Three Things I am good at:
1.Good listener = actually taking in the things that are being said to me.
2.Motivational speaker = Speaking to pairs family members in positive ways that uplift them.
3.Being Responsible = Knowing what what needs to be done and knowing what I should maintain etc...
Three things I like:
1.Meeting new people
2.Spending spare time with family and friends
3.Shopping
Combinations of I am good at and things I like to do:
Being a good listener ties into meeting new people and spending spare time with family and friends.
I say this because, when meeting new people you don't what the situation might be. You could meet that person while they are going through one of the toughest times in their life; when they really need someone to listen to them.
Sometimes family may need someone to speak with someone who can relate to them in the ways needed for that particular family member to express themselves fully and openly.
Sometimes after listening to someone explain something that is troubling them, they may need motivational - speaking, in order to lift them up and instill/restore a positive mindset
Now I must admit that I haven't always had the best sense of responsibility; my past shopping habits prove this best. Now I know my limits when it comes to spending money on clothing.
All of the things that I like to do as well as the things I am good at are things I value, yes even shopping.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
He's on our side
Reading the title alone, one may come to many conclusions as to what I mean when I say this.
What I'm really trying to say is that he stands for the betterment of all of the urban youth in America; he not only stands but he takes action in defending our futures.
I am currently a student at Year Up, a one year intensive training program that caters to low-income youth from ages 18-24. The program is intense, students will either choose the (IT) technology and (FO) financial operations. While at Year Up students also attend required classes that will enhance they're business/professional etiquette. Students attend these prep classes for six months and then they move on to the internships for the remainder of the year, where they put their skills to the test. They are evaluated through the whole six months, and if the company likes the work they do, it is possible for them to get hired. All throughout the year, students are rewarded with points when complying with the all requirements, and infracted when not; infractions result in the loss of fifteen points, which equals the lost of fifteen dollars from the bi-weekly stipends awarded to all students. Many students go on to pursue higher ranked careers in the fields that they were taught the basics in at Year Up. The whole program was strategically put together to bridge the ever so evident opportunity divide that lies between suburban and urban America.
This idea did not come over night for Founder Gerald Chertavian, it was actually a dream before a dream in my perspective. In 1985 the Harvard business school grad took part in the Big Brother association, mentoring a man named David who was only 9 at the time and lived in lower east Manhattan, which in the 80's was drug infested, and housed predominately low-income family's. It was then that Chertavian noticed how unfair things were for the youth that lived there; he made a promise to David, (who he still keeps in touch with to this very day) that he would stand by him and help him become the man he wanted to be.
It would be years before Chertavian would come up with the blue print for Year Up, but the thought of how unfair things were for David and others like him could not seem to leave his mind. He went on to be recognized as one of New York's outstanding Big Brothers in 1989.
Gerald went on to receive a B.A in economics from Bowdoin college and went on to receive his M.B.A., with honors from Harvard Business school. He began his career on Wall Street as an officer of the chemical banking corporation and then moved on to become the had of marketing at Transnational Financial Services in London.
He then co-Founded the very prosperous Conduit Communications in 1993.
In 1999 he sold Conduit to I-cube.
In that year he returned his attention to the needs of others.
He came up with a plan to start a non-profit organization to service the urban youth in America while giving companies a solution for recruiting entry-level employees.
I have had the chance to meet Gerald Chertavian more than once, I attend one of the 6 Year Up's that he has helped open in six different states.
I feel that his concern for Urban Youth in America is genuine.
To me he is an American hero.
What I'm really trying to say is that he stands for the betterment of all of the urban youth in America; he not only stands but he takes action in defending our futures.
I am currently a student at Year Up, a one year intensive training program that caters to low-income youth from ages 18-24. The program is intense, students will either choose the (IT) technology and (FO) financial operations. While at Year Up students also attend required classes that will enhance they're business/professional etiquette. Students attend these prep classes for six months and then they move on to the internships for the remainder of the year, where they put their skills to the test. They are evaluated through the whole six months, and if the company likes the work they do, it is possible for them to get hired. All throughout the year, students are rewarded with points when complying with the all requirements, and infracted when not; infractions result in the loss of fifteen points, which equals the lost of fifteen dollars from the bi-weekly stipends awarded to all students. Many students go on to pursue higher ranked careers in the fields that they were taught the basics in at Year Up. The whole program was strategically put together to bridge the ever so evident opportunity divide that lies between suburban and urban America.
This idea did not come over night for Founder Gerald Chertavian, it was actually a dream before a dream in my perspective. In 1985 the Harvard business school grad took part in the Big Brother association, mentoring a man named David who was only 9 at the time and lived in lower east Manhattan, which in the 80's was drug infested, and housed predominately low-income family's. It was then that Chertavian noticed how unfair things were for the youth that lived there; he made a promise to David, (who he still keeps in touch with to this very day) that he would stand by him and help him become the man he wanted to be.
It would be years before Chertavian would come up with the blue print for Year Up, but the thought of how unfair things were for David and others like him could not seem to leave his mind. He went on to be recognized as one of New York's outstanding Big Brothers in 1989.
Gerald went on to receive a B.A in economics from Bowdoin college and went on to receive his M.B.A., with honors from Harvard Business school. He began his career on Wall Street as an officer of the chemical banking corporation and then moved on to become the had of marketing at Transnational Financial Services in London.
He then co-Founded the very prosperous Conduit Communications in 1993.
In 1999 he sold Conduit to I-cube.
In that year he returned his attention to the needs of others.
He came up with a plan to start a non-profit organization to service the urban youth in America while giving companies a solution for recruiting entry-level employees.
I have had the chance to meet Gerald Chertavian more than once, I attend one of the 6 Year Up's that he has helped open in six different states.
I feel that his concern for Urban Youth in America is genuine.
To me he is an American hero.
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