The shinning star

 hunter school of  social work What experiences - professional, educational and organizational - led to or confirmed your interest in social work? If you considered another field before choosing social work, discuss your reason for wanting to make this change. What are the reasons for your decision to obtain graduate social work education at this time? What are your expectations of graduate social work education? What area(s) of difficulty do you anticipate? What have you done or are doing to address the difficulties? Please discuss a current issue in society related to social work and what you think are possible solutions to resolving the issue.5 pg  What areas of social work interest you particularly? Helping others through social work is one of my main goals and passions in life. I have always wanted to advocate for people. I have cerebral palsy, which has made me realize how important it is to convey your own ideas and messages. Having cerebral palsy makes ...

Things are not always what they appear to be.  There is a fine line between what things appear to be and what they actually are.  Reality is not always black and white. Each person has his or her own perspective and opinions about what reality appear to be and what reality actually is. Even though a person may be physically blind that does not mean the person cannot see the world around them. In reality a bind person can see more than a person who has sight. People who can   physically see do not really open their eyes to the important things that really matter in life. As a opposed to blind people eyes are open to a more emotional insightful reality that people who have sight cannot see with their eyes open like the subtle things in life. This is shown in the real world and the literary world as well through the obstacles characters face due the blindness that they have suffered from because the appearance and reality of the world. This theme is expressed in Oedip...

Sarah Elgohary                     Professor Joy Williams Samuels Introduction to Women Studies                                             3/19, `/ 14 Society’s Acceptable Behaviors of Women and how, W omen Learn to Cope with These behaviors in their careers in the Professional World      Throughout history women have not been treated as equals to men in society.  Why is that? Women are just as capable of” maintaining their own homes, children as well as their own professional careers, as men in society.  At the same, time there are so many double standards that society has in place for women, compared to men just because of their gender. For example when a business woman is aggressive on an idea or policy she wants her company to implement, she is considered t...

Sarah Elgohary                                                                WILLAM lopsti  Sociology of inequality                     4/22/14 People tend to look at the levels and structures of society at face value. But in order to understand why society is the way it is, people have to be like sociologists and peel away the layers individually to see where the problems really lie and the solutions to fit social problems.  American sociologist C. Wright Mills came up with the term “sociological imagination.”(Kaiser pg 90) Mills was trying to say that in order for people to understand the world they need to peel away the layers of society, which means that people need to analyze a specific aspect of society in terms of all the...

My There are many people who have inspired me throughout my life especially my family, friends and teachers have inspired me throughout my life and who have helped me on  my journey to discover my passion for helping others through social work. T hrough the social work program at Molloy college I want to become a counselor and This is the best  way that I can make a difference in the world, ; by turning my individual problem into solutions that can create a path of advocacy for people who do not have a voice in society. I have always known that I wanted to help people, just like the influential counselors who have helped me while I was growing up, and I hope to do that by becoming a rehabilitation counselor. Having a physical disability of cerebral palsy,  provides me with a unique sense of empathy for those who are disabledI am more empathetic to those in different situations, similar to mine, and . And as a counselor,or social worker through social work program at ...

Sarah Elgohary Professor Chris Niedt  Education inequalities final paper edited TO hand in on Monday Education is the most fundamental element in a modern and civilized society. There are many social inequalities in education systems of the United States and other countries around the world.  Race has an effect on many factors that have led to inequality in the education system, such as educational achievement, educational attainment, cultural values, social status, lack of school funding, and sexism. People do not look at all of the different elements that cause educational inequality in society.  Therefore, most people do not have the sociological imagination .This why they only look at the inequality in the education system through one aspect: the lack of school funding. C. Wright Mills developed the principle of “sociological imagination,” which states that in order to explain any single problem in society, people have to look at the problem from all aspect...