FYS Final
Courage has been a message and something I personally try to achieve ever since my younger brother, Julian, was born in 2011. He was born prematurely, and with a lot of health complications and other factors that my family has to still deal with today. This experience has made me want to pursue a career in physical therapy. Although I love the subject, I do not want physical therapy to define my life as a whole. I enjoy being a part of a diverse community that gives me an opportunity to explore topics I find interesting and influences the way I live. Recently since attending college I found courage to hold a bolder influence in my life as I went through formal sorority recruitment this fall. One the conversations I had during one of the rounds led to a young lady describing about how courageous I was after telling her about my travels to Japan in 2013 in order to part take in the recovery efforts resulting from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake. Originally, I didn’t think such actions warranted the title of courage but it made me start thinking of what made someone have courage. Primarily, my guiding …show more content…
I was exposed to new perspectives and ideas that I did not initially think about. For example, looking at Michael’s guiding question in class about the positivity of negativity and providing feedback him allowed me to think more about my own question and how to develop the perspectives of my mind map. I was able to magnify the two perspectives of religion and politics on my mind map. Furthermore, the larger group discussions also made me realize several different connections I didn’t think of before. I saw how the five perspectives of media, religion, social, economic, and political were all interconnected with one another. I condensed, un-meaningful statements to find a single yet extensive focus in each section of my mind
Courage has been a message and something I personally try to achieve ever since my younger brother, Julian, was born in 2011. He was born prematurely, and with a lot of health complications and other factors that my family has to still deal with today. This experience has made me want to pursue a career in physical therapy. Although I love the subject, I do not want physical therapy to define my life as a whole. I enjoy being a part of a diverse community that gives me an opportunity to explore topics I find interesting and influences the way I live. Recently since attending college I found courage to hold a bolder influence in my life as I went through formal sorority recruitment this fall. One the conversations I had during one of the rounds led to a young lady describing about how courageous I was after telling her about my travels to Japan in 2013 in order to part take in the recovery efforts resulting from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake. Originally, I didn’t think such actions warranted the title of courage but it made me start thinking of what made someone have courage. Primarily, my guiding …show more content…
I was exposed to new perspectives and ideas that I did not initially think about. For example, looking at Michael’s guiding question in class about the positivity of negativity and providing feedback him allowed me to think more about my own question and how to develop the perspectives of my mind map. I was able to magnify the two perspectives of religion and politics on my mind map. Furthermore, the larger group discussions also made me realize several different connections I didn’t think of before. I saw how the five perspectives of media, religion, social, economic, and political were all interconnected with one another. I condensed, un-meaningful statements to find a single yet extensive focus in each section of my mind