Reflection

I have truly enjoyed my time in Dr. Nelson’s Leadership and Organizational Behavior class. This was my first graduate level course and I did not know what to expect from the coursework, the professor or my classmates. I am glad to say that the relationships built in this class have provided me with the confidence to continue on the journey of getting a masters degree and the coursework has affected the way that I carry myself at work and the way that I will approach future situations on the…

Sitting in the back of the class listening to Desi, Stephen and Melissa I was amazed. I was amazed at the knowledge and wisdom these individuals have. They may not know it but the advice they gave will stick with me forever. Some of the advice was just simple things and some were huge things that can make a program go from okay to amazing. Desi made a point to tell us that the program is not our program. The program is the students. This is so true. If as a teacher, you try and do everything…

Before entering this class, I thought that the views and preconceived ideas that I had about slavery were accurate. I thought that the education I had received on slavery when I was in middle and high school was enough for me to say that I understood the effect that slavery had. However, my apathetic nature towards this subject had caused me to remain complacent in all of the issues that have stemmed from chattel slavery and are still ever present in today’s society. A common misconception that…

Hamilton It received 11 Tony Awards, including best musical, 16 Tony nominations, and the most ever nominations in Broadway history. (The New York Times) Why is the Broadway musical Hamilton so successful? Perhaps because America has fundamentally always been enthralled with the Founding Fathers and the birth of this country. It highlights the people that have always mattered most- the wealthy, slave owning white men. Hamilton is a musical that seeks to tell a more modern, more liberal…

This course has allowed me to open up my mind to the world around me. I am now fully aware of the issues that the LGBTQ community has to overcome daily. Before taking the course I knew the LGBTQ community did not have the same rights as a heterosexual couple. I knew gay marriage had recently been legalized in certain states. This was a great victory for the community. Their union could now be recognized as legitimate in the eyes of the state. I have a greater understanding of this community and…

Kate Chopin’s The Awakening is a book about one woman, Edna Pontellier, and about every woman in her society. Though it is not in itself a book of feminist teachings, its purpose was to enlighten---and hopefully awaken---its female readers to their selves and their humanity by showing the awakening of one such woman. Presumably, her intended audience was young to middle-aged women, both married and single, who were interested in love stories, art, scandals, or social analysis. As a young, single…

The team that I am in for BUAD 304, is Team SuperBuad with Nicole Scruggs, Deepthi Sampathkumar, James Karis, Rod Henley, Henry Chuang, Gabbi Green, Sama Manchanda. Though I have participated in many group projects throughout my educational and professional life, learning skills are crucial to making a team work. Sometimes it is easy to adapt to the group and feel like you have a great team, while other times it is a little hard to build a connection. Looking back on group projects, I believe…

I remember being fired about four different times over the years. I was not aware of the drama triangle years ago. I have fallen victim to the striving for recognition and superiority: compensation. That victim role came from many of the experiences I had a child. I was often ridiculed, felt stupid, and was seldom picked to play on the baseball teams. These events seem to have created the goal of needing recognition and the avoidance of feeling inferior. (Adler, Understanding Human Nature,…

A client that I was assigned was admitted for developing a hematoma on a foot that had the toes amputated. The physician’s note documented the client as being noncompliant with his instructions to keep weight off his affected foot, and stated that the development of the hematoma was a direct result of his noncompliance. As I looked further into the health history of this client, I discovered that the client had a history of bipolar disorder. The nursing staff and physical therapists that were…

In the first prison which was Cummings the security system was my overall impression for me. At Wrightsville the furniture was my overall because the way the inmates built and working hard to produce the best furniture. In the Washington prison my overall was the when the security system where so organized. The way the officers talk to us and explained. Voner the most overall impression was when we was able to see the inmates that where on dead road and to see how the live before the get…