My Supports

Factors of supports
My faith, and family are key factors in my support system. There are words of encouragement to push me on in times of challenge. Their compliments on my accomplishments are another source of support.  My experience in the early childhood field and education are other supports I have.  Economic conditions caused the closing of my job, but I had several job offers before the last day of work. My association with other early childhood education professional is also a support. Whenever I am met with a concern about young children’s well-being I have reliable sources of support in m y former and present colleagues in the field.
Not having these supports would present challenges for me. While my educational aspirations are personal, my family is a part of my personal desire to have the skills and knowledge to secure beneficial employment. The support of other early childhood professionals helps motivate me with the challenges of working with young children and families

The challenge of being in a foreign country not knowing the language or customs would necessitate having a close relationship with someone who is familiar with the language and customs.  Developing the relationship could be a challenge also, the relationship would require being able to communicate with others. Relationship are built on trust and this is not something I enter into hastily. . Without some form of understanding the language I would have a difficult time acquiring food, shelter and employment.



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Unknown said…
Family is so important, I too had a very difficult time adjusting to a new culture 22 years ago in this country.One of the challenges I had to face was converting to writing the English Language according to the rules of thumb of the American system. I had to retrain my brain to write some basic words such as color(colour),neighbor(neighbour),check(cheaque). Being taught under the British Colony, my spelling was incorrect and lack the quality of the American standard. Today I cringe in fear of spelling words incorrectly, I'm still battling with adjusting to the American standard and rule of thumb.
August 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM
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