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Injustice

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A time in my life when I personally experienced an injustice, was when my ex boyfriend was being charged with domestic vandalism, he pled guilty in three separate court cases, and after the third case I was asked to come into court as a witness to the crime. Luckily, the ADA was able to get him to plead out the case, but the thought of having to appear in court while I had a restraining order on this man, and see him face to face after 6 months seemed terrifying. I found this to be unjust because having to face your abuser in court doesn't seem right to me. Why should the person who was abused have to face them just to prove they are telling the truth? I felt anxious and scared, I thought this was all behind me. I had already moved on, gotten a new job, found a new boyfriend, and felt better all together. SO when I received a phone call from the ADA prosecuting my case, I fell apart. I was furious that he pled not guilty not once, not twice, but THREE separate times.  It wasn&

Blog #5

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Some of the ways that the teachers in this article care for students was the practice map because it shows her care for her students and expresses all the work she does for them. Also, the way she doesn't show a bias of her personal beliefs and was there for Sarah when she needed someone really showed how much she cared for her students. Personally, at my own internship site, I see the teachers playing close attention to their students, and my co workers paying even closer attention. My site coordinator has built up good relationships with the children who come to the after school program. They see her and myself almost everyday during the week, so it is important that we gain their trust. I can see first hand that my site coordinator and other co worker treat the children with great care and respect. I feel that the program I am involved in (the YMCA) does a great job of facilitating activities for children in their after school programs. Since I have only been with the program