covered my whole body as I observed professors in their robes for the first time at Centenary College of Louisiana. I am not the likeliest person to pursue a career in academia and research; I am a transman who grew up in Southern Louisiana‚ who was kicked out of his home‚ forced to live on the streets‚ and was told that he could never be an out trans person and thrive in academia. With the help of the Point Foundation‚ I was able to afford my Bachelor’s‚ but the inherent politicization of my body resulted
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The earliest experiences I had with mental disorders came from within my own family‚ my aunt always felt troubled. When we would go to the grocery store she would often believe that others were talking about her‚ even when all evidence was to the contrary. I would ask my mother about this and she explained that she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia at the time I had only the most rudimentary understanding of what this disease does. My aunt suffered every day until her dying day‚ whether it was
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Writing about my personal experience in the military‚ reminded me about all those Noncommissioned officers who lead me throughout my career and my life. It also recapped the obstacles I faced to make it to where I am today. Minus one plus nine is a symbolic way to describe my story of how I came into the Army as an Enlisted with a pay grade of E minus 1 instead of E-1 and reach the Enlisted pay grade of E-9. My personal experience began on February 14‚ 1992‚ when I immigrated to the United States
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I remember how when I first walked into a fraternity house on Vanderbilt’s campus‚ I immediately thought that this was a place that I could never belong. Having a disability and identifying as gay‚ I thought that I had somehow faked my way into Vanderbilt and its perfect society. After a few months‚ I ended up feeling like I belonged at Vanderbilt more and I began to realize that there is no "perfect" Vanderbilt student. As I have become more involved in the Vanderbilt community‚ I have always looked
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always had to prevail through the hardships. Their perseverance through the hardships inspires everyone to be who they are.My hardships in my left happen last year in Fall break when I lost my hearing in my left ear. I never let that get me down even tho it happened so quickly. I prevailed through it with making jokes about it‚ not acting any different with my friends and family‚ and to make sure to make people smile and myself along as well.
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It was late November when I first arrived at the location that I was to begin volunteering with Iraqi refugees in Detroit. As a Chaldean—a small ethnic‚ Catholic minority originally from northern Iraq—myself‚ I thought my exposure to Iraqi culture‚ in the U.S.‚ would afford me certain similarities that would aide me in addressing some of their difficulties. However‚ this romantic presupposition was impugned before I was even able to take a step out of the car. As I was pulling into the driveway‚
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In my experience with Writing II‚ being able to get extra help in perfecting my writing skills was beneficial and helped me understand composition 1. Also being in a small class environment was useful for talking to other classmates and with getting help; which also helped me stay focused on my writings. By going over Critical Reviews before Composition 1‚ it helped tremendously by preparing me for my next class. Going to seminars and workshops was interesting‚ entertaining and was also awarding
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Ms. Reuter driving the bus‚ which I didn’t expect her to know how to do at all. It was my first time working there‚ because I had only worked at the distribution center the year before for confirmation. When we arrived we all signed in and they put the people who had been there before in their normal locations. My friend and I got split up‚ with me in charge of sorting all of the donated canned foods and my friend went over to move pallets around. While I was working with one of the staff there
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paper work to fill them out‚ therapy groups and the patients have schedule that they should follow through the day. It was a good experience to work in a psychiatric hospital because I need to improve my skills in this area. Psychiatric patients could be in any floor in the . hospital as a patients‚ and I need to be aware of handling this situation. In this week my goals were 1c and 5i. Demonstrates receptivity and openness to differing
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My Experience with Flight 93 It was unusually cold on this morning of September 11th‚ 2001‚ and my alarm had just went off. The odd but needed 5 am. was when I woke up‚ because my flight was going to leave around 8:30 and I needed to be there on time. The reason I was flying to San Francisco was I was having a family reunion with my dad‚ my step-mom‚ and my step-brothers. So‚ I jumped in the shower quickly with joy and excitement. I hadn’t seen my family in forever since I had gotten a job as the
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