Reflection Paper

I was standing for 20 minutes “doing nothing” at Jay Gee’s , on a hot weather around 6:00pm on September 9, 2015. This is an ice cream place where families and kids go during the summer to play golfing, go cars, batting cages and an arcade. Families also go to eat ice cream and spend a good time with kids and family. As I was standing in front of kids and adults while they were trying to order ice cream or play, I saw people looking at me with an strange looks, like if I had four head, some people ignore me while others ask me if I was okay or ask me what I was doing and if I needed any help. Others where talking among others criticizing me by saying that I was crazy. Others pull their child away from me like if I was going to something

When I entered the men’s restroom, I acted as if I were using the bathroom in one of the stalls. Pretty soon I overheard two young men enter. After they shut their stalls, I “flushed” my toilet and started to rinse my hands. The men finished and came out of their stalls at the same time. They both froze and looked directly at me. They looked like UNC Charlotte students. One of them stated, “what the f*ck?” The other guy laughed, and asked me if I knew I was in the wrong restroom. I stated that I did know. His response was, “why would you come in here?” I told him, “I needed to use the restroom, is it wrong for a lady to use the men’s restroom?” They both laughed and the other guy asked if it was a prank. Right when that question was asked, an older man entered the restroom. When the man saw all of us in there, he looked confused and decided to walk right back out. At that point I told the two guys speaking to me that I did it for a school assignment. We all laughed again and then the young man I was speaking with mostly, asked for my number. I politely declined and left the restaurant afterwards.

    A week before the second district game and my family and I were eating at five guys at Tiffany Springs. We had just sat down with our food when a guy came in that was dressed in his 2017 senior hoodie and sweatpants. He was waiting for his food when I got up to refill my drink, He asked if I went to Smithville because he saw I was wearing a smithville sweatshirt.

On September 6, 2017, I were documented for an incident that involved a University Housing policy violation. I was charged with violating the University Housing Alcohol 1.2 policy. With my violation, came consequences. I met with The Residence Conduct Coordinator to discuss my actions and came to the conclusion that I would have to schedule a meeting with The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center (CADEC) and with that, a reflection paper.

Working as an event coordinator at Six Flags Magic Mountain, I get to meet a lot of new people. I host corporate and private events for business and families. My job keeps me entertained. I remember one day being at work and I was hosting a picnic for a company with over 200 employees. I was doing my normal walk through of the picnic area. I like to walk the entire area to make sure all my guests are enjoying themselves. I had made my way to the back area where the basketball court is located. I noticed there was a young pre-teen male, who looked about 12 years old. His behavior was usual for an atypical developing individual. He was jumping up and down in a circular motion. Other guests were uncomfortable and asked me to call security to have

It was a cool spring morning. It was spring break for Upper Arlington. I pulled into the parking lot of the Ohio State University Golf Course. I picked up my clubs from the trunk and made my way to the clubhouse to pay for my round. I then moved onto the locker room to put on my outfit for the day. I walked out and they called my name to the first tee “Nathan the tee is open.” As I was walking up they called another name “Jason”. I looked around and I saw no one walking over. Then I heard a call from the clubhouse. “I’m on my way”. I was nervous because what if this guy was mean and he didn’t like me. I walked up and shook the hand of the worker on the first tee. He said “Have fun today. I know Jason will.” I herd some one call my name in an Australian accent.

I was feeling a little more confident so I immediately stood about two-and-a-half feet away from him. He glanced at me at first, but did not say anything. Another customer and asked, “Do you mind if I just reach across you to grab that?” It was clear that the customer assumed we were together. When the other customer walked away, the subject stepped about a foot away from me. I casually stepped closer to him, as if I were following him. He then asked me, “Did you need to get over here?” I replied, “No, I’m OK” and continued to browse the section. He seemed very intimidated by my presence, though he had a very strong outward appearance, and spoke with firm, assertive tone. He finally grabbed his item, and then gave me a quick head nod and grimace goodbye. I followed him to the checkout line. When we approached the line, I was standing less than two feet behind him. He looked back and said, “It’s OK, you can go ahead of me.” As soon as I stepped in front, he moved approximately 4 feet away from me.

I was closing up for the day three hours late, I had to shove people out the door, when I spotted a man with flaming red hair wearing tattered womens clothes walking in circles around my store. When I approached him, he quickly turned and

My brother Andres had to attend a fundraiser at Applebee’s for his soccer team. Of course, my mother made me go with him, so we got ready and headed to Applebee’s. Once we got there we went inside and the first thing I see is a bunch of guys from school. I already didn’t want to be there. We grabbed our food and sat as far away as possible. I didn’t want to eat in front of them for some reason. As soon as we finished eating, we left.

I was working a closing shift at my store and this teen couple walks up to my register. The boy in the couple decked out in his full camo outfit (which is normal in my town) looks at the bottled water we sell at the register and says to me "is this drinking water" and I just, freeze. I look at him then his girlfriend( who is also frozen) and then back to him and say "yes, this is water that you drink" He then explains to me he thought because the bottle said spring water on the label, that it must have had a special purpose “like ironing water” he said (which is regular water). As I was nearing the end of the transaction I told the girl if she spent like $3 more she would get a coupon, she picks up a chocolate bar and buys it. When I went to

We had become very comfortable in our corner with our overly sweet pastries when an announcement was made that the store would be closing in five minutes. This came as quite a shock to me, but she and I chose to ignore it for some time. She got up to go use the restroom quickly before we absolutely needed to leave. That was when one of the employees began walking around and told everyone to leave. It wasn’t very polite. I picked up Ali’s heavy bag and slowly shuffled towards the exit, glancing back every few seconds in the hopes that she would have returned from the restroom. An employee told me to go outside. There I was, anxiously lingering by the door of Barnes & Noble, hoping she would come out quickly. I’m naturally a very nervous person and this situation caused me to become rather distressed. But all was well again when I heard her call my name. My concern was for

Considering all of my lessons this semester, my main strength would be modeling the lesson for the students and praising the students with positive reinforcement. I feel as the students remained engaged and they were always willing to participate, which allowed them to meet all of the objectives in my lesson. I was impressed with how well much the students remembered and understood from my lessons. I presented the instruction and goals for the lesson prior to beginning the activity. During the lesson, I frequently asked the students questions in order for the students to remain thinking as well as focused.

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

As I move through the society of today, it becomes increasingly evident that I face a plethora of stereotypes daily, whether those who burden me with them realize it or not. A majority of these come simply from my race; as an Asian Indian, I am automatically considered by nearly all to be intelligent. Yet a greater number stereotypes come from my disposition; due to of the amount of AP classes that I am taking, many believe that I am organized and must devote all of my time to school, but few of these actually ring true.

Since the beginning of the semester, my writing has changed and evolved to accommodate and sustain longer essays. With longer essays, there is more room for in-depth analysis. Further analyzing a topic has led me to findings that I did not know existed. As I continue to write, I uncover addition and superior methods to approach my writing to the benefit of me and therefore, my audience. Throughout the semester, I have incorporated techniques to further my narrative throughout my writing.