Me Myself and I Essay

this semester, I was feeling excited to know how counseling groups work and what kind of groups there are in diverse fields. Also, I was enthusiastic to be in a process group with my classmates that I spent the last semester with. Last time I had process group, was with students from different cohorts that I did not have any connection. This semester, being in a process group with classmates of my same clinical group was a great and unique experience. At the beginning of this class, I felt that…

given. In order for me to reach my full potential , I must learn to adjust as well as break the plateaus that lie in front of me. Many might say that the obstacles…

inspiration to achieve what I envision my self-becoming someday. Up to this point in my college education, life has been and up and down ride, definitely not what I had envisioned. But the one thing I’ve always kept true to myself is who I see myself becoming in the future. My senior year of high school was filled with questions of where I saw myself in five or ten years, and I thought I had a perfect idea of what that would be. I made choices I thought would help me achieve those goals I…

case with me, I try my hardest to be like nobody but myself. Lois Lowry`s The Giver, and Frank McCourt`s novel Angela`s Ashes, inspire me to life my life for myself and with a sense of individuality. I believe that a major part if being yourself, is that you make choices on your own. It is such a common thing to look at another life and try to make decisions based on what they have done, but when you do that it may not be the best choice for you. When I come to a time in my life that I have to…

I train for athletics on the weekends with a group of men who all have over 50 years on me. Training with them has and always will be the best decision I have made. My trainer is called Jack Giddy and he trained my grandfather in athletics as well. He is currently 93 years old. He and his wife, Snow, have been family friends with us for years. He had a friend called Reg Austin was also a runner that was trained by Jack when he was young. Born on October 16, 1936, Reg Austin was a runner from…

long as I can remember I have sought challenges in academics. Until only recently I didn't know why I pushed myself as hard as I have in school, but now I understand it is because I truly love learning. For me, discovering something new or unknown, teaching myself a new skill, or learning more about the world around me is one of the most gratifying things in my life. This is part of why I think I should be admitted into the honors program here at the University of Iowa. As a young child I was…

for everyone to push me in the direction to achieving it. I do not want to disappoint them or myself, I want to be on the graduation stage with my hand grasping that master degree. About me, others describe me as opinioned, stubborn and independent. Although I do not want to admit it, these traits all apply to me. Opinioned doesn’t sound as an appealing word to me I should say I like for people to understand my views completely also I don’t mind if someone does not agree with me, it just adds…

Being a young African male, with origin from Nigeria, I have been deprived of several educational opportunities. As I grew up in Nigeria, my education was delayed because of my family's financial circumstances. I have doubted myself several times if I will ever have a fulfillment in life. I was lucky to be one of the few people who have escaped from that hopeless life to a land where things are done in an entirely diverse way, where the government cares about the rights of the citizens, where…

I found FIRO-B assessment to be a very purposeful and functional, which I can use in my everyday life to measure how I interact with my team members. Moreover, this instrument is an aid to comprehend how we utilize inclusion, control and affection. Also, the value it holds is a great asset for our interpersonal needs to drive our behavior as leaders. I would deploy it to shape my ability to build trust, influence others and create stronger relationships with others. I'm mindful of some things…

black girls,” they say. I hover in my seat at the lunch table, biting down on my bottom lip to keep from crying. I take each and every insult that comes my way like bullets piercing my heart. My seventh grade self-went home that day and ran to the bathroom. I looked at my appearance and lost any hope that I had in myself. Hating and wishing that I looked like everyone else, just wishing that I was not born into the family that I was in. Finally, deciding that enough was enough I walked into the…