1. Lionel, West House
2. Lionel expressed that he wanted the topic of his senior project to be film. He said film was a career he was greatly interested in and that he wanted to focus on film instead of digital media, because he feels like digital media is becoming too powerful and leaving film to be an obsolete medium for creating movies.
3. Lionel said the ROP teacher has a friend who works with film, and they are coming by to screen a movie called, "The Power of Fear" and he is planning on asking if he could work with them when they do so.
4. To no surprise, he hopes to view film related presentations in order to get an idea of what he should do for his own 2 hour presentation. He also hopes the presentations he watches are very informative, that way if he finds them interesting, he leaves the presentations feeling very knowledgeable about what he just saw.
5. None
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Blog 21: Independent Component 2
Literal
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Applied
- I, Angel Campos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work
- All the kitchen staff of URM, (especially Humphrey and Andre)
- Independent Component 2 Log
Interpretive
- My independent component shows 30 hours of work, because I volunteered at URM for an additional 30 hours. While working here I got very few opportunities to work with the children, but on the days I did, I got to play with them during free-play Most of the children there are 7 years old or younger so we mostly just played with hula hoops or tag in the big gym which was really fun. On the days I worked in the kitchen; I got to help prepare, cook, and serve meals to all the men, women, and families in the shelter. Working in the kitchen has been amazing because everyone is so extremely good-hearted and we all treat each other like family.
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- Working at the URM has helped me understand what better ways I could help homeless youth break the cycle of homelessness, by talking to the other volunteers in the kitchen who are also in the URM program. Hearing their stories and what struggles they faced growing up and living on the streets really enlightened me further as to how youth homelessness can be prevented or changed. For example, Mr. J* had been homeless since he was 16 because he was kicked out by his stepfather due to their constant fighting. Since he didn't legally have to go to school anymore, he decided to drop out but now says he regrets it because he believes if he stayed, he would have a strong sense of direction on life and probably would've been able to get at least a decent job to support himself. These conversations and more provided me with strong foundations as to why I chose my answers, because I had heard the suggestions from primary sources themselves.
*name changed
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Blog 19: Senior Project & ESLRs
1. Effective IPoly Citizen
2. I believe that throughout my senior project I have shown how to be an effective IPoly citizen at the Union Rescue Mission where I volunteer at. I make sure that I am always about half an hour early to the URM, since its in LA and I have to account for traffic. Also since I interact with people who are in difficult situations, I am respectful of whatever it is they are going through and try my best to make all the people I encounter during my dinner shifts feel welcome. I am also very attentive to the children and acknowledge every time they do something good (ex. share their toys, let other kids join in on their games, apologize, etc.).
3. Will provide the next time I am able to volunteer
2. I believe that throughout my senior project I have shown how to be an effective IPoly citizen at the Union Rescue Mission where I volunteer at. I make sure that I am always about half an hour early to the URM, since its in LA and I have to account for traffic. Also since I interact with people who are in difficult situations, I am respectful of whatever it is they are going through and try my best to make all the people I encounter during my dinner shifts feel welcome. I am also very attentive to the children and acknowledge every time they do something good (ex. share their toys, let other kids join in on their games, apologize, etc.).
3. Will provide the next time I am able to volunteer
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Blog: 18 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3
1. What is the best way to help homeless youth break the cycle of homelessness?
2. In order for homeless youth to break the cycle of homelessness, I believe they should have a strong significant role model who has good character
3.
2. In order for homeless youth to break the cycle of homelessness, I believe they should have a strong significant role model who has good character
3.
- It just takes one person to believe in a child in order for them to succeed
- Parents are a child's first role model. Children who have parents who show good morale such as never giving up, always do good to others, etc. almost always follow in their parent's footsteps
- If a parent seems do not meet these standards, children should not be completely alone either, they should have someone in their life to show that they care, and have faith that the child can turn their life around or make their situation better than it is
4. http://www.bigsnyc.org/a-history.php
5. I plan to study more cases of the "Big Brother, Big Sister" organization
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions
1. What is the best way to help homeless youth end the cycle of homelessness?
2. What do you believe are the main factors that lead children to become homeless?
3. What organizations are available to homeless youth to help them get back on their feet?
4. Why do you believe that children who have been on the street, but are able to get off of it for a period of time, have a higher or lower chance of living on the street again?
5. How effective do you believe transitional living programs are?
6. Please tell me of any stories of homeless youth who have undergone transitional living programs?
7. Why do you believe the homeless youth who undergo these transitional living programs either regress back to living on the streets, or are able to stay off of them?
8. What is your opinion on homeless youth attending counseling sessions? Why?
9. How do you believe homeless children are affected by having some form of shelter while they are living on the streets, regardless of the shelter's stability, durability, etc? Why?
10. If a homeless child is placed in an environment where children who are not homeless are present (such as a school) how do you believe this will affect the homeless child?
11. Why do you believe that some people may say that there are some cases of children who would actually be better off living on the streets than trying to get off of them? What is your personal opinion about this statement?
12. How important do you believe it is for homeless youth to be in school?
13. What benefits can homeless youth gain from being in school?
14. How can we help homeless youth be less truant to school?
15. If a homeless child has missed school and social interactions due to moving around a lot, how hard do you believe it is to integrate the child back into school?
16. What special programs or organizations specifically geared towards helping homeless youth succeed in school do you know of? How do these programs help these children?
17. What struggles do you think homeless youth face in school as opposed to those who are not homeless?
18. How do you feel about homeless youth wanting to get off the street on their own (without enlisting the help of others to do so)?
19. How do you believe we can motivate homeless youth to want to get off the streets?
20. What do you believe is the number one thing homeless youth, or people who were once homeless youth, NOT do in order to not regress to living on the streets?
2. What do you believe are the main factors that lead children to become homeless?
3. What organizations are available to homeless youth to help them get back on their feet?
4. Why do you believe that children who have been on the street, but are able to get off of it for a period of time, have a higher or lower chance of living on the street again?
5. How effective do you believe transitional living programs are?
6. Please tell me of any stories of homeless youth who have undergone transitional living programs?
7. Why do you believe the homeless youth who undergo these transitional living programs either regress back to living on the streets, or are able to stay off of them?
8. What is your opinion on homeless youth attending counseling sessions? Why?
9. How do you believe homeless children are affected by having some form of shelter while they are living on the streets, regardless of the shelter's stability, durability, etc? Why?
10. If a homeless child is placed in an environment where children who are not homeless are present (such as a school) how do you believe this will affect the homeless child?
11. Why do you believe that some people may say that there are some cases of children who would actually be better off living on the streets than trying to get off of them? What is your personal opinion about this statement?
12. How important do you believe it is for homeless youth to be in school?
13. What benefits can homeless youth gain from being in school?
14. How can we help homeless youth be less truant to school?
15. If a homeless child has missed school and social interactions due to moving around a lot, how hard do you believe it is to integrate the child back into school?
16. What special programs or organizations specifically geared towards helping homeless youth succeed in school do you know of? How do these programs help these children?
17. What struggles do you think homeless youth face in school as opposed to those who are not homeless?
18. How do you feel about homeless youth wanting to get off the street on their own (without enlisting the help of others to do so)?
19. How do you believe we can motivate homeless youth to want to get off the streets?
20. What do you believe is the number one thing homeless youth, or people who were once homeless youth, NOT do in order to not regress to living on the streets?
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