Why HSC Should Invest In Education

The wealthy people tend to be unwilling to live in poor neighborhoods. All of the rundown homes on Mango Street are occupied by poor people. This quote may also be interpreted in a way reflecting racism throughout the text. In many different vignettes people are treated poorly because of their race. Racism and this text effects Esperanza and everyone around her in a very negative way.

As an Avatar, I communicate with prospective families one-on-one, during tours, and on panels. A large part of this communication includes putting the students and their parents at ease, as the idea of leaving home two years early can be daunting. Families often have many questions and concerns, and I attempt to reassure them that their fears have been shared by each year of Gatton students and rarely come to fruition. Through these interactions, I aspire to encourage students to pursue their dreams, even if it scares them.

Because traumatic brain injury can become a painful and lonely place, a lot of people misunderstand it. Also, no one talks about the problem much, which leads to a lack of awareness. In many cases, the TBI patient feels like no one understands or believes what they are experiencing. For a lot of cases, depression and anxiety come as a pair, and they are common for people who have a TBI or chronic pain.

PROFILE My passion in life is working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since I was in kindergarten I have known I have wanted to become a Special Education teacher. Best Buddies President (2013-2015) PR/Media Officer (2015-2016)

The issue at hand is childhood trauma but as mentioned before Depression will be focused on the most. Depression is often overlooked due to underestimation of effects to a person. Depression is caused by parental absence, anxiety, stress and substance abuse. Another large factor that causes depression is social isolation for example loneliness in university because of lack of acceptance from peers is a form of social isolation that leads to depression. Depression is an illness which can lead too many more problems such as mental illness, inability to cope with day to day aspects of human life, violence and aggression, alcohol and drug addiction as well as unemployment, and depending on the severity of the abuse sustained childhood trauma.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is known by a failure to recover after experiencing or witnessing a horrifying event. There are triggers that affect people, causing them to re-live the memories of the trauma resulting in intense emotional and physical reactions. Distancing oneself from society is a common occurrence by those affected, as “Loneliness is typically defined as having a subjective sense of being emotionally or socially isolated or disconnected” (Psychology Today). People diagnosed with PTSD often feel they can no longer be apart of society. This feeling of isolation creates an obstacle of getting back involved in society and resuming personal life.

Reasons why some of these disparities exist is because of the lack of acceptance, and mental illness stigma can allow for health disparities to exist within our population. Mood disorders still exist for a variety of reasons like biologically, environments and social influences. Disparities exists with some of these disorders like anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc. because there is still a stigma associated with having one or more of these disorders. People with any form of a mood disorder may not seek help because the book mentions that they often have “feelings of shame guilt, loss of self-esteem, and a sense of isolation and hopelessness”.

My friends always come to me for advice, look up to me and tag along to the activities I do. Though I am an influential factor toward my friends, my biggest impact would be toward my thirteen year old sister, Ada. I always try my best to be the greatest sister for her. I help Ada with her homework and give her advice on the importance of education. Currently, I noticed she became more independent by working on her studies while using the resources and study tricks I taught her.

In the beginning of the school year I started to seriously think about what I wanted to spend my thirty hours on. I really wanted to do something that would help others, I wanted to give back to my community. So I made my decision based off of my person experiences. I learned at a young age how unpleasant it is to not have when you truly need, especially when kids of all ages can be very mean.

Questioning the Incomprehensible Mental illness is defined as health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior (or a combination of these) (American Psychiatric Association). There are different types of depression and they effect people differently also. With major depression working, sleeping, eating and spending time with friends and family becomes difficult to do because there is the constant feeling of hopelessness. Seeing that I have family and friends who suffer from depression, I wanted to learn more and see why people who are depressed think the way they do, what goes on inside their head to make them feel hopeless and if medication is the only way to help deal with depression even though for some people medicine doesn’t fully help them. What is the science behind depression and what makes a person’s brain chemistry without depression different from someone who suffer with depression?

Mrs. Wagoner has been teaching for 24 years. With many years of experience, she has taught in the following, first, second, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. When a student is having trouble understanding the lesson she is teaching, she will work one-on-one, peer, visuals and anchors (examples from other students). Students that are in need for Individual Education Program (IEP) she follows the modifications and one-on-one to help the student meet their education goals. Motivating kids to become active learns can be challenging, Mrs. Wagoner uses many ways to motivate her students some of the ways include, movement (cooperative learning activities… out of seat), use of the clickers /whiteboard paddles, music, video clips, student collaboration and accountability.

Career Autobiography There are many things that I feel have led me to year number two of graduate school pursuing a career as a school counselor. For I while I tried to convince myself that a career in school counseling was not for me and ultimately everything led me here. My mother has been a school counselor for the last 25 years and I grew up watching her do something she loved. I went to school everyday and watched my mother make a positive impact on many of my classmates and this left a very lasting impression on me.

A large majority of patients have experienced that others do not want to touch them (Gupta & Gupta, 1998). Stigmatization influences the quality of life of vitiligo patients significantly (Finlay & Khan, 1994). The disease is a frequent precursor to low self-esteem, sexual malfunction, distress, anxiety, poor body image, depression, and a lower the quality of life in general (Porter, Beuf, Lerner & Nordlund, 1986). Similar to psoriasis patients, vitiligo patients are left to deal with a chronic, relapsing, visible and lifelong disorder that impairs their ability to cope (Chren & Weinstock,

Sarah Wilkes: Prompt 1 There are many negative stigmas in regards to seeking treatment for mental illness. Is it possible that people around the world choose to not seek treatment due to these stigmas? Or does one’s cultural beliefs keep them from seeking treatment as well? Negative attitudes and beliefs toward people who have a mental health condition is common in America and countries around the globe.

Less than ten percent of mental health cases in the African American community is reported to health center. However, that statistics does not cover the amount of people who suffer from these behind closed doors. There is a stigma place in the Black community, that if you seek or speak out about your mental Illness you are perceived as weak or less of a person. The question that have arose is where this stigma stemmed from. Through research, the most reoccurring explanation is that there is not enough mental health care centers in areas that black people are populated.