...make them think that he is crazy and that he should be sent to the insane asylum. Other characters think that he is slowly losing his mind will eventually hurt himself, or someone else living on the farm. But the one who cares and trusts him most is Alexandra. She knows that Ivar would not hurt anyone. An example of this is when Alexandra is nowhere to be found soon after the death of her brother Emil. In the middle of the rain, Alexandra went to Emil’s gravestone to grieve. Ivar finds her there and brings her back to the house comforting her on the way home. Another characteristic that Ivar has is his wisdom. Ivar is wise because he has had much experience with farms and personal experiences. Since Ivar is much older than most of the other characters, he has more experience about different things in life. He shows his wisdom by helping others learn how to do certain tasks around the farm and by giving words of encouragement and advice to people who need it. The third characteristic is his knowledge. Ivar is very knowledgeable when it...
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...of September , I have developed 1 main strength and weakness about myself and I experienced it even more on this trip. During this SOS challenge the strength that I discovered about myself is my ability to help others and my weakness is that I have a difficult time adapting myself to change. First, the strength that I developed in this course and trip was my ability to help others that are in trouble. This strength revealed itself effectively during the course and trip, my ability to help those in trouble brought a sense to myself to push myself even harder. Also by discovering that I am able to help others creates a positive and friendlier environment for me. The more I was helping my classmates when they were in trouble, the more I was able to have an impact on them. I believe by helping others, I was able to have a better connection and able to understand them better. For example, while I was hiking on Saturday, because it was a tiring and long trail my classmates and I were very tired. Even tough I was tired and impatient I kept on hiking, in the middle of the hike my friend fell down hard on the rocks....
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...different experiences will help me contribute to the diversity in the Physical Therapy Program. One of my experiences that really stand apart from others is my participation in a mission trip to Honduras. I joined students from the University of Connecticut Health School to provide free healthcare to inhabitants of small villages and cities in the area. The trip taught me the importance of providing healthcare to poverty stricken areas and the effect it can have on the communities. The experience also really cemented the importance of being tolerant of different cultures and areas of the world. You need to be truly passionate about providing a better life for the people that come from less fortunate circumstances, but also understanding of their ways of life. If you are doing something just because you think it looks good and would benefit yourself; your goals become very transparent and those you are helping can tell right away you aren’t really there for them. There was no greater feeling then seeing the smile on the children’s faces while we worked with them to get them better or the clear look of thankfulness on the people who will never take what we provided them for granted. I would love to have the opportunity to provide physical therapy to similar areas of need, which I can successfully contribute to the program at MGH IHP. I have also had different experiences relating directly to the field that have all been quite diverse. My first experience in the...
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...was always the fact that I was able to take away something positive from every experience and grow from it. Seeking the good in a bad situation has always been something I’ve used to pull through many struggles. Whenever things didn’t go as planned or the unexpected occurred I tried to turn it into a learning experience. Being negative never solves a problem but only makes it more difficult to endure. Surrounding oneself with positive energy and supporters also makes the lemonade even sweeter. When you dwell on a situation and make it an excuse for why you can’t do something you’re the only one holding yourself back. You don’t need sympathy to make it through hard times but empathy. These two words may seem similar but have very key differences. It is much like the saying “misery loves company”. Those that are sympathetic are essentially helping you dwell in misery, while those empathetic try to understand your situation, but also help you realize you have to push through it and move on. Instead of feeling sorry for myself when things took a wrong turn I took control of my life and made it a brighter situation to the best of my abilities. It isn’t always easy to smile in the presence of negativity but when you do learn to turn that frown upside down you can feel yourself growing and becoming a stronger person. You are taking control and letting nothing stand in your way. Every negative experience comes with the chance to pull through your...
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...Throughout a distinct period of history, weather 5 years old or 50, no one is ever too old to learn anything. Learning is an ongoing process; it doesn’t happen from one certain time to another, but rather an entire lifetime. Almost every action that’s taken, is the result of past learning. Learning is the basic acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience or by being taught. A lot of people’s learning just comes out of the blue. In other words, learning occurs randomly throughout a person’s lifespan either by experience or by gaining information. Thus, the more experienced, the more knowledgeable. Learning is never confined to just the four walls of a classroom. It doesn’t consist of only hours of studying or reading. Instead learning covers a much wider perspective and never stops after high school, college or even after retiring from a job. There is never one particular form of learning. There are a variety of forms and each one doesn’t necessarily have the same impact. Starting from childhood to adulthood, such different forms are: Playing, watching, listening and of course doing. The reason for these contrasting forms of learning is so that, the needs of different people can be addressed and so that one has the freedom to grasp knowledge in a diversity of learning skills. While a young boy walks across the streets, there are undoubtedly a number of things that he adopts. There are possibilities that the student may see another young man walking his dog...
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...With the four years of my High School career soon coming to an end, I’ve realized High School tends to be about the façade. The clothes representing the newest brands. The language and actions used to replicate the most popular celebrities and athletes at the time. People try to emulate a certain life; a life that is considered “perfect” or even just “normal”, which may be good enough. Based on my own personal experiences, I realized people and situations are not always as they appear, and most times peers don’t know what’s going on with a family behind closed doors. Behind the façade. One of the most significant experiences in my life was the divorce of my parents and how it has shaped who I am today, and who I will become. My home life has never been a particularly conventional one. My parents were married at age twenty four, had my sister Megan the same year, and divorced for the first time five years later. After remarrying another five years after that, I was born out of a second marriage and grew up in a household I considered stable and normal at the time, but never realized how quickly it could fall off the tracks. In terms of material items, I never wanted for a thing. I had everything a child could ask for, but now I realize it was a way to mask the emotional and financial struggles my parents had been facing for years. My father worked for the City of Quincy in a number of different departments as a Laborer. I always saw the department hopping as a means for...
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...Stephanie Collado Professor Gronsky ENG 103 Book smart or Street smart From when we were little kids to grown adults it is put in our heads that education is the most important experience to have in our life. It lets you be able to achieve any dreams and goals that you want. On the other hand there are people who are successful without school education and succeeded in receiving their careers with talent and hard work. This is what people call street smarts, things that people learn from their own personal experiences or what they see markets more in the social world. People argue that if you don’t go to college and get a degree you won’t have success or wealth, and some people argue that not going to college gives you more freedom and is less time consuming. Having street smarts helps people understand each other better on a more personal level then being judged on how smart or dumb the person is based on a degree. College isn’t accessible to everyone; some people have to be really smart or born into a wealthy family to attend. Having a college education gives people a professional look and the confidence to get a good paying job that will help support their lifestyle. College also lets people express themselves, letting them become comfortable in being social and speaking in front of large groups of people. When going to college some people don’t realize that they are taking out a loans and debts that they’ll have to set an exact plan to...
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...In retrospection of my past experiences, I have seen from experience that even a small commitment to works of humanity possesses an influential power in inspiring lives and change in the society and for such derived benefits, I have developed a passion towards community service activities. I strongly believe that every citizen should have the responsibility to give back to the society by helping the less fortunate populace. I have done my part by working on a voluntary basis as a Farsi Translator for refugees, CNA prep classes’ Co-teacher for refugees, and also nurse and CNA assistant at Brooks rehabilitation hospital. They have been the most fulfilling endeavors of my life. Wherever I live or study, I make it a priority to be involved and active in the community. I must use the opportunities I receive to give back to the world; the degree I obtain, I will use it to procure a well-paying career, so that I can, in my part, help the needy students and in particular refugees to pursue their intended major. Pursuing a major in medical field, I will strive to present the low socio-economic families, particularly refugees, with complimentary health education. Additionally, I would like to provide more opportunities for youngsters in the health profession and serve as a mentor for students aspiring toward health and clinical sciences. As I have experienced through my volunteering activities, the joy I get from helping others succeed uplifts me spiritually. Fund raising or devoting...
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...Dear Pat Smith: First of all, I would like to thank you in advance for helping me to find my desired job. Regarding your questions about my work experiences, strengths and weaknesses, and sellable qualities that I have developed in the past, I will address them all in the following lines: Starting with my work experience, I have not had any previous work experience, but I had some volunteering experiences. o Areas of expertise: I will list here the experience that I gained from course work, hobbies and volunteering: • Good mathematical skills gained from many math classes that I completed. • Experience in Computer-aided design software such as MATLAB and Solidworks. • Completed various website designing projects as a hobby and for a student’s organization. • Knowledge in programming languages such as C++ and JAVA. • I speak/write/read in Arabic and English Languages fluently. • I have great ability in Digital photographing and digital editing of images and videos. During my college life, I have been working as a volunteer with a non-profit student organization, which consists of students from Kuwait that are studying in the United States. I have been the head of Media Committee at that organization where we arranged conferences, sports activities and educational seminars. Also, I developed leadership skills as president of the Kuwaiti Students Association at Penn State University during the years 2009 and 2010. In the meantime I am working on developing my communication...
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...when an experience on a plane with severe turbulence made me think about the irrational fear I was experiencing. The Science of Psychology helped me realise, that my fear of flying was not abnormal but simply a learned emotional response to a situation that provoked intense and terrifying thoughts. Being able to understand my phobia and how I can control it is why psychology has changed a part of my life. The diversity of the A Level syllabus has reinforced my commitment. The course has enabled me to work independently and manage my time effectively. These skills were demonstrated in my A Level coursework project which involved extensively researching a topic of my choice. I thoroughly enjoyed this project as I was able to gain an insight into many relevant theories of my chosen subject on figure attractiveness. To support my studies I attended a crime conference in Leicester which was a fascinating experience, from hearing crime investigators talk about their daily challenges to psychopath profilers engaging in the nature vs. nurture debate. I also heard American Nick Yarris' poignant story of spending 20 years on death row after being framed for murder. Attending the conference strengthened my note taking and listening skills. Working in a primary school for a week as a teacher's assistant with children aged 4-5, has furthered my interest in the educational aspects of psychology and I believe that this experience has been useful for a career in psychology. The experience enhanced...
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...It’s rare for people of a young age to experience situations where the knowledge you have obtained applies to the solution of a problem. Last winter I was on a shift at Brandywine Ski Resort as a National Ski Patroller. The National Ski Patrol is a volunteer nonprofit organization that specializes in providing quality outdoor emergency care to anyone at local ski resorts. During my shift a skier had hit her head and needed medical attention. I was the first patroller on the scene. She complained about a headache and spoke very little English. I radioed in the injury and did my assessments while I waited for additional assistance. I was able to help the patient from my training as a ski patroller, but I was also able to partly connect with the patient because she spoke Mandarin Chinese and I had taken Mandarin for two years. Although having some experience with the language that the patient...
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...me. I may say that a professional leadership is a combination of both theoretical and practical work-experience an individual achieves through education and hand-on practice in organizational daily activities to plan, execute, and implement. First and foremost, I will distinguish the two mutualistic terms: these are mentor and mentee. To say it one way or another, a mentor gives advice while a mentee receives advice. According to Ledlow and Coppola (2011), mentor is “a person of greater knowledge or wisdom who shares experience to help to develop the abilities of junior person;” mentee is “a person who seeks guidance or wisdom from a mentor” (Ledlow & Coppola, 2011). Currently I am a student who works at the entry-level job with hope to achieve a better learning that may pave a way for me to enter a professional market in healthcare. In this context, I consider myself as an earlier careerist after completing the program. Perhaps someday, I will get hired by a certain organization at junior position; despite the learning experience that I have acquired, I will surely expect to seek a mentor among seniors who have been in the organization for a longer time to direct me in the given job not only at a probationary period, but through the other time of the career process. “Mentoring is an individual process of taking a mentee under the mentor’s wing and personally helping the individual to succeed in a professional career” (Ledlow & Coppola, 2011). The main reason I...
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...St. Scholastica’s College LAY APOSTOLATE 1ST SEM, SY 2014 – 2015 Service Date Section: BSAct2A Group Group Members: * Atendido, Andrea * Cruz, Shaneen * Deximo, Layrose * Senas, Rubi I. Evaluation for the topic a. Strength The topics were suitable for their age and level which makes it easier for them to understand and comprehend. You can see their interest and eagerness to learn and answer our questions and quizzes. b. Problems Encountered All I can see is when the students start comparing their answers while on activity, these cases are unavoidable but we find ways to stop them from doing that like asking them if they are sure on their answers. c. Recommendations Be strictly involved with the students especially while taking their activity because comparison can lead to copying the answer of each other. II. Evaluation for the LA Students a. Strength They prepared a topic that fits to their age and made very comprehendible visuals. They taught the students their topics with clarity and certainty. b. Problems Encountered The students comprehend well but due to doubt they always compare their answers with each other or ask us for it when they can do it on their own. They are afraid to make mistakes and have the lowest score. c. Recommendations They should still asses the students while taking up the quizzes to avoid them comparing their answers. They should make sure that they evaluate the results of the...
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...support factors that cause human service professionals to experience burnout (Lewis, 2007). Various individual, job role, and organizational methods employed to prevent burnout will also be addressed (Lewis, 2007). Deniece will discuss how she reacts and respond to personal and work-related stress and give insight into how she works to reduce the effects of burnout (Lewis, 2007). Last, Deniece will identify how she prepares to assist staff who she believes may be experiencing burnout. Human Service Professional Burnout Many human service professionals fall victim to employee burnout, mainly because of heavy caseloads, minimal resources, and tremendously cut budgets. These individuals may start to experience a sense of increasing emotional and physical exhaustion, hopelessness, and loss of motivation. Employees experiencing these feeling are experiencing employee burnout. Many times the employee is not aware of what is happening to him or her at the time. Burnout has three defined dimensions; emotional exhaustion that is the feeling of being psychologically detached. Depersonalization occurs when human service workers disassociated themselves from his or her clients and seems uncaring or unconcerned about his or her client’s needs or issues. The last dimension is reduced personal accomplishment that is the dissatisfaction of one’s work or accomplishments. Human service professionals who experience burnout tend to experience a decrease in quality of...
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...Experiences shape our path I would probably say that one of my formative experience is how a colleague and I constructed a narrative of our experiences at SSA that began with we’re the oldest students here, unsure of what classes to take, we could never be full time students, take more than 2 classes and/or work and attend classes—only to have some transformative moment or moments that then made us the social workers we are today. On the flip side, I feel like we all have this platonic ideal in our minds about passing all of our classes with grades higher than a “C,” and we expect, contrary to our own experiences and contrary to the experiences of some of the students in our cohort, is that not to stress ourselves, and do the very best we can. Unlike my colleague, my concern was graduating undergrad 30 years ago, coming to a prestigious discipline, and feeling inferior in my first year of not knowing how to write papers or conduct research. I came from a very small college, and had no preparation whatsoever in 30 years what school was about currently. Moreover, graduate school has given me the opportunity to apply a theoretical foundation to describe my own undergraduate experience—after spending four years going through college and witnessing my own development, I am now learning why I went through such development and how I can best help those develop and grow just as I did. SSA has removed all self-doubt, and helped me leap past my own assumptions of what I knew to be true...
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