Reflection : ' Cross The Line '

Crossing the Threshold; the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new condition with unfamiliar rules. Hazel makes the decision to leave at moonrise to escape the possible danger of staying in the Sandleford Warren. He commits to the adventure and is confident in his decision.

Crossing the Threshold is where the hero has committed to the journey and is prepared to cross the gateway that separates the Ordinary World from the Special World. Once the hero enters the Special World there is no turning back. This event will bring back the Central Dramatic Question that will push the story forward. Some outside forces that will get to the hero will push the hero

To begin the session, I decided to talk about what happened last time to continue gaining report and to show that I listened to what she said at the first meeting at 1:00. I asked her what she would like to get out of treatment and the reason why she came in since last time we were not able to really talk about why due to having to do paperwork. I also gave her time to talk about why she came in, validated that she has been through a lot and yet she still came in to see me (2:36), which also helped me identify the present issue of her losing her mom and hasn’t been able to grieve. I asked more questions about how she found out to see how that has affected her, which was a good open-ended question because she explained a lot of the process of how she found out about her mother passing away. Validated how

riting 101 was the second college course I have taken. Before I started taking college classes, I had not attended any type of academic classes sine I graduated high school in 2012. Going into this course, I thought I was not going to benefit very much from it but I was wrong. I had forgotten the majority of what I learned in high school. This writing course not only helped me to refresh my writing skills, but also taught me new things that I know will be helpful as I continue my education. When I realized I had to take this class I thought it would be easy for me. I soon realized that even though I had taken advanced classes in high school, in many ways I was not prepared for college level writing.

As a poor Asian who ventured out of a dominantly white, small town, I understand the consequences of being a minority. This is how my passion to serve the underserved originated, and why I have partnered with service organizations such as Berea Buddies and AmeriCorps. Being a member of these empathetic communities has deepened my gratitude for how beautifully diverse our world is and for all people regardless of the challenges they face. For example, upon entering my service year to mentor children in D.C. public schools, I was told by almost everyone that there is no helping those children because of the family and monetary problems they encounter. Their responses reminded me of the comments I heard when I decided my life after high-school.

One step in the wrong direction and it feels as though they are going to push me off the bridge. So, I have to stay quiet and low just to be able to have a chance to make it across. I’m not where I want to be, it is essential that I keep moving forward.

The only child of an abusive, alcoholic father and a totally self-absorbed mother who never taught her any of the basics of being a strong, independent woman. My mother never finished

Intern met with resident K. Brown for the purpose of addressing her personal concerns and speaking with her about her community service hours. Kiara informed me that she completed her community service hours for the previous week. Intern asked her to verify the days she completes CS hours, and she stated Sundays and Wednesdays. Resident did express her frustrations by saying that she used to mess up with her CS hours, but she is really trying to do better. Intern advised her that another resident completes hers during that time, so she will have to do CS hours on Mondays and Thursdays or Mondays and Fridays. Intern also explained to her the importance of doing CS hours. It was explained that not only is this a requirement of the program,

Of the three Assignment prompts, it was “threshold” that spoke to me in its sense as a point of entry or beginning -- in my artistic interpretation, to a new reality or narrative. In exploring the literal, literary and figurative meaning of the word, I decided to create a narrative from each meaning, which resonated with me and stirred the creative juices necessary to begin.

Whenever I approach any patients I start with introduction, and explain my role in their care. Then from there on I let them talk and listen to make sure that I understand. I ask open-ended question to elicit information pertaining to their health and care for them with respect, and empathy. I always think about the patient I am assigned to I try to come up with nursing diagnosis, intervention, and outcome relate to my patient diseases. I think about the overall picture. I always made sure patients call bell was within reach, and I told them that they can call if they needed anything. I made sure to put my patients bed in the lowest position.

In that moment in time, I came to the conclusion that I was  a failure. Days and weeks passed and I was like a bird flying aimlessly. A bird flying aimlessly with fog clouding my vision. I knew that  I failed myself and my family.  It took a lot for me to develop into the person I am today. I had to come to terms with myself and who I wanted to be. Writing poetry and playing guitar became my form of expressing my emotions. These are things I had once did ,but distance myself

I communicate more effectively by writing than I do communicating verbally. I believe that I write to the best of my ability with the knowledge I have but know that I could definitely learn a lot in this class that will help me write better. I do not write a lot for pleasure or for work although when I was a kid I spent a lot of time writing poems. I really enjoyed it and dedicated a lot of time to writing. As I have gotten older, all my spare time I used to have seems to be consumed by all the adult responsibilities of being a parent, a grandparent, and a Soldier.

The Writing II course has been my most interesting and rewarding class. Even though I could not complete the class, the course is not over for me. Before taking the class, I acknowledge I have much room to grow in writing, but I did not know where to start. Writing has always been unclear to me in many areas, and this class helped me to unblemished my understanding. In this class, I have acknowledged my weakest areas in writing, but my most astonished ambiguity was determiner noun and vocabulary. I did not know I was using determiner incorrectly and vocabulary span is so important in academic writing. The English Simplied book is an easy and an excellent learning tool that was used in this course. It covers all areas in determiners.

Reflection is considered as a vital element of professional practice as it precedes to insight and then subsequent change in practice. The hypothesis of reflection is not new as it can be tracked as far back in the 5th century by the influential Greek philosopher, Socrates and to the 1930s primarily focusing on John Dewey’s work. Dewey is one of the founders of learning from experience. He theorised reflection as ‘active, persistent and careful consideration’ (Dewey, 1933) initiated by a specific situation which was opposing, perplexing or uncertain. One of its most common use today is coming up with a thought, an idea, or opinion made or an observation made as a result of concentration, suggesting in essence a way of thinking in which one looks back and meditate upon (Agnes, 2004).

This paper is my personal reflection on teaching and learning that is based on a model developed by Schӧn; reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. An action based on reflection is beneficial for the progression of my career as a nursing educator and for the quality of my teaching. When I reflect in and on action, I engage in a reflection which is targeted not only at appreciating myself as a nurse educator, but also at refining my teaching skill (Serdenciuc, 2015). Schön (as cited in Molloy & Delany, 2009) described reflection-in-action as challenging my own inherent critical thinking, analysis and evaluation of an activity while maintaining a sense of inquisitiveness. Schön (1983, p. 280) also mentioned that reflection-in-action is a process where my thinking and action should harmonize. On the other hand, reflection-on-action is a process where I revisit the action with my retrospective thinking so as to acquire insights for the future (Wieringa, 2011). When reflecting-on-action, I should keep a reflective diary to record details of the action immediately after the action (Mulholland & Turnock, 2012, p. 74).