YDEV 352

Thinking back to my days in school whether it be elementary or high school, I didn't think that choices or decisions were being made for me.  Reflecting back on that now, i know that actually choices were being made for me.  During elementary school, everything was already laid out for me; the teacher goes over the rules on the first day (which were predetermined), you have to raise your hand to ask for absolutely everything and anything and student's opinions weren't really taken seriously.  This same process continued straight through high school.  When I was in high school, I felt as though the rules became a little less strict, but there were still rules.  The biggest issue I can remember is not having a say in what I could wear to school.  I understand that some teachers and students may find it distracting or inappropriate, but not being able to wear a spaghetti strap shirt or shorts (that might be too short) when it's 80 degrees outside and there's...

There are many stereotypes that adults have about youth and after reading three different articles there were multiple stereotypes that I found and were important for me to talk about. From the first reading, Framing Youth, the stereotype about young people is that they are secretive and and live dangerous lives.  Most of the people who thought youth lead these dangerous lives were adults or parents of adolescents.  Around this time, articles were coming out with headlines such as, "should you spy on your teen?", etc.  Mentioned in the article, parents became more suspicious of youth after the Columbine shooting had happened.  Parents wondered what adolescents were hiding and what kind of dangerous lives they lived.  I believe this stereotype exists because of the things parents hear through media, other parents, etc.  This could especially be impacted by race and sexuality.  Some parents might believe that because if their child identifies as gay, les...

Know: Youth being resilient group by having positive supports and opportunities  After- school programs having positive effect on youth's behaviors and offer them opportunities  Learn: Deficit-approach: intervening when young people exhibited problems or identifying "at-risk" youth and to prevent them from engaging in bad behaviors  Research out there on resiliency that had three critical elements for youth to succeed which are caring relationships, clear and fair expectations and opportunities  The youth development movement- redefining success for young people and programs  More:  Theory and practice of youth development  Growth of after-school programs 

In this picture, I see a group of youth giving back to their community and helping to build a playground that improves society.  It also shows how youth can work with each other to create their own designs and ideas for building innovative things.  This project looks like it took up a lot of time but I think the time was used productively and it's benefiting the children that live in this area.  The group that built this playground was DownCity Design which is an organization that involves young people in designing and building solutions for their communities.  What drew me to this work was seeing the youth give back to the community and really do something to make a difference.  This wasn't in the neighborhood before and now thanks to the youth in the community for helping, these children now have a play pavilion. S.S. Hope Play Structure Summer 2017 ,  PASA Summer Scholars East Side / Mt. Hope YMCA