Watching this video only reassures me of the passion I have to work in this field. It makes me reflect on the reasons why and on my past personal experiences that have brought me to this point. There is a saying that most social workers are “wounded healers.” Meaning that we have experienced trauma or unfortunately have had to be around or seen those kinds of situations. I consider myself to be a wounded healer. As a child for many years I experienced many situations that no child should have had
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with those people‚ why couldn’t I just hang on a little bit longer. So I cried. I cried for my life and my past‚ the present. I wondered why God didn’t lead me rightfully down the acceptable path‚ then I realized it was a moment for me to decide my own fate‚ my own course. In this darkness‚ I had no idea what was left‚ or right‚ behind me or ahead of me. It seemed the moment I got up‚ I saw something above my head‚ it was yellow and hardly out of reach. I stretched for it and tried to reach it and
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Without a doubt‚ there are experiences in life that shape and mold you into the person you are meant to be. More importantly‚ these experiences help determine one’s purpose in life. Early on in life‚ I began my first incursion into community service as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels America; a non-profit organization that delivers meals and conducts friendly and safety visits to senior citizens. My volunteer duties ranged from food preparation and delivering food to various homes throughout the
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My Salvation Experience My Father Was 62 Years of Age and My Mother was 16 Years Old when I was Born . My Father was appointed full custody of me at the age of 7 Years Old. I was repeatedly Touched Inappropriately‚ it started to occur every day and then 4 to 5 times a week until finally I was raped. I would hurt so badly‚ Emotionally‚ Mentally‚ and Physically. My only way to cope with the pain was to drink. My father had liquor Cabinet‚ I started to steal his whiskey and
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My unexpected experience Last month was horrible. My Dad had gotten sick. My family and I thought it was nothing but the flu because when he gets it‚ it always hits him harder than us kids; he is usually laid up in bed for about a week. When the week passed and he was still severely sick‚ we knew something was really wrong. That same day we noticed he was spitting up blood‚ his fever wasn ’t breaking‚ and he could barely move. My sister Brittany and I tried to get him to go to the hospital but
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to expect but my wife who is from San Francisco and much more cultured than I am had a friend that was heavily into it. My Humanities professor made it sound fun and when I heard the word martial arts it drew me in because I’ve always been interested in martial arts. When I asked my wife if she wanted to go‚ she excitedly accepted the invitation. We just had our fourth baby just over a month ago and desperately need to go on a date and have some fun together. I understand now why my wife was so excited
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about 6 days a week and sometime even 7 days. In the midst of those years‚ she assisted my parents with bills at home and she saved enough money to commence college. Luckily‚ Miami-Dade County allowed immigrants to go to a community college‚ so with this grand opportunity she took initiative & attended Miami
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writing in my life‚ started at a young age. I remember every time I was riding in a car; I would try my best to read every road sign out loud to my mother or father. I would take great joy out of being able to pronounce words that I saw in public and if I was not able to read it‚ I would work hard to learn how to. Most children did not like the idea of going to bed at night‚ but I loved it because I knew my mother would read a story or poem to me. Writing was also a big portion of my life when I
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to connect with the students within my school‚ however‚ we instantly became friends because of our love for tennis. Luckily‚ on the first day of school Genki and I had a class in common. After hearing him say he played tennis during an ice-breaking activity I approached him‚ inviting him to join a group of friends and me to play tennis. From that point on we played tennis each day after school. I know that if this had never happened his American experience would have extremely
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An instance‚ in which I used the nursing process‚ stood as my clinical experience of caring for a 72-year-old female diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. This patient regularly acquired pneumonia‚ and with her body becoming more frail and susceptible to disease‚ she found herself in the hospital. Upon entering the patient’s room‚ I encountered an older woman slumping in her bed‚ looking restless‚ and using her accessory muscles to try to get appropriate respirations. Recognizing that the patient was
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