AT5

This assignment was eye opening. It made me look at what more I could do in order to help others. Helping people you don’t know is on a whole other level of what anyone would be used to. This is because we are so used to helping people we already know and love. We are accustomed to helping people we know so it really does not require much of an effort. We do it without even realizing it. Helping people we don’t know and making a habit of it opens us up to maturity on so many levels. It not only gives us a better view of the world but it does so for others. When others see you helping someone, especially someone you don’t know, it may rub off on them and allow them to pay it forward. It is sad in this day and age that people don’t see helping as the norm. Most people are shocked that anyone just took the time out to help them. I think we need to make an effort to help someone we do not know everyday.

AT4

This assignment made me look at how far I have come as a mature individual. It made me take a look at past relationships and how I have really changed the way I look at love. My priorities have definitely shifted over the years. I have seen and experienced a lot of things. The things you look for as a young person you do not necessarily want anymore once you get a little older. I think everyone wants a strong physical attraction early on on the relationship they want intense emotion and they want it to be euphoric. We also know that, that does not last long and as time goes on you want something deeper. You may start off as friends but eventually love will come into play and there has to be something more. I think that Agape love is the love that can actually stand the test of time. It can persevere through all the hardships and difficulties that you experience throughout life.

AT3

I took a lot away from this assignment. I learned a lot, not only about others but also about myself. I have always heard about this video, but I have never actually looked at it until now. Honestly, it did get under my skin a little. I am an African-American women and can empathize with this kind of behavior. Nevertheless, with the career I am choosing, I have to and have dealt with people of this caliber. It is not easy but I cannot let what someone says or does impact the way I deal with others or myself. I tried to empathize with Micheal Richards as well. Maybe he was having a bad day, maybe he is going through something. I think as a future professional I will have to look at things of this nature to analyze why someone is behaving this way. I do not want my personal feelings to get in the way of helping someone. In this case, I think people should hold some responsibility for their behavior.

AT2

I learned a lot about myself in this assignment. It really makes you look at yourself from a different perspective. You do not realize how much people and things influence the way you think of yourself. When I look back on my present self I realize I allowed people and things to influence me versus now that I am older, not so much. I honestly feel good about my current self. I am not perfect or where I need to be but I am on my way there. I would not take back anything that I have experienced in life because it has made me stronger. I try to present myself in a very honest and straight forward manner. I think when we are confused about who we are and what we want that is when the need to have others validate us comes in. If we know what we want and where we are going then we are happy with ourselves and don’t need others to figure ourselves out.

AT1

The assignments that I did were Blog 1 and About Me. The first blog was about the course objectives. I did not realize how important the course objectives were to the Human Services Field. Reading through the objectives makes you think of how much it takes to help individuals in this field. It takes a lot to analyze someones behavior. There are different processes to learning behaviors. The About Me post was also an eye opener it made me really think about what I want to get out of this course. Hopefully I will learn and grow from the things that I study and read along the way.