“They always played a big role in my life, and encouraged me to be a more open person… a more outspoken person.” Nai believes that this encouragement made her stronger in comparison to her initially shy and soft spoken personality. Now, Nai stands up for what she believes in and speaks out. At the age of 23 and out of foster care for five years, today Nai is studying to become a pharmacist at Stanislaus State University. When asked if she still has a relationship with her former foster family, Nai responds, “I’m definitely still really close to them. I visit them on holidays… I still call them mom and dad.
I never thought that I would be the teenager in high school who had to grow up a lot faster than the rest of my friends and fellow classmates. I had many dreams and goals I wanted to accomplish while being a teenager, but when I found out that I was expecting a baby my junior year in high school my dreams and goals were put on pause. I graduated high school my junior year. It was exactly one month before I had my wonderful son. My son Kaleb was born May 24 2008, and from that moment on I wanted to give him everything he deserves.
Returning to School A year ago I never would have imagined that I would be back in school. It was something I had wanted to do, but I had continued putting it off. It was never the right time, or I could not figure out how to manage everything, or even how I was going to pay for it. Lately, I have been going through a lot of personal changes that has made me also want to better my place in life. Deciding to continue my education, I felt, was the best way to do this.
I literally didn't even know things like that existed till I got to intermediate school. So much of my personality and ethics come from my parents. One of the most important things I think my parents did was to not force religion into my life. Moreover, they did not equate being a moral person with being a religious one. This way, when my religion began to wane at times I never once felt like that meant I could just be a bad person.
I will say in one way it hurt, but I also understood. If I wanted him as a friend for life, then I need to take care of myself without him around. Today, we still make sure that boundaries are not crossed. I am not in counseling any longer, so I do not seek advice from him. When a friend committed suicide last December, I asked if I could start seeing him again.
Their family didn’t always follow the cultural rules that they are “suppose” to follow. She knew that’s what her mother and father believed, so that was what she believed. She didn’t believe in a certain type of culture. At the end of the essay, she leaned over and asked her children if they felt any ethnic or religious identity. They firmly said “None”.
#Camp Have you ever had a friend or family member try to get you to go to camp. Well four years ago my parents sent me to Pine Cove. Now you might think I would have wanted to go to camp, but in fact I hated not staying in my own bed, but in the end I had a great time. Four years ago my sister was signing up for her second year at Pine Cove. I had been going to Pine Cove’s family camp for a few years and didn’t want to change my plans.
Describe the experience Over a year ago, while I was continuing my studies at UOP, I previously worked for a non-profit organization called Unyeway, which served individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Before that, I was still working for another organization that serves the same population, but I wanted to find an employment that was closer to my residence and my children’s daycare. In doing so, I was told before I applied for the next job that they have a lot of turn overs with employees. At first I was a little unease about that because I did not want to come into any organization that already had issues. But of course, every organization/company has their issues.
As president I want to make sure Homecoming pans out right because it is one of the major things we are responsible for. I plan to keep also events organized and I would like to raise awareness of guidance counselors because I feel they play a crucial role for us but kids only realize that in junior year. 4. As many as needed. I’d estimate around 20 or so hours went into it this past year.
Running head: Reflective Essay It is good to be a College Student IDS 4001 Dr. Joseph L. Kibitlewski, Ph D. April 6, 2010 Graduating from college has always been my personal passion since I was a little girl. Upon graduating from high school twenty years ago, I have attended different colleges. January 2002, when I first coming to this country I did not think about going back to college anymore, because it seemed like it was too hard for me as a single mother with two children, and a full time job. In 2005, after a lot of experiences that I have been through to get a better job with a good pay and a good benefit, I found out it wasn’t too easy for me because I don’t have a college degree. Then, I realized there is nothing better than being a college student, and at the beginning of 2006 I decided to go back to college for another orientation in my life.