Reflections

• Which in class writing was your favorite? Why? My favorite writing in class would probably the  The one were we watched the film about the agent and the pigeon was fun too!
• Which in class writing was your least favorite? Why? "This I Believe" Essay although it was fun to really think about what I truly believe in and my values in life I didn't really like how we had to share them to everyone cause I think some were kind of personal but I guess it was cool to see other peoples views as well.
• Review all your writing chronologically (earliest to latest). List three interesting observations or changes in your writing. Which are the most profound (obvious and important)? Why? Three observations I've noticed in my writing would be first the structure of my papers and being organized more on what I'm saying, also to just keep writing when you feel like you have nothing to say because it will all come together, and to realize what parts I need to focus on more and the ones I need to less.
• If you could change anything about your writing this semester what would it be? Why? If I could change anything it would probably be to change the way I look at the essay I'm given so I can have more to say I feel it's kind of hard for me to really get into them.
• What did you like best about this course? I like that we focused a lot on the writing portion of English and we did a lot of exercises to further help and benefit us in our writings like for example when we had to take the writing and we wrote it over two or three times and the final one ended up being so much better than what we started out with.
• What did you like least about this course? The thing I liked the least would probably be how there was a lot of group work, I wish we would have had more individual work to do I feel like I can do better that way in my writings. With that being said I still enjoyed the class a lot and I wish I had more English classes to take because I enjoy them or your class anyways.
• What would you have done differently this semester if you could have a do-over? I would have tried harder on my papers I guess, I don't think there's really anything specifically I would want to have a do over on.
• What did learn about yourself as a student, a thinker, a writer this semester? That I can do a lot better when I just focus and keep writing even if it isn't exactly what I want to say, you can always change stuff around later on.
• What could I, Ms. A., have done differently to improve the course? Maybe one or two more individual based assignments but the course overall was the best English I have ever taken you make it so much more interesting and enjoyable I feel like I actually like English now!!
• You begin this course with an engagement and participation score of an A.  Attendance, participation in activities and group work help you to maintain this grade.  Evaluate yourself and assign yourself a grade for the in class portion of this course.  Don’t forget the reasoning behind your self assigned grade. I think overall I did pretty well in contributing and doing each part of the class. I think I would deserve a A or B I've never gotten a A since high school though so not really counting on that one. But I do feel I tried to equally do each one to the best of my ability. And even though all like ten of us didn't actually go up there  in our group presentation we all had a specific role to research and do and I think we all put a pretty good amount of effort into it. I hope that I do get a good grade though because I feel I've done my best in everything asked of me.

Writing - Respect & Ressponsibilty

I firmly believe in responsibility and respect. As a child, I was raised by my mother and I wasn't taught manners at all. I knew my mom loved and cared for my brother and I, but she was also just relaxed and careless too. We didn't eat at the dinner table and I would stay up all night because I wasn't ever told to go to bed before 9. As I grew older into my teen years I decided to move closer to my family in Springfield and moved in with my father. My father wasn't around most of my life so I wasn't really sure what was in store for me. My dad and stop mom both lived the upper class lifestyle. I didn't really know what that meant but at the time I didn't really care. A lot of things changed for me. The way I ate, slept, went to school, and many other things. My dad's house was always like it was on a schedule. His main motive was responsibility and to have responsibility, you must have respect to others as well. Let me tell you, my first few weeks we're probably the most frustrating and complicated weeks of my life. I had no clue how to respect my elders or what responsibility even was. Paying bills? I'm only 14, I don't need to worry about that yet. That's not what he meant though. I had a list of chores to complete everyday if I was wanting a ride to school later that evening. It was also expected to be done before mom started dinner and if it wasn't then I would be making for myself dinner that night. I had no idea how to even cook. Soon enough, I caught on and was cleaning up after myself and made sure I was completely prepared for school the next day with all homework done and ready for bed after a nice hot shower. To this day, I don't regret one thing that my dad has taught or trained me. My late high school years I moved back in with my mom when she moved to Springfield. I wasn't looking forward to going back to my bad habits, but surprisingly, it stuck with me. I was always cooking dinner for my siblings and making sure the house was picked up. My mother is a very busy woman with a mentally ill child and a full time job, as well a part-time weekend job, some days I may think she's being lazy but I know that she's truly a hard worker and needs time to relax like the rest of us do. To this day, I still have my good OCD habits and I am more responsible than I ever thought I would be. I got a job when I was 16 and I haven't stopped working since then. I saved up all my money during my high school years and I moved out of my parent's house by 18 with that money. If I never lived with my dad then I definitely think I would still be living at home with my mom while in college and probably with no job. I give my parents much respect for raising me with such responsibility at a young age. I will take after them and train my children the same exact way and I will watch them go very far in life with it.

Free Write

Topic: Blue

Blue is the color of the sky and ocean. It makes everything beautiful. It’s the color between purple and green. 

Agent

As an agent, he thinks differently than most people and is self-centered. Strolling across the street weaving in and out of traffic he is in a rush to retrieve a suitcase from a nearby guy trying to be secretive. He thinks with anything or anyone even the pigeon next to him is the enemy. He begins to wonder the pigeon’s intentions in the suitcase even though the pigeon is only interested in getting the donut and all the stuff he’s doing isn’t intentional. Doing all that he can to get the suitcase back he goes out of his way not realizing he is potentially harming other people. After blowing up the rocket so he doesn’t end up in trouble with the people he works for, he still ends up hurting the innocent pigeon who was only hungry for something to eat.

The Heart and the Fist Write

I think the purpose of the text is to give faith and hope to people who are struggling and want to give up and that in the end it’s worth it. And also about avoiding conflicts in your life. I think he has compassion and courage. His audience would be more towards younger adults and even older people who just don’t know what they want out of life yet I feel like because he’s sharing how he never gave up and kept trying

Happiness

Happiness

Happiness I feel like is being content with everything in your life for the time being or an emotion that you get from a specific thing. People find happiness in different ways. It’s also a choice you make whether or not you want to be. You chose to be happy. It’s a moment where you just feel good about something that just puts you in a good mood. Like getting to spend time with your family or something like that. I think it’s just having a positive outlook on certain things too and seeing the good in it. 

Child Neglect Outline

Emily Gabel

COM-101-103

Team Child Advocates

4/17/15

Neglects of Child Abuse Outline

Introduction/Opening Statement: Neglect is another major problem of child abuse in Southwest Missouri. Every person should have a right to live how he or she wants as long as it doesn’t infringe on another persons life. If there’s a child being neglected, then their rights are not being upheld, as they should be and this serves as a reason of why neglect is so wrong. Just imagine, to a parent your child is above all the most important thing in your life, knowing that who would want to do something so cruel? Today I am here to discuss with you why child neglect is a major problem, how it affects so many children, and how we can prevent further neglect from happening.

Body:

Supporting Point 1: Why neglect is a huge problem in Southwest Missouri

·         Abused children/Maltreatment

·         Statistics

·         Reports

Supporting Point 2: Affects on the Child

·         Impacts on their lives

·         Well-being of child

·         Child’s safety and understanding

Supporting Point 3: Prevention of Neglect

·         What residents of MO can do

·         The organizations

·         Ways to prevent

Conclusion: Child Neglect in southwest Missouri is a huge remaining problem. I have now told you why neglect is still a problem facing us today, the affects it has on children, and how you can prevent neglect from happening in the future. Sometimes it only takes one person’s courage or drive for something and the affects of that to make such a huge difference. As Ghandi once said, “be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Communication Speech

Emily Gabel

COM 101-103

Child Advocates Speech

4/26/15

Neglect is the second major problem of child abuse in Southwest Missouri. Every person should have a right to live how he or she wants as long as it doesn't infringe on another person’s life. If there’s a child being neglected, then their rights are not being upheld, as they should be and this serves as a reason of why neglect is so wrong Just imagine, to a parent your child is above all the most important thing in your life, knowing that who would want to do something so cruel? Today I am here to discuss with you why child neglect is a major problem, how it affects so many children, and how we can prevent further neglect from happening.

Neglect and maltreatment of children in southwest Missouri is a reoccurring problem. In those situations typically the children think they did something to deserve them being treated poorly. They don’t understand what is really going on. According to dss.mo.gov, 56% of families involved had adequate living conditions. So even if it looks like their being treated while there’s a good chance that they aren't. And 78% of child neglect was fatal.

It effects the child in so many ways. Whether it’s their well-being, health, or emotions. They live in fear when they shouldn't have to. It is making a huge impact on there lives. They should be taught right from wrong and to not live in fear. There needs to be more child safety and understanding being taught to them so they can get away from the stress and fear that goes with their situations.

With that being said, prevention of child neglect is something we should all take part in. There are so many ways you can further prevent neglect. First of all just be more aware and report any sightings that you might see, nothing should go unseen because it could be a little part of a major problem that youre seeing. Another way is to join groups to help there are so many organizations out there that need all the volunteers they can get. And last of all, just have a better education on neglect and know that it is happening all the time. If you contribute in any of these things I know with your help we can make a change for these children and future children.

I have now told you about neglect and why it’s a huge problem, how it effects children, and what you can do to prevent it. I hope that you toke something from this and just knowing that I know that we can all make a difference to prevent such a horrible thing from happening to these innocent children. Sometimes it only takes one person to make such a huge difference. Now Taylor will talk about punishments for the perpetrators of these acts.

Vacation Spots

Com-101 Class Speech Outline

Emily Gabel

Vacation Spots

        I.            Florida

·         Florida has beautiful beaches and scenery.

·         They’re a ton of tourist attractions such as Disney World.

·          The Water is always clear

      II.            Bahamas

·         The Bahamas has a warm and winterless climate; there has never been a frost or freeze ever reported.

·         The water is blue and really clear.

·         It consist of more than 700 islands.

    III.            Hawaii

·         Hawaii has some of the loveliest beaches in the world.

·         Molokini has the clearest water in Hawaii; most day’s visibility is between 80 and 200 feet there.

·         Pearl Harbor is a great historical place to visit there and is most popular.

Those are the 3 main vacation spots I think are very appealing and worth visiting someday

What If

What if…

There wasn’t any cell phones

I lived on the beach

I changed careers

I had a unlimited amount of clothes

I could travel the world

Got better grades

What if…If I lived on the beach I would pick somewhere on an island. I would get up early everyday just to spend time by the water. I would read more and be more relaxed. I wouldn’t be stressed. I wouldn’t need to buy winter clothes. It would be warm all of the time. Living there would be like a dream. The smell of the ocean is something un-forgetful. I would be super tan from being in the sun all the time. There’s more of kind of like a laid back vibe at the ocean I feel like. People are more easygoing and stress-free. I could walk to outside every day and be right there with the ocean in front of me. I could sleep better at night listening to the waves. I would take a lot more walks being right on the ocean. I would be calmer not being as stressed and relaxing. I would get along with people more for that reason. I could decorate my house with beach décor. I could meet all kinds of new people and do totally different activities than here because there’s so many things to do at the ocean. I could go to a different school there. My hair would be healthier because I wouldn’t fix it as much as I do now.

What if... All crimes and drugs were legal. What would happen? Would there be chaos or would people think differently and it really wouldn’t be that big of a deal. If people knew they wouldn’t get consequences would they even do it in the first place? And even if people did it anyway it would be legal so people wouldn’t make such as big of a deal as they do now. A lot of people would be out of jobs too. Would people do it just because they know they can? Would people think differently of those who do those things? Would more people be in danger with the fact of no consequences of those actions they make? I think it could be a pretty scary thought when you think about it... If there’s someone harming people I wouldn’t want them running free all of the place. But maybe there would be less of that too because some just do it just so they do get in trouble. How would things change of the way we look at others?

Free Write

My career goal is to become a dental aiias assistant. I plan to get my aas degree from otc. Dental gassiatantinh assitanting is not my first choice when I graduated high school. I had to think for awhile on what I really wanted to do and made plenty of mistakes along the way. It wasn’t easy it was definetly the hardest decision ive had to make. But I am determined ti it is the right choice and I will do my best to make sure it happens. Its not the first thing I would have ever thought of y myself doing but when I started thinking about it more it then became to be more interesting to me and I have found is fascinating enough that I want it to be my career. Hopefully after all the schooling I have to go through to get that degree it will benefit me ni in a lot of ways and be worth all of it in the long run. My first career goal was hairdressing. I was very girly when I was in high school and that’s all I could think about and me and a lot of my friends went to hair school after that. But once I got there it was a lot more work than I was expecting which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing I just didn’t expect it to be like that. I loved it at first and then found myself wanting to skip more and more and finally I realized it wasn’t for e me. Its probably a pretty big difference going from hair school to dental assitanting but I feel that I will be more successful in this industry because its something that will never get old. There will always be more to learn and something different each day. I am so eager to start this career journey.  after some of the mistakes ive made its hard going back to actual school and I wish I would have known sometimes so I wouldn’t have blew off most of my senior year of high school. But I know that everything happens for a reason so I don’t mind starting at the bottom of some things because it will all be worth it when I have the degree. I am so eager to start my career journey.Dental asiitasting seems like the right fit for me. I have learned many things too from family memebers and friends who are persuading in the same career as well. At first I thought about dental hygiene but that would be so boring everyday doing the exact same thing where as dental assianting it will always be something different. And along with that youll never stop learning things that you didn’t know about the field. It will take me probably two years or more to complete all the requirements for this degree but hopefully they will go by quick so I can get a god job and apply all of my skills there and see what its actually like in the field . dental assiating to me is something that is so interesting and yeah your not going to be a full on dentist but your will still have some of your own responbilities too that make you just as valuable to the program. Hopefully once school is finished I will feel relived after all of this and it will feel bittersweet and worthwhile. Its important to me to accomplish this goal because its something ive always wanted and my parents have supported me through everything ive went through leading up to this so I wante to make sure not to let them or myself down and to be successful because that’s all ive ever wanted since I was young. This program to be is just amazing that it doesn’t take too many years of school and yet youll be able to do so much when youre done with it ll. It’s something that I would have enever thought of myself doing when I was young because I couldn’t see the biger picture of everything but now it’s the only thing I seem myself doing and accomplishing and I wouldn’t want to do anything else. I feel like this is what will suit me and I wont find myself in the years to come have to come back to school because I didn’t like the 

Grace

Grace is something that we do not deserve but receive in ways that are abundantly freeing. When you give grace to someone that needs forgiven you forgive them. When you give grace to someone who will never be able to give back its real. Growing up I was always reminded to see the good in others and 

This I Believe

This I believe

I believe that nothing is ever a failure, but always a lesson. You learn from the mistakes you make and grow stronger with each one you endure. When I was younger I was always taught by my mom to do things right and the best I can no matter what but the most important one was that I could never fail just learn a lesson from what I experienced. In my opinion I think sometimes we’re afraid to try things that make us uncomfortable in fear of failing. If everyone had a different perspective that failing is a lesson learned I think they would better themselves and think more highly of themselves too. It’s important to enjoy the simple things but understand that there’s more to learn when certain situations happen to you.

 To start off, over the years I have continued to use those wise words from my mom in my everyday life sometimes not appreciating it enough of what she taught me and the person I have become because of it . I have had plenty of struggles and things pushing me down but at the end of the day I always know that everything happening to me and the situations and problems I am having are lessons I should be sure to remember for the future. For example, I remember right out of high school which was almost 2 years ago now, I was young, very immature living on my own not really thinking about my future as much as I should have and doing the very minimum for myself. I didn't put effort into my school and didn't bother showing up half of the time. I didn’t want to that quitting was the right choice because of how everyone always perceives it and looks down on you but I started to consider that it didn’t matter as long I knew I could be successful whichever way it’s going to go.

 My mom always told me if I didn't like hair school, because I think she was starting to tell, that I wasn't going to be a bad person if I decided to switch schools and I would learn and benefit from the consequences that happen with the choice I make. It meant a lot coming from her but knowing everything she had taught me my whole life I knew something was going to have to change.  Not long after that I knew evidently that I had to quit. The feeling was bittersweet I felt sick to my stomach almost but also relieved like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I definitely learned that yeah the idea of it was amazing and exciting and something I would love doing but sometimes things don’t turn out the way you expect and aren’t what there cracked up to be.

 At first sure, yeah it killed me knowing that I "failed" at the one thing because it was such a huge deal at the time for me. It was something I thought I always wanted which was to be working along the side of my grandma someday being a hairdresser. But  when I really thought about it  I realized there's not much you can do besides what you are passionate for and I knew that just wasn't it for me and I couldn’t force myself to try and do something even if it took me awhile to realize that’s what I had been doing. With my failure being turned into a lesson learned I thought a lot about my career and future and where I see myself to be in ten years and I knew I still wanted to be able to help and care for others in some way. I became more and more interested in the dental industry. I was fascinated by it and knew that it was something I would wake up every day not dreading. The thought of helping someone just would make me feel accomplished with my career and choices that I make. I used to wake up every day thinking that I had failed sometimes and feeling completely terrible when I thought of my parents and the kind of person they raised me to be. But I never forgot those words my mom told me.

To conclude, I realize now from actually experiencing it that the saying you're lessons in life are disguised by the mistakes you make and sometimes you have no idea until you take a step back and look at where you've come to is very true in my opinion and personal experience. When you accept your failure it becomes a lesson and with that you can move on otherwise it will just keep happening over and over until you do. I don't regret anything or consider myself a "failure" I know that I made the right choices for me and I hope someday if need be I can help someone else see that for themselves too. Every situation you have good or bad is always a lesson sometimes you just don’t consider the bad ones to be lessons because you’re too worried in the word “fail”  and blindsided to see that it means nothing but a lesson you have learned for the next time. Never a failure, always a lesson is a statement very important in my life I would definitely consider it to be truly what "I believe."

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned
I have learned many lessons through out my life I guess you could say. From learning to treat others the way you want to be treated to always being kind even to the people you dislike. Some others being to do the best I can at anything I do, if you don't have anything nice to say to keep your mouth shut, and to always tell the truth. When I grew up my parents and grandparents always reminded me of some of the things I mentioned. They play a huge part in who I am today. I won't ever forget all the lessons I learned from then up until now. I was taught to not dwell on the past to learn and move on from it.