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Showing posts with label activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activities. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
My Personality
On September 7th,
2012 , the Bayan Learning Community went through different
activities.
One activity was called “Wagon Wheel.” We were told to pair up in partners of two, each facing one another and other surrounding in a circle. The one person on the outer circle had to ask the person sitting on the outside of the circle question that was provided. When the questions were asked and time was up the person sitting in the inside of the circle had to move over two places to the left, leaving their old partner and taking the questionnaire with them. Once with their new partner, the people sitting in the inside of the circle passed the questionnaire over to their new partner and the person sitting in the inside of the circle was not being asked the questions.
One question that was asked, “When did you first realize race could be problematic?”
Personally, I have found race problematic when I tried looking for work. When going into interviews for certain company’s they look at what race you are.
While I was answering, it was easy for me because I am comfortable with talking to others but some of my partners it seemed difficult for them to answer the questions. I was able to determine whom is an extravert and who is an introvert.
Yet, that didn't matter as much than the energy my partners were giving.
One activity was called “Wagon Wheel.” We were told to pair up in partners of two, each facing one another and other surrounding in a circle. The one person on the outer circle had to ask the person sitting on the outside of the circle question that was provided. When the questions were asked and time was up the person sitting in the inside of the circle had to move over two places to the left, leaving their old partner and taking the questionnaire with them. Once with their new partner, the people sitting in the inside of the circle passed the questionnaire over to their new partner and the person sitting in the inside of the circle was not being asked the questions.
One question that was asked, “When did you first realize race could be problematic?”
Personally, I have found race problematic when I tried looking for work. When going into interviews for certain company’s they look at what race you are.
While I was answering, it was easy for me because I am comfortable with talking to others but some of my partners it seemed difficult for them to answer the questions. I was able to determine whom is an extravert and who is an introvert.
Yet, that didn't matter as much than the energy my partners were giving.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
What Do You Want In Life?
Diane Edwards had given a presentation
on Harnessing the Power of Your Thoughts and Visualizations.
She asked that one important, a main question one tends to ask at one point in their own life:
After asking the question she then gave us five minutes to think and write down what we desire or want more in our life. I did not hesitate as I started pushiing the pen against the lined blue paper, "Happiness and Success," I wrote down.
Most of my life I have been
in the darkness, I have been mostly in a lonely place, not wanting help from
everyone and with traumatic life experiences, made me plunge further down into
the darkness. The last word I wrote down was “success.”
I have been lazy for most of my life s well. I would wait last minute in order to do things and if I were to complete the task, which sometimes I would not even finish what I would have to do,
I would finish it in the most sloppy and unorganized way.
I did not care about my life!
I felt that I can have everything handed to me in a single planter that did not require for me to put in much effort.
Years have past and I have grown.
In order to reach my life goals, I have to put in the effort.
I want to be successful.
I want to be successful in my marriage;
I want to be successful at my dream job, to teach and make an impact to people, to be an elementary school teacher.
I want to be successful so I can set a role model for not only my children, but be a positive role model for others that have influenced me and my personality.
How can I get to that point of my life?
Time plays a big role in this of course but having positive thinking will help me accomplish my goals. Our cognitions shape how we communicate to our self and how we communicate and interact with others.
Cognitions, being positive.
What do you want to acheve in your life?
She asked that one important, a main question one tends to ask at one point in their own life:
What do You Want To Acheve in Your Life?.
After asking the question she then gave us five minutes to think and write down what we desire or want more in our life. I did not hesitate as I started pushiing the pen against the lined blue paper, "Happiness and Success," I wrote down.
Most of my life I have been
in the darkness, I have been mostly in a lonely place, not wanting help from
everyone and with traumatic life experiences, made me plunge further down into
the darkness. The last word I wrote down was “success.” I have been lazy for most of my life s well. I would wait last minute in order to do things and if I were to complete the task, which sometimes I would not even finish what I would have to do,
I would finish it in the most sloppy and unorganized way.
I did not care about my life!
I felt that I can have everything handed to me in a single planter that did not require for me to put in much effort.
Years have past and I have grown.
In order to reach my life goals, I have to put in the effort.
I want to be successful.
I want to be successful in my marriage;
I want to be successful at my dream job, to teach and make an impact to people, to be an elementary school teacher.
I want to be successful so I can set a role model for not only my children, but be a positive role model for others that have influenced me and my personality.
How can I get to that point of my life?
Time plays a big role in this of course but having positive thinking will help me accomplish my goals. Our cognitions shape how we communicate to our self and how we communicate and interact with others.
Cognitions, being positive.
What do you want to acheve in your life?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Goat Says "MEH!"
The turkey goes "GOBBLE! GOBBLE!"
The horse goes "NIGH! NEIGH!"
The dog goes "WOOF! WOOF!"
From monkeys, to sharks, to lions, there are
different species that call planet earth home. All animals living on earth look different from the light brown fur covering their whole body, keeping them warm as they creep up and tackle sick, hopeless animals for their next meal, or blue and green scales covering up their small, slimy body as they uselessly swim around in their own filth however, when we see them, we can tell they are animals. It is the same with human beings.
When we look at each
other we see different colors, shapes, and sizes but if you put us behind an
x-ray, and view under our skin, our bones are the same, we would not be able to recognize each other. But under our skin and bones, contains our soul, a personality; our mind in which
we contain our own thoughts and feeling about not only ourselves, but of each
other. We gather these thoughts and feelings from when we were very young from family, friends, and society that surrounds all of us by what we are taught and what sounds and images we hear everyday. What we learn from others, these sounds, and images we hear and surround ourselves with everyday, build up one on top of each other and soon they build our identity.
On September 7th, 2012, the Bayan Learning Community went through different activities to become comfortable with one another and to get to know each other. One activity was called “Wagon Wheel.”
As a class, we were told to pair up in partners of two, each facing one another and other surrounding in a circle.
Once the partners faced one another the individual on the
outer circle had to ask the person sitting on the outside of the circle
question that was provided. When the questions were asked and time was up the person sitting in the inside of the circle had to move over two places to the left, leaving their old partner and taking the questionnaire with them.
Once with their new partner, the people sitting in the
inside of the circle passed the questionnaire over to their new partner and the
person sitting in the inside of the circle was not being asked the questions.
I was able to ask the questions to my partner, whom I forget their name, the questions from the handout first but when it was flipped over to me to answer them, I hesitated.
“When did you first realize
race could be problematic?” he asked me.
"Uhhh," I responded.
I have never thought about this before, let alone had someone question me.
He started to look impatient with his arms crossed as he asked me the question again, “When did you first realize race could be problematic?”
I thought about it a little more. Flashbacks of my childhood came flowing into my mind, kids making fun of my English accent, teasing me for the color of my skin.
My partner gave me a blank glance and grumbled "Well?"
"Looking for work." I lied.
I realized that my race would be a problem for me since I was a little girl. I am the only person in my family that doesn't look Mexican. I did not fit in. I will never fit in, they would tell me. When I started preschool children would ask me, "What are you?"
"Your not a real person, your an alien!" they would laugh."Yeah, sorry, whats the next question?"
“Describe the first time you consciously first realized you were a member of your race/ethnicity.” looking disinterested.
"I don't know, I never felt like I belonged with an race or ethnicity."
"Never."
"Yup."
Race and ethnicity makes someone who they are. It is embedded in part of their personality, their identity but I always felt like I have to prove my race and ethnicity to others.
Is it because I am not a "stereotypical" Mexicana?!
Is it because people always mistaken me as a white girl?!
I will never know.....
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Four Corners
Everyone has their sense
of identity.
Identity is what makes us who we are.
It is in the silver lining what we are made to be, what we are going to be, and who we are but we ever thought about our own identity?
On September 6, 2012, the class and some returning classmates from the previous semester were asked questions concerning their identity and answering by moving to the corner that most corresponds to their answer.
For example a question was asked, “Which aspect of your identity do others typically react to the least?”
The class was given for answers to choose from that consists of ether race and ethnicity, gender, sex, and sexual orientation, class and socioeconomic status, and faith and spirituality. Each corner of the room had a clear mark or label with each of these answers.
For the question, “Which aspect of your identity do others typically react to the least?” had walked to the corner displaying gender, sex, and sexual orientation because I feel like one doesn’t really make a big deal when they notice what sexual orientation, sex, or gender you are. “Oh, you’re a female? Ok.” And one doesn’t think more than that about your sexual orientation, sex, or gender you are.
Doing this exercise was quite difficult because I have not asked myself these questions before thus, I did not have an answer and it took me some time in order to answer the question and move to the comer displaying my answer.
For example, the class was
asked “Which aspect of identity most
divides your family of origin?” I had chosen class and socioeconomic
status. I had not thought about it before. My family seems really greedy. To me they
seem to care most about living in a big house, fancy cars, and designer brands.
They want me to have a career that fill my wallet but I tend rather care about
following my heart. Because of this, it has caused a lot of conflict in my family.
This is a great exercise and when it was completed I found myself still questioning myself the questions asked.
I guess I still have more thinking to do in order to understand and discover myself.
Identity is what makes us who we are.
It is in the silver lining what we are made to be, what we are going to be, and who we are but we ever thought about our own identity?
On September 6, 2012, the class and some returning classmates from the previous semester were asked questions concerning their identity and answering by moving to the corner that most corresponds to their answer.
For example a question was asked, “Which aspect of your identity do others typically react to the least?”
The class was given for answers to choose from that consists of ether race and ethnicity, gender, sex, and sexual orientation, class and socioeconomic status, and faith and spirituality. Each corner of the room had a clear mark or label with each of these answers.
For the question, “Which aspect of your identity do others typically react to the least?” had walked to the corner displaying gender, sex, and sexual orientation because I feel like one doesn’t really make a big deal when they notice what sexual orientation, sex, or gender you are. “Oh, you’re a female? Ok.” And one doesn’t think more than that about your sexual orientation, sex, or gender you are.
Doing this exercise was quite difficult because I have not asked myself these questions before thus, I did not have an answer and it took me some time in order to answer the question and move to the comer displaying my answer.
For example, the class was
asked “Which aspect of identity most
divides your family of origin?” I had chosen class and socioeconomic
status. I had not thought about it before. My family seems really greedy. To me they
seem to care most about living in a big house, fancy cars, and designer brands.
They want me to have a career that fill my wallet but I tend rather care about
following my heart. Because of this, it has caused a lot of conflict in my family.
This is a great exercise and when it was completed I found myself still questioning myself the questions asked.
I guess I still have more thinking to do in order to understand and discover myself.
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