Opportunities come and go and I am here in the University writing my first paper because I have decided to seize the opportunity. My family will be proud and in turn I will be proud as I walk this journey of achievement. While reading this paper, I will lead you on a short narrative of my personal life experiences this far. I will help you to get to know me and understand who I am as a wife, mother and now a college student. Included are examples of adult development theories I have learned over the past few weeks. Growing up I did not understand many things, and in recent years I have realized just how amazing my parents really are, and how fortunate I am to be their daughter. I was raised in a traditional Christian home with my parents, Robert and Muriel Osterloh. In my family we had Sunday supper at the local cafeteria after church with the extended family, which is almost everyone in the area. Also, every Monday night mom, dad, granddad, grandma Osterloh and I would all go to dinner and spend the evening together. We enjoyed this tradition for many years. Another fond memory is that my grandparents loved to walk around inside the mall. They would rise early and walk the mall for an hour or so every day. On one of those days while walking, my granddad suffered a heart attack, and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. He was attended by doctors and nurses in an age restricted area, and I was not able to see him before he left this earth to meet our Lord. The well being of family was always the most important thing to my grandfather and he made sure every member of the family felt loved and accepted. I was in third grade when we lost him. My dad lost his best friend. It seemed to me that my dad’s wind was taken away f... ... middle of paper ... ... not an option, it is a must in today’s society. We all deserve to have an education. If you work hard, goals and dreams can be realized. Once I obtain my degree from Ashford my ultimate goal is to pursue a position as an advocate for children with special needs. I would be truly honored to be given an opportunity to work in this field. On day while visiting the Ashford University library, I came across this quote ''I firmly believe that love is essential to a healthy old age -love of oneself and the ability to love someone besides oneself.” I love my family and it is my desire to work with special needs children and their families. (NY Times, 1987 p24) Works Cited Hudson & McLean, 2006 p35, Life Launch Boyd, D. & Bee, H. 2006 p88, Adult Development, Boston: Allyn and Bacon New York Times, (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y. Sept 27, 1987 pg. A.24
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When death has taken someone from your life, you think of everything you said to them, your last words, memories, and the talks that happened. During this assignment, one will see the grieving process from me about a tenant that I took care of, and the impact this lady’s passing away, left me. Polan and Taylor (2015) says “Loss challenges the person’s priorities and importance of relationships.” (pg 226) When an individual loses someone that you see everyday and take care of, this effects you because, you build a relationship and get to know each other on a personal level. When my tenant was passing away it was painful. I didn’t know what to feel when I seen what was happening and knew what was taking place.
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Though most have a desire to leave earth and enter eternal life peacefully, without any sorrow, the departure of a loved one can be despondent. Previously in 2011, my grandfather passed away due to heart failure. It was an arduous battle, not only for my grandfather, but also for the close knit family surrounding him. His battle with heart failure enabled me to create unforgettable memories with him, even in his final days. Laughing together, playing together and learning significant values about life together made me grow to become a more mature and wise person. Therefore, my personal experience is entwined with empathy because the death of my grandfather has made me realize how dismal it is to lose someone important. It also interplays with self-interest because I have grown as an individual to deal with the ache that is attached to losing a family member. It has helped me to realize how beautiful the gift of life is. Stephen Dunn, the poet behind Empathy and my story are connected because they both involve the feeling of empathy for others and the self-interest of an individual. They help us to grow and learn about ourselves and the emotions of
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In the Olson family, John the main provider of the home lost his job and he was not being able to accommodate to his new role of being unemployed. Based on the lecture (2015), one of the assumptions on Family Development Theory is that individuals in families will experience changes over time. In John’s situation, losing his job, and losing his daughter changed his development. According to Smith and Hamon (2012), Family Development Theory has shown that transitions in life provide the opportunity to confront change. They explained that transitions cause role changes in the life of individuals (Smith and Hamon 2012). In John’s situation, he experienced a transition from being the well-educated husband with a great job, to become a stay home husband who is unemployed. In an ideal world, John’s life transition should have been that he became the manager of the company where he was working. However, when the transition of his life took the wrong shift, John’s situation became complicated because he was not ready for such a drastic transition. He was not mentally ready to take the roll of his wife. Smith and Hamon (2012) point out that people have choices on how they respond to transitions; they can respond to transitions as a way to find new horizons or they can take a negative approach. John found his transition as a difficult time of his life; he was not able to accommodate to his new
The Adult Learning Theories Essay assignment provides information on how learning takes place throughout different stages in life. The topic begin with how learning take place in humans, how one develops throughout various stages in life, the learning process, and blending adult learning and development experiences. The course content requires mastery because learning never ends once it begins at birth. The importance of knowing what is learned in each stage of life builds upon what is already learned which will lead to the next stage of development.
I have always viewed my life in simple stages. For example, I knew I wanted to graduate high school, go to college, have a career, be in a relationship, and eventually start a family. However, I never thought of my life in the stages that Erik Erikson describes in his psychosocial theory of development. In his theory, Erikson describes eight stages of development starting in the first year of life and ending in late adulthood. These different stages attempt to explain the psychosocial obstacles we encounter at each developmental milestone, who we are most influenced by, and what internal questions we might need to answer. How people chose to confront these different obstacles can effect how healthy or unhealthy development might be.
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To make the best of who we are. Our parents were raised by our grandparents with similar beliefs and expectations, as were we. My grandfather has influenced my life in numerous ways. I have many memories of him, he has made me laugh through all the fun times that we had together, but he also made me cry. When I was a freshman my grandfather became deathly sick. As the months flew by and I stood by his side, he became increasingly ill. In the early spring of that year my grandfather passed away right before my eyes. That was an unforgettable moment in my life. My grandfather taught me to accept, to accept both life and death. He showed me that life moves on, people you love will leave you and that through it all it only makes us stronger in the end. It's loved ones in our lives, like my grandfather, who are the breath within us that give us courage to follow our hearts.