Mission Possible Analysis

Mission possible is a program that has been active for many years and is directed by Dr. Molly Davis, a professor at George Mason University. Mission Possible has essentially been a college tour, giving children in foster care an insight of college life. Not only does this program show the foster kids a physical tour of the campus, but most importantly, it gives them information about attending college and provides resources. The program emphasizes that even if you are a foster child and it may feel impossible to attend college, that it is possible! The gist is to overall expose foster kids to college and let them know they could attend college regardless of their personal and financial situations. The point is not to recruit students for …show more content…
One being that there’s a stereotype of how a foster child should look and act. Myself being one of those people who assumed most foster kids would be quiet, not outspoken, and frankly overall sad looking. I had never met a foster child prior to this experience and I was quiet amused when some of the children were not afraid to speak up and ask questions, along with having a sense of humor. Of course, there was some that tended to be more on the quiet side, but they still looked fairly confident. All of the foster children were well dressed and appeared healthy, I think many people have a common misconception that foster kids would be a “mess” considering their personal and family situation aren’t the best. I think I learned that many times we won’t be able to tell if a person is dealing with something traumatic in their life by the way they look and act. This experience also taught me that sometimes in the social work field you have to think quickly and efficiently. While we didn’t have much planning time to prepare for the event, I personally thought it went well considering the time constraint. I think this is an important skill for social workers to have because many times we will have clients and agencies test our ability to think and prepare quickly. Lastly I also learned that when young adults or children are exposed to college or even the idea of a higher education it really gives them the chance to consider …show more content…
I think the more people volunteer for certain causes the less we will have these issues. One example is hunger and homelessness. I believe if we had more efforts and volunteers, our communities could join together and help those in need of food and shelter. Something as simple as volunteering in our local soup kitchen or volunteering at shelters can make a difference in our community. Volunteering not only helps socially in our communities, but also economically. I believe it helps economically because we could contribute to getting homeless people back in the workforce. In addition, many places that help people in need are more often than not on strict budgets, and I believe if people volunteer than perhaps those locations or agencies wouldn’t have to spend as much money on employees and instead have many rotating volunteers, this could also allow them to use funds for other urgent matters. According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, 61.8 million individuals in the United States contributed 8 billion hours of volunteerism in 2008 alone. The economic value of all this volunteering is an estimated $162 billion U.S. dollars (Idealist). This is only one example of how volunteerism can positively impact our communities, but I think this applies to many other volunteer opportunities and issues that can be addressed. I think volunteerism also allows people