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Personal Statement
Marcy, a sixth grader with large brown eyes, blonde hair, and severe behavioral problems, stared up at me as her fingers fondled the puzzle pieces. The intensity of her gaze took me aback; I imagined what brimmed inside her little brain. I had worked as a special education instructional assistant for several months before I started working with Marcy. My supervisor spent a full hour explaining Marcy's background to me along with her special needs. The girl had been a victim of physical and sexual abuse and was recently placed in a foster home. Since she was five she had acted destructively toward others and toward herself: she set fires, stole things, hit other children, and threw frequent tantrums. When I peered into her eyes, anger obscured any other thought or emotion. I wanted to badly to break through that barrier between Marcy and me so I could...
My mind rushed through everything I had learned so far in psych classes and in my textbooks. I wanted a quick fix for this girl. Yet I knew that no number of theories was going to help Marcy, who I suspected hid a wealth of creative or academic talent behind her well-constructed facade.
A walked away from her monetarily to work with some of the other students and Marcy cried out, "Wait!" I turned back around to face her and noticed that she held a piece of paper in her hand. She wasn't exactly holding the page out for me to take so I made no motion toward her; I understood that she hated to have her space invaded so I patiently crouched a few feet before her. "Here! Take this," she instructed me, and I did gently remove the page from her now outstretched hand. It was a drawing, embellished with lively finger paints. It was a self-portrait. I could tell immediately from the way she depicted the eyes and the hair. I smiled at her, touched by her desire to give me something of her own, something that came from inside of her. The biggest shock, however, was the expression on her…
Erik Erikson was an American developmental psychologist who was born in Germany and went on to organize eight stages of psychological development. He developed a model that talked about the eight stages every human passes through as he grows. These stages depict and analyze a person's life from when they are baby until they die. It mentions how in every stage a person is presented with problems and challenges. Every
The result is a story of wry humor that tells the story of how one family teaches and entire town to learn tolerance, love, understanding, and acceptance. Through these trials, the Jackson family also learns their own brand of tolerance and acceptance, and how to be proud of their own heritage while embracing new ideas. Part 3 -- the year is 1946, the place is Seattle, Washington. The setting is
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Movie Mandy Moore plays a fairly straight laced daughter of a minister in A Walk to Remember who finds out that being involved in relationships with others is more than following a list of to do's and to don'ts. When she is placed in the path of Shane West's character, a 'bad boy' who also needs to learn the value of looking beyond the a person's surface characteristics, the two
Today, being a celebrity is more than just about being larger than life. Celebrities today begrudgingly accept the fact that their lives are going to be turned upside down because of their celebrity. They'll be hounded by paparazzi, their children won't have any privacy, crazed fans will hunt down their homes and hotel rooms, and they'll have very little solitude or peace in their lives. It is doubtful that Einstein
I get excited about ideas I have for new products and services, and I'm motivated for them to succeed on a personal level. Of course, the income helps motivate me too! I really feel pressure to succeed so I can take good care of my family, so I think that's the extrinsic motivator for me, making sure my family is well taken care of and secure. Otherwise, it's all