process which is described as reactions over time and as three different phases; moving in, moving through,

Communication is the delivery of information between multiple groups, it is very necessary to have effective communications in the workplace because everything people do at work results from communication. Work efficiency and productivity is the key to success in the workplace, they can enhance the understanding between employer and employee, and high efficiency and productivity come from effective communication.

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.

1. Empathy with students and the struggles they may experience in specific units of study and/or their transition to university study

Ms. Kim Ferguson Tannor came to talk to the class about her passion for her job as an Physician’s Assistant. It was interesting how she structured her presentation by talking about how to merge your passion and your purpose. Which is what we are slowly pursuing this semester. Ms. Tannor is a 42-year-old second generation American who grew up in Long Island, New York. In 1994, she went to Virginia State and graduated with a degree in Biology. Then she returned and graduated with a Master’s degree in Biology with a concentration in Biochemistry. I actually never knew that you could have a specific focus for Biology in graduate school. I thought the specializing came in medical school for Biology majors. She had the career goal of being a doctor at first. One of the first lessons she gave the class is how important accountability is. She had gotten caught up in the freedom that college offers and she wasn’t being a good student. She had been put on academic probation by the end of her first semester in college. But what was motivating to me is that she acknowledged that she did something wrong and got right back to work. I have admitted when I’ve messed up but usually I feel bad for myself for a period and I don’t get right to work. If she can mess up and bounce back, so can I. She also stressed that you may be letting someone else down who is looking up at you and you can’t do that. This is very true for me, I have two younger sisters and plenty of younger cousins who I know

The 2016 presidential election was a thought-provoking, exciting, and pivotal time in my life. The campaigning and debates leading up to the election inspired in me a sense of lasting political engagement; even the fact that I was 17 and could not actually vote in the election did not deter my enthusiasm. As exhilarating as those few months were, however, they also provided me with a rather tumultuous identity crisis. 2016 was a hotbed for political discourse in America, and while I was thriving on it, I was also facing contrasting influences from my peers and family on my political ideology. I was realizing that my stances on various issues fell on both sides of the aisle, and unfortunately there was no seat in the middle of the aisle. I did not know what to call myself. I was reluctant to use the ‘independent’ label for fear of not belonging in our two-party system, so I gave an ambiguous, politically-confused answer: fiscally conservative, socially liberal. While accurate, in the vaguest sense, I now realize this answer was imprecise. After taking the eye-opening and life-changing Introduction to American Government course, doing some individual research, taking some online quizzes, talking to some politically active people in my life, and copious self-reflection, I now have a better answer: I am a pro-business democrat. I find this label satisfying because while I strongly believe government regulation of businesses and higher taxes (across the board) are detrimental to

Week two and three were very interesting and eventful. The most impressive part was learning to use and work with the SCM. The system is a state of art and navigating through the system was educative. Any information you need on patient to help you complete your care effectively is precisely, focused and clearly documented in SCM. However, the second week I was still a little nervous and I chose to work with a client with less complex issues but curious enough to want to learn about heart sounds in a client with arterial fibrillation. I also wanted to practice taking pulses manually. My client was very cooperative, optimistic and determined to leave the hospital and go home. At the end of my shift I was so sure that he would be discharged the following day; but to my surprise; when I came back the following day, his countenance had changed, he spoke less and seemed uninterested in everything around him. During my six hours, my client had been moved at least four times from room to hallway then another room and back in the hallway before I finished my shift. This made me really sad and I felt helpless I could not help but wonder if this was the reasoning he was unhappy. I did my best to make him feel cared for and provided as much comfort as I could.

Throughout the process of writing this paper, I have learned more about my topic than I thought I would. The original idea for this project was to outline the basis of why animal cruelty was wrong. Also to give ways to what we can contribute to the topic being researched. But, not only did I just do research and present it, instead, I dug deeper and got more involved in my topic. Although writing the paper took more time than expected. This piece of information did not come that easily to me the ending result was the result; it was harder than usual to write it definitely paid off. This by far was my most successful piece of writing and made me an even better writer.

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.

While reading Systems Thinking, The Systems View of Life and Learning as a Way of Leading, I felt as if I was experiencing many contradictory things at once. I felt as if i was in the past and the future, i was growing and shrinking, peering into a microscope and peering through a telescope all at the same time. I was taken on a journey through the micro and macro while weaving simultaneously through my own internal and external mental models of the world. This immersive reading experience sparked a strong desire in me to seek new perspectives and try to understand what others internal and external mental models look like, what they mean and what they feel like. The concepts and theories presented in the readings have helped me to solidify some of my own thought processes and ways of thinking about the world so I can put them into action and apply new practices into my community work and in turn create change. I do know one thing for sure, I want my contributions to be positive and go towards the common good. The readings reminded about how interconnected everything and everyone is and how fragile life can be. The readings have reinforced my desire to do good, be creative, think of others more than myself, but to not lose touch with self.

As I reread every piece of literature we have gone over, Connecticut, pine trees in back was the piece that I believed had a tone and genre that I could replicate into my own words. I felt that piece was the best way for me to connect with my past and truly talk about it with reflection as a maturing adult. This style of writing allowed me to open up about many of the events in my past and truly speak out in ways that I would never even think about doing. Having a very accepting environment in class with close to no judgement also helped me know that my expressions and truths will go as serious matters instead of ways to critique my past. Connecticut, pine trees in back was without a doubt the best piece of literature for me to openly express my feelings about past impactful events.

The system consistently fills silence in a timely manner, so by the time I’ve worked up the courage to say something I’m hesitant to, the conversation has frequently moved on. I can’t quite figure out how to word it, but there’s also something kinda artificial about the system that stops me from actually feeling things. It feels like the system doesn’t really connect to peoples’ emotions. One interpretation for this feeling is that people express vulnerabilities or try to connect with those doing so, they’re not doing it entirely because they want to, but partially because it’s expected and encouraged. Another is that we just haven’t really bonded with each other and are just forcing it.No matter the reason, I have a hard time feeling emotion in class, which completely kills my desire to be vulnerable.

Business has been an interest of mine since I was a child. From selling lemonade at church on Sundays as a 9-year-old to starting a successful retail business as a young adult. I founded and operated a successful retail business for seven years. It was featured on August 2008 edition of Glamor magazine and the 2008 October/November edition of Siempre Mujer magazine. My customers included an Olympic runner and a few celebrities, but most importantly It allowed me to be a blessing to others by being a part of various non-profit organizations.

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.