Personal Narrative: Unaccompanied Minors Bridging Program

I want to work for an organization that can help create a more just society. In researching qualifications needed for the FBI, I found that the combination of critical thinking skills developed in a liberal arts curriculum, an accounting degree, and a background in foreign language, will prepare me well. Upon my return to JMU, I plan to major in accounting and minor in Arabic, with an academic interest in pre-law. After finishing my bachelor’s degree at JMU, I plan to attend law school. JMU’s excellent reputation, particularly in business, can help me achieve these

Does that mean I grew up in the middle of nowhere with corn fields surrounding me? Not at all. Throughout my childhood, my family and I moved around a bit but always stayed in the Avon and Plainfield area. 5 or 6 years ago, my family and I moved in and took over my grandfather’s house because he didn’t have the finances anymore, and it feels good to be living in a house that I’ve been in since I’ve been alive and known to this world. I grew up in

, she worked in the transportation office. They see each other as often as possible and on holidays. Due to Judy being the eldest child she intervened and helped take care of her siblings. Judy stated that most of the time she had a happy childhood. Judy 's grandfather had a postitive influence on her life because he never got upset with her and had passions.

Not criminals of any form or shape but the next generation of Americans that will

Throughout my life, I have perception of the world has changed with the aquiration of new knowledge. Throughout my life I have began to gain consciousness of issues that people of color, people like me, Latina, immigrant-descent, low-income face in everyday life. I always knew since a young age that I wanted to help people, my people. I knew I had to become someone to have the ability to be herd and listened too regardless of the color of my skin, someone worth remembering, someone who created change, someone who my parents could be proud of, but most importantly someone who I can be proud of. When I came to UCLA, a young naïve Latina, who left her bubble community back in Huntington Park, CA, I became aware of how other students were way

Another reason why is I will get the opportunity to serve my local community; doing more service work will help me to be better as a person. Being in NHS will help build who I am as student. I always want to improve and learn from my flaws. Being in the National Honor Society will not only help me academically but also as a better person to the

Canada is so peaceful there are no slaves here. Everyone is free. They even have given me land to farm. I think running away from my master was the best decision I have ever made. Today, I can just farm peacefully and grab water and watch my children grow up.

I’m a case worker and I have lots of work to focus on and also family at home as well. I just can’t do it all!” With being said, my program will help each youth find the education that they need to make their lives better and

The exosystem is the layer where the child does not function directly, such as Sipho’s mother’s workplace in the city. Sipho is not directly affected by his mother’s work, but because of it he was only able to see his mother twice a year. The macrosystem is the outermost layer in a child’s environment. This system encompasses cultural values, customs and laws (Berk, 2000). In relation to the case study, Sipho’s mother does not associate to the belief that parents are solely responsible for raising and caring for their children and has left her son in the care of his grandmother in order to work; therefore Sipho’s macrosystem does not fit the cultural

My blood relatives, my parents, they did not have to be considered family. I could always pick my family, pick the people who care about and respected me. I chose my friends and their families, the people who were excited to see me and had genuine interests in my hobbies. My neighbor down the street, my best friend’s family, the internet friends who I have never seen in person, they all were family to me, and no one could tell me otherwise. These people who had no blood relation to me treated me with more respect than my “actual” family.

So far, I already had two sources stemming from my lecture and the book given to us. Next, I had to extend my research further as to who was incarcerated in America and what really happens post-incarceration. Following the current political

College will help me fulfil my dream by granting me the The opportunities to learn the very complex political relationship and ideas dealing with immigration in United States. Since, I will be learning from the best professors in political science and they will make me make connections further down my political career. I Will make many friends that believe in my cause and will

As an addition to my education background, some of my other qualification that will allow me to qualify for your program is my passion for making a difference within the deaf community. My ability to talk out about the issue surrounding the Deaf community throughout my advocacy as a …. I have gone to many events surrounding the different ways in which the Deaf community needs helps. Therefore, my well-rounded knowledge of what the deaf community wants and needs, allows me to better understand the different ways I can further help this community have a

Minors in care show certain themes that can damage their reputation in adulthood. Acknowledged by Ainsworth and Hansen, movement of homes while being in care puts children at risk to someday be placed as a juvenile offender, become a parent at a young age, and to endure poor educational achievement. Thirty-eight percent of males and thirty-nine percent of females in detention have a history of being in foster care services (89). Ainsworth and Hansen also report that there are a number of fosters who are under seventeen years old and are pregnant or getting someone else pregnant (89). Allen S. Barton and James S Vacca, authors of ¨Bring Back Orphanages-

Growing up in foster care can be challenging, then transitioning out of foster care into the real world can be extremely difficult without the acquired skills and the support of family. It may seem as though there are too many odds and statics stacked up against you, waiting for you to fail. My injustice project helps to address these issues through mentoring and building relationships letting them now that they are important and can do anything they set their mind to accomplish. The concepts of social stratification, status, privilege and oppression relate to the topic of transitioning foster children by informing previous understandings and societal views.