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Grade level: kindergarten

Content: drawing, singing, actingLesson outcome: children will be able to sing and have social interactive activities to help them supplement the class work and improve their co-curricular activities.

DAY ONE:

Singing

Objectives:

Singing while expressing them.

Singing will help them explore their talents.

It will create an optional activity for them to spend their pass time.

It will provide for an optional method to express their feelings.

Pupil’s task;

Be willing to learn new songs

Participate in class activities

Be willing to participate as a group member

Teacher’s task;

Teach the children new and educative songs.

Coordinate the children to sing together.

DAY TWO:

Drawing

Objectives;

For the children to learn how to express themselves through drawing.

To enhance the child’s ability to handle drawing materials.

To enhance the child’s talent .Pupils task;

To follow the teachers instructions on how to undertake this activity.

To bring with them drawing tools.

Teachers task;

To guide the children on how to draw.

Ensure that the children use their tools effectively.

DAY THREE

Acting

Objectives;

To nature the children’s talent

To provide an avenue where the child can express himself/ herself

Pupil’s task;

To follow the teachers guidelines

To be willing to work in a group setting.

Teacher’s task;

To show the children how to dramatise and express themselves through acting.

Provide plays which are fun and easy to act. In case of plays with a complicated plot the teacher should simplify it and rewrite it in a simpler way.

By developing a class with same activities all aimed at achieving one prime objective that is to develop a child’s talent and grouping the lessons or units in a way that all contents complement one another for example in the case above, all are involved with self expression (Lee, 2000).

Through bringing children and other people from outside to help and to motivate the children through competitions, this adds to the teaching skills and the impact of one’s teaching skills.

Children will be able to assess themselves through several internal and external competitions so as to prove if the skills and approaches are working for them or not, children will develop a repertoire of themselves through the skills and their performance in class through presentations(Lee, 2000).

References:

Lee, A. M., Thomas, K. T., & Thomas, J. R. (2000). Physical education for children: daily lesson plans for middle school (2nd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

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I reached out the academic advisor through zoom. Upon scheduling the advising appointment through navigating, I got a confirmation email with a link to meet the advisor virtually. I went to the zoom appointment prepared with topics and questions I wanted to discuss in a way that I was ready to jot down several notes about our conversation. The appointment went so good. It was necessary for me to share information with him about myself and my academic progress. I enjoyed the zoom advising appointment. I think it was well planned and laid out, easy for me to follow. I learned about the topics whereby I didn’t feel tired or exhausted. I got more knowledge about weather, ocean, and marine lives, and hopefully, I can use them in real life. I never projected to learn so much from the zoom appointment; I now see the ocean life in an entirely new way much.

The appointment helped me monitor my academic progress, offered me a better connection with the faculty, and also gave me the ability to navigate the university policies and procedures better. I am not planning to transfer to any school. The courses that I will take for the spring semester include the art of communication, knowledge-based system, the biochemistry of biomolecules, molecular biology, world approaches to films, and law & ethics in the animation. The zoom appointment was essential in a way that it assisted me in growing and developing by constructing meaningful educational plans which were compatible with my life goals.

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Introduction The issue of sexually transmitted diseases is one of the significant challenges that affect young people, especially currently among universities and colleges; young people are having difficulty coping with the challenges and issues they face as sexually transmitted infections are on the rise. The major causes of this whole issue is being sexually active and sharing partners or having more than one partner. This can be said to be one of the major practices in most teenagers and young adults, and it is difficult to deal with the issue. This is because most of the teenagers are not open about what they go through. Therefore this research paper focuses on the challenge in finding the best way to deal with young people with a focus on sexually transmitted infections and how they can be treated or the spread to be stopped.

Challenges faced during research

There have been many challenges in researching the issue of sexually transmitted diseases among young people. It is an important area to venture into and try to bring solutions to the many problems that lead to many sexually transmitted infections. It is also essential to carry out tests and campaigns about it since the young people might respond to that better than just a friend of theirs researching about the issue for academic purposes.

One of the significant challenges was the unavailability of the young people for interviews or to answer the questionnaires. This was a big challenge as trying to get someone to answer the whole of the questionnaire was not easy as young people have priorities which to a certain degree might look misinformed. Therefore this was a challenge, but I did try to get several of the young people to fill in the questionnaires and avail themselves for the interviews. This challenge might have been related to the fact that the young people do not want to discuss about the challenges they face and how these challenges have affected them therefore decide to be silent and live with what the challenges bring to them.

The other challenge faced was the young people being selective on what they wanted to talk about since they felt differently about different issues. Therefore, to some extent, mostly whereby my friends were being interviewed, I tended to make sure they were entirely comfortable about what we were doing to help them give out the expected or required information without distraction. Another challenge faced was the shyness or the feeling that it was not the right thing to talk about a person’s sexual life, especially with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore this is what led many people into being silent about the issue and most of these young people keep on suffering in silence.

Benefits gained

The completion of this research paper helped me understand and gain knowledge of the area I concentrated on. This means, therefore, I gained experience about the importance of talking and discussing the problems a person faces, especially if they are sexual related problems and if they are affecting the individuals mentally, physically, emotionally, and how they behave.

I also learned that the effects of the sexually transmitted diseases are far more than a person could imagine, and therefore it had to be addressed since it has always been seen as the tip of the problem and not the whole picture. Encouraging people to see the entire concept of sexually transmitted diseases, especially in colleges and universities, is essential. It helps them understand how these young people can be supported to remain healthy and away from such effects and risks of their lives.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I can say that even though the preparation of the paper was tiresome, it was worth the efforts and the time invested into it because it also helped me to learn a lot about the sexual behaviours and generally the lives of many students in higher institutions of learning. Therefore it is essential to address some lifestyles to curb challenges which come along the sexually transmitted infections and diseases.

Children’s Education Inequality

One of the most profound issues affecting a majority of the developed countries is inequality in its education system, specifically for children at the beginning of their academic life. According to Burkam (2013), social background variations are an advantage to some and a severe disadvantage to other children as they begin their education journey. One of the main goals of education is to ensure that all students, regardless of their background, have equal chances at excelling. The success of a child in school is a primary determinant of how well they fair as adults, determining their college education, the professions entered, and the amount of pay they will receive. Gullo and Ammar (2021) found that more than 80% of individuals living in rich countries see education as an equalizer, yet understand that there exist disparities when it comes to schooling in low-income areas as compared to the high-income communities. In a UNICEF commissioned report, Chzhen et al. (2018) refer to the differences in accessing children education as an unfair start, citing inequalities and social background differences as the main cause for the issue. Education inequality is just one of the many ills plaguing societies that must be discussed from an objective point of view, requiring an evidence-based approach to mitigating the concerns that are only getting worse as the rich-poor gap widens.

In many people’s subconscious, improving a country’s financial resources is the most fundamental and effective way to eliminate educational inequality. However, is this really the case? In Chzhen et al. (2018), 41 countries are selected as samples, focusing on students’ preschool and primary and secondary education performance, with the results indicating that the so-called countries with high welfare and high GDP, such as New Zealand, have the lowest degree of equality in the education system; while the countries with a little “poor” in this report, such as the little-known Latvian and Lithuanian countries, have a wider popularization of preschool education, and students’ reading performance in primary and secondary schools is better than that in more developed countries. From these, there is an indication that high total value does not mean a high average value. Additionally, a high average does not mean that the distribution of this value is uniform. Therefore, even though these supposedly rich nations have high GDP compared to other nations, the wealth is not uniformly distributed and there exists severe income differences that translate to different social classes that are likely to affect the quality of education for children.

The UN report by Chzhen et al. (2018) advances the idea that it is absolutely unreasonable for a person to say that a higher total value means a more uniform distribution. The report finds that from a micro perspective, gender, immigrant background, mother tongue, parents and so on can all be potential influencing factors on a child’s education. It is worth noting that “parents’ income” is the most critical factor affecting their own educational opportunities. From a macro point of view, the more unequal the country’s income is, the more unequal the educational opportunities will be: with the rising gap between the rich and the poor in a country, the probability of children getting preschool education will become lower. The amount of resources available to parents from low income families is significantly reduced in comparison to what better-off families make. This means that “luxuries” such as pre-school education and private tuition and highly specialized schools are off the table for lower income earners. These subtle differences and affordability issues gives some children a disadvantage over others.

In a classical “rich getting richer and the poor becoming poorer”, the Matthew principle looks at accumulated advantage and how it leads to a widening of the gap between different social clusters such as the rich and the poor (Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn, and Bradley, 2005). From the UN report by Chzhen et al. (2018), the Matthew principle is evident in the competition for resources and the distribution of interests. From a theoretical perspective, the accumulation of resources sounds as an easy process. However, it is a rigged process following the Matthew effect because the rich already have an advantage that they start off with plenty in resources and other assets. When you have a certain number of resources, you can invest them and generate more value.

In conclusion, the discussion looks at the issues affecting the developed countries regarding inequality in the education system, specifically for children at the beginning of their academic life. It establishes that not enough research has been conducted in an attempt to provide a viable solution. For the poor, they may need to spend more time and effort to get the same degree of resources as the “initial wealth”, which is already available to the rich. Like every other social concept, it is driven by the (un)availability of resources. The direct consequence is that some children have access to a better education system while others are forced by circumstances to make do with the bare minimum. Ultimately, the gap is likely to widen as the rich accumulate more resources and change the education structure when others catch up.

References

Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Bradley, R. H. (2005). Those who

have, receive: The Matthew effect in early childhood intervention in the home environment. Review of Educational Research, 75(1), 1-26.

Burkam, D. T. (2013). Educational Inequality and Children: The Preschool and Early School

Years. The Economics of Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination in the 21st Century [2 Volumes], 381.

Chzhen, Y., Rees, G., Gromada, A., Cuesta, J., & Bruckauf, Z. (2018). An Unfair Start:

Inequality in Children’s Education in Rich Countries. Innocenti Report Card 15. UNICEF.

Gullo, D. F., & Ammar, A. A. (2021). Predicting third-grade academic achievement in low-

socioeconomic children: developmental and socio-behavioural influences in kindergarten. Early Child Development and Care, 1-16.

Children’s Hospital Of The Kings Daughters

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The use of technology has had several impacts on the practice of healthcare. This statement is confirmed by the Children’s hospital of the Kings Daughters which have used the technology overtime to revolutionize the manner by which they offer their services to the children

The impacts have been felt on different fronts such as in the management of the employees, the organizational structure and the general ways of operations of the organization. This is seen in the services that are being provided and the manner and nature of the services. Technology has indeed contributed much in the revolutionizing the operations of the company in general (Burns 2009).

This presentation is aimed at breaking down the different aspects of the contribution of technology in the healthcare facility while at the same time taking into consideration the functions of the hospital prior to the introduction of the technology and after the technological introduction.

Introduction and abstract

Hospital was established in 1962

It deals mainly with children as clients

Had a total of 90 employees when formed

Dr. Melissa become the first director in 1962.

The Kings Daughter Hospital was established in the year 1961. Currently, it has been renovated and expanded and currently, it is one of the hospitals that currently provide extensive medical care to the children alone. They do this to all the children coming from different backgrounds. They do this without taking into consideration the ability of the families to make the necessary payments for the services that have been offered to them. The first children to ever get admitted to the hospital happened in 1961.

During that time, the hospital had a total of 90 employees. In the year 1962 William Selvey, the administrator of the hospital, and The King’s Daughter became accreditation by the Joint Commission. During that particular time, Dr. Melissa Warfield became the director of the hospital in charge of medical affairs and also acted as a physician in full-time basis. Currently, CHKD has had an increase in capacity from 88 beds to approximately 206 beds. The number of employees has also increased to 31000 employees.

This is the original image of the location of the hospital when it begun its operations. During this time, the amount of staff who were involved here were very few. It also offered very few services to the children. The number of the inpatient during this particular time was very low as compared to the current number. Here, although there was a use of technology, it was not done to a greater extent (Menon 2006).

This is partly attributed to the low number of staff and clients. The hospital at this time did not have a very comprehensive management structure due to the small size and operation base. The hospital also relied on some traditional methods of storing the information about their clients. They had no well coordinated ambulance system and emergency control system. They however concentrated much in the provision of their services to children alone especially those who could not get the services due to low income.

The structure represents the new building of the health facility. This clearly proves the changes that have been experienced by the health facility over time. It offers different services to the children coming from different backgrounds. As it stands, it has a high number of client base who depends on the services that they provide on a large scale. This is the main center where the administrators are also housed. It is here that most of the referrals are done and handled.

The hospital in its current state has a number of ultramodern facilities hence it offers different types of services to the clients who are in need of the services. The expansion in the facility has been attributed to the good management and continuous flow of loyal clients. Much of it has also been as a result of the efforts of the donors who have funded the different projects that have been initiated by the facility.

Impact of technology on delivery of healthcare services

Mainly positive

Improved the quality of life

Increase in the amount of dollars paid to government

Examples include the X-rays and the ultra sound.

Technology has to a greater extent impacted much on how the healthcare services are being delivered. It has had a lot of positive impacts on the delivery of these services. Some of the impacts include the following: the medical technology is indeed indispensable to the health of people and also improved their quality of life. It has also contributed to numerous amounts of dollars to the general economy of the country (DIANE Publishing n.d ).

There are some other greatest benefits that are brought by innovative technology to the healthcare provision when it comes to issues of the healthcare. The healthcare facility embraced the technological changes and hence improved the nature and quality of the healthcare service that they offer to the different members of the public. Some of them include the use of the x- rays and the ultrasound in detection of different problems that affecting the children as their clients.

Continuation

Increase in the imaging technology.

High demand of the MRI technologists and also the radiologists.

It has also fastened the way monitoring of patients.

One of the cases is the adoption of an electronic way of keeping the healthcare the increase n the imaging technology and the subsequently high demand have led to an increase in the demand for the radiologists and the MRI technologists. There are minimum invasive surgeries particularly in the cardiovascular and the thoracic surgeries are common in the recent years. There are developments of the better instruments and technologies have made surgeons in the hospitals to perform surgeries in ways that are minimally invasive (Menon 2006). This was not the case a few years ago.

The imaging technology has also fastened the way that the patients are able to be monitored. The monitoring takes a short period of time to reveal all the parts of the body that have been affected by the disease. This was an important milestone in dealing with different types of diseases which affect the children in different parts of the United States where the facility is located.

The picture shows an example of the use of technology in offering of medical services to different groups of patients. In it, a physician is seen directing the patient into the MRI machine. The machine has made it easier for the physicians to fully scan the body and to find out the general problems that are found in the whole body.

It has made the work simpler since the physician is in a position to effectively locate all the affected parts in the body of the patient using a computerized system. This makes it easier and faster for them to locate and subsequently diagnose the patient in an effective manner. This is one of the clear ways and evidences that technology have impacted in a positive way on the provision of the heath care services to the members of the public.

Keyboard and Stethoscope

The figure shows a picture of stethoscope and the keyboard. This is an attempt to give an explanation of the relationship between the work of the doctors and the technology. it shows that doctors can use the technology to represent the work that they are doing. The doctor has the ability of using the laptop to get information about the field that he or she is practicing.

They are also able to use the same avenue in reaching out to other different patients and to attend to their needs. The photo also shows how the use of the keyboard have revolutionized the operation of the healthcare facility since the employees are in a position to provide their services even beyond the organization through the use of Internet among other means. This is a clear proof of the revolution in actions and practice. The physicians have adapted to the change, and the change is benefitting them.

Impact on the employee performance

Ease the work of employees

Workers Identification

Ease of communication

Ease of sharing in the field of medicine.

The uses of technology have had a major impact on the performance of the employees in the healthcare organization. The use of technology has made the work of the employees to be easier. Technology has made it easy to manage the employees. Through the use of the electronic identification, it is usually easy to identify the employees who have arrived at the work place and their arrival time (Flary 2014). This has contributed much in ensuring that the employees are effectively monitored in the work places. The use of the technology has also ease communication between different groups of employees. The communication is usually in from of mails and telephone communication. This has made it easier to coordinate different services such as the calling of the ambulances when coordinating rescue and getting of the patients from their homes to the hospital facilities.

Different physicians can also be called in to attend to different situations easily by the use of the improved technology. This has made the works of the healthcare officers of providing and saving lives to be done easily and in an effective manner.

Made provision of services to many people

Publishing of the blogs and different platforms

Provided the different healthcare services to the entire population

Communicate with different groups of people.

Technology has also made it easier for the employees to provide their services to provide their services to different groups of individuals across the globe. Through the use of blogs and different other platforms, doctors have been in a position to publish different articles that relate to different groups of illnesses. They have also documented different actions that a person should take should they have the symptoms that have been described.

In this manner, they are able to extend their services beyond the hospital (Burns 2009). Technology has also made it easy for the employees to learn and get more information online. They are able to communicate with other groups of employees in the same field. The communication is made easy due to the fact that different physicians are able to share their experience and expertise to different groups of doctors after which, they will be able to learn from each other on the challenges that they face and how they handle their success.

Building of the capability and capacity

Improvement in the level of performance

Positive impact on the employees

Improved quality of services

In this manner, their capacity and capability are built to a greater extent hence improvement in their level of performance. In general, research has proved that the use of technology in the places of work have had many positive impacts which include the reduction in the stress on the side of the employees (Burns 2009).

It also has to a greater extent increased the level of the satisfaction of the employees. The satisfaction has gone to a greater extent in increasing the quality of the services that are offered to the patients. It has also led to a reduction in the general costs of the provision of the healthcare services to the clients.

The impact of technology on the organizational structure

Smooth the work of employees

Keep the operations to run fully and effectively

Upgrade increases the productivity within the healthcare facility.

The needs of the technology have assisted much in the structure of the organization. They usually come in handy to assist in smoothing the work. The technology is usually used on the daily operations Beyond the laptops that are found in the office and also the smart phone, the organizations implement information systems, there is also the custom software or even the specialized technology equipment aimed at keeping the operations to run smoothly.

The advancement of time have also done much in decreasing the time that is needed to complete a specific task or even in some instances eliminate the need for job satisfaction and the business process. Upgrade in technology is always aimed at increasing the productivity within the healthcare facility. This is the main reason why the adoption of the technology by the hospital not only increased the amount of patients that are being covered, but also reduce the time taken in doing so.

The structure

Improved efficiency of the health care facilities

Restructuring and modifying the departments

Expansion of different departments

The progression in the computers and the technology has improved the efficiency of the health care facility. The organizational structure need to adapt to the changes by restructuring of the different departments, modifying the requirements of the positions or even adding and removing of the jobs. The employees had to be trained on the new software programs or equipments as a requirement of the job (Flary 2014).

The facility had to expand the different departments so as to meet the needs of the growing employees and the client base. Different other branches needed to be fully managed effectively. There was also need to have a system where all the data could be stored and be retrieved in any of the branches of the healthcare facility. The facility also developed a website where they are able to provide all the needed information about the services that they offer to the members of the public.

This is another clear way that the hospital is utilizing technology to communicate to different groups of people. They use the avenues such as the facebook to try and reach their different groups of clients so as to educate them on the different causes of the diseases and how to find the best cure for the diseases. They also give advice on the different practices that when adopted can be used in the prevention or even the subsequent cure of those diseases.

A good example is the one above which shows a child with some bites that have been caused by the bugs. They also give advice on the best ways that the children and the parents can use in preventing such cases from happening. This is a clear proof of how the use of technology has revolutionized the delivery of the healthcare services to different members of the public.

Effect of technology on the management planning

Improved management

Data collection has been ease from both the internal and external sources.

It is easy to store the data in a warehouse

Collaboration tools make the managers work efficiently.

The accuracy of the management in planning can be improved by the use of the technology. This does so by helping the managers in the provision of the data that is necessary for making of the decisions which are effective. Technology has the ability to collect data from both the external and the internal sources, store them in a warehouse. They are able to provide the managers with the access to the data through a network.

The collaboration tools are also able to make the managers work together in planning the operations and also to make joint decisions. This has made their work to be easier. The decisions which they also come up with tend to be very accurate as they rely on data which is readily available to them. in this manner, the technology does much in easing the work of the managers in the health care facility.

The Data

High amount of data is available

Gathering of data has also been made easy

The gathered data can also be easily analyzed.

The availability of the high amount of data on the patients, different diseases, the prevention measures, the client base are among the key vital issues of the technology management planning. The information technology has made it easier for the collection of all the needed information about the different practices in medicine. In this regard, all the operations of the healthcare facility have been made easier.

The technology has made it easier to gather information from the other branches of the hospital and also other healthcare facilities on the different trends that exist in the field of medicine and general health of the children. This is a key step in the whole process of providing better medical services to the different groups of clients. The management also has the ability to analyze different trends and market research. This has ensures that every decision that they make is based on facts.

Integration

Fasten integration.

EPR has easily integrated individualized computers in the organization.

Tracking and planning for the information has also been made easy.

There are many software that have done much in integration of the different computer systems. An example is the ERP that is the software for the Enterprise Resource Planning has the ability to integrate the individualized systems of computers in the organizations. This integration makes it easier, faster and simpler. It also ease the transfer of information between different computers. The integration has also made it easier for the location and subsequent distribution of the information across a large scale area.

The system is also able to effectively track and plan the fulfillment of the inquires that have been made by the customers. it has also fastened how their needs are being attended to. Managers are also able to view all the processes and the progresses in the manner by which the services are being delivered to the clients through the use of the ERP software among other software.

Storage

Storage of data is easy

There are other internet providers that can assist in storage of data.

It is easy to retrieve the data.

It is usually a big problem when it comes to the storage of the different amount of data. This can be attributed to the fact that the data can be large in number hence cumbersome to store. There can also be some data which when stored in a manual manner, can make it difficult to locate and also share across different branches. The use of some things such as the cloud storage in supplementing the facilities. The storage is usually a pay as you go which provides solution that are able to assist in the storage of data in servers which are massive and have service providers that are independent (Geisler 2015).

The IT teams of the organization can always have the ability to access the data aver an internet connection that decrease and increases the total amount of storage that is used in storing the data. This approach is very flexible and it only means that the amount of the planning data provided to the managers is increased without necessarily putting a lot of investments on the storage capacity.

Access

Easy access to data

Data availability to those in the organization

Ease in communication such as videoconferencing

Planning for future human resource.

The networks for communications have enabled the managers in the organization to have access to and share some data. The contribution of the technology is to remove the silos of the information that was previously available to only those people who are found in one particular department. It is also very easy for the managers to use things such as the collaboration tools as the internet forums and videoconferencing in the sharing of data and in carrying out of joint planning exercises (DIANE Publishing n.d ). This has eased the rate of communication. it has also saved a lot of time that is used in communication. It has also helped the managers in planning for the future human resource that is needed for the organization. This ensures that there is proper planning on the people who are to be outsourced as the employees of the organization. This saves the time and finances that are involved in future planning.

Conclusion

Technology has had a lot of positive impact on the delivery of the healthcare to the Children’s hospital of the King’s daughters. This is evident in the following:

Improved quality of services

Better coordination

Reduced amount of stress of work among the employees

The integration and the subsequent use of the technology have had a lot of the positive impacts on different groups of employees and the managers. They have experienced many instances such as the reduced stress at the work force; there is also ability of coordination between different employees. Management has also been made easy due to the ease of controlling and managing of the workforce (Geisler 2015).

There are also some software and technology that have been developed with the aim of making the works of the healthcare providers easy. An example of the situation is in the case of the use of x-rays among other computerized systems in the process of identification of the diseases and provision of the necessary medical services to the children at an affordable rate. This in fact goes hand in hand with the aim of the hospital of providing better healthcare to children irrespective of their financial ability.

Reference

Geisler E (2015) Technology, Health Care, and Management in the Hospital of the Future

Greenwood Publishing Group.

Flary D (2014) Reengineering Nursing and Health Care: The Handbook for Organizational

Transformation Jones & Bartlett Learning

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DIANE Publishing ( n.d )Medical technology and costs of the Medicare program.

DIANE Publishing

Burns E (2009) Pediatric Primary Care Elsevier Health Sciences

My Family Within The Aspect Of Sociology

Families are the basic social groups and central institutions that are united through bonds of kingship or marriage and are present in all societies. In other words a family is a group of people who are affiliated by affinity, consanguinity or co-residence .The family provides its members with protection, companionship, security and socialization. Since it is a unit of socialization the family is an object of analysis for sociologists of the family. In every society there is a difference of how the family is structured and the needs of the family. The main unit in some societies is a nuclear family with two adults and their children while in other units it is a subordinate part of an extended family lastly a third unit is a single parent family where children live with just one parent who is either unmarried, divorced, widowed and can be a mother or father. Over time the family has been argued as the basic building block of society. Just like other institutions in the dynamic world it has been faced with challenges; it is hence vulnerable and susceptible to change that is incited by internal and external factors. These changes can occur slowly or quickly and they affect the dynamics of a family and hence it should be explored in a more holistic approach and not a single discipline approach. The family like other institutions has its own sets of values, statuses, roles and remains a principal environment where an initial form of socialization takes place (Naveed, 2009).Many sociologists rely on different perspectives and theoretical models that explain social interactions and the way humans behave. Sociologists analyze social phenomena at different levels and different perspectives. There are three dominant modes used by sociologists and these are functionalist perspective, conflict perspective and symbolic interaction perspective.

This paper will therefore look at my family within the aspect of sociology putting into focus various concepts and theories in sociology. First when we look at my family on a symbolic interaction aspect we will consider some symbols that are portrayed in daily life upon which all human interaction and all human relationships re based on. First I come from a single-parent family raised by a mother who is divorced. From this perspective it is indicated that people behave differently according to how they interpret the meaning of the world. This interpretation however is dependent on how they perceive the different symbols and details of daily lives. It can be said that language is symbolic since they do not summon forth meaning on their own but symbolize what meaning is inferred. According to the symbolic interaction perspective relationship are built on symbolic interaction. People communicate through language which is a shared system of symbolic interaction. All social and cultural interactions are symbolic. Marriage is facilitated by symbolic interaction between persons. It is said that people with strong marriage are those with similar interpretations of symbolic interactions. It can be said that my mother and father read the world in an incompatible way and that is why they were not able to remain stable in their marriage ( Farley, 2012).They had many cases of miscommunications and this led to their separation. Miscommunication can be termed as a natural result of miscommunication. This is due to the fact everyone attaches her own personal and cultural meaning of the various symbols and social phenomena’s and hence they have different expectations of the world my mother being from a religious home vied her marriage as a sacred institution whereas my father raised in a secular household read marriage as a cultural tradition and hence this became a source of conflict between them. On the symbolic interaction perspective action is motivated by a person’s subject interpretation of symbols. My parents were very incompatible when it came to their actions and behaviors. People read the world differently and that explains why they respond to the world differently. For instance my mother is very tidy and neat whereas my father is the exact opposite. When my family is looked at from the social interaction perspective then it can be clearly concluded that symbolic interaction definitely can explain the divorce (Farley, 2012).

The conflict theory looks at how people within a family struggle for power; how they disagree and how they compete for resources. Wealth and prestige form the basis for most of the competitions. When my family is looked at from the conflict theory it can be said that our family underwent conflicts and disharmony. This was due to the fact that there are different dynamics and roles played by my family members.first traditionally the father are seen as the head of the family and it should come naturally. However this was not the case in our family because my mother did not recognize this simply because she was the bread winner since my father was out of employment. She often looked down upon him and there was a constant struggle for power and control between them. My mother saw that since she was taking care of all the finances in the house then she should be the head but on the other hand my father could not let himself to this since he saw this as being denied his right bas a man and the head of the family. There was no way they could come to an understanding and hence there was no development of positive relationship between them hence the conflicts persisted and led to their divorce officially (Ray, 2010).

Structural functionalism is quite a broad perspective in sociology that interprets society as structure inter related parts; functionalism addresses the society as whole in terms of functions of its constituent elements like norms, customs, traditions, institutions. Family as asocial structure creates deep social and emotional bonds that give people in depth systems of social support and at the same time generate expectations of social responsibility within the members of the family through this fulfilling the function n of the family of creating social cohesion. In our family, my mother supports my brother and I socially, emotionally, financially and physically. We talk to her and confide in her many things including any challenges that come our way. She always lends us her ears and offers us a shoulder to lean on whenever we need it. She provides for us from food, clothing shelter and also education there is nothing we say we lack. In the same way we give her emotional support and encouragement incase she is going through a rough patch at work or generally in life. We really were by her side throughout the divorce process and never left her side. In our family there is a system of support for all of us as members of the family and hence a healthy environment and opportunity for growth of each one of us. Therefore each member should adhere to their functions and stay together in harmony. Therefore we see that the family is a very aspect of the society and has to be therefore studies with great care so that there can be avoidance of conflicts. All these dimensions of the family that have been discussed are very important when it comes to my family. There are a lot of things that I can learn from these perspectives.

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Farley, A. (2012).What is the Symbolic Interaction Perspective in Divorce? Retrieved December 10, 2012 from http://www.ehow.com/info_10017957_symbolic-interaction-perspective-divorce.htmlRay, L. (2010).Conflict theory and the family. Retrieved December 10, 2012 from http://www.livestrong.com/article/345499-conflict-theory-the-family/Naveed, K. (2009).Family in Sociological Perspective. Retrieved December 10, 2012 from http://www.slideshare.net/naveedtaji/family-in-sociology-perspective.

My father has always seen the good in all people including those with the harshest characters and personalities. My brother and me struggled to understand this aspect of him, as he tried to instill the same in us partly because we were young. For this reason, I found myself dealing with adult issues like prejudice, justice, race and etiquette. Tom Robinson’s case exposed us to a deeper understanding of these issues and why it was important in society. Attending church with our black maid, Calpurnia also allowed me to process this content carefully and understand my father’s position as far as justice is concerned. Additionally, I was always a curious kid, asking questions and always ready to learn and have new experiences. As we were walking home from church, I asked Calpurnia the meaning of the word “rape.” She was a bit hesitant and shocked that I asked such a question with all innocence. Instead of giving me a straight answer she redirected me and suggested I asked my father. One evening I decided to approach my father who was sitting in his chair by the window reading the newspaper, and ask him what “rape” meant. The phrase had become common in Maycomb especially when walking down the streets with my dad and brother, following Tom Robinson’s case which was in his hands. I was curious to understand why the phrase triggered many people and their attitude towards my father and Tom during the trial. My father explained that rape was the carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent. I needed more information because I didn’t understand the concept or Why Cal refused to share such information with me if was that basic. Although I didn’t get all the content I needed from my father, I had educated myself a little bit and I was also a step closer to fully grasping the concept.

CHILD NEGLECT

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Child neglect is defined as any confirmed or suspected act by a caregiver or the parent. They do not provide adequate create and protection to their children, thus exposing them to factors that can endanger them emotionally, physically, or mentally. This happens most of the time due to the parents trying to throw their emotional burden on the children as a way for them to get relieved. The caretakers have also increased this child neglect to a very high degree, and they act most of the time as the perpetrators of this concept. It is a very harmful experience for the children as they get into bad company and they view themselves as not loved from the very early. This has devastating effects on the formation of the children and the general society as well. This is because the kids who are neglected grow up to become adults who have complications with their social life and how they do everything about their lives. Child neglect, abandonment, lack of supervision, inability to provide the necessary education, nourishment, clothing, and medical care are some of the different ways neglect is performed (Panagiotis, 2019).

Therefore all of these factors combined make the child inaccessible, and most of the time, the children who go through this tend to keep to themselves and are unable to open up at any point. The children who go through this also get to be silent most of the time, and they are not very visible. Therefore this even leads to them being neglected and forgotten even more because their presence is never recognized. Child neglect happens primarily at home. However, it can still occur in schools, religious organizations like churches, and other places like social gatherings and events. At home, child neglect is dominant, and it is at home whereby child neglect has very devastating effects, which are discussed below. Therefore this paper summary delves deep into discussing the role of the family in bringing up their children. The paper summary will also focus on the causes, the effects, the family situation, the treatment of the effects, and how these challenges, especially in parenting, can be addressed. The address is to create a sound and good society sound and good society in how it interacts with one another and generally the quality of a person’s social life (Stoltenborgh, 2013).

The United States department of health and human resources indicates in its 2016 report that one out of every 1000 children is neglected in the whole of the United States. This is a worrying figure since compared to other forms of mistreatment like physical abuse, which has reduced over time, the child neglect figures have not reduced. One of the leading issues that are very difficult to identify is that since neglect is an act or omission, it is very easy to be unable to identify it. Therefore people focus on other forms of mistreatment while the major silent form of mistreatment, which is child neglect, is never looked into. Child neglect does not have instant effects, and therefore most people assume it can always be assumed, which is not the case. It is the abuse that should be mostly looked into and addressed to a very great degree. It should be considered because its effects are devastating, and they occur gradually over some time. The effects are also not easy to deal with since the period within which it happens; the effects are so much ingrained into a person’s behavior and character that it is not easy to do away with them.

The types of child neglect include; supervisory, physical, medical, educational, and emotional. Supervisory child neglect is whereby the child is never supervised and is always left alone to do what they wish to do without the parent’s involvement. Physical child neglect occurs when the child does most receive basic physical needs; this is majorly caused by the child not being availed of clothing, food, water, or shelter, among other factors. Medical child neglect is a situation whereby medical needs are never taken as a priority. Therefore they are not attended to promptly even when the child is having great difficulty in their medical condition. Educational neglect is where the parents are not concerned about the education of their children. Therefore, the parents do not provide special needs education even when needed if they have a physically challenged child. Emotional neglect is whereby the child is not given their emotional needs such that they do not feel secure, loved, wanted, worthy, etc.

Child neglect can also vary depending on how severe it is. In this category, there is severe, moderate, and mild child neglect. This order follows in the manner and eh extent of the neglect, and it is also what defines the effects. The causes of child neglect are divided or classified under; family, social-economical, and intra-personal causes. Along with these causes, other factors that play a very big role in child neglect are; substance abuse, unemployment, mental health issues of parents, and poverty among the parents.

In the intra-personal causes of child neglect, the focus is on the parents’ behavior and tries to explain the link between the behaviors and the neglecting ability or trait. Some of the intra-personal causes include the inability of a parent to plan, the inability to spend money appropriately, heightened stress levels, and other factors. This mainly focuses on mothers and evaluates their nurturing ability and nature and, therefore, the above intra-personal causative tenets. However, the role of the father is not widely observed, and it is not highly discussed. Interpersonal child neglect causative factors are the factors that are based in the family and at home generally. Neglectful families are made up of transient males, or most of the time, they are of a single parent who has to work very hard to provide for the kids and therefore lacking time to look after the children. Family child neglect can also be focused on abusive relationships, making it difficult for the parents to look after the children.

The link between poverty and child neglect is a very significant one as poverty drives the parents far away from family as they try to think and come up with ways to prevent the family from being bankrupt. Therefore as the parents struggle to maintain financial fluidity, they also get to neglect their children. However, poverty in itself is not an entirely causative agent of neglect. This factor is because a humble background can provide love and care for their children. Therefore if poverty co-exists with other undesirable factors, child neglect may be realized (Garbarino, 1999).

The parenting styles play a big role in ensuring the children’s protection from this kind of mistreatment. Therefore, it comes out that the children who have emotional abuse are less likely to develop good quality relationships later in their lives due to their experiences when they were children. Therefore, this goes along to encourage parents to be available for their children to avoid these kinds of effects and issues from arising later in their children’s lives when they are grown.

The effects of child neglect are varied and many. However, if a child is neglected during their first two years, they may likely suffer from this neglect’s effects in a more great manner than if they experienced the neglect at older ages. The effects can be categorized into behavioral, cognitive, and emotional child neglect effects. It is the neglect a person receives during their childhood years that determines their behavior and how they fit in socially compared to other individuals. The people who receive neglect during their childhood years are likely to have difficulties fitting in and socializing with people around them. Apart from the social effects of child neglect, the neglected children may experience academic deficits due to their neglect when they were little children.

According to Dr. Wilson, children who are neglected when they are young have a three times probability of getting a stroke than the child who was never neglected. This research he conducted and based the results on those under the age of 18 years. Therefore, this acts as proof to the studies that suggest that neglect, abuse, and bullying have changed in the brains of grey and white matter. Therefore this is a health effect of child neglect.

In conclusion, we can say that it is important that parents and caregivers be enlightened on how they should always check up on their daily manner of doing things so that they never neglect the children under their care. They should be encouraged to keep a close watch over their children and provide the emotional care and support which are highly needed for the children so that they can be able to grow up into adults who are socially bright and dependable. The government should also create ample conditions for the parents and the caregivers to provide good care for their kids and help them grow into fully mature people.

References

‌ Erickson, M. F., & Egeland, B. (2002). Child neglect.

Crittenden, P. M. (1999). Child neglect. Neglected children. Research, practice, and policy. Thousand Oaks, 47-68.

Garbarino, J. (1999). Child neglect. Neglected children: Research, practice, and policy, 1.

Hildyard, K. L., & Wolfe, D. A. (2002). Child neglect: developmental issues and outcomes☆. Child abuse & neglect, 26(6-7), 679-695.

Panagiotis Karamitsos. (2019, September 6). Child Neglect: What Are Its Types, Causes, and Long-Lasting Effects? Life Advancer. https://www.lifeadvancer.com/child-neglect-types-causes-effects/

Stoltenborgh, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Van Ijzendoorn, M. H. (2013). The neglect of child neglect: a meta-analytic review of the prevalence of neglect. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 48(3), 345-355.

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I was privileged to have gotten an opportunity to work for the Department of Child Protective Services. I have had passion to try and ensure that children stay in loving homes where they are accorded the love that they need. Since time immemorial, there have often been cases of child abuse but unlike in the past when they could not be protected, things are now a little bit different. Child protective services is among the agency that have been created. With child abuse cases became rife in America, the government found the need to protect the children from cases of abuse and neglect. the system is quite complex and it varies from state to state. Child services collaborates with other entities such as; community based organisations and private child welfare agencies. Whereby they are able to accord services such as; parenting skill classes, rehabilitation, foster care, domestic violence, housing and employment assistance. This report generally looks at my experience at the Child Protective services including the skills that I did pick up there.

The first thing that I learnt was that Children Protective Agency is generally responsible for the general social welfare of the children. There was a team that were required to follow up on cases of children abuse that were reported. Social welfare services were mandated to remove neglected and abused children from their guardians and the streets. These children were later on placed with other families and orphanages. Child Protective Services normally, receives and investigates reports of possible child neglect and abuse. It also provides services for affected families, who are in need for protection and care for their children. Child services is also tasked with arranging for living arrangements with, foster families or next of kin. Child protection services also provides arrangement for adoption, permanent family relations for kids living foster care and adoption. As mentioned above the welfare services is tasked with various duties. In case of possible child abuse or neglect, the concerned individual can issue a report. CPS case workers receive the reports and they are screened in or out. Screening in happens when there is sufficient evidence of child abuse or neglect, therefore warranting an investigation. Screening out is undertaken if the evidence presented does not meet a states legal definition of child abuse or neglect. In such instance the social worker can refer to the person who initially reported the case or the community for assistance. After screening case workers respond, however the response time varies and is dependent on the type of alleged maltreatment. Case workers may interrogate the people in contact with the child, they can also speak with the child solely or with a caregiver present this is dependent on the child’s age. Given the amount of risk a child who is believed to be in immediate danger can be moved to safer accommodations. In some states if the risk is considered low CPS case workers focus on identifying support and services that the family will need, rather than collecting evidence for conviction.

Another role that the Child protective services are tasked with is that they ensure that guardians who are found guilty of child abuse and neglect are offered support by; ensuring they undergo treatment services and ensure that they also undergo services mandated by juvenile courts. In low risk cases caregivers are provide with in-home services and support; child care, parent education, counselling and so on. However, in high risk cases, police are called upon to investigate and may file charges in a court of law. Perpetrators of child abuse are placed on a state maltreatment registry, when there is confirmation of child abuse, these registries are confidential. However, for professions that involves working with children, the registry can be used to perform background checks. CPS workers are mandated to follow standard procedures when responding to cases of child maltreatment. CPS workers are guide by basic philosophical tenets; a permanent home is the safest place for a child to grow. CPS case worker’s efforts are more effective if the affected party is involved.During my internship I was also able to learn of the connection between child protective services and the foster care system. Foster care is whereby a child is placed with another family for a while and this family or the caregiver needs to be approved by the government. Placement of children is done by the government and is arranged by social services agency, parents or caregivers that are selected are then compensated for expenses. The parent although is the primary caregiver meaning they offer day-to-day care to the family, the state through the court as well as chill protective agency act as “in loco parentis” meaning they get to make the major decisions that may affect the child. For child protective services, I was able to find out how they liaise with the foster care system to ensure children who are placed in the system are treated well. The foster care system is one institution that is often viewed in bad eye. This is because most people are often aware of the mistreatment that children in the foster care go through including the physical abuse, emotional, sexual abuse. Child Protective Services is tasked with ensuring that the children in these homes get out and are taken to homes where they are loved and given the care that they deserve.

While at the internship, there were cases that I really got to study. One was the Gabriel Fernandez case. Gabriel Fernandez case is among the most looked at case and how Child Protective Services failed the boy. Typically, Child Protective Services are often tasked with following up cases that may involve a child being harmed this may include calls from the school teacher or the neighbors. When such distress calls come in, the social workers are often dispatched so that they can go and interview the child or siblings and remove the children from the said home. Gabriel’s teacher had tried making several calls explaining that the boy was being hurt but nothing seemed to have taken place. Gabriel’s case was not the only case that may have such issues, there are a few other cases where children who were harmed had tried seeking for help from Child Protection Services but it seems they were never able to get this help. One key issue that I related as to why such cases happened was because of the many cases that are reported but the officers are not as many. The Department of Child Protective Services often mandates that all accidents that affect dependent of children be reported. For most caseworkers, they try looking into cases of children who cannot have access to the outside world as they are more vulnerable to abuse. Children who are of school going age, most social workers often believe or at least have faith that the teachers or the neighbors may be able to notice the abuse and report it. With most CPS being understaffed, at times a caseworker may lose track of a certain child. For Gabriel’s case, it was quite unfortunate because even the software used to calculate a child’s likelihood of abuse had proved that Gabriel was likely to be abused yet no steps were taken. Encountering such cases made me scared if ever I will ever be in such a position. I was however encouraged with steps CPS were taking in trying to ensure caseworkers were not overloaded with work and thus such cases are not as common as the past.

A child’s behavior and their upbringing was also a lesson that I learnt and was able to experience firsthand. Children from foster care or those who have undergone abuse are likely to portray delinquency because of what they have gone through especially those that have been abused. Lack of a permanent home can be frustrating for a child as they need stability in their life. Abuse that the child experience, lack of affection and love as well as multiple moves create impetus for delinquency. Some children get into drugs as a way to cope with what they are feeling including use of alcohol, cocaine, heroin among other drugs. Some of the foster youth may also get easily recruited into gangs as they may find a sense of belonging from these gangs. Due to violence inflicted on them, they too may tend to be violent or even bullies in school as measure to try and protect themselves. There have been organizations that have come up to try and help foster care children that have been through abuse by providing counselling and support in order to help them not to get into juvenile delinquency or the life of crime.

The child protective services just like any other entity is faced with its own share of challenges. The institution is faced with an increase in caseloads and intricate social problems, this is all summed up by the agency not being able to maintain a skilled workforce. Cases of absence of good record keeping, hindrance the maintenance of useful case data. Service delivery is also hindered due to the stigma associated with child abuse. Difference in beliefs and necessary approach to be taken by both service providers and family, proves to be a challenge. However, CPS workers are tasked with ensuring the safety of children. The main aim being finding safe permanent residence for affected children. It is key to note that CPS job can be quite stressful and there are high chances of burn out, however it is quite rewarding.

The experience was generally a good experience. I worked under people who had the passion and the zeal that would ensure that the children get the best care from the homes that they leave in. Although I had learnt a few things theoretically such as challenges faced by children and importance of CPS in protecting them, challenges in foster care, and challenges in CPS, getting to experience them first hand and coming up with solutions was an amazing experience. By the end of the internship I had acquired problem solving, critical thinking, team work and leadership skills all which I know will be vital as I embark on my career.

MY CHALLENGING LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Since I was a small boy, I always wanted to go to one of the Diasporas in this world, see the nature and learn more of the western culture. One of the places that always rang in my head was the United States of America; where I anticipated meeting the people of the other race adapt their way of life just like I used to see in movies and cinemas back in my African country. I had little or no knowledge on the kind of culture I was anticipating meeting, but in my own view, I figured it out as the most fascinating life I could ever have in my entire life.

I studied so hard in my lower grade levels so that I could book myself a chance to get a scholarship in either of the western nations, an ambition which later turned into success when I later received a letter inviting me into one of the precious universities in US. I went to the foreign country at the age of twenty three, with a great vision to learn new concepts, enhance my ability and knowledge of medicine then later go back to help my fellow Africans. The new environment welcomed me with a mixture of surprises and sorrow, as things didn’t turn out like I literally expected.

Adapting a New life in a New Place

The first year was a bit harder for me especially when I remembered the mentality that I was still coping with the way of living there. My financial sponsorship had guaranteed me to get a nice suit in New York, where I attended my daily medical classes at a nearby college. The first challenge I encountered in Diaspora was the sudden change of culture (Hall, 2020). Unlike most of the students who got enrolled in those scholarships, I was the only one who was unaware of the kind of behaviors I could face from the white culture.

US, being one of the countries which have an ancient culture, has citizens who have great love and respect for their way of living, something which sounded so much different from the life I had experienced in Africa. In my originality, culture was respected, but freedom was not incorporated with culture whatsoever way. That statement meant that the western culture had offered freedom to anyone who is freely demonstrating his or her way of living, unlike at my place back home, (Clay, 2011).

One of the worst trait I disliked since my first step on the country was the behavior of asking too many question about an individual especially the visitors and scholars from other nations. Some showed a little concern on our culture, while another group despised the way of living by some visitors. The first week at my school was one of my worst moments ever, as a whole class usually turned me into a questionnaire. The college too, being an international one had all types and kind of races, something which gave the whites a chance to ask my African colleagues and I about any information concerning any aspect from our homelands

Rejection by the Citizens

The second and worst challenge I encountered in the foreign country was rejection. It could be clearly seen on the faces of some of the white students that they were not happy about our stay in their places, (Allen, 2010). Just like any other person could have felt, the whites felt like we had started to overcrowd in their home forcing them to share their original hand with the new visitors. According to my study o the general behavior of the Americans, their attitude towards the idea of Africans coming into their country of Africans invading their country was kinder personal, where they accused us of filling up their country. Emotionally, the idea of being a reject in a foreign nation was never mentioned before I got there, I got hurt all way.

Language Barrier

Language happened to be a barrier to me, to be honest, it is almost impossible for an African to speak American English fluent due to the local influence back in mother country (Hall, 2020). I really struggled to learn and speak like my fellow classmates, something which white students used to mock me. I expected to find welcoming friends, who could teach me how to speak fluently like the citizens of the country. However, things turned, I met people who always minded their own, and got less concerned with any other people especially from African countries.

Anyone who has visited New York will absolutely tell that it is a nice place. Being brought up in African conditions got me on surprises every time I walked through the streets of New York. The new buildings, decent and high mechanized way of living was completed different from the harsh life I used to face in Africa, a condition which made me take a lot of time in adapting the new life (Allen, 2010). The fact that I had no one to guide me on how to cope with some situations made the matter worse, a condition which made me regret coming to US. I had to endure the new lifestyle no matter what, as it was the only way I could have achieved my goals. At this point, everything I saw in movies about US was completely different. I found myself fighting my local way of living and turning to the trending way of living in the global.

Racism and Discrimination

Being a black in a midst of whites in a western country got me in trouble too. The students where racists, something which was acceptable by the administration but the group ended up mocking the Africans due to their complexion under the same set of rules (Hall, 2020). I encountered the first racism case on my admission day, where the administration wanted to give my room to another white student just because he had missed all the places and I was the only African in the place. Luckily, I retained my room miraculously, and focused on my studies till I finished.

United States is one of the nations which are highly developed, and whose economy grew a long time ago. Being in such state, the cost of living in the country was a bit high for a mere college student, as one was required to be in a position to pay for all the bills required for a living. Being a poor and ordinary student, I always found myself struggling to meet some bills in the country so that I cannot starve (Clay, 2011). I expected a cheaper life just like in my African way of living, something which was rare or completely unavailable in the states. I started looking for side hustles in my third year of the stay at the country so that I could gather some income to sustain the cost of living there.

Being in Diaspora means that one is in fear of any danger. Of all the states in America, New York is known for having a lot of activities, people and services running in all hours of the day. Being a black and a foreigner got me in a position where white cop got suspicious when he or she sees me, something which really got questions in, my, mind where we were being treated separately from the other. Violence and constant attacks became normal to me, until I adapted how to live like any other American.

My biggest flex was to get a job in the states immediately am done with my studies so that at least life could get a bit better than back at my place. Things didn’t turn out like I expected earlier. I finished school after my four-year stay at the college but still got myself struggling to get a chance at medical centers even after scoring high grades in the final examinations (Allen, 2010). I applied for jobs all over New York, until I got a chance at a small dispensary where the owner employed me just because of a little mercy she had for me. Since then, life in the foreign country taught me that freedom was offered at home; as it was the only place I had a legit citizen. I endured all the challenges I encountered in Diaspora in order to fulfill my goal of becoming a learned doctor and later go back to save my people.

Since I started staying in US, I got the information that I was not able to participate in any conditional matter concerning voting or any constitutional duty as I was not termed as a citizen of the foreign nation. The rule meant that I was not in a position to make any decision concerning the country’s administration, but I was expected to obey every rule. Lastly, as much as I enjoyed my stay at the country, I felt that the Diaspora should also consider helping people who go there to look for a living to be considered and their treatment made fair. O[oppressing the visitors due to superiority should be eliminated and avoided by such countries, and instead look for ways to help the people who pay such visits.

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Allen, J. S. (2010). ‘In the life’in diaspora: Autonomy/desire/community. In Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights (pp. 475-483). Routledge.

Clay, E. (2011). Mediated science, genetics and identity in the US African diaspora. Media, spiritualities and social change, 25-36.

Hall, S. (2020). Cultural identity and diaspora (pp. 231-242). Routledge.