Moises Claudio
Instructor M. Fitzgerald
Given what I know about the sisters of NDNU and what they believed in and valued most, I feel that their hallmarks reflect their love and care for the community. Valuing every individuals dignity and sacredness in my own words would be to always have an act of kindness towards everyone. To respect everyone as they are and do them no wrong. Most importantly I feel that giving back to the community was one of the most important values to the sisters. NDNU has specified a day in the semester where it is required for every student to give back to their community. My Call to action was helping those less fortunate kids of the Ravenswood School District and supporting/helping them along their field trip a long a boat in the harbor. Among helping them carrying things around the vessel I learned that giving back is important. Those kids looked up to us, my classmates, and seemed inspired to follow in our footsteps.
Apart from my call to action day and helping the kids of the Ravenswood School District, I was able to play a soccer match for young soccer team. It was a match during the season where a group of young kids who have the same dreams and passions as I do came to watch an intense match. We played our game and after the match the kids were extremely excited to meet us. Our coach called the over to take a picture and after we talked to them individually and they asked us for our autograph. Their attention made me feel honored to be part of the community and felt that I was entitled to being a model for those future student athletes.
Through out my first semester at NDNU my moral principles have not been questioned or challenged. Coming here I knew that I was going to face some sort of temptation to do things that I knew were wrong but for the most part I've done good in being able to stay away from what I think is wrong. Having to say no at times to myself disturbs the peace and at times sets me in a bad mood. Plenty of times have things set me in such a bad moods but I've been able to grow out of it and be the person I know I am too be. Educationally my morals and beliefs don't affect my career plans so throughout my first semester I have not doubted my future plans.
My first year freshmen composition class had dealt with human rights throughout the whole year. Going in I didn't know a lot about the topic but through the six months I familiarized myself with Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. In doing this I became aware of so much that was going on around the world and in our own backyard. I was able to learn the thirty different human rights every individual since birth is entitled too. I was able to put this in work to how I treated people around me.
I personally define diversity as a mix of race, sex, and cultures. A mixture of different communities and people coming together. Throughout the semester, I've became aware the diversity brings this community together. NDNU is defined by its students and the students come from all over the world. I've met people from places that I've dream of going and was bale to talk and learn a lot about those people. I think that embracing diversity is of value to the community because it brings people together. As human beings I've noticed that we can get a lot off of different people. I've noticed that some of the best partnerships around the world have been made from different communities coming together.
In my time here I have been able to form a sort of community with my teammates and classmates. I came here knowing no one and I can proudly say I've made an impacting connection with plenty of people. As the semester went on I noticed that having important friends in classes was vital for success in college. Having friends that are comfortable with me as I am with them is great when it comes to asking for help and studying with. I noticed that in forming this community set a fun and important relationship needed to be successful in not only college but in life.
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