Week 6!

In my culture silence has always been negative. When receiving the silent treatment a high percentage of the time it’s because of some action that was taken that ended in a negative outcome. Also in my cultural when you are silent many people start building negative perceptions about you because it’s unusual it be silent. One of my past professors did mediation for two weeks and there wasn’t any verbal communications. She explained how she enjoyed this activity because it provided her with the time to clear her head and relax. I couldn’t figure out how she was able to accomplish being relaxed with the pressure of being silent for two weeks.

Early on in the semester I shared a story about my goal of attending graduate school but needing more experiencing before applying. Within these last couple of week at Kaiser I have had the opportunity to review case studies for children who experience child abuse. I haven’t yet decided on the area of study I would like to focus on. Watching the film last week Aging out, reading these case studies and interning at the Boys&Girls Club house has me questioning if my emphasizes should be in the child welfare direction. I was wondering for the Grad students how were you able to identify which direction to take. The only population I have experience with is children. It’s scary because applications are coming out October 1^st and I haven’t even decided on a focus. I was also wondering if you have a idea of what direction you would like to take in the field could that be acceptable for the 1^st year of grad school. I was thinking that the first year would provide me with an internship and help decided on what to focus. 

Week 4

Week 4
I must admit writing has never been my strongest areas. I have struggled with writing for many years. I feel that many mainstream Americans aren’t able to express themselves properly therefore they are not comfortable sharing it publicly. I wish that I could break out of my shell to have my ideas shared because I feel that many other people have similar ideas. I feel like it’s just a struggle of being accepted.  I feel that my writing these last four years of college has improved a great deal. This whole idea of a blog is wonderful but I must admit it was a hard pill to swallow when starting this class.
A topic I would like to discuss this week in my blog is the Democratic Convention. By chance was any one able to watch Michelle Obama speak?? When I say that our first lady is such a phenomenal woman that I truly admire. I was so impressed at Mrs. Obama! I loved how she was able to share from her own experience of what it is to suffer due to your economic status. I feel that her overall message was really powerful. She explained how republicans can never understand the struggle of lower and middle class people because they are born into wealth. So they couldn't understand what a high percentage of Americans are experiencing. I must say I love the idea of being informed about what’s going on in the country! 

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