It's Not Me

with asking about what he viewed as distractions. By asking this question, it led him to discuss some of the issues that he was dealing with at home, such as his parents’ divorce and their custody issues. This helped guide the conversation and helped me start to understand why he may have been acting the way he was. However, there were some questions that I wished I would have asked during the assessment. I do not believe that I fully discussed with him about how he felt about his homework and…

backgrounds. Federally funded programs like RAMP and SSS are important in order to help people from disadvantage backgrounds succeed and achieve their career goals. My participation in RAMP has influenced my overall college experience greatly. RAMP has helped me feel comfortable in my transition of high school in college with tutoring session, providing workshop, and an assigned counselor. Federal funding programs like RAMP/SSS are important because they provide an opportunity for people who…

Teachers and social workers have two different lens in which they see a situation. If I was the practitioner instead of the client I would have seen red flags before the client would have approached me. First is that I would have inquired as into why the student barely showed up to classes. If I was the practitioner, I would have created opportunities for the client and I to meet individually and acknowledge that I am there as a support. Social workers…

It had been two weeks and a half into a wonderful vacation in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. It was excellent and I didn’t want it to end. My parents told me to pack up all my items from our three-story beach house we shared with my twenty-four cousins. I didn’t want to leave. I only saw my family on the east coast once a year and I just didn’t want to leave them behind and have that time come to an end. And the part that made it the hardest was that I wasn’t going to be seeing them for two…

1. A curandera, “is a healer in the tradition of native New Mexican healers” (pg.x). Curanderas use ancient methods learned by the Native Americans in order to heal people and help them. One of the main characters in the story “Bless me Ultima” acts as a curandera; her name is Ultima. Ultimas role in the pueblo communities of New Mexico was to basically be the doctor that the people didn 't have. Curanderas made people teas, cured broken bones, mixed medicines, and healed illnesses, but…

Being in a job which required me to communicate with the other worker in English which is not my first language was a mixture of an interesting, difficult, and challenging experience. Writing emails, shift turnover reports, monthly reports, weekly reports, and answering phone calls were some examples of tasks that we had to do using English in our work. Using Arabic was extremely forbidden, especially in emails. We had to work hard to improve our skills in English because the management would…

they were my adoptive parents. They took me in when I had no one. I never had a great relationship with my actual parents. I had come out as transgender when I was 20 and ever since things had gone downhill. These two individuals not only listened but they let me stay for a month or two when I first got to the state. When I visited I had felt like I was at home. They took me to Manitou Springs, I met people that understood my circumstances and welcomed me. Being, a transgender man I never really…

myself I would say, “Mom I’m confused, and scared and isolated. I’m sorry for all the trouble I have caused, and I’m trying to do better. Be patient with me and know that I love you.” So the parents should know that they should be considerate to treat there child as a blessing and not as a burden. When my Mom was going through a rough patch dealing with me, she found a website on the Internet that was created by two young men who had Asperger’s syndrome. The website is called Asperger’s Experts.…

Fresno, United States on August 12th, 2012 after 20 hours flight all the war from China, feeling sore and ache all over. When I came out from the terminal, the bright sunlight made me squint, the fresh air made me feel relaxed, I told myself “It is a new start!” Some Chinese students picked me up in the airport and drove me to atrium to check in. I felt my lips adhered and I couldn 't get them apart. I was so nervous that I cannot talk to resident assistants. I just nodded my head, signed…

an office, I could possibly fill an office manager’s role. At an insurance company, I may work with patients claims. However, I could also end up being a glorified secretary. I’m not very good at making coffee, so this option would be a problem for me. Working with patients on a daily basis is always a…