Trust Definition Essay
Definition:
To me, trust means everything. It means I can rely on a person. It means I have faith in a person to not share my secrets or getting a job done right. My dad once told me, “don’t trust anybody besides yourself, your parents and God.”
I would rather have no friends, then to have a friend who I can’t trust. In the past, people have lost my trust for varieties of reasons, and because of that, I have very little trust in people around me. “Trust is a like a paper, once it’s crumpled, it can’t be perfect again.” –Unknown. Trust is very important to me. If I completely trust a person, that means, they must have a significant impact on my life and is very close to me. But, once a person breaks my trust, it will be very hard for me to have trust in that person again.
Core Competency 1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct one-self accordingly.
I am a server at a local Vietnamese restaurant. As a server, I need to present myself professionally when I work. I need to make sure I take good care of the customers. I need to make sure I have respect, make good eyes contact, be a good listener and be very positive when having a …show more content…
conversation with the customers, so they would trust that they would get good service and an enjoyable experience at the restaurant. I also need to have a good personal hygiene and properly dress in my work uniform before going into work, so I would look presentable. As a social worker, I can use this core competency to be a professional in the workplace by being well presented. When helping clients, I need to give my full attention, and listen to what they have to say. I also need to give them respect and be understanding for my clients by not judging them, no matter what they are going through.
Core Competency 4: Engage diversity and difference in practice I was an ESL student all throughout middle school and to sophomore year in high school. In a classroom like an ESL class, I have met many different students from varieties of different countries. As a young teenager, I was not well educated when it comes to other cultures. When I was an 8th grader, I had a classmate who was a Muslim, he told me about Ramada, it’s when they are not allowed to eat or drink during daylight for a month. I told him that I did not believe him. I said you would die if they don’t drink or eat anything for that long. I was not being understanding or be open-minded to learn about new things back then, and I felt very bad for doubting for he had to tell me.
As a social worker, this core competency is a useful reminder because I will encounter with clients who are from different countries, with different background than I do. So, they may have different needs and I want to have a good understanding of their needs and be open-minded about it and have good communication with them.
Content Connection: Trust vs. Mistrust
When I was a child, my mom treated me like I was the only child she ever had.
She took very good care of me, and she showed a lot of affection towards me. She would buy me things that I asked for. Like, a car toy, a little fish that I like or snacks that I wanted to eat. She makes me feel loved and secure, so I have all my trust in her. As for my dad, when he takes me to go to the grocery store or to a park, I would see a snack bar and I asked him if he could take me there for snacks. Occasionally he would, but most of the time, he would say no, and say we have snacks at home and that I can wait. He rarely buys me any toys I wanted. So, my level of trust for my dad is very little compared to my mom. Until now, I have more trust in my mom than I do with my dad, because of my experience as a
child.
Self-Awareness One activity we did in class that stood out to me about trust the most was the trust fall game. We had to form two lines in the middle of the class facing one direction. I was standing in front of Christian, who was taller and a bigger guy than I am, so I felt at ease then. I was standing behind a female student, who was much shorter and a lot smaller than me. I thought I would have no problem catching her. But, as soon as Dr. Benbow told us to turn around and face the opposite direction, I got very nervous. I was not sure if I would be able to catch Christian, plus the people in front of him. But, I had zero trust in the female student, who is now standing behind me and had to catch me fall. The game ended up just fine. I was very surprised by the female student, who was able to catch me without any struggle.
In working with the group, if I want my team members to know that I have trust in them, I need to give them my full attention when they speak. I need to provide feedback and ask questions so they know that I am listening and they can count on me to get the job done. When I was on the wrestling team back in high school, the coach told us, “If one person walks through that door, even a minute late, everyone has to stayed for ten minutes extra.” The coach pretty much asked us to trust everyone in the team to not be late. And I thought to myself, there is no way in hell that every single person will be on time. There will always be that one guy who will purposely be late just to screw with the team. There were days that people would come to practice late, and the team did has to stay for extra ten minutes, but, at least, the people that were late, had a reason to be late. I somehow believed in our team, one day we will all make it to practice on time. And, we did. Our team was on time for 5 days straight. At first, it seems like an impossible task to accomplish, but it was really not.
In the movie Fast 5, a group of friends gathered together to accomplish a mission. Though the mission seems impossible, but they seem to have trust in each other to get the job done. From watching this movie, I have learned to trust my team members, no matter how hard the task might be.
To me, trust means everything. It means I can rely on a person. It means I have faith in a person to not share my secrets or getting a job done right. My dad once told me, “don’t trust anybody besides yourself, your parents and God.”
I would rather have no friends, then to have a friend who I can’t trust. In the past, people have lost my trust for varieties of reasons, and because of that, I have very little trust in people around me. “Trust is a like a paper, once it’s crumpled, it can’t be perfect again.” –Unknown. Trust is very important to me. If I completely trust a person, that means, they must have a significant impact on my life and is very close to me. But, once a person breaks my trust, it will be very hard for me to have trust in that person again.
Core Competency 1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct one-self accordingly.
I am a server at a local Vietnamese restaurant. As a server, I need to present myself professionally when I work. I need to make sure I take good care of the customers. I need to make sure I have respect, make good eyes contact, be a good listener and be very positive when having a …show more content…
conversation with the customers, so they would trust that they would get good service and an enjoyable experience at the restaurant. I also need to have a good personal hygiene and properly dress in my work uniform before going into work, so I would look presentable. As a social worker, I can use this core competency to be a professional in the workplace by being well presented. When helping clients, I need to give my full attention, and listen to what they have to say. I also need to give them respect and be understanding for my clients by not judging them, no matter what they are going through.
Core Competency 4: Engage diversity and difference in practice I was an ESL student all throughout middle school and to sophomore year in high school. In a classroom like an ESL class, I have met many different students from varieties of different countries. As a young teenager, I was not well educated when it comes to other cultures. When I was an 8th grader, I had a classmate who was a Muslim, he told me about Ramada, it’s when they are not allowed to eat or drink during daylight for a month. I told him that I did not believe him. I said you would die if they don’t drink or eat anything for that long. I was not being understanding or be open-minded to learn about new things back then, and I felt very bad for doubting for he had to tell me.
As a social worker, this core competency is a useful reminder because I will encounter with clients who are from different countries, with different background than I do. So, they may have different needs and I want to have a good understanding of their needs and be open-minded about it and have good communication with them.
Content Connection: Trust vs. Mistrust
When I was a child, my mom treated me like I was the only child she ever had.
She took very good care of me, and she showed a lot of affection towards me. She would buy me things that I asked for. Like, a car toy, a little fish that I like or snacks that I wanted to eat. She makes me feel loved and secure, so I have all my trust in her. As for my dad, when he takes me to go to the grocery store or to a park, I would see a snack bar and I asked him if he could take me there for snacks. Occasionally he would, but most of the time, he would say no, and say we have snacks at home and that I can wait. He rarely buys me any toys I wanted. So, my level of trust for my dad is very little compared to my mom. Until now, I have more trust in my mom than I do with my dad, because of my experience as a
child.
Self-Awareness One activity we did in class that stood out to me about trust the most was the trust fall game. We had to form two lines in the middle of the class facing one direction. I was standing in front of Christian, who was taller and a bigger guy than I am, so I felt at ease then. I was standing behind a female student, who was much shorter and a lot smaller than me. I thought I would have no problem catching her. But, as soon as Dr. Benbow told us to turn around and face the opposite direction, I got very nervous. I was not sure if I would be able to catch Christian, plus the people in front of him. But, I had zero trust in the female student, who is now standing behind me and had to catch me fall. The game ended up just fine. I was very surprised by the female student, who was able to catch me without any struggle.
In working with the group, if I want my team members to know that I have trust in them, I need to give them my full attention when they speak. I need to provide feedback and ask questions so they know that I am listening and they can count on me to get the job done. When I was on the wrestling team back in high school, the coach told us, “If one person walks through that door, even a minute late, everyone has to stayed for ten minutes extra.” The coach pretty much asked us to trust everyone in the team to not be late. And I thought to myself, there is no way in hell that every single person will be on time. There will always be that one guy who will purposely be late just to screw with the team. There were days that people would come to practice late, and the team did has to stay for extra ten minutes, but, at least, the people that were late, had a reason to be late. I somehow believed in our team, one day we will all make it to practice on time. And, we did. Our team was on time for 5 days straight. At first, it seems like an impossible task to accomplish, but it was really not.
In the movie Fast 5, a group of friends gathered together to accomplish a mission. Though the mission seems impossible, but they seem to have trust in each other to get the job done. From watching this movie, I have learned to trust my team members, no matter how hard the task might be.