my community

keyanta Foster
December 18, 2010



In life everyone belongs to a community of their own or another. A community is a large group of people who have the same goal in common as a community. I feel that that my community is my family and my school. Being a part of a community need balance and support. In this essay I will discuss How I Balance attending school and supporting my family. When you take the time to look around you, you learn that many families today are struggling to attend school and take care of your family.
The vast majority of low-income parents today are working but still struggling to make ends meet: struggling to find and keep a toehold in a changing labor market, to keep up with their bills, to pay the spiraling costs of essentials like health care and housing, and to raise children with a chance of future success. These families have much in common with other American families as they seek to balance work and family life, yet parents and children in low-income families are more financially vulnerable than those in higher-income families.
Low-income working families receive fewer job benefits than middle-income families. Low-income families with at least one full-time worker are much less likely than middle-income families to receive health insurance through an employer (49 versus 77 percent). Almost one in ten of these "high-work" low-income families report postponing needed medical care during a 12-month period for lack of health insurance or money. And, low-income working families are less likely to have paid vacation or sick leave than higher-income families, making it more difficult to juggle work, family health, and well-being. Over one-quarter of low-income families with a full-time worker experience hardships related to food and housing. Forty percent of moderate-work, low-income families those without a full-time worker but still working a substantial number of hours report food and housing hardship.
I feel that I am struggling to survive in this world by trying to take care of myself and my family. Being able to go to school is a blessing for me. It gives me the chance to a higher education to support myself and my family. It gives me a chance to have a better future for myself. The world is changing everyday, when you look back they world is never the same as yesterday. I am apart of this community of a low income family trying to make ends meet. I feel that one day we all can make the world a better place.

Fairy tales

The three fairy tales that i read are Cinderella, Snow white, and The Ugly Duckling. These fairy tales all have two things in common. The first thing is that they describe the main characters looks, feelings and what they do.The second is that they all have a happy ending to look forward to.It also describes the setting and where it took place, and the turning point when something happens to the main character.The story of The Ugly Duckling applies the most to to Precious because she didn't believe anyone love her of wanted to anything to do with her. She accept the fact that Her mother and grandmother wanted nothing to do with her but to use her to get money. Her grandmother didn't pay attention to the fact that she is getting rape by her father. But when she started to think she wanted to do better for herself and her baby. She found love and people who do care about her.The two other fairy tales also apply to precious because She always dream of what she wanted to be weather it was a singer or a model or dating a hot superstar. In the story snow white and Cinderella they both want to be loved and be a princess. They wanted to go to the ball. But I now these are fairy tales stories but do all fairy tales have happy ending?

Progress assessment

During this semester I learned alot about my self and my fellow classmates.WE all have a common goal that is we all want to make something of our selves.I have enjoy this class so far.I look forward to coming to this class all the time.Mt favorite assignment is the strengths and weakness essay.The reason I enjoy this assignment is because I got the chance to feel deep in my self and find out what I am good and and what I can work on.I also go the chance to see what my fellow classmates are going through.This essay gave me the chance to say that i'm not perfect. There are some thing that i am good and and there are something that I can learn to do better.I also enjoy the candy introductions. This assignment gave to the time to break free and get to know my classmates.It gave me the time to see if some of my classmates have the same goal of becoming a teacher like I do and to see if we can help each other in any way.It also gave me the chance to see if we had anything in common outside of school.In this class I would like to have more books t read and essays to do.I like being able to read books like push. I like to be able to see how in anyway i can relate to her and i am able to write how I feel about the book.

strength an weakness essay

Strength and weakness essay:
During life you will go through changes and learn many mistakes. Part of growing up is learning who you are and what you can do in the world. Sometimes you will look at what other people strengths and weakness are before looking at your own. Every day you are learning something new about yourself and the world around you. It’s hard to let other people view you not knowing what they will think of you. I am a very open book if you ask me anything about myself. Sometimes it will depend on what you are asking me. I have learned many different things about myself as I live my life. I learn that I'm not perfect but I do learn from the mistakes that I made in my past. I have much different strength that gets me by every day. My strength is my personality, knowing what I want to achieve in my life and my family.
My strength is also knowing what I want to achieve in my life. My goal is to become to become a teacher in Early Childhood education. I know that if I am in school everyday and doing what I am suppose to be doing, I am a step closer to reaching my goal. I am a student at Metropolitan College and my major is American Urban Studies. I know that I am good with children and love to be around children playing with them all the time which is the reason why I chose to become a teacher. I think that children are the next generation in the world and they will make a difference in the world. I like knowing that what I learn in school will give me the credit to know how to become a teacher and a better person for myself. I know that going to school gives you the tools to know how to teach children and what to expect when you become a teacher .I know that in five years I want to have my career set, my own home and maybe starting a family soon. I will be working on that from here on out. The Last thing that gives me strength is the support of my family, friends and the love of my life. I know that they support my dreams of becoming a teacher even though I am good at many other things but my passion is with children. I know that I am able to turn to my family when I need help with my homework or their support of keep trying to reach my dreams. My family gives me the strength knowing that I can help them anyway I can and knowing that I will be able to provide for them too. I know that I will be able to provide a better life for them as well as myself. The thing is with me I know that my family is not perfect but they always have my back no matter what. My mother raised me to be the hard working women I am today. She always have my back no matter what we been through. I also have the support of my brothers and sisters. I know that I am their role model and they look up to me. I know that they are watching my every movement.

During Your time on earth you learn many mistakes in your life. As you get older you learn more about yourself than you already have in life. You only live once and it’s okay to make mistakes as long as you grow from them. I know that through my strength and my weakness I am able to learn a lot through my life. They both keep me going to achieve my goals. Everyone has many goals they want to achieve in their life. I feel that if you work hard you can do anything you want in the world. It does take much just to believe in yourself and set yourself to your standards in what you want out of your life. . My personality is like no other. There is one of me in this world. There are many ways to describe myself. I am sweet, caring, fun, funny and easy to relax around. The biggest thing about me is that I am very giving and kindhearted. My personality only makes half of who I am. I enjoy helping people and making a difference in their lives. I like knowing that I am able to help someone and put a smile on their face. I am the kind of person that if I have something you need I will do my best to help you anyway I can and if I can't I will find a way to help you. I enjoy being surrounded by children and animals.

There are a lot of consequence for my strengths and my weakness. When it comes to my strengths, the things that put me down knowing that people can take my kindness for granted. I learn that in my past that when I give out too much they will keep taking because they know that I am giving and I know that they have not problem knowing that they will get away with it. In my past I have been put through to the point where I have been taking for granted before and they have made me feel guilty because I haven’t given them what they wanted. These people though I wasn’t being a true friend but at the end of the day I had to learn to look out for myself. I learn that I can’t always give them what they want. I know that it takes hard work to achieve my goals that I want in my life. Knowing that I want to be able to achieve my goals and it will take lots of hard, paying attention and being there everyday. I won’t have much time to enjoy the little things that I want to enjoy in my life. The last is losing hope from my family, friends and the love of my life. I know that I am able to keep believing in myself but I want to have the support of my family, friends and my man.

strengths and weaknesses

I want to be able to have a better future for myself.I don't want to sit around doing nothing, when i can use the time i have on this earth wisely.I am at the point where i set a goal for myself  and steps for myself to follow in order to achieve my goal.I ask myself what can i do to make a better future for myself and other people?What do i love to do that can help me and others toward a better future?I know that i have  deep bond and love for children. I know i want to give them a start of being a better person at a young age. I know that i want to  able  to teach them something to learn.I took my time to figure out which college would give me the start and proper tools to reach my goal to become a teacher in early childhood education.I think that i can learn to understand people and appreciate them more by looking a life through their point of view.I think that i can try to put myself in their situation and learn what they are going through and how they feel about their life and their surrounding.

all about me!!!

well there is alot i can tell u about me by i tell u very little. my favorite hobbies are reading ,writing, dancing and hangout with my family and friends.my favorite place on earth is 42 street during the night. because of the beautiful city lights. I think they are bright and pretty. Mt dream job is to become a teacher. i would like to teach kindergarten to third grade. I love being around younger kids and i love to be able to teach them something that they didn't know.My favorite memory is  spend the last time with my aunt before she died ( Jan,12,2010)and hearing her voice before i said goodbye.

Welcome PCA 111 !!

Hello my name is keyanta.my friends call me kiki i am a student a Metropolitan College of  Newyork. This is my first year and second semester in college. I am taking up American urban studies  working toward my masters degree in early childhood education. My goal is to become a teacher in day care to third grade. I enjoy being around children  playing and watching them grow.i have been a babysitter for kids when i was a child myself at the age of 10. I have one brother  age5 and two sisters age 12 and 3. My love for caring for my siblings and  other friends and family members as increased my  affect of reaching my goal of becoming a teacher.I think that this degree will teach my how to become a better teacher giving me the proper tools to learn how to  present  myself professional  and effective.My choice to come to mcny is because i want to be able to  work with my teachers to reach my goals.I want to be able to understand the lessons that are given to me.i think i made a good choice of attending this college. well my classmate i hope you learn little about me. you can also find me on facebook and myspace by email @ poohb89@hotmail.com or kiki foster. thanks for your time