challenges facing lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) students on college and university campuses are many. For example‚ LGBT students face harassment and discrimination at significantly higher levels than their heterosexual peers‚ and are twice as likely to receive derogatory remarks. As the visibility of LGBT college students and the adversity they face has increased‚ there is ever more pressure on college and universities to evaluate whether LGBT students’ needs are being met. LGBT
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College is the stepping stone from High School to the real world. College is intended not only to teach us knowledge‚ but also to prepare us for the next part of life. Not all college students get this preparation though. Those students are the ones that live at home and commute to school every day. These students miss out on the entire college culture. Being a commuter myself‚ I almost feel left out. If it were not being in the rigorous architecture program which demands hours and hours of
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catastrophe. My first two years was a rollercoaster ride filled with unbelievable twists and turns. The transition from high school to college can be a problematic experience for anyone‚ especially if they are not prepared or focused. Athletically‚ it became overwhelming to me because I wasn’t mentally prepared which poured over to academics. The jump from high school to major college football is a substantial one in terms of speed‚ talent‚ physicality‚ and complexities of the game. It all started when the
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College writing has helped me to learn more about myself‚ and the kind of writer that I want to be. Going from writing five paragraph essays‚ to more of a proper paper was a transition at first; But‚ after relearning how to write it‚ I found out that is was simple. I found that college writing is a lot more in depth and in detail than high school writing. Before being in a college class I never enjoyed writing essays about boring subjects‚ but I have grown to like writing more. This class taught
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Field experience has been a great source for me to be able to understand the teachers’ role and responsibilities better. As I continue to shadow my mentor teacher Mr. Estrada while he was teaching his 4th grade class‚ I happened to come across several issues that a teacher typically might face during his/ her teaching career. It was one of those days again where I started my day by going to Sarah King Elementary School for field observation. Mr. Estrada began his class by greeting the students as
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like me my older siblings have gone to college it was expected of me to go. The night before I left I felt over whelmed I was going to a state I had never been to before. I had no idea how the people where or if I was even going to like it. I had just seen the school through a computer screen. Luckily I had another friend with me‚ if it wasn’t for Michele I don’t know how I would do it all alone. In this semester I have came to the conclusion that college does not determine your future; it is a
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This essay is written to reflect an critical incident that I have experienced during my Professional Practice Experience 4 placement at Bankstown hospital using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. At the time of the incident‚ I was following the clinical guidelines and practice my medication administration skills by giving subcutaneous injection to a patient at the abdomen site‚ under the supervision of an register nurse. Before the injection‚ I have checked the site for redness‚ bruises and pain‚ which there
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The coursework and field experience this semester made me realize how important it is to know my students and how to engage them. I experimented with different ways to engage my students over the course of the semester. The experience taught me that the students were more focused and that I grabbed their attention when I actively engaged them in the process of learning. During the first couple of lessons‚ I read and they answered questions. After the first two lessons‚ I started engaging them more
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Reflective Essay When I first arrived at ODU I was excited; excited to start someplace new. I can’t really say I was nervous because I wasn’t. College is just more schooling‚ just like high school. Compared to my first few weeks my stress level is the same. I don’t tend to get too flustered about anything. Also‚ my class load is pretty light so there isn’t really anything to get stressed about. It’s a good and a bad thing I guess. I am not too sure about my midterm grades. I think they
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Before attending community college‚ high school proved to be difficult in a very unexpected way. In my experience‚ high school failed to present any challenge. I quickly became more interested in things other than schoolwork‚ which was seemingly repetitive and irrelevant to my goals. Thus‚ at the start of my Junior year of highschool‚ I made a critical decision that affected me academically thereafter. Enrolling as a full-time Running Start student at Everett Community College immediately introduced
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