to discover my calling: to become an academic advisor at the high school and college level. A few people who have influenced my decision to become a teacher/mentor are my mom, a few teachers, and my high school academic advisor. My story begins with my first teacher- my mom. My mom was a store manager at Holiday gas stations and received the Pinnacle award for her outstanding work performance. I admired her drive and intelligence and wanted to be just like her. Unfortunately, my mom started drinking…
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2013 Major Influence In My Life My mother has been the major influence in my life. My mother has taught me to have a positive attitude, keep an outstanding behavior, and to stay disciplined. My mother took me to church every Sunday so I could learn about god so I could respect his laws without breaking them. She taught me to love and respect the almighty god. She made me go to church every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and encouraged me to go to bible study and choir. My mother was a single mother…
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Wes Moore says, “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” (180) Throughout the text I was able to see the differences and similarities they had growing up. The first similarity Wes Moore the author talks about is having no father. I think this is a big impact in both and that’s why Moore starts the book explaining why they both don’t have a dad. I believe this because if Wes Moore’s dad wouldn’t have died they wouldn’t have moved…
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“means boy with a promise of power and nobility”. My name is derived from the African language of Swahili. My name and its meaning are very important because it signifies that I am proud of my people and our heritage. It also speaks to my calling and my purpose, which is to help my people. I was born in Belleville, Illinois to two outgoing Afro Centric parents who love me dearly and instilled in me the power of self-love and the love of my community. I currently attend Belleville Township…
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laude in 1985. After graduating, She went on and attended Harvard Law School. After Law School, she joined a Chicago corporate-law firm called “Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP” and that was where she met Barack Obama. Her job was to mentor Barack, but she told her mom she was going to focus on herself and not date so that is what she did. In 1991, her father died on his way to work. Her father always said to her “If what you are doing doesn’t bring you joy every single day, what is the point.” That’s…
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baby grasps on anything. D. can adjust to temperatures changes (cross arms if cold). E. crying- I need something. 8) Egocentrism- looking at the world from my point of view ex- my world my car my house everything is for me. highly present in children 9) Scaffolding- continue learning 1 level at a time-need a base, * learn by use of mentor or by experience 10) Mentoring- To advise or train (someone). A wise and trusted guide and advisor, Serve as a teacher or trusted counselor 11) Zone of proximal…
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Morgan Hembree University of Southern California Assignment # 3 SOWK 614 May, 27, 2015 Introduction This response paper will analyze the book, And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students. The paper will link the developmental tasks of adolescence to the students in the book. It will identify a student introduced in the book and explain the dynamics of specific macro forces and mezzo factors that help explain the challenges faced by this student.…
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Reynolds’s The boy in the Black Suit is a novel that explores the themes of death, grief, love, and glimpses of hope. It explores the life of Matt who is grieving the death of his mom, and whose approach to grief is by surrounding himself with the rituals of death. Through the novels readers are introduced to a moving portrait of characters both male and female whose characterization as well as their relationships to Matt are explored. The relationships between Matt and Mr. Ray, Matt and Chris as…
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drugs are allowed to use, not only for him, but for others as well. Eventually he got involved in drug dealing. When the author Wes Moore misbehaved in a privileged private school; however, his mother Joy sent him to military school. He stated, “I knew my mother was considering sending me away, but I never thought she’d actually do it” (Moore 87). As the author Wes Moore’s mother, Joy learnt about his academic and disciplinary probation, absences from classes, punching his sister, she did not hesitate…
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sister, older sibling, a mentor and most importantly a best friend. My dog was that he would be that one person I could just talk to and didn’t need a response to know that he was listening. I had my dog Tucker until I was 14. Everyone thought my parents were crazy having a one-year-old puppy and an infant in the same household. Tucker was the type of dog who was very crazy as a puppy would protect me better than anyone else. I don't know who I would be, where I would be without my dog. I think growing…
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