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EDUCATION JOURNEY MAPS: MAPPING TO THE MA The link below will take you to my journey narrative. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgaCycR4ndPuNYLC5B_aGdw0VF9HE9dzzU6n2MvNJG-DK_rkbn3VxsNk8HRHD878D303Isn_FYz7XV/pub

Choose 3 quotes from the readings or org websites that resonate with your philosophy of youth development. Paste them into your blog post. Underneath, write up a short reflection on each: what does this quote mean to you? How does it resonate/ apply/ speak to you? I Know What I Believe: Using Theory to Prepare Youth Workers One quote that resonated with me from this article was the definition used for Practitioners in the Positive Youth Development section "Practitioners believe that youth work programs should help children and adolescents further develop their strengths and interests." It goes on to say that this approach aligns with students because "of the ways it disrupts dominant school discourses that position young people as part of the problem, rather than part of a solution."  I believe that we come into this world for a reason, and that at a very young age we start to see those reasons based on likes and dislikes. If as a community we focused on the child...

Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work  In this article, I wouldn't help, but connect to my actual work. My role is to advocate, support and guide the youth that are in the program. It is something that I have the passion for because I saw how the program once helped me.  I also believe in giving back and knowing that when good is done than it deserves to shine, but when organization and personnel shifts are made it is not always for the better. I truly connected with the idea of "the work that has been done is going to be or it has co-opted." For years, the program was run with the mindset of always putting the students first, the community was one big family, and the question in staff meetings would always be "what is in the students' best interest?" What would help them develop and be better prepared for the world? Seven years later things began to change and the feeling of "students first" was no longer there. The pur...

  Zora: On Being Outstanding While reading Carla Shalaby, I couldn't help but feel the need to intervene many times for Zora. I felt like I was in the classroom with her, and she needing someone to talk too and help her process everything that was going on. I felt helpless, just reading about the many times the teacher reprimanded her rather than taking a moment to utilize those interactions in a positive way, to better help the student learn about themselves, but at the same time understand that there are boundaries and that the energy she gave in the classroom everyday could be utilize in a powerful way. At the same time, I wondered how many other students behaved the way she did, but because of obvious reasons, and for the purpose of this article were not called out or put in the spot the way Zora was called out on many times.  Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution  This documentary film was AMAZING! Having watched this, I think that this film should be watched by every s...

 The readings on Who are Youth? and What is Childhood? have truly left me speechless. There is so much to say and I don't even know where to start. Nancy Lesko's article focuses on beliefs that come from the 1800s and 1900s. The first one was the idea that "adolescent was a vehicle to discuss the means to secure strong wills and disciplined bodies among middle-class white males." Adolescent were a tool that adults used to manage society without asking or taking into consideration the thoughts of the people in this case,  the youth, and how it would impact them in the long run. Another idea that made my stomach turn was about adolescent males and that when surrounded by females this lead to them being weaker. The idea that a mother could harm their male son because it could make them less of a person is something that doesn't sit well with me, in particular because I believe there is more to females and there is a bond that connect a mother to a son. The second ide...