For my personal interview I interviewed Patrick McDougal a counselor at a PTSD group for veterans. I meet him when I had to drive my grandpa to the weekly meet up. When I first saw McDougal I thought he was one of the group members. I was a little taken back when my grandpa introduced me he looked like he was one of the guys. I picked him due to the fact his personality made it easy for me to talk to him and how long he had been in the profession a total of twenty-five years. He was happy that I
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It was the depths of winter‚ and the view outside my window was not the familiar white sands of Kailua beach‚ but a thick blanket of snow. Nor was the sky outside a clear blue‚ but a stoic‚ steely gray. My German hadn’t improved much‚ even though I had been in Munich for three months. My host family was nice‚ but no true relationships had been formed. Cabin fever permeated the household‚ and the irritation coming off of my host family was palpable. Back home‚ I was ’adventurous
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My final project was a remake of my personal literacy narrative. Through this project‚ there were demonstrations of the many I began to lose interest in my writing. It showed how my high school took me from loving one thing so much and turning it something that is now simply just there. I still believe literature is an important skill that everyone must learn and know‚ but sometimes there can be many cases that cause you to no longer enjoy something. In my case‚ the reason for literature no longer
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As an American-born Chinese‚ I am in a difficult situation. I am American by nationality and Chinese by ethnicity‚ but combine the two and the lines become blurred. Ever since I’ve started learning Mandarin‚ I have become more aware of how displaced I am. When people see me they will question where I’m from. I reply with “Chicago” but there’s always the follow up question of “No‚ where are you REALLY from?” Before I started school‚ my reply would always be “Chicago! I was born and raised here
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Deven Crowell 1/25/06 1st block Ms. Todd Personal Narrative The wonderful gift of giving is more precious than any material item that is just used for simple amusement. There is no greater feeling than the one you get from knowing you personally affected someone. In the situation that I’m going speak about‚ I got a chance to see how one’s joyous gratitude can emotionally touch another. Experiences like these are the ones that gave me an extra sense of maturity and also helped me grow to be a
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Through this experience‚ I learned the importance of fostering and advocating for accessibility in order to provide equal educational opportunities for all students. My experience at Sunny View widened my understanding of being able to use a legal profession to provide services to individuals with disabilities. Both my practicum experiences strengthen my commitment to advocating for individuals with multiple exceptionalities
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with mental disorders from a young age; having first hand experience along with seeing it in the perspective as a family member. These challenges have allowed me to believe that I can be a valuable member of society by attaining the education I need in order to be of assistance. By having fallen into depression‚ I have been taught to seek assistance when I cannot help myself; therefore‚ permitting me to request help in my academics and personal life. My parents noticed my slow change of personality
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within the environment. Volunteering at the Capital District Psychiatric Center this semester has been an experience like no other. Not only have I been able to have an effective impact on the patients’ lives‚ but they have truly had an impact on mines. As a psychology major at the University‚ I walked into the psychiatric center with my own expectations and beliefs about what my experience would be like. Without knowledge and based on what you see in movies‚ many people assume that patients are
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consider as important as the others aspects; yet‚ it has been the one‚ true representation of my leadership abilities and real-world experiences. This has primary been the case due to my main volunteer activity being with Seva Food Bank‚ a client-centric organization that provides food to low-income families living in specific locations across Mississauga. My first experience with Seva Food Bank was on May 15th 2014‚ when I volunteered to participate in Seva Food Bank’s food drive‚ where one must stand
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California-Berkeley. She and her family‚ as well as millions of other Japanese- Americans were uprooted from their homes and forced into internment camps. Yoshiko Uchida uses her experience living in the early 20th century as a Japanese American during the time of World War II. Yoshiko Uchida tells us about her personal experiences growing up as a Japanese American to help bolster her stories. Yoshiko Uchida is the daughter of immigrant parents. Her father was a businessman and her mother was a poet
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