Blog 8

Growing up I never thought about the he struggle teachers go through when it comes to boundaries. Dr. Mc. Kamey told a story of a student she helped and had to advocate for. She stated "I could feel my face flush. Was I overstepping my boundary here?...

On the other hand, I wondered how many days Nam would have spent in the auditorium before someone had the time to figure out ‘what to do with him." When you are passionate about what you do it gets done.  It made me think about my future and working with youth. Youth do better when they feel included, for example YIA the youth there show that being involved has made a difference. I feel all youth need a relationship with a teacher one way or another. I felt Dr. Mc Kamey paper was informative and it was good to see both points of view.

Blog 3

    Positive Youth Development by Jutta Dotterweich was a very informative presentation. One thing thay stuck to me is that youth are truly making a difference in todays society. The presentation is mainly about support. Which is what these youth need to become who they are and find their voice. going through the power point made me think of myself growing up.

Growing up in New York as a youth, we didn't have supportive youth programs like w have now. I honestly didn't know youth programs existed until I completely moved to Rhode Island. The program we did have growing up were for children who were in Pre-K up to about the sixth grade.

Public Schools in the inner city schools lack these supportive programs. I must say I enjoyed the power point.  I loved that youth are finding their voices and that programs are coming along for youth to find their self.

Blog 1

Gwen Sharp's article is about child labor, and how the past effected adolescent development. Times have changed a great deal since 1900s.  In the 1900s children working was a normal thing.

School came in secondary. Today children are not expected to work, but are expected to attend school. Children in the early 1900s had responsibilities like adults today have. Children today do not have the same responsibilities. The laws that were made have restricted children from having these forms of responsibilities.

This article makes me thinks of how different things have become over the years at least here in the states. In some countries children still work at an early age, such as Guatemala. To these children working is the norm because that is all they know. School isn’t not a priority. I found the article to be interesting, and the pictures said a lot.

 Contexts mapping, from my understanding has to do with organizing the different aspects of yourself in your life, also what is expected of you as well as the roles you play in the different situations.

Mitch had Julian do that so that he could understand that one does not find their self over night. I learned that there are four stages of identity Foreclosure which is finding a sense of self. you think you know who you are but have yet to explore more. Diffusion is when the person does not have an established identity, nor is actively searching for one. Moratorium is active searching for one's occupational, religious, ethnic or other form of identity. Achieved is when the person is comfortable with whom they are and no longer needs to explore. I feel like I am between two of these identities. I am between moratorium and achieved.

My Context Map

Work:                       School:                Home:
   Hard worker             Student             Guardian
   Knowledgeable         Procastinate      Role model
                                                               Aunt
                                                               Big sister
  

What is Youth Empowerment?

FIGURE I SHARE THIS VIDEO I LIKED IT

YIA

After reading A World Where Youth Hold the Power and Watching the video gave me what I guess one could say hope. Many adults view our youth as trouble some. They are viewed as immature beings with really bad mood swings and hormone problems. they are individuals without voice. when one thinks of youth we are thought to automatically think negative.

 It is great to see programs that aim to change the view of youth. In Youth in Action these youth have a say. Youth are put in a more positive light. Instead of hearing people tell them they cant, they hear a you CAN. In YIA youth find their voices. They are given the opportunity to become leaders. a quote that I really like was "Teenagers run our organization and are part of every decision, from approving our budget to choosing the color of paint on the walls to hosting the 2011 Free Minds Free Peoples conference this past summer!!”

This gives the youth a sense of pride. The youth feel included in what’s going on around them. In YIA the youth have a voice, which to anyone is important. They learn to speak up for their rights. It is nice to see the wonderful impact YIA have on their youth. Marlie Chatelain who is 17 and a board co-chair said “I like that I am part of a place where there are so many different opinions. The trust, respect, and openness makes us stronger.”  This statement shows that with a great support system anything is possible. With more programs like these change can happen and over time the view of youth will begin to change.

 

BLOGGING ABOUT BLOGGING

WHY DO WE BLOG?

       WE BLOG TO EXPRESS

OURSELF. ITS THE ONE PLACE ONE CAN SAY WHAT THEY FEEL OR PLEASE IT CAN BE SAID WHILE BEING YOURSELF.

WHY SHOULD WE ENCOURGE YOUTH TO BLOG?

IT WOULD GIVE THEM THE FREEBOM TO BE WHO

THEY ARE. ITS THEIR OUTLET