Reflection Letter

I’m a 21 year old girl from Everett, WA. I graduated high school in 2008 from a sad high school in Marysville, WA. I went to a trade school about a year ago and got my nursing assisting certification and am now working on getting my RN certification. I’ve always wanted to be a nurse so I can’t see myself doing anything else but I’m still not quite sure what kind of nurse I would like to be. I haven’t been able to get a job since I’ve been back so my landlords has been letting me say with them as long as I watch their kids, help cook, clean, and when I can do repairs. It’s not all that bad since I’ve known them for some time and have been living with them since the middle of my sophomore year in high school, mother left without a word to anyone.

Since I’ve been in this class I would have to say that diversity is very over looked. I think that I would say that I over looked it quite a bit and even stereo typed many people, traditions, and communities because I didn’t know all that much about it outside what I was taught by teachers and my mother. I think that thanks to my peers and teachers I have learned more about diversity and myself than I thought I could ever really learn.

Doing an essay on identity has opened my eyes to what I have missed in other’s and in myself, that is why I chose to uses my essay on identity, so I can share what I have learned with others around me. I chose “What’s in Your Wallet” as one of my pieces because it also gives a small look into one side of a personality. I chose my essay on community because everyone seems to like to over look them I thought that I would write about one of mine this is always over looked and bring it to people’s attention.

Now more than ever I want to become a nurse and help those around me. Our readings and discussions have helped me see that there is a lot that I can do to help people and help reduce stereo typing among communities, about communities, traditions, and about identities and the different ways they can be seen and shown.