Chapter 3

1) I would like to be helpful and admired in my community. I try to set an example for my younger relatives and for the kids at the day care that I work at. I enjoy helping out whenever I am able to whether it be in my community or in another community. In 2008, I went to New Orleans with a group from school. We got a lot of publicity and people knew why we were going down there. Once people found out that we were going there to help clean up the mess that Katrina left, people were very willing to donate everyday things, in order to help the people. I feel that I was looked up to at this point in time, and I felt very appreciated. It was a wonderful feeling to get the community involved even though they weren't coming to New Orleans with us. I would like to continue in helping and trying to get the community involved.

2)I would be interested in providing an educational program for teen pregnancy. I have quite a bit of friends that got pregnant in high school and struggled a lot. Some have even gotten pregnant during college and have been struggling. I think an educational program for teens about pregnancy could really help the at risk teens to prevent pregnancy, use protection, and wait until they are ready and can financially support a child.

3) Again I would like to work with at risk teens. I don't think a lot of teens would want to seek out the services that I may provide. We were all teens once and I know that I didn't want to listen to anyone no matter what advice they were willing to give me. Teenagers are more about being right and not needing help from others. I hope that I would be able to find a way around it and get them interested in what I would like them to know.

4)I'm pretty satisfied with my work in the class discussions. I feel that I contribute enough, but I'm sure I could contribute more. I think I am beginning to know my fellow classmates, may be not personally, but I can tell what they think and topics they feel strongly about. Along with what they want to do in the future.

I learned that with not working as much I really need to start budgeting my money and hopefully that will help me throughout the semester.
This week I turned in my scholarshiop application and began to get a head on all of my school work. It feels amazing to have my school work done instead of procrastinating and waiting until it the very last day to get everything done.