Experience Essay

During the middle of my second year in JROTC, I earned a promotion to the rank of platoon leader. Although excited to begin, I had to face the hard challenge of speaking in front of people, establishing my own authority, and battling my own indecisiveness. During my installation as a platoon leader, I made a collection of minor mistakes, particularly in where I stood, how to march in, and what to do with my platoon. When giving commands, I had a severe stutter. I failed to voice my authority…

United States, and I knew zero English. I was a teacher after graduating from school in Mexico, and I wanted to teach in the United States. I got a bilingual teaching assistant job in Idaho Falls, and this experience allowed me to become familiar with teaching in this country. My second experience was in Alaska where I taught with a temporary 1-year certificate. During this time, I had to pass a required test to get certified. I failed this test five times, and I felt frustration, sadness, and…

was employed as a teaching assistant. My duties were varied as I would often help children who struggled with the work because of their disabilities but also perform menial tasks such as photocopying. However by doing all of this I gained valuable experience of working in a school, knowledge of learning difficulties and improved upon many of my transferable skills. Communication skills Throughout my time at the school I improved on my communication skills by using different techniques for the…

What makes you ‘you’? Perhaps the answer to the question varies from group to group; Perhaps, we are a collection of our physical, mental, and spiritual components, all unique and different. The Birthmark is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843. The audience is introduced to a brilliant scientist, Aylmer, whose life revolved around his experiments and quest for scientific perfection. While controversial, Aylmer abandons his laboratory to marry Georgiana, a beautiful woman that…

What is my life all about? Why am I living in a world that is a hamster wheel of birth, work and death? What is it that makes my heart sing and how could I live by my own standards? And, most importantly, why am I not listening to that inner voice that keeps trying to warn me when I’m about to do something stupid. Every few years I would find myself practically homeless, broke, hungry, trying to hang onto whatever strands of a human existence I had left. I had a hole within me that was so vast…

in front of weep to associate the words weep and sweep to show that the chimney sweepers while they were sweeping they were often crying or sobbing. This really helps the reader understand how miserable the lives of these children were. In "The Chimney Sweeper (1789)" poem the main character has a name and in "The Chimney Sweeper (1794)" poem the protagonist is never referred to with a name but merely referred to as, "A little black thing among the snow,"(1). Blake gave the chimney sweeper in…

All Along the Watchtower is one of Jimi Hendrix’s most popular songs, a song he didn’t write himself. Originally the song was written and released by Bob Dylan in 1967 on his John Wesley Harding album, then given to Hendrix by Dylan’s publicist and released as a part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s third and final album called Electric Ladyland. (All Along the Watchtower, n.d.) The Hendrix version (released 6 months after Dylan’s original recording) became a top 20 single in 1968 and ranked…

Management Experience Today I was the manager for my team and prepared to complete a group medication administration. In doing so, I had to put in a lot of effort and research ahead of time. I started preparing for my med pass on Tuesday evening by preparing my schedule for the next day, researching medications and familiarizing myself with the patient’s diagnosis. I had to administer meds for two patients. On Tuesday, I did not pass 9 a.m. medications for either patient, and both patients…

with my kiddos and teaching as a profession. I learned so much from the students, my clinical supervisor, and the rest of the school staff. I will carry these lessons with me through my remaining field experience opportunities and into my career. I am beyond excited to see what my next field experience will teach me and what amazing teachers and students I will get to work with. Getting ready for practicum my first day, I was petrified and my stomach was in knots. So many questions were running…

I was sick went to MD's in New York and Hamilton Canada, and they could not help me, I prayed, and God healed me. I was depressed, and I went to God if he couldn't help me, sure it was meant for me to seek Mental Health help. All I know he healed me. I do get sad sometimes that is normal, but never to the point, I want to end it all. I don't know and Can't tell you why God helped me in that way. All I know God is teaching me to trust him and only him. I am not saying Social worker, and various…