Analysis Of Hard Knocks By Janice Haaken

during my time in IELLA. In the book Hard Knocks by Janice Haaken, she provides a refreshing look into the lives of the low-income individuals who are experiencing domestic violence. She provides important data’s through the informative experience of many women’s. Being able to provided personal and interviewees experience gives an effective statement. It also provides an inside look into the lives of many other women’s who are going through the same situation. Because of Haakens feminist perspective, she is highly energized to speak up for this individual. IELLA is thus important to highly throughout the text because that’s IELLAS main objective, which is for individuals who are going through hard situation to come and get help in IELLA.

Before entering at the internship I wasn’t sure if I want to work with the American public, but now that I have worked here in a non-profit organization, I have realized how important many of our low-income communities are suffering and need assistance because of the lack of education. There are many low-income individuals who are under pressure of violence and disadvantage because of their lack of knowledge. I personally felt for this individuals because I can relate to them, when I came from Guatemala I didn’t understand any process of anything and didn’t know the major languages spoken, it’s like being an unknown or a stranger in space. Many of this individuals are low-income which makes them disadvantage of understanding the law or any specific forms. I can proudly say that I enjoyed my fall internship with the guidance of Posc

Interning at IELLA and being able to take Posc 198 G, has lead me to learn more about myself, I learned many aspect that will help me grow in the future things such as social, intellectual, personal, ethical behavior. One of the volunteers from IELLA, told me that she was volunteering because she needed more work experience and that although she had her paralegal certificate and a graduated degree from a private university doesn’t get her to a real job. She explained that hard work experience helps even when its unpaid, she commutes 45 minutes from her hometown just to get that experience required for the jobs. From this experience I learned that working in IELLA has given me many valuable lessons. Most importantly I learned that with an internship and a degree goes hand inland, because through an internship we are getting real-work