offer the chance to study almost anywhere in the world for the same price as tuition. Along with that, Bond University will help me advance professionally and academically as well because of the classes that I will take while I’m there, but also the experience that I will gain from living in a different country. I plan on fulfilling 4 of my psychology minor requirements while I am abroad. This is an amazing opportunity, because psychology, put simply, is the study of people. Being able to study…
amount of time in self-reflection, exploring how my experiences, socio-economic status, race, gender, and sexual orientation all influence my work with clients. Self-awareness helps us to prevent our biases and backgrounds from interfering with the work, and allows us to better serve our clients. In this paper, we were asked to explore how our personal biases and cultural background inform our…
Internships a vital to both, for both the student and employer. The student receives much needed experience, for the position. The employer gets the chance to see how the intern adapts to the work environment. Also, to see if intern is worth investing in, by employing them. An intern, like all employees, go through performance evaluations. Upon these findings, an intern can determine. His/her strengths and weaknesses, so he/she knows what areas that they need to improve. On occasions, Interns…
diversity plays a major role in shaping the human experience, as well as in forming identity. Diversity itself is a complex issue that is affected by various variables such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, political ideology, and sexual orientation. These variables also have the capacity to create experiences of power and privilege. Thus, depending on the way in which these differences impact an individual’s life, one may experience oppression, marginalization and alienation. …
What events led you to choose nursing as a career at this stage in your life? Why are you choosing to pursue this degree at NYU? If one’s career choice is typically influenced by personal aptitudes, sociocultural environments and life experiences, as I reflect on my life’s journey, there has been one constant that inevitably shaped who I am. I have often been described as “my sister’s keeper.” My older sister was born with Spina Bifida. In addition to being paralyzed, the severity of her…
appropriate music instruction to a diverse group of students including, students with diverse cultures, and students with learning disabilities. This information facilitates how I will conduct and educate my students in relation to their cultural experience. Furthermore, an encounter to explore student diversity in this course includes the project Delving Deeper on Vision Loss (Artifact 1). This project provided the opportunity to take personal ownership to explore and understand how Vision Loss…
Golding’s participation in World War II was the rivalry between Jack and Ralph. They represented the two sides, the Allies and the Axis. Fundamentally, the boys end up mirroring the conflict happening in the ‘outside word’, learning nothing rom their experiences, creating a microcosm of the world from which they have come…
At twenty years old and with no experience to draw from, Stephen Crane writes an epic novel about war and the extreme experiences and emotions encountered on the battlefield. When this book was written, The Red Badge of Courage was unpopular because of the naturalist point of view Crane took when writing it. At the time, people were not used to thinking about, let alone reading about the brutal realities of war. By focusing on portraying lifelike scenarios, Crane takes us on a journey with…
Individuals coming from all walks of life and different times of the world experience life in their own way. Most individuals will experience an event or something traumatic in their lives that will mature them through knowledge about the world, other people, and what they would like to achieve for themselves. The novel, The Wars by Timothy Findley, is a story of the many characters and their journey though the war. Findley expresses the physical and emotional aspects of war through these…
identified the problem by using their own experiences and the way they saw that others were treated. This caused each of these people to come up with a solution. They all created the solutions by getting help from others and becoming great leaders. As a result, they overcame odds and benefitted others with their solutions. These three are some of the most…