On the mind..

Adultism..... I had to really think about a time when an adult took away my free ability to make choices for myself, specifically a time in which it really stuck with me and made a lasting impression. I have often, by my parents, been guided to make my own choices and they supported me. Obviously, if it was an unsafe circumstance or something that would physically harm me they did not support or encourage but I was also not a youth or teen to really look down those types of path anyways. Even as a youth in high school my teachers were supportive and encouraging. That is, why I assume, I had such positive, lasting, close relationships with so many of my educators and still continue to ten years later. I can remember one teacher I had in third grade. I was used to such open free play, while learning an immense amount through socialization, play, and discovery but this teacher did not work this way. She had desks not touching, in rows so no one could converse. There was no "f...

There are a lot of stereotypes of youth/young people. After reading the three articles, one stereotype that stuck out was that youth are inexperienced. Another stereotype is that youth are lazy, and are defiant towards those that are older than them. According to the reading by Bogad, when youth started to attend public school more and not stay at home and help there, they began to be with more people their age and settle into their adolescence. In the article by Steinberg, it was mentioned people feared what youth would do next- and they were always wild, even a "nightmare" to adults.In the third article written by Meyerson, black females are perceived older than what they are at a very young age. The article told of one girl who was arrested for using a student subway card because the police thought she was older than what she said- based on her appearance, which ended up making her go into therapy because of the ordeal she was put through. I assume stereotypes of youth...

KNOW- The chart focusing on Traditional Views of Youth Development. I knew these areas from the field I am in now, past job experiences and from our prior youth development course. LEARN- The deficit approach. I have not heard of this before. The resiliency research part was also an interesting new topic to read about. MORE- I would like to know more about how to influence youth in a positive way in a high risk area or situation. More importantly- What defines high risk?

I chose to research the photo of the college student carrying her dorm mattress. This post was published by the Washington Post. After reading into the article more, this female student was raped by another person on campus and chose to carry this mattress, like the emotions and life changing feelings that will carry with her forever. She vowed to carry the mattress until her rapist was no longer on campus, and this continued on the school year until the graduation day- when they both graduated. There was another photo shared of her on campus within the article, and a video as well.  I was drawn to this photo because I was wondering why a person would be carrying a mattress around like she was, on those steep stairs. It wasn't brightness or colors that brought drew me to this but it was the struggle the photo showed.