I am an academic. An academic is a lifelong learner who strives to pull information out of every experience. This is a value that my parents have always instilled in me. This is huge part of my positionality. Positionality is the many implications and factors that stabilize an individual. My father use to consistently say that no one can ever take knowledge away from you. He is correct‚ material things come and go but no matter what‚ one can always be intelligent. And it is the intelligence for
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What is Self-concept? According to Wagner‚ self-concept is that image or mental picture of our invisible self‚ a feeling of being a person‚ sense of somebody or of being nobody (p. 5). There are three functional aspects of self concept: appearance‚ performance and status. It is noteworthy that our feeling of identity of being somebody is derived from feelings when rated by others (p. 13). I could identify with these three aspects of self-concept. Several years ago‚ when I left my job to be
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Volunteering to work in a walk- in clinic had enabled me the opportunity to work as a receptionist‚ through this I’ve had the chance to communicate with the patients and absorb each of their individual circumstances‚ this helped me achieve skills that would be useful for me to use as a midwife‚ the most important skill I have enhanced being my communication skills. I have learnt to communicate with the patients by being reflective and by paying close attention to what each patient had to say and
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Being a leader requires a great ability to be looked towards during times of need. It is important to have leadership skills in order to thrive as a PT because they are the individuals who are directing the plan of care that is so vital towards the patient not having movement dysfunction. I have had numerous experiences within a volunteering capacity in the past. My previous experiences have given me a positive foundation to have the empathy that is required to have a successful career as a physical
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Self-Evident Truth: To me‚ self-evident truth is something that I know is true without any proof. I do not question it. If something is one hundred percent true‚ how can you question it and say that it is false? Created Equal: I strongly believe in equality. Whether it be between genders‚ races‚ sexuality‚ or religion‚ I believe we should be treated equally. I believe that you should not be deprived of your rights over your genders‚ races‚ sexuality‚ or religion. Natural Rights: As a naturally
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leave the house‚ I carry my phone‚ my keys‚ and my purse‚ which has money and my license inside of it. I also carry non-physical items like stress of making it to college and achieving my goals‚ another one is public speaking‚ and as well as my low self-esteem. Out of physical and non-physical‚ the non-physical is the one that puts more weight on me. I always carry my phone along with my charger because now days it is what I have everything on. It is also how I communicate with friends and family
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Self-value is something I think most people struggle with. We see the value in others‚ but have difficulty seeing our own value. This is because we base a lot of our value (and the value of other people) on what our abilities are. We look at different characteristics and ascribe value to people based on that. As a human service professional‚ seeing the value and worth of the clients is vital to truly being able to help them. This is where ontological regard comes in. Ontological regard is the attitude
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Facebook Effects on Self-Esteem Thoriya Nakoula‚ Karina Navarrete‚ Destiny Gray California State University of Long Beach Abstract Facebook is a social network people use to stay connected‚ share photos‚ messages‚ and express what matters to them. This study will examine the negative effects Facebook use has on self-esteem. We will survey sixty students throughout California State University of Long Beach campus. Using a Likert scale we will measure the levels of self-esteem by frequent
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Self-Help Group Observation and Analysis It was a rainy Sunday morning back in February‚ and there was an open group available that took place at George Mason University‚ locating in Nguyen Engineering Building‚ which was convenient for me to travel less distance from my home. They called themselves‚ “No Name Group‚” and I thought they did not come up with a group name yet and left it as an untitled name. Eventually‚ I figured out that the “No Name” part was actually a real group name. When I arrived
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This is a class that I thoroughly enjoyed and I know much of this has to do with my own personality and life experiences. I have always been the type of person that easily recognizes the needs in others and steps up to anyone that is receptive of help. When I look back at my life and the family I was born into‚ I can see exactly how my own cultural identity would lead me into the role of a helper. As a child I lacked much of the positive nurturing that parents give to their children and although
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