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Week 14 Blog Post 10

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Based off the readings, In my opinion it seems that the authors have a deeper definition of play. They speak about the rules and processes in a way that I have not thought of before. In the Jenkins reading they list off things like permission, Process, Passion, and participation. I always thought of the idea of play to be very simple. I grew up with the understanding of just by saying  yes or no answer would progress if the idea of play was going to take place. In other words, I never thought that those core principles were important for the idea of play. This changes my idea of play by looking at it from a deeper perspective which I never have done before. For the second reading, it seems that it is mostly centered around self improvement. It speaks about how youth should have more of a creative mindset. When it comes to play, being creative is also important because you can come up with new ideas for play. As a child, the teachers of the school I went to would encourage creativit...
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Week 12 Blog Post 9

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 One question sticks out to me for the youth in action website. I notice that there is a section that says "Programs" on the bottom left and a sub section that says "In school". It mentions the youth in action program has a partnership with the Providence public schools and addresses issues of equity, talks about advocates for a positive change, and the dismantlement of oppression. My question is why is this only applied to Central Highschool? Why is Central Highschool the main school of this program? I do not see a list of other public schools and it makes me curious. I agree with the programs and support the idea of positive change and I am always in support of positive reinforcement.  For the TED talk, I learned about linguistic identity. I understand generally that there are many forms of identity but until I viewed this TED talk, I never thought about the linguistic perspective. I also have a question for the video as well. My question refers to the McDonalds e...
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Week 11 Blog post 8

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 A number of things resonated with me in the Meisel's reading. In this reading, I found quotes that I felt were important. Meisel mentions that "Adults can be advocates and partners for young people". It is a simple statement but I consider it to be important because some youth and adults engage with conflict and arguments. I have had my own shares of conflict with adults as a child because of how I would be talked to. As I became older, I learned how to compose myself so that I do not make the same mistakes as the adults did during my youth. Adults and children should work cooperatively to resolve issues.  Meisel also mentions in the reading that "Social factors such as race and class affect communities". This also resonates with me because I have a witnessed a verbal dispute between a Spanish neighbor and a white neighbor and the Spanish person mentioned that they were lucky to be white and untouchable. I was young at the time and did not understand what that ...
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Week 8 blog post 7

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 Before the readings, I always affiliated "Care" with how well you treat someone. If someone asks for a favor and you are willing to assist, I feel that it means you care for that person. I never thought about care from the perspective of racism as much until this reading. The way Nieto describes care while connecting the topic of racism and social inequality in a school setting is interesting to me because I came from diverse schools and I felt like our conversations about racism did not make anyone feel guilty for being a certain race like white for example. After the reading, I am looking at the word "care" with more of an open mind now because I honestly never thought about how "care" can be used to describe different scenarios.
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Week 7 Blog post 6

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 I agree with the perspective of Ginwright and Cammarota in the reading. I agree with the statement about how the urban youth is looked upon as being problematic for the community and I also agree with the fact that it is important to understand the reasoning. Thinking broadly about the problems  and creating programs to assist the youth was a topic I found important as well because it is easy to assign blame to the youth.  Social Justice focuses more on the general opportunities and privileges of a community. An example would be if a white person and African American person was to commit the same crime, but the African American person receives more of a punishment. The roles can also be reversed, but the main idea is that Social Justice revolves around who has what set of privileges. YDEV is more centered on assisting the youth with their growth into becoming adults. YDEV can help kids with social issues at school, problems at home with family and many other areas. In ot...
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Week 6 Blog post 5

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 Quote 1. " Positive Youth Development is a child-centered and asset-based approach to youth development (Pittman, et al., 2003), with adults acting as facilitators and coaches". This resonates with me because I believe that children should always been surrounded by positive people who will support them. Some children unfortunately are around people who utilize negative reinforcement as discipline and depending on how severe the discipline is, it could be traumatic for the child as well. Quote 2. " Civic Youth Development supports youth as they learn to become democratic citizens, and encourages them to explore social issues that they find meaningful" I find this quote to be important because it supports teaching the youth about social issues. By doing this, we can influence and educate a generation and those children can spread their knowledge when they become adults. This would continue a cycle of social issues being addressed which can help the future understand ...
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week 5 blog post 4

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 Originally I learned about Race when I was in the 4th grade. The topic of race was reintroduced to me heavily during my current college years. The class I was taking was called "Diversity and oppression". This particular experience I will share took place when I was in Highschool. I had a French teacher who was fluent in English and Spanish as well. The majority of the kids in the classroom were Hispanic which meant that we had our own unique dialects. This one particular day the teacher had us read out loud certain French phrases, but our natural Hispanic dialect would make the phrases sound inaccurate which should be normal since we are learning. The teacher then tells us that we are wrong for using those kinds of pronunciations. The French teacher was basically telling us that the Spanish accents we have been using our entire lives because of our family backgrounds was not the correct way to speak. In other words, she felt that she was superior to us. From a certain persp...
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