Reflection For California History

I’ve taken rigorous courses in areas that challenge me and stimulate my mind. My favorite classes have been the one’s that challenge me the most, like AP World History, AP US History, and AP European History. One of my most meaningful academic achievements was getting the highest possible score on the AP US History exam. My love for history gave birth to my interest in politics and law. For the past two years I’ve been a delegate at the North Carolina Youth Legislative Assembly. This opportunity allowed me to debate and discuss politics with other young people. But what really merged my passion with history and politics together was representing North Carolina at the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington D.C. in June 2016. During this week long experience I was able to tour our nation’s capital and met with U.S. Representatives and Senators. I’ve always worked hard to succeed in my endeavors because I want my hard work to make the Hispanic community proud and inspire other young

Since my transfer orientation at UCR, I was interested in getting involved with the Chicano students Program. It was the main organization that I felt connected to. Fortunately I had the opportunity to intern at CSP, it has been one of the greatest experience of my collage years. I am so proud of my self of getting out there and doing something for our college campus. This quarter I discovered skills that I had hidden, before this internship I didn’t now some skills that I had hidden. I have always been and introvert student but was hoping to get my extrovert side and have learned that I do have it. I am proud to say that Spring 2016 internship has been one of the best experiences.

The world is an ever-changing continuum; therefore, its residents must adapt even more rapidly in order to strive for growth and success. I am no exception to this golden rule. Although I had a good understanding of the United States and the world prior to this summer, I acquired much experience and a better perspective on reality due to my internship these past few months.

Working in both Senator Harry Reid’s office and State Representative Emilia Strong-Sykes’ office I have found a liking for constituent outreach. Responding to letters and addressing their concerns has been one of my favorite parts of the internship. While observing the position

Growing up in Las Vegas, Daniel’s life was impacted by the tragic events of 9/11. “I remember in 5th grade we learned how to write persuasive essays,” he recalls. “I wrote about the war in Iraq and why we should withdraw our troops from there.” Possessing a genuine desire to understand and connect with those of dissimilar backgrounds, Daniel decided to attend UNLV in the pursuit of a degree in History. When I majored in history, I wanted to focus

After a search of what can best capitalize my skills, I arrived at an undergraduate major in international studies. Gaining deeper insights into contemporary issues, such as a worldwide expansion of the middle class, a dilemma between environmental safeguard and economic development, an escalation of conflicts between the states and nonconventional actors, was enlightening, humbling, and harrowing at times. Nevertheless, a field which delves into a complex state of global affairs dovetailed my penchant in exploring an unparalleled gamut of issues and approaching the current affairs through an interdisciplinary lens using politics, economics, history, and philosophies. Henceforth, I became sure this was a path for me.

Every chapter must come to a close and today I certainly close one in my life. When I began this internship, I must admit I had no idea what to expect. I can still remember the first day of my internship and the feelings of anxiety and nervousness combined with the uncertainty of what 400 hours of this would be like. I didn’t know what an SSA was or their responsibilities other than transporting children, which Supervisor Carol had explained would be my main responsibility. I remember coming in that Monday and having my mentor Garret help me understand the paperwork so that I could do the transports that I was going to do later that day. I can still remember him taking the time to and answer any questions and highlight all the important information, so I wouldn’t get overwhelmed with all the other information.

Starting last May, I accepted an internship at the State Capitol in Madison. I was the Legislative Aide Intern for Representative Jesse Kremer’s office. I received an email from his office in April of last year saying that there was an internship opportunity and I applied for it. I had an interview at the Capitol in the beginning of May. I sat down with Kremer’s Legislative Aide, Jackie Arthur for an interview and they hired me on the spot.

For the 2016 Fall Semester, I am taking 16 credit hours. My classes include Ecology, Microbiology, Multicultural English, Research and Design in Psychology, and Physiological Psychology. The classes I am expecting to take during Spring 2017 are Physical Education, Cell Biology, Social Psychology, Research Analysis in Psychology, and a Literature course. I am involved in an experiment this Fall semester in the Psychopharmacology lab and will remain involved throughout the Spring. In the Fall and some of the Spring, we will be administering different treatments to rodent groups and observe the effects. For most of the Spring semester, I will be helping with the data analysis. Every week for an hour, I volunteer at the East Athens Tutorial Center,

In the year 2051 on October 15 it was a cold and grim night in what used to be California. Ty was at his house with his family when he heard something fall on the floor. Ty asked, “Hey, mom everything alright?” When she didn't respond he rushed in the living room. As soon as he entered he saw his laying mom flat dead on the floor. Ty did not know what to do when she was dead on the floor he was to sad to think.

Academically, I am a student who loves to challenge herself. I will take the harder courses knowing that I may struggle and that the chances of getting a high grade are lower. I am the type of student who makes an effort to understand and fully grasp concepts by going to office hours, asking questions, and studying. I make sure to understand the material and not just learn something for the sake of learning it. I am a driven student who takes initiative when it comes to my education, however I also feel that in college I will need guidance. I am not always sure which route is best to take and I need the support of people who have already gone through similar experiences. USC is a wonderful university filled with some of this generation’s, and

After attending an informational meeting on campus, and hearing the anecdotal stories from my former AP U.S. History teacher and alumni of the University of Chicago, Howard Perlow, I fell in love. Not only was the campus itself absolutely gorgeous, but the community was unbelievably warm and welcoming. More than my ideal environment, UChicago is an institution where I believe I can flourish academically. Since I was young, it has been tremendously important to me that I learn, not just memorize, information, and that I have a broad general knowledge of all subjects, even those I don’t plan to pursue much after high school. I value knowledge as much as I value experience, because I feel that a successful life requires both, and while most universities

Throughout my tour of USC, I was able to learn about the university’s impressive accreditations, hear about their trojan family of alumni’s, and witness the jaw dropping campus and it’s amenities, all of which are merits I appreciated. But, holistically speaking, it was USC’s educational philosophies, which allowed me to fully envision my scholarly journey at this campus. Primarily, the idea of academic diversification, or the ability to customize my course load to explore a variety of USC’s colleges and classes, was highly intriguing. Since, I have strived to be a multi-faceted individual, I would love to pursue my major in communications, while simultaneously studying ulterior topics, such as psychology. In addition, USC’s emphasis on obtaining

I think I successfully complete my Capstone project because what I wanted my project to reflect was to motivate others that there are ways for people of all situations to further their education, as well as, giving information to those who are undocumented and talk about DACA which can truly help those who are undocumented. As well as, by asking friends and family to write the valentine cards it helps because the valentines cards was to thank them for their support on tuition equity or asking them to support them. If I could do something differently for my project would be about the guest speaker aspect since in the end when I presented I wasn’t able to get people to become speakers because they had to work or other reasons. However, as I was

We had a great time conducting this lesson with the class! We found it difficult to choose an activity that would engage kids, university students, while also incorporating the element of Social Studies. However, we were all pleasantly surprised at how much the group actually loved our game, and how engaged they were! Due to the time constraint of only 15 minutes, we chose to play our main game “the Mayan Ball game”, and simply discuss with the rest of the class our idea of our warm up and cool down games and their themes. We had a backup plan to play the Egyptian stick game if we needed to fill more time. However, as mentioned, the class seemed to really enjoy the game and remained engaged the whole time, thus giving us the