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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of the daily struggles of an individual with a hearing loss increased. I had various feelings towards this experience. There were many moments when communication was an issue. I was obligated to use different strategies to cope with the communication issues that I encountered during this experience. To put myself in the shoes of a person with a hearing loss allowed for an eye-opening experience that I will never forget. My day began by putting one earplug in each ear. Typically‚ I like to watch television
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Some people thinks being alone may shorten lives. But contrary to all beliefs isolation actually helps people make it through the day. Whether it is for an hour‚ 3 hours or even 5 hours. Isolation has its fair share of advantages. Being around people constantly can sometimes take a toll on people ‚ so being alone for a while is well needed in today’s society. There’s so much going on today. Terrible things are happening everyday‚ it’s hard to not want to just get away from people and the social
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When I decided to attend a Hindu Temple I thought that it was going to be a really great experience‚ but I was really nervous and scared. I am a very shy and I do not like to get out of my comfort zone that much. Before attending a Hindu Temple‚ I decided to do a research on how I was supposed to dress. Based on my research‚ I decided to go business casual and I did not show skin nor did I use leather or animal print clothes. Wearing leather or animal print is disrespectful toward their culture.
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texts from June Jordan‚ Tim Wise‚ and Avery Gordon as well as give you my personal opinion about the topic. Social identity‚ in my opinion‚ is a bad thing as a whole because it doesn’t take into account the experiences that any one person has‚ it just lumps them together. There are many factors that one needs to take into account when discussing these topics and I will try to explain them as best as I can. Social and personal Identity in today’s society is very much blurred‚ the individual person
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Jermol Paul November 10‚ 2010 Mrs. Taneja Personal Encounter Paper Personal Encounter My experience started out pretty bad while trying to attend the Volusia Buddhist Fellowship ceremony. First of all Diego and I went to the Volusia ceremony only to find out that the place of worship was bought over by a Christian group‚ so there were no Buddhist worships going on at that site anymore. This was very surprising to me because I called the Fellowship just the day before to make
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Gardenia Cuadra ENG 110: College Writing Life Shaping Experience – Personal Narrative There has been many life-shaping/life changing experiences in my life however if I have to pinpoint to one specific moment where I knew that my life as a child will be over was when I was 12 years old. My sister‚ grandmother and I just came back from spending 3 weeks in Nicaragua. I loved it so much I wanted to stay. A week or two after the family trip‚ my grandmother fell down concrete stairs and was
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others were interesting. However‚ the moment that I remember the most was the time when a mysterious and invisible person saved me from the death. In short‚ I had experience what we now called paranormal phenomenon. “Paranormal phenomenon is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science ’s current ability to explain or measure.” (Orapello) On the other hand‚
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My Experience in Faith Hospital My visit in the hospital was totally unexpected. Days before were the time for preparation for the upcoming graduation day to be held on March 21‚ that is on Thursday. Suddenly my brother caught a fever on Tuesday. Day after‚ my sister’s temperature risen. The cause of their fever was unknown‚ my parents just treat them with home remedies. Instead they will be cured‚ their sickness got only worse. So‚ my parents decided to bring them to the hospital after my
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Gary Soto’s Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences My decision to write in response to Gary Soto’s work‚ "Like Mexicans" was influenced for the most part because of the similarities between myself and Gary Soto‚ and our families included. Gary Soto is a Mexican American male‚ who grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in the industrial part of a town called Fresno. His grandparents came to this Great Valley in search of creating a better life for themselves and their families. I am also a Mexican
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