Reflection Paper On Living On Your Own

The most important lesson learned from this class was to never give up. I took that class

One thing I’ve learned that really hurt me was that I tended to procrastinate and it wasn’t until late senior year until I noticed how bad it hurt me.  Another thing I learned was to read the directions very carefully.  When a teacher assigns you work they expect you to do it to their standards and to do that you have to read

Over the course of this class I have pieced together many things about my own life that before went unnoticed. I am now able to see things in a bit of a different light. Now that I have been introduced to the realm of psychology I understand some of the reasons for behavior around me. I have learned that there is a reason for most everything and a lot of our behaviors and mental processes can be explained through psychology. Studies have been conducted for many years to try and pinpoint the source of our behavior and it is not something that most people think about every day. Having a better understanding of why we operate the way we do will help me to better understand myself and the others around me.

One of the biggest things that I took away from this class was the philosopher Epicurus. He was mostly known for his studies on human happiness and how a person should behave in order to achieve it. What he pointed out was that people have a misconception about happiness. That their pursuit usually consisted of acquiring luxury, wealth or material things. The conclusion he came to was that a person should live well below their means and that less is more. He was

A home that can be considered paradise, if compared to its surroundings. A family that values filial piety and education. Yet when I step out of the house and put forth a foot into the street, my scenery changes, I see unimaginably amount of homeless people. Doesn’t matter the age or gender, they’re all out there. A glimpse into the eyes of the elderly revealed they lost hope; while looking at the younger generation, a small spark that was dimming could be seen. This was the environment where I grew up. It allowed me to be a selfless person who is considerate.

“Mental illness, high rents and being in transition leave many Angelenos with few options save homelessness. Los Angeles also leads the nation in number of homeless veterans, a title Mayor Eric Garcetti hopes to relinquish.” This quote shows that high rent in Los Angeles leave homeless people without a home, that being said, lower rent would be convenient because if they can afford the rent then they will not need to be living on the streets. Veterans in the other hand should have a home to live in regardless of their issues or not because they did serve for our country and that's the least they can receive. Veterans are important people and they should not be going through a phase of living on the streets because like I said they did serve

To summarize what I retained in class, I would have to say that I mastered how to learn. I obtained a better understanding on how to evaluate participants’ information can lead to various way to improve our program leisure experience. For example, I believe that two surveys for our evaluation plan would be helpful with the programming format which enables the patrons to look at what they really like about our program and what they don’t like. I also learned how to implement various procedures when it comes to event planning for improving the quality of life within a community. With our program plan, it taught us how to develop and conduct a program management, marketing/promotion, animation (meaning how things in the program will be unveiled), and an evaluation

Those who rent from private landlords do not only tend to, on average, pay almost double the rent of a person living within social housing but also are twice as likely to live in a residence the Government would class as a “non-decent home”, a residence in disrepair and one that does not meet health and safety standards (Jonathan Owen, 2014). The undisputable growth of private renting sector is not limited to England but is also noticeable in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In wales the private rental sector represents 14% of total housing, the private rental sector in Scotland has doubled over the last ten years as more than three hundred thousand properties have been sold and in Northern Ireland private landlords own more properties than councils and housing associations combined according to national figures provided in 214 (Jonathan Owen, 2014).

The cause of behavioral and/or emotional problems among our youth could come from being raised in a single parent home. Many children resort to negative acts of behavior because of limited parental supervision within the single parent household. Children are two to three times more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems in single parent homes (Maginnis, 1997).

Without a doubt the lessons and exercises on time management were the most meaningful to me. They brought insight into why I seemed to be constantly working yet still never really got anything I wanted to accomplish throughout the day finished. I realized the majority of the activities I had been spending the most time on didn’t reflect my values of hard work and self discipline and long term academic goals to be successful in college. This motivated to completely change the way I managed my time by effectively striking a balance between my maintenance, committed, and free time.

What is the most important concept that you learned in this class? Write this for a reader who is unfamiliar with the concept.

I have learned so much in this class to prepare me for a successful college experience. There were some topics that caught my attention more than others. Such as, time and stress management, University resources, and critical thinking.

What concepts, principles, or ideas that you have learned, do you think you will remember the most after you leave this class?

I feel like I learned a lot from this course. I think, overall, this course was very eye-opening and made me understand, and want to better understand, issues involving gender and how they effect society. I would say the one of the most important pieces of information I learned was just how much the idea of gender and gender roles influences everyday life. I had never really thought too much about the determents of gender or traditional masculine and feminine ideals before this class, and how we as a society promote and encourage the belief that a person’s gender or sex creates different innate, natural attitudes and attributes. Learning about how important society’s views of gender is, and how it affects the way we learn and think, makes me look at our culture in a different way. For example, before this class I never realized how much women are objectified and put under intense Photoshop in advertisements. This better understanding of the way society is helps me take a step back and look at our culture in a different way, and allows me to become more aware of the issues surrounding gender, sex, and the ideals of masculinity and femininity.

What I didn’t learn from my highschool class is how to properly set goals. I didn’t know that there was a process and I didn’t realize how helpful it is writing down goals and physically seeing them. I was able to learn S.M.A.R.T goals which helps you structure your goals to a achievable standard. I also learned the different types of goals like long term, short term, and immediate. I learn how important goal setting can be and how it helps you better achieve them.