Angels Blog

 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...

 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 ...