Author: De'Asia Butler

Hello Class,

For my Core Value I chose Respect:

There is a saying “Respect others the same way you would want to be respected” this saying is important to me because I feel respect goes a long way. We are all human beings and we all have feelings. I give everyone around me the respect they deserve, because i want the same treatment in return.  At work I hold a management position, I am the lead dental assistant, I have employees who work under me. The catch to that is we are all still dental assistants, yes I may have a few extra tasks then my workers, but we still do the same task overall. Does that mean I should treat them any different or act mean and disrespectful towards them because I have lead assistant in front of my name. I say no I will not be mean to my workers, I will not treat them differently, even more importantly I will not disrespect them. My workers are human just like me, and have feelings and I want them to give me the same respect i give to them.

For the future I would hold this same core value of respect because I want to open up my own business. I’ve been in the dental field for many years, that means I have worked in different dental practices and different work environments. I’ve worked with some pretty nasty people, who don’t understand the true meaning of respect. I have even worked for some employers who were rude and disrespectful. One employer I worked for would scream at us and punch the walls, you would think as an employer they would have carried themselves in a certain manner of professionalism, we thought wrong. We all want to be respected and not screamed at by our employers, so when I open up my business, no I will not scream and punch walls, I will respect my employees and treat them like the humans they are.

For a person like me who has the goal of opening up their own business, I would need money and lots of it, starting a business is not cheap. I would possibly need investors or possibly business loans to get started. That means I will need to communicate and write to my future investors so they would want to invest in me and my vision for my company.

De’Asia Butler

Hello Everyone,

My name is De’Asia Butler, and I am studying Restorative Dental. I am 36 years old and very nervous of returning back to school since it has been many years since I was in school. I have been in the dental field for over fifteen years and I love dentistry. No dentistry was not my first career path, I was actually forced into my field by my mother, it just so happened I fell in love with dentistry. My plan is to open up my own Dental Lab one day, that’s why I decided to return back to school.  I love reading and writing even though I may not write well (that’s why I’m taking english lol) being able to tell a story on paper makes me happy. I plan to put my all into learning and passing this class, and all my other classes for that matter. I look forward to working with all my classmates, and us passing this class.

De’Asia Butler