Graduation

This is my personal story. I decide to write about my 4 unforgettable experience at the University of Washington. I remember I got my acceptance letter at the University of Washington on March 2007. I was so excited, I couldnt believe it. Now here I am completing my Bachelor's degree in Early Child Family Study. My time at the University of Washington gave me the opportunity to grow in the early childhood profession and allowed me the opportunity for to work with children for 4 years. Prior to this I volunteered in Head Start program for a year. Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. This program gave me opportunities to expand and broaden my leadership skills. I also enjoyed working with a diverse group of people. I am very proud to work in this field and also committed to provide a quality learning environment for children.

observation

This week I am going to write about something which I noticed at my service learning cite last week. I volunteer at Child Haven which is a non profit organization which works with children who come from back grounds of abuse and neglect. Therefor many of these children need more attention and we are encouraged to hug them and hold them so they feel the closeness which they may be lacking with their family. We have a new sub since a employee is on vacation for a few months, and she refused to hold a child. To me it seemed like this child so badly wanted this sub's approval by being held, and the sub was rejecting her by turning her down. The child just got more and more upset crying to the point of coughing and the sub still would not budge. This really bothered me and was hard for me to watch I think it was really harsh for this sub to completely blow off this child's needs. The child is only 2 years old and needs that love from every staff member.