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Many say that being a social worker is a very depressing job because you are working with people's problems on a daily basis. After comparing South Texas College (STC), University of Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and Baylor University based on my criteria of tuition cost, cost of living, and distance from home, University of Rio Grande Valley would be the best choice in helping me pursue a career in social work. Thus, the University of Rio Grande Valley offers the expertise required to become a social worker. The social work field is abundantly diverse. There are different types of social workers: child and family social worker, military social worker, clinical social worker, healthcare social worker, and school social worker (Social Work Guide). Although, these branches may have different work areas, they all have one thing in common; “...help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives” (Bureau). The people social workers help varies; it can all depend on their chosen work area. “Social workers often work within nonprofit organization, schools, hospitals and government agencies working toward the common good. These social workers may work directly with individual clients or be involved in program development, program evaluation, and human services management” (Social Work Guide). The type of people social workers may work with are “...children, people with disabilities, and people with serious illnesses and addictions” (Bureau). A profession like social worker,…

The McAllen Industrial Foundation (MIF) conducted a meeting on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 12:00 noon at the McAllen EDC office. Chairman Ernie Williams called the meeting to order and asked Mr. Mark Freeland to give his report on the resolutions for the transfer of the land between them and the City of McAllen. Mr. Mark Freeland mentioned he was contacted by Mr. Gary Hendrickson, attorney for the City of McAllen to move forward on the contracts for the transfer of lots 10 and 11 which was…

school. Nursing is both and art and a science, it challenges you to think critically, it teaches you to be compassionate and have empathy. Looking back, I realize I have come a long way from when I first started nursing school. Capstone and working along side a nurse has helped me realize how blessed I am and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. McAllen Medical Center’s mission is to provide healthcare services that: patients recommend to families and friends, physicians prefer for their…

particular outputs. Quality should include both effectiveness and efficiency in order to improve quality and provide quality care. The healthcare system in McAllen was not effective, nor was it efficient. The article states that McAllen is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. The problem is that McAllen’s healthcare cost has increased faster than any other market in the United States. The articles states that heath-care cost arise from the accumulation of…

included the real voice of Roland Warnock to describe the events occurred in 1915. The movie featured the role of Mexican Immigrants and Texas Rangers. The story began through the rise of Mexican banditos raiding the McAllen Ranch, one of the largest in South Texas. Then, several Texas Rangers arrived and eliminated the perpetrators, but it does not reveal the entire story. It started with Ronald Warnock, a young teen cowboy who worked on the neighboring Guadalupe Ranch, witnessed two murders…

and a mother of two young children. She was born in McAllen, Texas and shortly after her birth her family moved to Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico, where she was raised by her mother and father. She is the eldest child, with two younger siblings. Elisa has lived in North East Texas for about ten years now and is the only child that does not currently live in Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico. Although she communicates regularly with her parents and siblings, she does not get to visit with them…

From what experience I do have, I just know it takes unending compassion. Which-- to be honest-- is something I am working on. The most compassion I have learned is from my something like 5 years in our church’s nursery. While I may be able to tug toddlers out of kitchen cabinets and pull countless wet crayons from the mouths of babes with all the grace that can be mustered, I don’t know how this will translate in West Virginia. Yet, I do have some experience in McAllen. Not saying the areas are…

smuggling the drug Estacy or Molly into the United States using New York as their primary hub for it to be distributed along the eastern coast and deeper into the United States from there. The United States also began participating in the drug trafficking world when we began making LSD and PCP. These drugs are often only distributed inside the country but occasionally make their way across the Atlantic and into the European Black Market. (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency) Metropolitan areas in…

Potholes in South Texas roads have become a problem for many citizens and their cars. Driving cars on pothole infested streets is not safe for the citizens. Cars’ wheels often become useless because of these dangerous streets, and citizens have to waste money to repair them. Potholes should be looked over by the government and fixed by them as well, roads in South Texas deserve to be well maintained, just like every other city. Some roads in South Texas are not well maintained, and are often…

My sisters and I we packed all in big, black, plastic smell trash bags. Loading everything in the truck for the next day, October the 16th can come to what we now call home. So we can come to McAllen, Texas. A city near the border where my parents during the summer they bought a house that was damaged while the hail that had fallen from the sky that past April. My dad and my older sister were all ready here reconstructing the house from zero to one hundred percent finished. My dad and my sister…