Community and You

Communnities:
Country
Economy
Education
Sports
Internet
Church

Educational Community:

The educational community matters to me because I am a student, and I have been for years as everyone else. We are educated from a very young age. From pre-school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, and college, we are a very civilized and a very educationally oriented society. School is mandatory for all children and we value intellect very highly. The most important things that I have gotten from the educational community, I think my literary skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving mechanisms, language skill, knowledge upon subjects like history, math, English, grammar, a sense of responsibility and the ability to function in our information based communities. I could not imagine how hard it would be to function without being educated. Without knowing how to read, simple math, and knowledge about history, I believe the knowledge of history has helped me appreciate where cultures derived from and has taught me to respect different cultures and religions backgrounds even if they are contrary or different of my own.

I get the knowledge in college I need in order to prepare myself for a career in Education. As time passes by and I explore my options I think that I am coming to a decision that I want to major in education. I want to share all my previous educational experiences and the education that I am learning with pupils. I know that I am just beginning and that I have a long journey to be educated in that field I want to pursue that field. Some of the issues from the educational community is that in respects to our global share of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics we are lacking teachers that have expertise in those fields. An article that I read stated that the areas of expertise in these fields were important because in “traditionally”, it has been the country’s technical talent that has driven industrial success. Basic science technology engineering and mathematics is tremendously important to the business world. So that the problem in education is the level of expertise many teachers lack. I think that in order to compete globally we have to further educate student, offer further studies more adamantly, and demand expertise more exclusively before hiring new faculty to schools.

Economy:

What primary role do you play in that community? The United States is the country I born raised, and am currently residing in, I intend to live here and raise my children here. Therefore I am a citizen, and I have the legal right as an American citizen and reap the benefits and also endure the state of the economy like any other person living in the country. I am currently living in New York State and am being affected by everything that is going on with the economy. I shop, live, use the transportation available whether it is the metro-north, the subway, an airplane, a car, or even a motorized scooter. The state of our economy affects the price of services, and necessities such as the price of gas for cars, rent, utilities, material things whether it be furniture, electronics, internet services, mortgage payments, purchases of anything material, payment of any kind of service. Childcare and the demand having to support a family brings. The ability to keep up with rising cost of things people need a job that they can rely on in order to keep up with price of things and job availability is vital to support people and allow them to live decent comfortable lives, or even to invest in the future of potential of creating business and helping people achieve the American dream or nay other pursuit of their choosing.

What are the most important things you get from that community? The most important things that I get from that community is that it is my home, it is where I live, where I rent, where I shop, where my family members live, where my child lives. Anything that affects my environment affects me sooner or later, in one way or another. There is a saying that we are a product of our environment. In more ways than one that is true. If the economy is in crises and there is a lack jobs or only part time , even low paying jobs available then how are we suppose to pay for the cost of living for ourselves and for anyone in our care. The cost of transportation, rent, utilities will raise regardless of the state of the economy and there needs to be more jobs created or benefits further extended in order to fulfill financial responsibilities. The problem with that is that it puts a strain on the economy further strain on the economy.

What are some of the problems, issues, or tensions in that community the intension to save New York state $250,000 toward multibillion dollar deficits. Issues of the economy because of the lack of funds to support people New York State workers received formal layoff in order to compensate New York with those funds.

According to a statistic I found  as of September 30, 2010, the "Total Public Debt Outstanding" of $13.56 trillion was approximately 94% of annual of $14.4 trillion, with the constituent parts of the "Debt held by the Public" being approximately 63% of GDP ($9.0 Trillion) and "Intergovernmental Debt" standing at 31% of GDP ($4.5 Trillion). Using figures from 2009, when compared with the public debt as percentage of GDP of other nations, the United States ranks 12th highest with a debt to GDP ratio of 86.1%, but when the "Debt held by the Public" figure is used for the U. S. public debt, the United States ranks 41st highest with a debt to GDP ratio of 53.5%. The terms of "Debt Held by the Public" and "Public Debt" are often used interchangeably, with much contention as to which is the true measure of government debt, yet what both measures share in common is that they both contain sovereign issued bonds backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the United States of America, with the differentiating factor being whether bonds held by "intergovernmental agencies" are included, or not. I think that in order to create more jobs and improve the economy deficit spending needs to be stopped and more pressure needs to be put on politicians to better assist the public as to finding work, Such as additional training in their field of work. I don’t think that taxing raises in order fix the deficit. The effort by Michael Bloomberg has seem to have worked in creating jobs.  New York’s mayor Michael Bloomberg has created private sector jobs in industries with salaries between 35,000, and 92,000. Middle class jobs in accounting, engineering, advertising, health care, retail, tourism even construction. I think that the government needs to intervene and help create more jobs. Bloomberg’s proposals are to instill confidence in the economy despite the trying times. Promote trade: Bloomberg says that the more trade done with foreign partners the more job markets created in the United States. Reform regulations for companies, andInvest in job training.

Progress Assessment

The assignment that i liked the most was the first assignment the Strengths and Weaknesses essay. The reason i favored this assignment was that it cause me to stop and analyze myself and my behavior. It caused me to take into account the good qualities i have and my faults. I dont remember ever being asked to write about myself, about my life where i am and where i want to be in the future. It was foreign to me to have to write and share with my class mate the bad things about me in the good. I had a hard time doing this, i am glad i participated even though i was reluctant to open up to people about my life. I got a chance to "self assess"  and think about the consequences of my actions and what is necessary for me to improve in order to succeed in my endevours. I feel that i have improved my organization, managing my time properly, and my math has also improved. I think the reflection led me to observe myself and i am trying to make myself a better student. Step by step and with patience i am making an effort to have more attributes and less flaws. The rest of the assignments i thought would be easy like the fairy tales i never really had written any so i really was not aware of the format and the creativity it takes to write one. I hope that my feeble efforts turned out ok and i am open to any suggestions and constructive criticism.

How Does the story of precious relate to Fairy Tales

The story plot of the was dreadful. Precious was a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, she faced devastating emotional trauma as well as life consequences that resulted from her rape from her father, and continuous abuse her mother. Her mothers indifference and abuse hindered precious from making any improvements in her life. Precious's aspired to finish her education, go to college, work and take care of her children. The product of her fathers rape. Precious had a million obstacles get in her way of her dreams. I believe that the characteristics the character of  precious that related to fairy tales is Evil v.s Good, pain inflicted by others, Jealousy bacause her mother was jealous of precious, she was a victim of peoples bad behavior and mistreatment. Another trait i also believe is the resilience trait. All the characters in the fairy tales went through tough situation and came had positive endings. Even tough precious had a really terrible circumstance she continued to improve her wrtiting and try to get her GED and try to move forward in her life.

My fairy tale Ana

Once upon a time there was a girl that was so clumsy, and shy, she had big ears, a unusually big head, long neck, long skinny chicken legs. She was taller than most people in her class, and a total tom boy she loved sports, hated to wear makeup or dresses like normal 12 year old girl. She didnt play with doll houses or baribie. Ana  preferred to watch a Yankees game than talk on the phone and chase after boys like most girls her age. she even dressed like a boy. Her usual wardrobe consisted of a Baseball cap, t-shirt, sweat pant sock and a pair of sneakers. She was in the soft ball league and liked listening to rap and hip hop. She liked being with her family and hanging out with her brothers friends. She did not have friends at school her only friends were her brothers friends that played in the boy baseball division. When she was in school she did well when it came to school work, her teacher Mrs. Daisy liked having her in class bacause she was helpful , her erased the board, pick up after other students and passed out the assignments.

 Ana did not always hand in her work on time so she needed extra credit somehow.  Ana tried extra hard to keep up. Ana liked to participate in class. The flaws that Ana had were she was not graceful at all and she looked weird. She would often drop things whether it was her books or her lunch. She was no that developed physically either she was a late bloomer. These things  gave her problems amd the reason why people rediculed her. Because she dressed and acted like a boy she was called gay, flat chested girl, giraffe, loser because of her height, and suck up because she did extra work and helped in class.Some kids even thought she was conceited because she kept to herself. All ana wanted is to be left alone and to have at least one  friend, that would be a she could talk and be friends with in school. Someone she could relate to and talk to about her troubles. Ana was a definite outcast in her school of P.S. 145. School was hell to Ana. Ana felt alone and rejected and she wanted someone she could relate to. It was the same monotomy until autunm. It was October 9th the day of her 13th birthday.

 Her family gathered thrown ana a surprise party her entire family attended. When it came time to blowing out the candles on her cake she made a wish. She wished for a friend that would defend her from the bullies and would be her best BFF Forevers. But she wished for a tom boy just like herself that loved sports. Well before she end of the month a girl named Jaime a new student from chicago entered P.S. 145. She was  a entirely liked Ana wanted a friend to be she was nice, loved baseball, and wasnt at all like the other girls in her school. She was friendly and introduced herself to Ana at lunch. They hit it off immediately and Jaime even even joined the softball team. Ana and Jaime were invincible they together confronted the girls that teased and rediculed Ana and got the behavior to stop.  Ana learned from Jaime to be less boyish, and got her be more social. Ana and Jaime enjoyed school and even made friends with some of the people that used to make from of Ana. Years went by and they both grew up to become respectable young ladies and graduated school together.

3 Fairy Tales

Cinderella: As the story is told Cinderella was a girl that came into a family because her  father remarried a widow that was of cruel intention and of a bad character. Her step sister or the "UGLY" step sisters were vain, lazy and mean to Cinderella. The tragedy that occurred was that her father passed away and left Cinderella alone with only her step family to care for her. They forced Cinderella to do all the house work and treated her as if she was a servant in her fathers house.Cinderella was insulted, forced into servitude as if she were a maid to her step family and was never allowed to attend any balls or do anything that was of her liking. One day she became aware of an important ball in the kingdom that was being held so that the Prince would chose his bride the future queen of the kingdom. Cinderella wished to attend this event, but her ugly sister denied her the choice to go. Her step mother lied and told her that if she would do all her chores she would allow her to go to the princes ball. Once she had kept her end of the bargain, the step mother denied her what they had agreed on. Cinderella with her magical mice had made a dress that was beautiful and fitting for Cinderella. When the step sisters saw her looking so beautiful and ready for the ball they became jealous and destroyed Cinderellas dress.  To the rescue came the "Fairy God mother"! hearing Cinderellas weeping, she magically transformed Cinderella to a radiant and enchanting princess bride. She made a carriage from pumpkins and turned the mice into horses. And one of the mice a chauffeur. She set a spell that when the clock struck 12 the spell would cease.Once she attended the ball the prince saw her and became enamored with her and they danced and instantly fell in love. When midnight came Cinderella ran off back to her home before the spell wore off and her sisters would notice she wasn't home. Accidentally, Cinderella left her glass slipper behind.  The slipper was all the  prince had left her, since he did not get a chance to get to know who she really was. Cinderella returned and remained  unnoticed by her step family, that she had attended the ball. The prince convinced that he had found his bride searched for the owner of the glass slipper. In all the kingdom not one girl could fit her feet into that shoe. Even the ugly step sisters attempt to fool the prince was unsuccessful, for their feet were much too big. Since the step mom had been suspicious that Cinderella could have been to the ball she locked her in her room so that she did not try on the shoe. But once the prince put the shoe on Cinderellas feet it fit perfect. And Cinderella showed him the other glass slipper. Cinderella became his wife and a they lived happily ever after.and  classic folk tale composed of a myth element of unjust human treatment and the resulting success of courage and that resulted in reward.  The main character is Cinderella a young woman living in rough circumstances. She received mistreatment from people that people that were suppose to be her relatives. Cinderella was in distress when the fairy god mother came to assist her so that she would be able to attend the princes ball. Human indignities, unfairness, unjust treatment of Cinderella. Bravery and willingness, or resulted in remarkable fortune. Folklore, myths that have transcended through many years, languages cultures, and many cultures can relate to its moral theory. Evil v.s. good, the knight in shinning armor, true love, Magic human troubles, pain inflicted by others

Sleeping Beauty: At the christening of a long wished princess, fairies invited as godmother offered gift to the new born princess. Some of these gifts were beauty, wit, and musical talent. Suddenly a wicked fairy that arrived unnoticed put a curse on the princess. The curse was that upon reaching adulthood the princess would prick her finger on a spindle and die. A good fairy god mother unable to reverse the spell, change the curse and said that the princess would instead of dying would prick her finger and be asleep for 100 years, until awaken by true loves first kiss. The king got rid of every distaff or spindle in existence throughout the kingdom to prevent the curse from falling upon his daughter. All this in vain, unavoidably. when the princess turned 16 she saw a woman in the castle spinning and wanted to learn the art. once she allowed the princess to try the spindle she pricked her finger and the wicked fairy curse was fulfilled.The good fairy god mother returned reversing the spell and putting princess Aurora into a deep slumber, and also everyone in the castle to sleep.
A forest of full of thorns and tree barriers blocked the entry to the castle protected it from the outside world and also making it a challenge to reach the princess. After a hundred years passed, a princes that had heard the story of  the enchanted forest, took the journey and braved the woods and entered the castle. He fell to his knees when he saw the princess, kissed her then she woke up. When the princess awoke everyone in the castle arose from their slumber and continued with the work they had left undone 100 years ago. Princess Aurora and her knight in shinning armor married and lived happily ever after. A curse lack of humanity, jealous, bad intention, from the wicked fairy, good fairy caring, Bravery and willing from the prince, Evil v.s. Good  Folklore  transcended many cultures  myths, human troubles and issues, true love, Magic, pain inflicted by others

Snow White: Once upon a time a queen sewing at her window pricks her finger on her needle  and three drops of blood on the snow that had fallen on her ebony window frame. She contemplated the blood on the snow and thought to herself " how i wish that i had a daughter that had skin as white as snow and lips as red as a rose, and hair as black as ebony. She gave birth to a child, who had all those traits and they name her snow white. As soon as the child is born the mother dies. Soon after the king and father of snow white remarries a new wife, who is beautiful but also very vain. The new queen possesses a mirrors that answers any questions asked. The wicked queen always asked mirror, mirror, on the wall who in the land is the fairest of them all. to which the mirror replies you my evil queen. But as snow white grows she becomes a beautiful. When the queen asks the mirror who the fairest in the land was the mirror says it is snow white.  The queen becomes jealous and order a huntsman to execute snow white in the woods.  huntsman unable to execute snow white lets her flee, never being able to return to the castle. In the forest snow white discovers a cottage the home of the seven dwarfs where she rests. The seven dwarfs take pity on her and allow her to stay as long as she does the house chores. The chores were cook, make beds, wash, sew, knit, keep everything clean and orderly. She dwarfs warn her to keep out of the woods and don't trust anyone. She stays with the seven dwarfs and everything is fine. The queen  thinks that snow white is gone for good. Until one day the evil queen asks her mirror again mirror, mirror, on the wall who's the fairest of them all. The mirror continues to reply snow white. The evil queen searches and finds snow white.  Determined to kill snow white out of jealousy. The evil queen disguising herself as an old lady she fools snow white into eating a poisoned apple. Snow white unconvinced by her disguise and also taking into account the warning the dwarfs gave her she hesitated to have the apple. In order to gain snow whites trust the evil queen bites tastes the apple and then snow white eventually gives in and eats the apple.  The fairy god mother arrives and puts an enchantment on snow white. the condition of the spell is that snow white would not die but be merely asleep awaiting her true loves kiss. In mourning of what the dwarf placed snow white in a glass casket. Until one day a young prince wondering the woods finds snow white and falls in deep love with her. Kisses her lips and snow white awakens, also falls in love and they return to his kingdom and live happily ever after. True love, Magic, struggles, pain inflicted by others, knight in shinning armor charm.

Strengths and Weaknesses Essay

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Jennifer Cortez

Strengths and Weaknesses Essay

Strengths and Weaknesses Essay 1

What is driving me? What is driving me is the want to have a career that I enjoy and am professionally trained to do. In result I would be able to provide a better life for my family and for myself. I would also like to become a positive role model for my child. My child's name is Kayla, Mitchelle, Portocarrero. She is now 10 months old, and I can’t get enough of her, I love her so much. Parenthood is such a joy to me. She is the reason I want to wake up in the morning and start my day. She is the reason why I want to strive for a better future. I know I have to work hard for what I want to achieve in life, and I am fully committed to do so. Parenthood is a lot of responsibility and children require much attention and care. But I am so delighted to attend to her. I am also glad I a have her grandmother helping me with her.

Aside from being a parent I am still making the transition from living in the country for the past five years and coming back home to the fast paced environment of New York City. It is not foreign territory to me, I was born here, but you get used to a certain norm when you live in a certain environment for a while. Moving to New York was a good move for me because I now get to be closer to my family and get to see them more often. In addition to that I was lucky enough to be granted admission to this college. The acceptance to this school was the positive reinforcement that I longed for. I have had so many negatives in my life. People that I considered to be friends were the first ones to spread false rumors about me and give me negative feedback about my endeavors. You would think that if something good happened in your life that your "friends" would be happy for you. Well, in consequence to their mockery and disapproval. I just gave up on my friendships with them. I just did not have the patience to entertain their slander. My strengths are that I am able to cope with loss very well and if necessary separate myself from people.

Where am I in life, I am living in New York City with my boyfriend our child and my daughters grandmother. What I am trying to achieve at the moment is passing all of my courses with decent or better grades. What I am in the process of doing to get those good grade is handing in all of my assignments on time and seeking out tutoring assistance. The course I have trouble with is math, I hope that with my efforts and reaching out to my resources I will improve my mathematical abilities. Another strength that I have is resilience, I think every person has this but I believe that this trait has played an important part in my life as to helping me recover from terrible situations I have had to face.

There was a moment in my life when I was threatened by being affiliated with people that were  going down the wrong road. It was a mistake to spend my time with people that were just interested in starting trouble. I found that surrounding yourself with people that aren't interested in doing something positive just slows your progress. That is why I decided to do end the friendships that I had established. It was hard for me to do this because I remembered all the fun times I had with them. But I was not willing to risk my life again for them. I just had to move on. The negative impact that had on me is that I have a hard time trusting friends or people that I get to know. It hurts me when it comes to starting new friendships. I am surprised I am as positive as I am today. I think that my positive nature is another strength that helps me and will continue to help me throughout my life. Back then the probability of me getting to where I am today was slim to nothing. Well, that is the past, this is now. Things may not be ideal, but the fact of me attending college is such an accomplishment. I am glad. I think what will set me back are my tendencies to be disorganized, and not managing my time and money properly. But I am learning and making some progress. I am prioritizing now and taking advantages of the services provided in my school such as tutoring. I feel that every staff member in this school is here to help and I am and will continue to reach out for help when I need to. I am glad this school is targeted towards adults and that people understand that your life stretches beyond the classroom. Professors seem to be fairly lenient. My hopes are that when I graduate I will have more positive attributes than negative and that I will be prepared to enter the career that I chose.

Strengths and Weaknesses Con't

What's driving me? What is driving me is the wanting to have a career that i enjoy and am professionally trained to do. In result i would have the ability to provide a better life for myself and for my already started family. I would also like to be a positive role model for my daughter. The form that i can contribute more is getting a part time job in order to support my family monetarily. And i can also try to join some kind of group or activity within the college. I can understand and appreciate people better by learning their names and not forgetting them (1). (2 )I can attempt to create friendships or acquaintences with my peers and people i don't usually speak to. I have always been socially awkward. I don't feel comfortable many times speaking to people i dont know, out of the blue.