Having financial problems played a factor also in my returning to school. Being a single parent, with no support, I knew that I had to make some drastic changes. I have to joggle so many tasks each day and it can be hard. My family motivates me not to give up on my academic goals because I know it is something I have to do. Additionally, having a better income to support me and my family would be nice.
However, most times the men do provide funds “through child support payments or through the taxes they pay that provide ‘Aid to Families with Dependent Children’ (AFDC)” (354). These families are doing their best to survive, but there are still some problems that are inherited. The male child of the family is without a father figure whom he can look up to, to show him that, “men can deviate in healthy ways from sex-role stereotypes, fail and recover, mourn a parent, and not lose face, help a tired spouse and still have a loving relationship (or even have a better one)” (354). The men are also missing
With that being said, the main effects of Ma’s unfortunate abduction result in seven long years of being held captive, Ma’s trauma and phases of depression which lead her to suicidal attempts, and most importantly, both a stumbling block and advantage, the bearing of her only son, Jack. Jack thinks there are “thousands of things to do” in Room. We know that for his mother it is a very different story. Although the story never shifts to her point of view, we understand the significance of her moods in a way that the innocent child telling the story can not. We feel her desperation and her sense that time is running out.
Going to college will help you find a good career to make a better life for your family. My decision on going back to school is one that I have been pondering on for a while. I guess I would say that making a better life for my family is the main reason for farthing my education. I know getting a degree will benefit me in pursuing my career in which is to be a private secretary. I have wanted to be a private secretary since I was a young girl.
I have been thinking of it as me having no money. That has limited me in solutions because the root problem was not correctly defined. This has impacted me by limiting my efforts of forming a solution. With spending time in school in my mind I seem to have tricked myself into not understanding why I do not have in money or source of income. In the military I was paid for schooling and having spent the past ten years in the service I just automatically assume that I should have money.
Grades are very crucial for getting acceptance to college. They are one of the major things that colleges look at to accept you (or so I have been told). So I will keep pushing myself so that my grades will increase this year, making it possible for me to hopefully enter a better school then I can right now. College is the main goal of my life. It is a life dream to go to college to get a degree and get a successful job.
Chinese people (mostly in the rural areas) feel that school does not provide skills and and immediate success to their lives. Also, many poor families cannot afford to send their children to school. Fees for school are a main problem to the poor families because is money they don't have and the children are left to support their families. Even though the money the children obtain is so meager, it helps to put food on the table. The parents of this children don't really realize the conditions that they put their children in.
An education costs money and a single parent with only one source of income plus all the other payments will definitely cause problems. In contrast, if both the husband and wife work, they could combine their incomes and their financial problems would be at a minimum. They will probably be able to offer their kids a better education and a better living overall. Not to sound corny or anything but love has to exist among the members of the household. There should be love between the parents and between the parents and children.
Clinical Reflection Paper Throughout my clinical experience there have been several interferences that everyday life has thrown at me that have caused a delay on me finishing clinical, there were several times that I wanted to give up on not just clinical but on the everyday struggle of life. So for me my clinical weakness would be not allowing my own life outside of work or my education to steer me off focus of my main goals. Nothing good comes easy and without sacrifice and as God continues to wake me up every morning I am learning that lesson more and more. I feel like it’s all been a test, a test to see how bad I really want succeed. Another weakness would be confidence, I know I am capable of doing the work but sometimes I doubt myself and my capabilities especially in the O.R.
Managing as a Single Parent Responsible and caring parenting is a daunting task when it is done alone. Without my faith and support from others, I would never be able to manage a household. Also, sticking to a strict, but non-ridged schedule helps maintain some sanity. There are days when a schedule needs some alteration, but one goes with the flow. Because there is only one income, financial issues arise.