The agency that provided me with my service learning opportunity was the Youth Advancement Academy. This program serves students in grades nine through twelve who have been expelled from public school or are assigned to the academy by court order. This educational service provides at-risk students with an alternate route to a high school diploma. The program focuses on preparing students for a smooth transition to a traditional high school‚ post-secondary institution‚ or workplace services. Curriculum
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Throughout my life I did not really see myself in any kind of career field‚ I found it very difficult to pick a job or even find something I’d consider myself to be good at. After doing COOP it has come to my attention that I would like to learn more about the placement I have been at these last few months. I feel like this is the right placement for me‚ I am comfortable with the environment if anything I want to dig deeper and do more studies on different stages that occur before clients show up
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My Experience with God If you look closely at the world around you‚ you can see God in everything and everyone. Just recently‚ I had my very own personal experience with God. Even though I can see God through His creations‚ I finally found the place where I feel closest to God. Many people have told me it is easy to see God in life‚ but I just realized that God is everywhere. Some people have a harder time finding the right path to go down towards God. I happen to be one of those people. On the
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My personal experience as a mother to a child with autism My son was born when I was 40 years old‚ after being married for 7 years. Becoming a mother was my greatest fear‚ and it took me a long time to overcome this fear. Most of my inhibition were related to the fear that something will be wrong with my child that will cause him a great suffer. The most terrifying idea for me was to have a child with special needs‚ such as Autism. When my son was born it was the happiest day of my life. He was
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During my first day of clinical‚ I encountered an issue that I believe is very significant. As a student nurse‚ our duty for this day was to follow our health care aide around the ward and assist in completing resident care. The resident required assistance in many of her daily tasks. The health care aide asked if I would perform one of those and do perineal care for her. I turned down her offer because I did not feel comfortable with my skill level. The resident had a bowel movement during the night
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for myself over the course of my life. Most of these goals I have set for myself‚ I have achieved with hard work and dedication. One of my many goals I had set for myself before coming into the military was to further my education. I probably would have never made it through the first semester of college‚ lacking the proper discipline and being immature I decided to join the United States Air Force. I thought it was a good idea to get the Air Force to pay for my education and I would be able
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Being a young teacher I am proud of being one of the representative national education of my motherland. As once my mother some years ago said the teacher is a person who educates the children as well as brings up future leaders of the society by involving in their learning process. Teaching is a challenge as it takes much time‚ period‚ may be‚ some years to pursue planned goals effectively. As a professional young specialist I am yielding my fruits now. My students have shown their progress by winning
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September 1‚ 2011 I was still lying on my bed contemplating on how I can conquer my greatest challenge - my stage fright - when my mother called me for breakfast one Sunday morning .I barely noticed her call because I was so anxious as I have only three more days to practice my lines for our stage play presentation in school . I was trying to think of a way that I can do my role and deliver my lines with ease and confidence. Fear and anxiety still engulfed my person. My friends and classmates have already
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May 14‚ 2012 His 125 University of phoenix My Immigrant Experience * I am 28 year old male from Italy that came to America for a new life. My experience in America is totally different from my native country of Italy. Italy government has a parliamentary government based on a proportional voting system. The Parliament of Italy is perfectly bicameral: the two houses‚ the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic have the same powers. The Prime Minister‚ officially President of
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sexually‚ or any type of background. My parents’ identities are incomprehensible to me‚ because I do not experience life the same way they did‚ and I did not grow up in the same situations in which they did. My cultural identity is inherited from my parents in a way that does not particularly connect with them--that is‚ it is inherited from their sense of self identity and capability to recognize who they are as people. While my my mom may associate herself as one way‚ my dad may associate himself as another
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