My Story

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Tiffany McLeod

My Story

In the heart of a young woman who loves sharing a good laugh and smile with others rests compassion and respect two qualities that would later become the driving force to her destiny.  My name is Tiffany P. McLeod and like so many others life handed out its share of ups and downs in the ever evolving world that we know it.  What was a painful and harsh reality for me, being laid off of a job at the beginning stages of my independence became the stepping stone to my pathway of realizing my purpose in society.  While I had pledged to never return to college because of the difficulty in not only being able to afford it but the common sense factor that I sill needed employment to support myself in society.  I obtained my CNA license though a program that specialized in giving chances to people that were still hungry for success, this began the peeling process to the many layers of Tiffany stepping out of contentment. Initially I was somewhat unwilling to “get my hands dirty” but now I view this line of work as a very special position that allows you to work with people when they are at their most vulnerable moments was something that moved my heart.  Working with people everyday allowed me to feel a sense of pride knowing that I am able to demonstrate love and compassion while hearing stories that I would never have embarked upon in my daily life.  

The purposeful consideration of compassionate health is the root of my interest in obtaining my degree in Health Care Administration. Providing purposeful compassionate health to me means going beyond just “getting the job done” it’s having a determination to show compassion to that individual even if you can’t change the situation they are faced with. Being in a position where I would have a voice in addressing the many issues, ideas and practices that play a valuable part in how successful health care is demonstrated.  My job as a CNA has allowed me to relate my work habits towards academic goals by increasing my knowledge about health care disparities in several different areas.  I have developed priceless skills which I believe will allow me to be successful in my goal by contributing to health research that supports the people that need help with wide-ranged actions and solutions that will match with policies set forth.  I have seen first-hand a culture where many health problems exist due to many issues other than the physical body that include suppression of culture, lack of jobs, poverty and geographic segregation.  I now consider my position as a Certified Nursing Assistant to be a lucky one that will allow me to be a well rounded individual that will catapult to a position that will display the values I hold true to.  As a student at College Unbound I have been fortunate to meet special and influential mentors who have taken the time to invest in my vision of demonstrating compassion from the bedside and intertwining it to make a healthy working culture.

Self Evaluation

Tiffany P. McLeod
Fall Semester Self Evaluation & Reflection Narrative





This year at College Unbound has been quite different from last years experiences invoving new task and challenges that have highlighted both strengths and weaknesses in the type of learner I am presently and where i desire to be.  Being an intern at Rhode Island Hospital has by far been one of the best experiences I've encountered thus far.  I have had the pleasure of meeting some very influuential people who have shown deep interest in me as a continuing student and the woman I desire to be in society. From this internship  and being the face of what hard work determination look like, has allowed me to treat this experience as just such an experience and not just an internship, I was given the chance to be an employee at the Hospital. 


As a CNA II at Rhode Island Hospital, I have learned so much that has allowed me to be better at the service I provide my patients and in turn has given me a new outlook on the intricacies and what it takes to be an effective Administrator  and be able to communicate the laws that are set in place in a common lanuage to employees.  The project that I am working on this semester is a continuing project, as Medicare laws are changing in a direction that will take a drastic toll on healthcare as we know it.


This semester many things have been changed and improved in the College Unbound process and it has higlighted both areas that I am quite stong in as well as areas that need improvement.  In the beginning of the semester we had taken the

Big Ten Learning Goal Note Cards

Critical Thinking -  During this semester I must say that the art of critical thinking has not only been learned but applied in my schooling as well as personal life.  As I progress though this college experience, I am leaning to trust my ideas even when they don’t line up with the “normal order” of things because it will give space to new innovative ideas to form.

Reflection (Slide) - I have come to realize that not only is it important to reflect on your work and your college experience, but it is vitally important to allow time and space to do self-reflection.  Evaluating one’s self doesn’t have to be negative, but in turn can be quite therapeutic.  During this semester I had the opportunity to work on a play, something I had never done before.  Near the end of this journey I realized that what I had embarked upon brought light and self confidence to a lot of areas I hadn’t dealt with. 

  

Accountability and Problem Solving – This year I have had to be held accountable for quite a bit all at the same time.  I have learned that for the times where you just don’t feel like doing something, you must hold accountable for not only the thing you missed and catch up but challenging yourself to reach beyond because there is no greater feeling that being ahead of the game.  Mid way through the semester I came to the realization that I needed to come up with a new system to be not only held accountable but to allow myself to chart and plan ahead even though my blog shows I am working the calendar needs to show different.  So in turn Problem Solving has been more than what I’ve expected it to be.  It has been quite a useful tool and how I have conquered this problem was actually something I witnessed from one of my classmates.  And that was making a huge obnoxious calendar and placed it in a very visible place that I visit often in my house, the kitchen sink.  I made realistic goals for my days and felt exceptional when I would complete and surpass my own expectations. 

The Power of Vulnerability

Tiffany McLeod

Ted Talk

Brene’ Brown

The Power of Vulnerability

Ted Talk

Brene’ Brown

The Power of Vulnerability

Brene’ Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, empathy, authenticity and shame.  She has posed the question about learning to embrace our very own vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of worthiness.  

Connection is a very important piece to people stepping outside of themselves and being able to relate to others.  Many individuals scream for that sense of belonging and in many ways it is disguised and hidden behind shame and fear of allowing others to hear and see never mind sharing. And many don’t want to allow themselves to be seen in the eyes of someone else.  Many crave a sense of worthiness and struggle with the question of: Am I good enough?  

·         Courage- It takes courage to realize one’s own imperfections.

·         Compassion- Being kind to yourself and then to others.  Because you can’t display compassion if you’re not treating yourself with that same love and compassion first.

·         Connection- Willing to let go of who you think you should be versus who you really are.  And has to come with embracing full and total vulnerability.   

o   Debt

o   Obesity

o   Alcoholics

o   Drug Abuse

Society has almost taught us to numb these feelings that so many face regardless of stature because it affects so many within many different social classes.  There is no more conversation just blame in such a strife for perfection.

How Do we heal Medicine?

Ted Talk

By: Atul Gawande:

How do we heal Medicine?

Atul Gawande is an general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston Massachuttes.  Atul also is a staff writer for "The New Yorker" and has a faciniation as to how doctors can improve their practices in medicine by using something as simple as a checklist. Atul approaches medicine with a personal outlook, and really makes it a point to approach medicine from a personal perspective regarding, intention, reliability while urging doctors to make small changes to improve performance. 

According to Atul " Better is Possible.  It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity, it takes ingenuity and above all, it takes a willigness to try. "

How do we get good at what we do?  It’s hard enough to gain the skills, material but then how to master that skill is a different task.  As a medical professional there are many things one tends to think about such as how to sew, how to cut, what proper tools to use and what candidates they choose to operate on. In the midst of all this pressure comes a new concept of how to care for patients due to many that are concerned about “fixing/ healing” the patient.  It has been identified that many don’t realize or take into account the actual cost of healthcare, which has many countries asking if they can really afford what doctors do.  The political fight has questioned if it’s the government that is the problem or the insurance companies.  Lewis Thomas was a physician writer who wrote about what it was like to be an intern in the pre penicillin era at the Boston City Hospital in 1937.  Medicine was cheap and very ineffective; being in a hospital was only good because it provided you with warmth, food, shelter and the caring attention of healthcare workers.  Thus began the core structure of medicine was created defining what it meant to be good at what one did. And where we are seems to be a completely different world, but they can make it possible to treat much more medical illness and conduct even more medical procedures. Doctors have realized that they can’t do it all; many people play a part in complete patient care. 

4 thousand medical and surgical procedures and over 6 thought new antibiotics.  The question remains how many patients are receiving incomplete care?  How have we come to have such unmanageable costs to provide care to people who truly need it, to provide years to one’s life rather than a temporary fix.   The most expensive care isn’t always the best care; it is all about obtaining the best results.  Rationing has come into play having the government wondering who needs to kicked off of Medicare, and many have found that systems work the best.  As a people we want the best specialists, the best medicine and the best care but haven’t thought about how all of that comes together.  According to Atul systems can be good if used and evaluated properly. 

·         Find where your failures are

·         Devise Solutions- such as checklists that provide pause points, which will make one aware of problem areas and tactics.  Then focus on the killer items that will prevent problems from escalating.  This is bigger than a drug

·         The ability to implement- There is a deep resistance that proves how far away from being a functioning system we are.  Teamwork and communication are still areas many have yet to come up to.  We need to operate with different values which may be different from ones we are accustomed to such as: humility, discipline, teamwork which has been the opposite of what healthcare was built on, independence , self sufficiency and autonomy. 

Creativity Assignment

 

Tiffany McLeod

Creativity Assignment




Anthony Quinn was born with creativity running through his blood line.  His mother used to craft hand sewn handkerchiefs by drawing pictures on linen and selling them in order to feed the family.  Anthony's father embraced his artistic talent by playing Mexican folk songs on the guitar.  Even though their home was a humble shack, his mother took great pride in keeping their dirt floors clean.  At a young age Anthony learned that regardless of how poor he was he was convinced life could be made richer through the arts.   






I choose the Lolanda solid wood sculpture by Anthony Quinn.  Lonanda Addolori was Anthony's  costume designer and second wife whom he was madly in love with for 31 years.  The marriage crumbled in 1993 when he had an affair with his secretary that resulted in a baby being born.   This sculpture really showed the essence of a woman embracing her curves in a way that screams confidence.  In a world where size has become such a stigma of what the face of  beauty should be and the shape  of  a woman has been viewed that if you have curves or meat on your bones you are now obese and not attractive. This sculpture shows that Anthony had a love for a woman that was curvy, he excentuated hips that told a story and a stomach that had a buldge weather before or after giving birth and a stance that said yes i am still yet sexy.  

I thought this piece to be quite creative because through the eyes of Mr. Quinn he saw beauty in a way that others could only see from the surface.  He took the time to carve each shape and bring forth pieces that others may just have missed from the naked eye. 

Medicaid Provides Poor Quality Care: What the Research Shows

Medicaid Provides Poor Quality Care: What the Research Shows
By: Brian Blasé


There has been several research studies that show that Americans enrolled in Medicaid have less access to health care, and when they do receive the care the quality is inferior to the care provided to other patients. Medicaid is failing current patients who are enrolled and taxpayers must be notified of the changes taking place.  According to Brian the Medicaid expansion within Obamacare will further weaken the program and hurting those who truly need it and will burden taxpayers.



Medicaid is a costly and unsustainable welfare program that delivers low quality health care , providing low provider payment rates which in turn makes for a hard time finding a doctor.  By doing this it forces many patients to rely on expensive and overcrowded hospital emergency rooms for what is deemed as non-emergency care.  Medicaid patients are assigned to less skilled surgeons and receive poorer post- operative instructions and at most times suffer worse outcomes for identical procedures than similar patients both with and without health insurance.





In 2020 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare will enroll up to 25 million additional people into Medicaid including those who had private health insurance.  It has been suggested that congress should have another course that allows states greater leeway to determine how to provide safety net health care within a framework that encourages those states to be wise stewards of taxpayer dollars.  Medicaid patients stay in the hospital an average of 10 days compared to 7 days for patients who are privately insured.   Another frightening discovery was when a closer look was taken regarding children with asthma.  Researchers found that a child having private coverage was  5 times more likely to see an asthma specialist than if they were on medicaid.  Children with Medicaid are 50 percent more likely to be seen by a doctor in the emergency room in the past year alone.


According to a 2004-2005 survey only half of american physicians accept all new Medicaid patients
Many don't believe Medicaid should not expand but should be reformed because it is currently failing taxpayers and has become too large to serve those individuals wo truly need public assistance. 

Project Outline

 Question : What is the impact of insurance coverage plans on courses of treatment assigned to the patient?

The National Bureau of Economic Research

 

 

Medicare is one of the largest health insurance programs in the world with an annual cost of about $260 billion.  At 17 percent of the US health costs and about one-eighths of the federal budget Medicare provides  universal health insurance for  the elderly as well as the many disabled Americans.  Since the start of Medicare in 1965 to now it remains the single largest change in health insurance coverage in history.   The introduction was associated with the 23% increase in total hospital expenses and with the spread of health insurance from 1950 to 1990 we can start to see where the the 40% of that periods rise in health spending. Rand Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) is one of the largest experiments of the kind to be conducted in the United States.  HIE compared the spending of individuals randomly assigned to different health insurance plans and based on the comparisons the impact of health insurance on hospital spending was at least five times smaller than what other economist estimated.  Market wide changes may increase market demand for health care enough to make it worthwhile for hospitals to incur the fixed costs of adopting a new technology.

 

Amy Finkelstein and Robin McKnight investigated the question of What benefits did Medicare produce for health care consumers, while still noting that public health insurance may provide better health and create risk reduction.  In their analysis of comparing the insurance value of the reduction in the risk of large out of pocket medical expenses they estimate that Medicare is enough to cover between 45 and 75 percent of its incurred costs. In the long run Medicare has been associated with hospitals getting more cardiac technologies and the elderly mortality  may be much larger than the ten year impact initially thought. 

Health Policy Briefs/ Risk Adjustments in Health Insurance

Health Policy Briefs
Risk Adjustment in Health Insurance in 2014
August 2012 Article
Tiffany McLeod

What is the Issue?

Insurance market reform under the affordable care act has been designed to increase the number of Americans with insurance.  The current system have focused on enrolling healthy employed people rather than the sick.  Risk adjustment is a process where insurance plans will be paid based on the health conditions of the people who are enrolled.

Critical Thinking Reflection 1

When you hear a hear a politician, and economist or corporate executive talk about the wonder of free market in health care it is not mentioned that the system doesn’t tolerate any other consumer product.  In the supermarket you know exactly what every customer pays for each item because it is marked.  But in health care this information is impossible to come by.  Health care providers can charge a customer five times as much as another.  In American health care a corporate executives pay the least, while working and non-working people has the system determining what they pay.  The self- employed are unable to secure insurance while the working yet poor people make too much money to qualify for government paid Medicaid and are charged top dollar for insurance.  Over the last few decades American health care has radically changed.  A system that was largely not for profit has become a field where the profit motive and market forces affect every decision. Publicly held corporations answerable to stockholders decide which doctor you may see, how much medication you can take, weather you can be evaluated by a specialist, weather you qualify for a test, how long you stay in a hospital, how many therapy sessions you may attend.  Health care has become a lottery and if you work for a large company that provides generous benefits, you win but if you work for a small company or as an independent contractor you lose.  So no matter how much of an important job you have that may be vital to society it all means nothing once you get sick and can’t afford the health care you need.

Health Care Reform 1900-1950

Tiffany P. McLeod

College Unbound

Health Care Reform 1900-1950

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States

As early as 1854 the Bill of the Benefit of the Indigent Insane was one of the earliest health care proposals recorded.  This bill was established for the insane, blind, deaf and dumb by activist Dorothea Dix but was later vetoed by President Franklin Pierce who didn’t feel the government should commit to social welfare.  It wasn’t until after the Civil War that the government established the first system of national medical care with 40 hospitals and 120 physicians.  In the first 10 – 15 years to follow the United Kingdom passed the National Insurance Act of 1911 and this as well as other European countries influenced the United States.   Early industrial sickness insurance purchased through employers was one influential economic origin of the current American health care system.  Back then the insurance wasn’t inexpensive for workers because the people who purchased the insurance all worked for the same company and prevented people who were already ill from buying in.  This paved the way for the beginning of third party health insurance in the 1930’s.

With the Great Depression, more and more people couldn’t afford medical services; in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt had pending social security legislation to include publicly funded health care programs.  The American Medical Association was heavily against this pending legislation and President Roosevelt ended up removing the health care provision from the bill. During this time many hospitals began offering their own insurance programs and the first became Blue Cross and soon began selling group health insurance policies to employers who then offered them to employees while charging them a premium.  In 1951 the IRS declared group premiums be paid by employers. Public opninion shifted towards the uninsured elerdly population and when Lyndon Johnson was president he saw the need for change in this area.  On June 30 1965 the Medicare program was established by legislation.

Service Excellence Module #1

Tiffany McLeod
Service Excellence
Module #1 ( Seminar Attended) My Reflection

There are important priorities to improving patient safety,quality and enhance the patient experience that Timothy Babineau who is the President and CEO of Rhode Island Hospital deems necessary for staff and physician partners to grasp.  One concept that really stood out to me was the fact that people don't care how much you know until they can tell how much you really care. 

Imagine being a patient who is being addressed by a doctor explaining what's going on with their health.  They haven't attended medical school and don't comprehend what they may be saying but the very first moments of this meeting will set the tone for the hospital as a whole.  People don't just relate a bad experience to an individual but better yet to the institution as a whole.  Always remember you are a reflection of Rhode Island Hospital. I am convinced it is important to not look at the people as patients or family members but rather as customers who have choices, and ask ourselves why should we be chosen?

Connection Excercise

Connection Exercise

Timothy J. Babineau MD, -  Newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer Lifespan. After practicing as a surgeon spending 23 years at the bedside he has brought those experiences with him and it has shaped the perspective he has practiced in his administration.

Little Black Book Summary

Tiffany McLeod

The Little Black Book Summary

In life one would find great excitement in meeting someone with some form of higher stature; and at most times one would rather meet the person that will help them get ahead in life versus the famous person who may only be present for that moment.  As life continues you find that there are many people who are willing to be a great help but are not going to come to you, remember you need them.  But you must also do your part in being honest, trustworthy and worth the investment out right deserving.  Many of the connections made and people met may have faded through the years for one reason or another. But one common factor is the fact that weather you are still in communication or not they have made some impact on your life weather big or small, positive or negative. There is great importance in not only knowing your connections but keeping contact with them. In today’s world a cell phone number and email address are more important to have than a business phone or even street address.

The quality of your relationships is the determining component of their fate, because sometimes you outgrow or just move on because either way they play an important part in your life at that given time. These are people you rely on for information and support as well as ideas, strength and encouragement. Many people try to do everything with their own abilities which is a big mistake, at the root is because they feel uncomfortable using their connections. Making a connection begins with you because in the instance people are not willing to help you, you must know how to help yourself. The benefit to networking is that it is not confined to one way or area when making the connection.

There was a question posed in this book that asked; do you have the courage to connect? The nervousness one might feel when going up in front of a group to give a talk is being unsure of your topic or your audience. The best way to overcome this flaw is to dedicate and literally make appointments with yourself to prepare. If you have to give a speech don’t just prepare what your going to say but make up hypothetical questions that might be asked of you, then prepare answers of those questions. 

Fear of rejection is a very common feeling in everyone and the best way to overcome this feeling is to embrace acceptance.  Realize that for every No you receive makes you closer to your YES that you’ve been waiting for. Realize that the image you have of yourself is one you have created and its only mental. Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it. Networking is a vital and integral part of your success.

 

Little Black Book reading Personal Take Away

Tiffany McLeod

Personal Take Away

The Little Black Book Reading

As of right now I see my most powerful connections to be few but I am thankful for them none the less.  My first people that I am honored to not only know but to have a great relationship with would be my Pastor.  The reason I’ve included my pastor in this example is mainly because he just doesn’t provide spiritual guidance but he is viewed as like my second dad.  I speak to him in a way that most would not speak to their spiritual leaders, but he has allowed the congregation to view him as a real person and reassured us that no one is perfect but that we are always striving for perfection in Christ and to just be better people. That is a quality I have not only admired about him but have taken a great deal away from, there is one thing about reading the bible about forgiveness and the examples but when it comes down to real world situations and you see it demonstrated that is where the difference starts to make real change.

The Second person I’ve met was Brandon Melton who is the Senior Vice President for Human Resources at Lifespan.  I met Brandon at a very sensitive and early stage in my college unbound experience.  Having just starting my college journey, I was told that we were going to have to take the driver’s seat in our own education.  I had very much been a shy person and hearing that networking would have to be the biggest part in getting the internship process started frightened me a great deal.  I remember Dennis saying “listen Tiffany in one of my meetings I got the opportunity to meet Brandon” though Dennis couldn’t recall what Brandon’s role was exactly he at least had his contact information that he kept from that time knowing he was a person of importance. Dennis emailed me the number and told me to take it from there, so I met Bandon at a sensitive time after having a horrible meeting with another professional who took no interest in our meeting much less contributing to my educational growth.  The meeting turned out to be everything I hadn’t expected and more. Here we have Tiffany McLeod an adult college student and certified nursing assistant and Brandon Melton an administration professional sharing the same views on life, success, and work ethic. 

After such a mind blowing meeting with Bandon he set up a meeting with Louis Spearling who is the Vice President of Human Resources at Rhode Island.  Prior to this meeting I was overwhelmed with gratitude because in less than a 3 months I went from being just Tiffany to being an empowered young woman who now is meeting with individuals never imagined.  Walking into the meeting with Louis as you can guess I was a little nervous but more confident than I was in my initial encounter with Brandon.  Louis holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami and a doctor of Juris prudence degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.  Louis was very interested in what my interest are and the fact that as an adult learner I had chosen to still obtain my degree and was encouraged that its never too late. He actually seemed pleased to meet with me versus the other way around and I was honored by that alone.  After a warm introduction to the Human Resource staff and informing them that I would be interning with them is where my life changing journey began. 

At the end of that meeting Louis introduced me to Douglas McNeil who is the Director of Human Resources at Rhode Island Hospital. I must say that is has been a pleasure in not only meeting but getting to know is Douglas.  One of the things I really enjoyed about knowing Doug is that we have real conversation, in such a process I’ve learned so much and gained much confidence.  To him I have never been the intern but rather a young woman with much potential and has pushed me beyond my own limitations to be greater and to continue striving for greatness.  I have watched Doug and even when being faced with a difficult situation or task has looked it right in the face and without flinching addressed them head on. 

Stand For Something Chapter 1

Tiffany McLeod

Stand for Something
  The Battle for American Soul
By: John Kasich

Hebrews 11:1 "  {Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen}"

This Chapter starts off with a quote that really found enlightening " Hope is definitely not the same as optimism it is not the conviction that something will turn out well; but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out"   Vaclav Havel.

There seems to be so much trouble going on in America, always new scandals and outrage brewing somewhere.  From government and corporate leaders under investigation and getting caught up in situations unimagined.  Professional athletes compromising hard work for a quick fix to organized religion spiraling out of control the list goes on. Corruption doesn't just stop at our institutions but has crept into our very own backyard.  For example a T. Ball coach in Uniontown Pennsylvania was charged with offering one of his 8 year players $25 to hit a teammate in the face with a baseball.  The mildly autistic boy was viewed as a weak player on the team through the eyes of the coach who's "win at all costs" mindset lead to such an act to be carried out.  There was a time when one grew up to feel and treated principles like currency and that doing the right thing was always the first option.

Way back in our countries roots they believed that a nation could be built with self-governance and the limits of government as much as they did in the power of government itself. Free market economy and a limited government shared and that Judeo-Christian ethics would provide a sense of duty and conscience was the vision set for America.  Values of being straight forward, honest, humble, having faith, being accountable as well as having compassion and forgiveness are being compromised daily.  The number of broken families in our neighborhoods and all over the country are cultural indications that have stacked against us.  From sex and violence on television, popular music, to video games that have played a big part in the lives of children.  Look at the disturbing trend of politicians who genuinely hate each other because of opposing views. There has been an alarming rate of child abductions, domestic violence cases, and violent and senseless killings not to mention a system of public education that simply isn't working.  All these things exist because of the lack of leadership.  The time has come for our leaders to not be content with playing the cards they were dealt instead shuffling the cards and pulling for a better draw.  It isn't just our most visible leaders that are to blame but out elected officials, our senators, congressmen, friends, neighbors as well as you and I. Leadership flows from the top down, yet we live and grow from the bottom upward.

Have we done anything to stand against the tides of indifference and insensitivity? This book highlights that the greatest gift from any parent to a child are values that come with love and attention.  What happened to being a good friend and neighbor, believing in ourselves, believing in something bigger that ourselves, trusting our fellow man and leaving the world a better place for other generations.  In the scramble to get ahead we have forgotten what it means to succeed and matter to make a difference.  What matters is the legacy one leaves behind built on the back of decisions made and actions carried out.  We all make mistakes but the ball gets dropped when we choose to live with those mistakes.  Many people wonder what the point is in making any kind of extra effort or going  an extra mile when society has made you feel like the odds will always be stacked against you.

A student at Ohio State University suggested that all Martin  Luther Kind Jr. ever got for his troubles was a bullet.  Another student told a story about her aunt; who rallied against unfair business practices at her job and in return received a pink slip.  These and other examples discussed set the mood that there was no profit in fighting for what is right.  There is hopelessness out there and if we don't stand against it soon we'll be headed for even more desperate times.  Martin Luther King Jr captured the notion that if we stand on God's principle that all men are created equal and that we will not respond to violence against these who are violent then the righteousness of our cause will ultimately prevail.

Myers Briggs Persoanlity Type Assignment

Myers Briggs Persoanlity Type Assignment

Tiffany McLeod

In taking the Myers Briggs assessment it concluded that I am an ESTJ as well as ESFJ personality type. As an ESTJ I have agreed that I direct my energy towards the outside and will introduce a logical organization and structure to the way things are done. In the description it mentions that my preference is to deal with the facts and the present and implement trusted solutions and practical problems in a businesslike and professional manner. I found this portion quite funny that it was so on target with how I live my life. I would love to be the person that knows how to be optimistic and knew how to take risks, but the truth is I am far from that person.  I tend to want to plan out a process with a blueprint, taking my time to map out the pros and cons and still make room for small changes that may occur. When looking those things that are not quite present at the time, i try not to be too analytical and critical while still being concerened with the truth of the matter. Futher in the description it states that my thinking functions is primarily supported by an introverted sensing perception, which I couldn't agree with more. It is used to manage the inner thoughts and emotions which leads to trusted ways of organizing and th solving of problems.

The classic temperament of an ESTJ is Epimethean for which a basic driving force is duty, service, and belonging.  What I found quite amusing was that in the details of describing my characteristics it mentioned the fact that your able to call a spade a spade which is actually the very words I use .  Of the draw backs to having this personality which I agre with is while being so head strong about being logical it may hinder others not to experiment or innovate when working with this individual. As stress increases it causes me to withdraw and at times desires alone time when intense emotions are not expressed.  Another similarity with this type and my actual personality is that I am very sensitive to critisim, though I am not above critisim I am sensitive in how that critisim is expressed.

As an ESJF the characteristics that most relate to me in the dominant function is being appreciative and accepting of people, enjoying company and seeking harmony in the process.  I am not a person that enjoys stress or commotion so when I am able to make peace in a situation I seek to do so. I tend to access the impact of the decisions on others, being sympathetic and compassionate by taking a personal approach by considering others feelings before my own. One one the negative ways I relate to the type is that I am an offender of not paying attention to my own needs in the process of putting others first. I do agree that I am reluctant to always try new things if a logical end is not in sight, so making a long term goal is wonderful to have but being prepared to modify in the light of experience and developing circumstances is something I must work on.  It is imperative for me to learn that as stress increases my learned behavior will give way and at that point shutting down my emotions will not work but better yet suggesting new ideas will be more practical.

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I Believe Assignment 1

Tiffany McLeod

College Unbound

I Believe Assignment

I believe that life has its share of ups and downs and while success has been deemed the goal for all to reach, the path to get there is not limited to ones timeline and or measurement of success. I now believe that the word change and the adaptation to such is a quality and skill that is hard to learn but when developed can help an individual make the most out of life.

I have always gown up with the preconceived notion that all things had to go in an A, B, C order and should one come before the other it's time to start from scratch.  Having grown up in a very strict household these beliefs were precisely practiced.  At the age of 19 after having gone to college out of state I made the decision to start living on my own, thus beginning the journey of my veering off the map laid out before me. It was always stressed that after college "normal children" return home to their parent’s home in order save money.  Once I embarked on this real world journey I came to the conclusion that the sheltered lifestyle I had been living was helpful in my youth but quickly realized that this would no longer work into adulthood and I now had to be accountable for myself.

After college I had a fixed mind that now that  I had embarked on a taste of living on my own I didn't want to regress to being complacent with having everything given to me, I had fallen in love with my first accomplisment which was obtaining my own personal cell phone. While having a personal cell phone seemed simple to others, this was in fact monumental to me because I now had my very first bill and it caused me to budget my money and have more of a business mind knowing I had a responsibility to maintain my luxury.  After college I started my first forty hour fulltime job and shortly after moved in to my very first apartment. At that point the fact that I had not only done the unexpected but had been progressing which had me feeling like I’d been floating on cloud nine. Little did I know this would be only the start to my many accomplishments, pushing past limitations and barriers that are at times placed .  I now believe that starting over is not always necessary but continuing the journey and altering your path when needed is well worth the trip.  And though others may disagree no one can tell your story the way you can, and for that you are special, unique, and if people don’t understand tell them my shoe only comes in one size and I’m wearing it. Capture the moments, close your eyes , take a leap of faith and trust yourself.  You’ll be surprised at the outcome. From nothing comes greatness.