Community Essay

-members of my community range from kids from where ever between the ages of 7 - 17. we also let 5 & 6 year olds
-we all treat each other like family and look out for each other
-our membership is a choice. no one is forced 9 (unless by their parents), no one is getting paid to be there
-we work to give a good name for our city. our main aspect is running but we also host talent shows, we sell candy, we had a prom for our kids around the neighborhood, we help post signs around neighborhoods for city election candidates
-we have expectations for our runners as far as making sure their doing well in school, we hold study halls and you are removed from the team if we feel like we are getting in the way of your schooling or just not taking care of school priorities

Self Reflection For Module 1

PLUS

• I participated actively 
• I put great thought and work into my blogposts
• I helped others with assignments and gave reminders to turn in homework
• I turned in my homework on time 

DELTA

• I need to work on using correct sentences
• I need to work on improving my test scores 
• I need to limit my out bursts to a proper minimum

+ I am proud that I would stay up late completing assignments for this class, pick up on the material taught in class, and be happy to participate in class.
- I need to work on how loud I can be at times when i get excited, and also the way I express my negative views in certain situations

My Neighborhoods Impact On Me

My original neighborhood that I grew up in was the neighborhood that made me who I am today. This neighborhood was made up of middle to upper class elderly retired African Americans.  We all looked after each other and were considered family. I could go to any adult in my neighborhood for advice, discipline, or even gifts and treats, like candy and clothes. They brought us up installing in us respect, knowledge, and responsibility. When people around us visited us they would ask questions like “what area is this?”, or “why are you guy’s houses so big? Honestly, I was privileged and blessed with the resources I wanted and needed to become the intelligent, respectful, talented, and gifted young man I am today. We had limited amounts of negativity in our neighborhood and I wasn’t exposed to the worse aspects of life in our neighborhood, such as drugs, fighting, guns, etc. until I was older. I wasn’t a part of it, but I was aware of it. There weren’t that many kids in my neighborhood for me to hang around and I was an adventurous person. The kids I chose to hang around were a part of the reason I have to still work on my speech and level of professionalism today. Over my years of living there, neighbors were moving out a lot and being replaced by Latino's. Now I have relocated out of that neighborhood but carry everything I learned from it everywhere I go. Thinking back on my neighborhood and comparing it to the way I know some of my friends and family were brought up in their neighborhoods; I feel that I was privileged and blessed. I received and seen in my twenty years of living more things than a lot of people over fifty dreamed of seeing. With that said I thank god and my parents for the wonderful young man here before you today.

The Poverty Business Reflections

Companies all over the world use advertisement as a way to bring in individuals by making them think that they must have this fancy car or must have the other overly expensive products they decide to sell. In my opinion, I think it affects the opportunity divide because it shows that they are just finding ways to take money away from low wage without thinking about what it could do for their future. In their eyes, the fact that you have less means that you want more and is more than likely willing to do anything to get it, so instead of working with you to get what you want and take care of what they need, they cover up the big picture of what kind of problems this can create for you later with the thought of what ephemeral happiness you will have in the present before you realize what’s going on. By then it’s too late and the dreams you had with this fantasy object are deferred. They are not at all concerned with what’s going on in your personal but only how you plan to continue to pay the debt you've created for yourself. They all along were only after money and knew that less fortunate individuals would more than likely fall short of the plan to enhance their company’s growth. I believe that these behaviors do create a unnecessary separation between them and their customers.

I believe everyone plays a part in getting rid of this issue. These companies don't have to do what they are doing too these people and it is wrong one their part most of the time, but at the same time, these people aren't being forced to buy these items. These are grown men and women who should know whether or not the items they choose to buy are beneficial toward them and whether it could affect them negatively or positively. It starts with them and their mindset on how they choose to go about these particular situations.