Lamyia Walters has been cooperative but very deceitful when describing her relationship status and domestic abuse issues. She has had consistent contact with the caseworker since case opening. Lamyia switches from hostile to apologetic with worker daily. Lamyia continues to provide different explanations for the reasons the children were brought into care. These explanations often completely contradict one another.…
On August 24, 2008, I began my first year of college at Tidewater Community College (TCC) pursuing a science associate degree and changed my major to applied associate of science with a concentration in Administrative of Justice. For the six semesters, I continually maintained a 3.0 or better GPA along with being apart of the Dean’s List twice. However, my last semester I had failed to uphold my academic commitment due to working full-time to support my myself financially through school. I was not able to effectively manage my time. Therefore, my overall GPA become out to be a 2.9 upon graduation.…
The pain began slowly, pricking me with its sharp needles only while doing barre in ballet once a week. I ignored it, believing it to be normal, common discomfort that would soon go away, typical thoughts of a dancer whose entire sport is centered around “good pain”. Six months later, it had escalated to the degree that every step I took felt like an arrow to my knee. Dancing had become impossible, and it was determined that I should be taken to the orthopedist. The bland, brown and beige lobby became extraordinarily familiar as I waited two hours to be examined.…
First, let me explain the reason why I am under probation and what difficulties I have currently. I had asked temporary rest from study in the middle of Spring 2013, which was my second semester, so I was leaving absent from school for almost 2 years. The reason was in terms of family emergency, which was my mother had gotten several surgical operation due to her serial cancers. At that time, there is no one around my mother to take care of her because I am only child and she was divorced few years ago.…
A big issue for me was the fact that, even though Julie was abused by her father, there had to be a way to play the side of Julie that it’s hurt and not angry. My first instinct was to play fear. I thought that Julie kept this fear for her father over the years. When I found out that Julie more than scare was hurt finally could have an overall vision of what my main purpose was. She is there at the hospital because she needs to face her father before he passes away, she knows that this is her last chance to close that door and start a new page, even though she will not admit it Child abuse is a big deal no matter what it is wrong and there are no excuses for this, nevertheless a big deal for me was to find the way of showing that hurt adult that Julie is.…
"Academic probation" is the most common term colleges and universities use to illustrate that a student is not reaching academic standards as required by the institution. Academic probation usually means that a student's grades and/or GPA are not high enough to continue in school if they have not made any progress and stayed at a plateau with their grade and/or GPA. Academic probation does not just apply for not meeting the school’s academic standards; it can be for a variety of reasons, but most of the time it will be for not meeting…
"What a harsh break up I went through" I thought to myself. After so much time being spent together, so much closeness has fell into separation. Who would've thought? Not I. Everything started when arriving back home from a cruise/her birthday. These are the three ways I was able to overcome the depression after having a bad break up.…
Simple answer: Happiness I have lived too many years of my life unhappy as a domestic abuse victim. Until three years ago, I had experienced more horrific events than anything that I can say positive. However, for those few glimpses of happiness that I experienced, they were always more impactful than any negative experience.…
My time at Indiana State was not as successful as I would have liked it to be. When I first arrived Fall of 2013 After the end of the Fall 2013 semester at ISU I was put on academic probation, it did not come as a surprise but was still a shock. I thought I could breeze through college like I did High School, never studying and not putting in a ton of effort but still make decent grades. What I did not expect was the challenge I was given by ISU, I could not skate through my education like I had in the past, when I was at ISU I needed to be an active participant. So during the Spring 2014 semester I did just that.…
I have jaw damage, missing/replaceable teeth and now relocated to a domestic violence shelter for my safety. Domestic violence is something I’ve been exposed to all my life. For me, domestic violence is an umbrella term and I tend to veer away from it. I prefer to call it my journey to safety. And where; my abuser and I, have not been in a relationship for 5 years- tracking devices on my vehicle exposed me to such danger.…
L (2013), Why abused women stay in bad relationships; Retrieved August 16, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/10/opinion/steiner-domestic-violence This source documents research on females whom stayed in an abusive relationship fearing of retaliation or in a hope of changing the abusing partner. The research shows the complications to the situations, particularly how a woman who’s being abused still tries to maintain a positive image to the world about their relationship. Some of the women who attempted leaving the relationship ended up with no societal support, or worse yet, died. This article gains credibility from its’ author Leslie Steiner.…
Overcoming Domestic Abuse Domestic abuse is one of the biggest problems that can come out of a relationship that some may not even hear about. When I first heard the word abuse, I thought it was just how someone physically treated someone. Most women who are stuck in an abusive relationship don 't realize what kind of resources are out there and available to help them get away and get a fresh start. When I was in need, I was not aware of these life-changing resources.…
Personal Narrative I could remember the tears running down my face, my heart beating like a drum. The world was slow as I tried to distract my brother as my dad charged out the door. Once he was gone, everything stopped. She is my mom’s mother and the grandma that we call Graham cracker.…
Domestic Violence “Why did the man hit his wife?” I asked myself. This awful sight stuck in my head for more than 10 years and I still remember it as it was just yesterday.…
I’ve had plenty of injuries in my life time but I never thought it would get this bad twice. Not even a year ago I had ACL reconstruction. It was September 17, the day everything first crumbled. My family and I went into that surgery thinking everything was going to be fine and 6 months later I would be back to playing soccer and everything would be normal. Sadly this is not how it went.…