On Thursday the nonprofit organization Youth in Action came
to class. During class, this organization conducted our lesson which included
an egg drop. The class was separated into a few different groups and all received
a box of supplies. The group I was in had a lot of options in our box. At the
end of the lesson we learned that our group was one of the privileged ones. We had
three eggs and abundance of items to help protect our eggs in the drop. These items
included marshmallows, paper, tape, boxes, bubble wrap, paper, and scissors. Other
groups did not get nearly as much. One group had as little as a couple of bags
and tape. While making different ways to protect our eggs, this thing called a
budget cut happened. This meant that even though you needed an item it was
going to be taken away. For my group it wasn’t so bad because we had other
items. However for other groups who didn’t have a lot to begin with found this
to be problematic.
As Ullucci discussed youth are struggling more in school. If
students are having trouble in school and do not have a lot of resources to
begin with it will be harder for them to succeed. However like Ullucci also
talked about this does not mean that these youth won’t be able to succeed in
school or everyday life. Giving these youth the support they need in order to
succeed needs to be a priority. Having teachers and educators understanding
this and using new perspectives to teach youth from poverty will have a positive
impact.
I agree with your post and feel that is it very important to give youth the support they need to succeed no matter how many resources they have or do not have.
ReplyDeleteTO add, it is important to advocate on a political-economic level to make sure resources are given to support youth succeed. One can not happen with out the other.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your post when you say we need to support the youth by basically helping them receive the resources needed to succeed. The students should not feel that without the same amount of resources that other students have, they will never succeed. Yes they will have to work harder than others, but they will gain more knowledge, experience, and understanding about what they need to learn to succeed in their academics.
ReplyDelete"Giving these youth the support they need in order to succeed needs to be a priority. Having teachers and educators understanding this and using new perspectives to teach youth from poverty will have a positive impact". I deff agree with this statement and think it is very important. I also find it interesting for the groups who had so many supplies why they didn't think to share or why we didn't think our groups couldn't share.
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