When I reflect on my work day‚ I am overwhelmed by the stories of injustice‚ motivated by many journeys of resilience‚ and eager to add to the resolution of Seattle’s homeless state of emergency. I am a housing stability case manager for a multi-service community action group in Seattle‚ Washington. My work and my clients have evolved my sense of community and urban planning. I advocate and work with families who are living in places not meant for human habitation‚ to find creative housing/shelter
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I never understood adults. They drink water that burns your throat and set straws on fire and sip the air. When they get together they are always loud and they pay me less attention. Yes‚ I thought all adults were weird‚ until I met my Uncle Clinton. He liked to play the drums and he wore army pants and t-shirts with funny quotes or pictures. Uncle Clinton had a funny cartoon giggle when he laughed and love to eat all kinds of junk food. We always had fun together. We watched cartoons and played
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family‚” Mr. Canales‚ our principal wept‚ “Jay-Jay will be missed.” As he softly spoke that simple sentence‚ the entire campus sobbed. Jay-Jay Trejo‚ a beloved football star and the best shoulder to lean on‚ was no longer with us. This was the first event in a chapter of misfortune at United South. In December‚ another incident occurred. A car crash‚ the kind you dreamt about only in ones nightmares. Lynsey Lira and her boyfriend‚ Yonatan Andrade were in a car crash that landed her in a hospital
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American Literature » Personal Reflective Essay Personal Reflective Essay For a printer-friendly copy‚ click on the link below. The Personal Narrative Essay Purpose: The goal of this assignment is for you to reveal yourself as a character through an essay reflecting on a memorable experience. The essay should reflect your voice and focus on a single event. You should be able to discover your own voice. Method: We have discussed a personal essay by Russell Baker‚ an excerpt from
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Critically reflective essay Emma Purnell: 0522771 “Our planning (or worrying about) what’s happening next gives us little opportunity or inclination to examine what has just passed” Wallace (2005) Writing from a student teacher perspective I thought it was very apt to start with the quote above. I believe I‚ like many student teacher colleagues‚ spend so much time worrying about what I have to do next‚ that sometimes I need to have a gentle prod or reminder that I need to be critically reflective of my
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Writing a reflective essay is considered an easy task to complete for those people whose profession involves writing and creating pieces of work on the paper. However‚ students at colleges and universities are also asked to complete a reflective essay‚ though they are not taught and trained to fulfill such tasks. This page has been created to assist students with reflective essays in their academic assignments. Reflective essay supposes the use of all the knowledge gained in this course‚ as well
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was learning. But I will be diligent in achieving my goals. I was single for Eight years taking care of my small children. Helping them focus on and prepare for the future. Our lives were pretty good even though at times it was difficult‚ for example it was easy to keep a routine taking them to school and making it to work on time‚ unless someone got sick. I really enjoyed the energy they brought to my life and gave me daily strength and purpose to manage the struggles. Many said my first
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Guidelines for the Final Reflective Essay Final Essay Assignment: Evaluate the changes in your reading process for the entire class. To do this‚ you must first think about your reading process at the beginning of the class. In a thesis-driven essay‚ explain how your reading process has changed and evolved. The reading strategies and tools that we have discussed should help you evaluate your current reading skills. You must create a thesis statement that focuses on the changes
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socialization. The gender socialization is the way a girl and a boy learns how to act and behave in a society differently because of the difference of their gender. The parent’s behavior towards their children varies too‚ depending on their gender. For example‚ girls are taught to be sensitive and
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Reflective Paper Desiree Luna MTH/156 Professor Lee 2/12/2012 As my 1st math class for elementary teachers is ending its time to reflect on all ive learned these last 9 weeks. We focused on many math topics such as algebraic thinking‚ problem solving‚ number theory‚ rational numbers and applications. Many vocabulary concepts and symbols were memorized in these weeks. Of all these topics the most important concept I learned in this class was number theory and set notation. The most difficult
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