Philosophy Statement With everything that I have done and everything I want to do, I try to remember that understanding starts with you. You have to put yourself in situations to learn, you have to do your research, you have to be willing to be wrong, you have to be willing to change, and most importantly, you caring about people is the first step of beginning to understand. The work that I am involved in are all reflections of me trying to understand my identities, how they were created, and how they continue to exist and mingle with other identities that I hold and that I do not hold. Being a Black woman from Saginaw, Michigan that is from a multiracial low income family that battles domestic abuse, mental health illness, health issues, …show more content…
My college experiences has allowed me to read theories and learn about institutional issues and then go to interact with people directly influenced through established programming. While this is not the only way to learn, this method is one that many people who are not in college will not get to experience. People can go online to learn about people and issues but may not have direct access and guidance on how to interact with other identities without doing more damage. Some of the programs, organizations, and classes that have impacted my life are Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP), Telling It, EPIC Program, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Trotter Multicultural Center (Trotter), Language and Discrimination. These experiences were valuable to me because they helped me understand parts of myself and helped me connect with people of different experiences than my …show more content…
When I came to college, like most students, I was premed. After learning about people, policy, and systems, I decided to pivot into research instead. My idea of research was limited to chemistry beakers and biology colonies. Taking classes in research and learning how people are discriminated against in many ways, including their language, fueled my desire to get into the field. Through classes such as PCAP and Telling It, I would facilitate workshops with great people, but I would leave at the end of the semester. These experiences enhanced my desire to work with people and build long lasting community connections. Before PCAP and Telling It, I wanted to start connections where I can research low income minority adolescents and present the research to the community to figure out how to solve issues they may be facing. This can be in the form of starting interventions, after school programming, altering policy, and other forms. This goal still holds true, but PCAP and Telling It has expanded my view and made me pivot to wanting to also work with younger children, juvenile youth and adults that went to jail with they were youth. Being a research will also be helpful if I decide to start or be the director of programs that participate in social change as well. These experiences has made certain values such as acceptance, accountability, creativity, integrity, courage, ethical, and transparency hold
In conclusion, I was able to express myself, relate to my peers, and make many memorable experiences. All of these things helped shape the person I am today. However, not all experiences were pleasant. During the sixth grade all state choir, a girl fell down and started having seizures. I did not know who she was; I had never met her. Nevertheless, I felt curiously concerned for her wellbeing. I will never forget that experience. After the incident, we had a closer
I can remember sitting in class, feeling eyes burning through me, dodging inquisitive glances from all sides, and anxiously awaiting the bell to ring for lunchtime. As most people know, lunch is the most dreaded part of the first day at a new school. First day of school memories are still fairly vivid for me; my father was in the JAG corps in the Army and my family moved with biannual regularity. In fact, I even attended three different high schools. While this may seem highly undesirable to some, I learned an incredible amount about myself, the world, and other people through moving that I may never have learned otherwise. What I have learned about myself and the world will without a doubt contribute to my success in life and even law
In C.D. Wright’s complex investigation called One Big Self, the author twists around different views and social norms of convicts by exposing the side of prisoners that not many think about. This piece proves to be a culture shock, because of the twisted message of prisoners having a soft side, along with the unique style and conventions that the writing is delivered through with the odd layout of stanzas, fragmented quotes, and different fonts. The bizarre environment of the prison from which C.D. Wright finds her information proves to be rare and original because she uses her book as a metaphor to relate to the prisoners, which no other author has completed before. When reading One Big Self, readers feel that the book is hard to approach and not easy to understand because the tone is not accessible. By using this type of style, the author relates her writing to how people identify and relate with criminals, like those in
It is still scary to even go to school and outside the community, but with this program has taught me the importance of slowing down the rate of drug use within the school and my community. (I want people to focus more and notice more of our beautiful community and where we live than abuse of drugs and alcohol. (Costilla County Prevention Partners one time) started to offer classes for kids who wanted the help to stop the use of tobacco and drugs. It was a very successful class and some kids even stopped doing what they were doing. Being apart of this coalition and educating people has helped me decided that I would like to go into the medical field. I love when I learn something new and I am able to educate people out in the community who has no idea what is going on in our world. When I educate people it makes me feel like I am doing something good and right to help better our
Many of these values (such as accountability, ambition, fairness, and integrity) came from my parents who worked hard to become very successful public servants by overcoming tremendous obstacles. Although no one taught me adaptability, by growing up in a foreign country and moving to the Unites States as an adult, I discovered the value of it fairly quickly. The value of continuous learning, ambition, and personal growth are self-taught, as I want to leave a good impression in my child’s mind that these values are good for a lifetime.
I have had multiple experiences in the past few years of my life that have greatly impacted me and changed the way that I go about life. During my Junior year, I learned that I had been granted the opportunity to attend the California Boys State program. This program took place during the summer after my junior year, and it was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had. I met hundreds of new people from all across the state. During the program, I made many great friends, and I still talk to a group of around fifteen people from the program. While talking to other people from what seemed so far away, it really opened my eyes to the scale of the entire country, or the world. For once, I truly realized that everybody has their own problems and their own life. Every person that I talked to had a different story and it was very stunning.
These experiences helped shaped my desire to help where I
It is important that you develop an awareness of what you value, as these values will be important in informing your relationships with clients, co–workers and employers.
Throughout my life, I have been shaped almost entirely by my experiences in academics, athletics, and social involvement in my community. . These experiences, both positive and negative, have one thing in common; I have learned from each and every one of them. . The negative experiences have helped me to better myself as a student, athlete, and citizen. The positive experiences have motivated me and pushed me to keep striving for further success.
Being able to relate to others who went through the same situation as I gave me a sense of comfort and made me feel less isolated from
After returning from those trips, I mentored inner-city youth in New Jersey and recognized similar behaviors. The two international trips increased my ability to be compassionate and understanding but also drove my curiosity toward preventative measures. I continued to work with students and adults in this capacity through other volunteer programs, and I am now ready to successfully complete a program that would give me the skill set to do this professionally. I have always been a strong, self-driven, and well-rounded student.
These life experiences have made me stronger and have given me a wonderful glimpse of all that is
Although, the personal experiences that I went through were harder lessons for me, they still taught me about myself and why I value certain things over
Following my completion of the “Core Value” assessment, I was able to discern, from my own values, which were indicators or actual core values. While there were many that I felt were things I called “values” before, after clarifying them with Louis Raths ideology, it was obvious that while I may agree with many things, affirming them or acting them out can be
Values often use modified methods and styles; I have utilized these different ethics in my career, which has aided me in improving, the environment at work and in my life. Having these particular skills of approaching situations causes an optimistic environment, respect for others, honesty, and reliable outcomes. I have had the comfort of knowing whether, you’re working or at home or out in public, individuals appreciate this kind of merit. These values cause high points in your character with families, patients and your colleagues. Real richness comes from knowing you’re assisting patients with top-quality care, and these goals are obtainable. Identification of these values prepares an