Sexual Orientation Task
Michael and I decided to go to the Edinburg outlet mall to complete the hand holding part of the assignment. We chose this location because it was a very public place that was on our way back to Greenwood. We held each other’s hands for maybe 5-8 minutes total as we walked around (this was awkward for both parties involved). We found ourselves concerned with people seeing us holding hands since it is an uncommon sight for some people, so we hesitated earlier on. I was trying to not concern myself with the awkwardness and I glanced at people we passed by to see their reactions. We had few people who stared at us but other than that it was a relatively normal walk holding a friends hand (not my sort of normal walk). It seemed like most people didn’t care all that much. I’m sure some of them probably were surprised but they
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I find the class material to make me think about my relationships with others and it helps me to be better at understanding them. I have come to realize that I have a better chance at understanding people if I look at them as similar and different to myself. This course has also helped me to realize that we all make different meaning out of things and that has helped me to understand that people may not understand information I am communicating to them the way I intended.
How does all this relate to your work as a counselor?
Overall, this task has helped me to understand that it would be hard to be openly gay, even if it’s just for a day. Some people have to live their lives being scrutinized by others just because they are different. This situation has shown me that its difficult to be who you are since others will tear you to pieces if you are different from the social “norms”. It gives me a slightly better understanding (I know I cannot fully understand what gay people go through) of the impact it has on your mind when you are
27.10.2015 Mode of contact: Home-visit. Two Referrals Client presentation: Clean in presentation, clear in speech. 1. – Mental well-being: In spite of her circumstances Devon is coping well.
From this class, I have learned to work with other people, including students and adults, as well as leading a team, creating ideas, and problem
Frances Lozada-Tirado a. Shall make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental and/or physical health and/or safety. b. This item is important to me because I feel that children in this age and time are experiencing harmful condition that enable them to learn. I feel that we as teachers and family workers need to strive for our students to feel safe and secure in order for them to reach their full potential. As a family engagement specialist, it is my responsibility for my families and students to feel safe in my centers.
I would choose the assessment of sexuality IAT.The action plan that I would construct is to reassure myself that everyone has their differences and to put myself in their shoes in which I would not like to be discriminated myself. When my thoughts are getting generated while I speak to someone that are Gay, I would need to detach myself from prejudices consumptions and approach them as a normal human being. Understanding this will allow myself to not feel uncomfortable when I am assisting someone who has gay preference. Overall, equality is the key in a diverse workplace.
The 1920’s is traditionally viewed as an era for the freedom of sexual identity, but some critics such as Elise McDougald, argue that such freedoms raised unforeseen dangers for African American women (Monda 24) since being sexual was directly linked to satisfying racist notions (Scheper 682). In the eyes of white America, the African American ethnicity was teeming with ghosts of “barbarism” (Dawahare 23) that bled directly into the sexual lives of African American women, creating a racist expectation that all African American women are sexually “hypersexual, primitive, exotic, and always available.” In Larsen’s Quicksand, Helga Crane struggles with this racist and sexist “primitive” expectation (Scheper 682) as she attempts to explore her
I can know the actual response from the client or somethings may occur when in the actual counselling session, it helps me to have an experience to try to handle those problems, I believed that it is good for my internship or future career. Observation about the Group Dynamics The general group dynamic I observed during the class practice and presentation was that no one is willing to do the counselor. I believed that acting a counselor is very challenging for us, people who act as a counselor need to use many skills but if act as a group member can do what counselor said only, so people usually do not to be the counselor. And we always use some games to decide who was the counselor fairly, this was the way that we solve the problem.
We sometimes find ourself contemplating about who we are and what do we want in our life. As a gay man I have found myself stuck in many places, this is totally normal. We all try to find that perfect life but sometimes it involves barriers. Being wrong and owning up to what you want in life makes the ride easier. Thus being said, I would like to introduce myself with memories that shaped who I am and the struggles that I’ve achieved.
Heterosexual hegemony and the oppression of certain sexual relations, are imperative to the organization of class, State, gender, and race
• I liked the instructional format and structure of this course because it helped me learn in a more productive way than in my other classes. I really liked how we were required to do four reflection papers on the chapters and integration essays because I learned a lot more having to write about the subject in-depth. In addition, the role plays gave me a sense of what the chapter was about in real life situations by us having to act it
I enjoy that I can help those who are struggling and that I can be there for them when they need me. But not only that thanks to this class I was able to find an outlet where
As a counselor, I will instill in teachers that they need to find other ways of getting their students to learn instead of doing so many lectures they will need to be creative in finding other means of getting to learn across to students. Find graphs that student can learn
Taking this class has had a profound impact on me. I have learned how to properly study for a college class. Also, I learned how to effectively communicate and reach out to my professor. This was my first college course which gave me a learning experience about psychology and myself as a student. I have learned how to manage my time, study in ways that are better for me, focus on the task in front of me, and reaching out and taking opportunities.
Before the presentation in class, I’ve had few experiences with the LGBTQ+ community. For myself living on cape cod, I would take trips every summer with my family to Providence town. Providence town is known to be the best-know gay summer resort on the east coast. The best part of being there was to see the pride these men and female people had on their social orientation. They were not scared to hide their true self.
On a personal note, the introduction to biblical counseling has provided me with a new perspective on my faith and my relationship with the Lord. The Lord has given me a heart for the lost and a new love for those around me. It has led me to reexamine my priorities and the purpose the Lord has for me. As I study the scripture, I see new opportunities to use my life to help lead others to Christ.
The second week of class really sparked up some great topics that I wanted to reflect on within my paper. From who is in the LGBTQ+ community, to if allies should be considered part of the community, and to multiple identities, I thought that I wanted to do a little more research on these topics and put my knowledge to the test. Some things I agreed with within class, and some things made me question myself and my beliefs. I also came across a few statements that I do not agree with, and I want to exercise my point along with being constructive with them. When it came to who was part of the LGBTQ+ community, I didn’t know there were so many different “parts” of the community.