Personal Statement: Nicolas's Metamorphosis

Many of the concepts you will be learning throughout this course are best understood as well as more interesting if you

I am an independent learner, so this course is perfectly suited for my learning style. However, I find that I am somewhat of an auditory learner. Reading subject matter that I

I believe this course is going to be an enrinched experience for us all. Good job to us all for taking the steps in adding another degree to our walls or desks in order to accomplish our career goals. I  understand this is a large but I do hope to speak, even better, network with the majority of you. I wish you all the best on your educational voyage.

My name is Jennifer Reyes I’m Mexican and im 20 years I came to the united states in 2013. I graduated from Aspira mirta Ramirez High school. I started study in SAC In the fall 2015 I choose study in this institution because is bilingual and they have flexible schedule. My major is Business management and I decided study this career because I would like learn how business works in the

In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregory Samsa is transformed into a giant bug. He wakes and wonders what has happened to him. As he is trying to get out of bed his mother comes to his door reminding him that he has to be at work. This alarmed others in the home so his father comes to check on him, then his sister, she whispered ‘“Gregory, open the door, please”’ (Kafka, 2006, p.1968). He is trying every way he can to get himself together to get out of bed but is finding it difficult as he doesn’t know what to do with this body. As he is trying to make his way out of bed his boss the chief clerk has shown up at his house wondering why he has not left for work. All of these people are standing outside his bedroom door wondering why it is

Discuss how this course has affected you in your development as a student and explain how it has prepared you for academic success.

Inventory: I am an independent learner, so this course is perfect for my learning style. I’m also a spatial learner which means I take in information by studying graphics. One way I would

I personally have enjoyed this course. I was very nervous the first few months trying to make sure I didn’t miss any assignments and understood the reading material. I learn a lot about inequality, social injustice, social structure, social identity, and how to view things through a sociological perspective. This course has prepared me to observe various issue in society in a whole different way. We must educate ourselves about our history to know the differences, if not we will become a product of our environment. Therefore, “it’s easy to slide into the belief that things have always been the way we’ve known them to be” (Rosenblum & Travis, 2012, P.503).

Metamorphosis is the transition in which a minuscule caterpillar blossoms into a stunning, enchanting and powerful butterfly. This process is synonymous to my long-lasting journey of shifting my beliefs from the depths of a pessimistic cesspool to the heights of enlightenment. In fact, there was a time in my life which can be considered my “larva stage”, in which I firmly believed that my social anxiety would be everlasting because I thought it was an incurable genetic defect. Constant reaffirmations of negativity from middle school have successfully plagued my mind and rendered my mind into a state of hopelessness. Fortunately, the introduction of high school despite what many associate it with, has led me to enter the “phase of a pupa”, considering its massive amount of opportunities to engage in social organizations. It wasn’t before until I attained the form as a “butterfly”.

Do you have a study plan for this course? If not, you should have one.

is outside of the story being told. Along with telling the story in the third-person, this is a limited

The longer story The Metamorphosis, first published in 1971, was written by Franz Kafka. He was born in Prague in 1883 and lived until 1924, and he has written many other stories along with The Metamorphosis. The Metamorphosis appears to be a fantastic piece. After reading The Metamorphosis, I do believe that there are many similarities between magical realism and fantastic literature. Kafka showed many fantastic issues in The Metamorphosis.

The story begins with Toyotaro reflecting on returning to Japan after years spent in Berlin. He felt like he became “a very different person” from when he set out to Europe and he was very nostalgic about those days in Berlin. Because of a very strict education at home, his old mother and responsibilities he had, he had promised himself that he “would not be impressed by any scenes of beauty” he faced with in Berlin. However, after three years of studies “one’s true nature reveals itself”. He thought that because he had been “exposed to the liberal ways of the university for some time”, his real self “which had been lying dormant deep down, was gradually appearing on the surface and threatening” his former assumed himself. He didn’t want to

My name is Cosimo Pedale. I'm 38 years old and I'm from Milan (Italy). Married, with two children, I work for an insurance company and I'm a Project Manager. I've decided to enroll me into the UoPeople because I really believe in this University and I want to grow up thank to the incredible MBA and his fantastic group. I hope to rise to the occasion and I look forward to confronting all fellow students.

Turns out the least helpful section of this course in my opinion was the chapter on actively reading. I have always been an avid reader and I’ve never had a problem with reading comprehension so most of the information and reading strategies that were presented in the text just sounded redundant and didn’t seem to apply to me. There isn’t much I would change about the course except for maybe the length of some writing assignments.