topic post #10

This is my last topic post. My research paper is due tomorrow and I am really proud of how it has turned out. I have been working with this topic for the better half of a semester for two of my classes. I have considered a few times changing my degree to become an elementary teacher. I look at this topic differently. I use to be super bias and only thought my one way. Now I know the answer is a mixture of both sides.

topic post #9

I interviewed two teachers that are in my religious group. They helped me come up with a medium group that I had not thought of previously. I thought that it was either limiting recess and allowing art or the other way around. They told me that they take "brain breaks" in the middle of class. One important point that I had to look into was how rambunctious students that could not hold attention long were doing in this type of transition. One of the teachers told me that she had a boy last year that couldn't sit still and when he was acting up she told him to run to the fence and back, when he got back most of the time he was better. I think I will bring up brain breaks in the final research paper.

topic post #8

I think that this problem is already being taken care of, there are some schools that are still struggling, yes, but most schools have realized the problem and are starting to fix it. There is just too much curriculum and not enough time. The schools still teach children and they are teaching student how to do creative things on the computers such as graphic design. I would have love to learn graphic design in elementary school!!!

topic post #7

This possibly my working thesis, along with a few other ideas.

Misinterpretations

Although many people propose that the argument of recess is either yes or no, after careful review of both sides it is clear that recess, or time to play, and academic schooling are both equally important in a child’s development.

Gap

Although some people argue for or against recess, they neglect the importance of the other side of the argument.

Modification

Although I agree with the importance of play for children and the opposing view that schools need to become more academic for kids as the knowledge of humankind extends, it is important clarify how a solutions can be met for both.

Hypothesis testing

Some people explain the argument of play by only a yes or no, but a close analysis of the problem reveals the possibility of several simpilar explanations such as requiring time for play and creativity but also keeping the academic approach in schools.

Article of the Day 3/31/17

I have met a few guys this year that do not even call me 'girl.' I dated a guy that would refer to me as "my dude," I wasn't sure what to think about it. I have realized that it is a common thing to refer to a group of people as "guys," even if the group is composed of all females. I have also heard people use the term "woman" negatively. Even in joking I do not think that people should refer to anyone negatively. Joking is suppose to not hurt nor offend. Those are the best kind of jokes.

topic post #6

In my public speaking class I chose to do a topic similar to the one that I am doing in this class. I will talk about the elimination of recess in elementary school. I want to talk about how children learn through curiosity. My 3 year old cousin, Rosie, loves bugs. She will sit outside and play in the dirt with the ants. She also asks me what bugs are named. I always give them some made up name and she goes with it but she want to learn.

Article of the Day 3/28/17

This TED talk is really easy for me to relate to. Like most, if not all people, I judge others. It is something of the mind. You only see the person as what you know. You judge them before you know who they really are. As a child, my mom did a good job to teach us that we only know a portion of everyone's lives. Now if I am cut off while driving I am rather calm. I realize that they may be in a rush or their wife may be giving birth. It is no excuse for them to have treated me the way they did because I have my own life and problems too. But it makes it so that I am not being rude in return for their rash actions. My roommates have not been as good as they could have been to me this year. I was bullied in my own home for a long time. One roommate, that has apologized for bullying me and has in return been bullied too, asked me how in the world I could deal with being bullied the whole year. I told her that I have just come to the understanding that these girls have been raised differently than me. It is all of our first times living on our own and I understand that they are use to different things. One friend wants me to punch one of the girls. I told her that this is not a fight that I want to fight. I have not done anything wrong and I could be more patient with them.

topic post #5

Schools are eliminating so many creative points in the school day. Schools are took out cursive. When I was in elementary school we had a morning choir class where all the children would come early that wanted to sing. So I came early then one morning they announced that they were cutting the program. Also in elementary school my school got a grant to start this art program that was taught once a week by parents. It was pretty cool and I loved it since they had stopped teaching us art. That was roughly 8 years ago.

topic post #4

I am focusing on how a child's development is changing because of the reliance of technology in the schools. My cousins know how to do more with technology than I do and they are 13 years younger than I am. Also little kids are learning how to program computers! That is something that I will probably never know how to do.

Article of the Day 3/3/17

The article in Business Insider was extremely interesting. It matches up a lot with the poem on truth that we read earlier this week. So many people don't know what the truth is. Because mankind is so stubborn, whenever we are told we are wrong we find reasons that we are "right," and we don't let go of our stance. Even if we know we are wrong, sometimes we still argue our point just for the purpose of not looking stupid. I found the part with the statistics of the crime rate in the United States going down but the citizens believe that it is actually raising really interesting.

topic post #3

I have found an article that will help me a lot. It talks about play and why it is important to the development of children. There is a quote that I really enjoy from the article, "When making art, we essentially play: translate and construct our world, create new things, and take risks with the unknown,” I believe that this article and another will be extremely helpful for me!

Article of the Day 2/27/17

I really like the article of the day for today. The truth takes time and is hard to find. I wholeheartedly agree with this. I have realized as I get older that the truth is a fickle thing. It alludes most of us our whole life. There are very few things that you can know are true. We can only believe most things to be real. In the science community there are changes constantly in what we know as "true". Our understanding is always changing. There are researches that ask a question and answer it one way. Then another credible research comes and answers the question the exact opposite way. We see this constantly in what is health. Smoking was good, now it is not. Carbs were good, now they are not. Protein was bad, now it is not. Being skinny was bad, now it is not. Truth is so illusive that the real meaning of the word is often lost because of the over use of it in wrong situations.

Child's Development and Play Op Ed

Child’s Development and Play

Educators are taking away play and focusing on a more academic approach to school. This, however, limits the time where the children can learn things for themselves. The school systems are starting to use technology more and even teaching children to type instead of writing. Losing skills like writing in the classroom will not allow a child the opportunity to learn the art. It is also proven that when learning writing and forming the words letter by letter will help the children remember what is being taught better.

Children are most directly affected by the actions taken to limit or take away play time. By limiting their play it limits the creative time that a child gets. As a child, the main source of learning is plays. Everything a child does in play can bring up new observations or questions that help them learn about the world.

This problem is particularly big in the United States. In other countries, like Germany, they have instituted programs to get children outside and learning. In Germany, preschool has a lot of the time outside. They teach the kids archery and let them explore the forest. This gives the students time to learn and grow by themselves.

The time to take action is now! If we allow children to not have creative time we will lose an aspect of our culture in a matter of a few generations. Cursive has been taken out of school because it is considered unnecessary. The art of writing is extremely important! Writing will probably never go away completely, but if we are not teaching our students the value of art and writing it will be lost in future generations.

This is a very important issue that should gain a lot of focus. In the middle ages, after the age of Rome, the art lost a realism aspect to it. Rome had so much to give but the art digressed from that point on. Our future is a future of children regressing and losing some of these beautiful forms of art because they are not allowed the opportunity to grow through play. They do not have the ability to develop a creative mind which is already an attribute that is hard to find.

We can fix this. Maybe not change what is being taught in the classrooms but we have the opportunity to teach the children ourselves.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/students-need-real-choices_us_58939577e4b09bd304ba4c09

Students Need Real Choices

topic post #2

As I have started researching I have decided that I much rather write about creativity in elementary school. This will allow me to have a slightly wider range for my research and allow me to more easily find research to develop a thesis off of this.

Article of the Day 2/20/17

In Utah there is a certain cultural norm that women are supposed to stay home and raise the children. This however is not the case for every person. Some women have a better education than their spouse or do not have a spouse. In both cases wouldn't it be unwise for these women to sit at home?? The touch of sarcasm in the article was good and strong enough for me to notice. I personal want to be a stay at home mother. I want to do this for my own reasons, but that is not stopping me from getting my degree. I am even considering after my bachelors to get an MBA once I graduate from UVU with my bachelors in Business Management. I believe that women and men should try to their best ability to get an education for their family so that they can raise a healthy family. I want to be a stay at home mother because I was raised that way and I believe the way that is easiest to raise a child to turn out well is to do it with your own hands. Though some women do not want a family. I think that this is good too. People should not be able to decide whether or not a women can work for the same salary as her male counterpart.

topic post #1

I have been considering a few topics. The one that I am leaning to is the elimination of art classes in elementary schools. I want to write on this topic for two reasons: I love children and I love art. I think that writing about this topic will be interesting.

Article of the Day 2/15/17

This is my Haiku that relates to "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."

Given a warning.

World determined her self worth.

She never gave up.

Article of the Day 2/8/17

I disliked this video of Simon Sinek. I understand where he is coming from and I understand that a lot of my generation has a sense of entitlement but that is not all of the Millennials. Myself and other have worked incredibly hard to get where we are. I do agree that it is not necessarily our fault. My generation is this way because of how we are raised. But each generation is changed by their parents generation. The way he started the video sounded as though Sinek was blaming all of our entitlement feelings on ourselves. Then he blames parents for the entitlement. Then he changes it to social media and technology being the problem. I do agree with him on some of the topics, especially with the stress part. When I get social anxiety then I look down at my phone. Phones should be put away for sometime, not used as often as they are.

Article of the Day 2/6/17

In the article "Men confess what feminine things they'd do if stereotypes didn't exist" it talks about men being afraid to express how they really feel. The men interviewed said that they would like to be able to paint their nails, or wear skirts. I am unsure how accurate this survey is because I do not think that all men do not follow the masculine stereotype. 

My brother and his fiancee will go get manicures or wear face masks. It is not feminine. My brother understands that there needs to be a balance between the two. A friend of mine that is trying to discover his gender preference told me that at a conference he went to they we helping them balance out their masculinity and femininity. This conference was a place where these guys that are all figuring their lives out could work together and try to understand themselves. I personally think that this friend and my brother are right. There are some stereotypes pertaining to gender that become hard to overcome.

On the feminine side, sports are for guys and same with t-shirts. I love t-shirts and it is not a feminine thing to wear. I believe that the only thing that stops us from breaking these stereotypes is ourselves. We can be out of the normal.

Article of the Day 1/30/17

This was a strange poem. I found that she was arguing for the inequality of people, I find this topic a little stupid sometimes! People always argue for the rights of this group of people or another. Often times the laws that they want to put in place will take the rights away from other people. An example of this is the up rise of gay marriage. Gays had been trying to get the right to be married, so because of this there was talk of a law being passed to make it illegal to refuse to marry a gay couple. I find this very stupid, I of course believe that people should have rights. But when one group starts to take away the rights of others, that is taking it too far. It brings up the question, where is the point that it is okay to take away some rights of one group to give  rights to another?

Article of the Day 1/25/17

The Three A's of Awesome was an amazing way to look at the world. Attitude, awareness, and authenticity are so important. I agree with Pasricha that these are so important!! I think the problems that he addresses are so crucial to our current society, yet no one pays attention to the necessity of these things! I think that this pertains to one of my main beliefs in happiness. finding the simple things to make you happy and choosing to be happy is so very important!!!

Article of the Day 1/23/17

We were asked to consider the quote "...if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." by George Orwell.

I immediately thought of how some people can be peer pressured into acting a certain way. This starts by the language that surrounds them. Then their thoughts, if they allow them, may be turned that way. A great deal of men start using offensive language when talking with women. They start to objectify all women, whether or not they feel the same. This is giving the power to men, because of their language their thought will, or are already, corrupted. This corruption can in some cases lead men to acting on these feelings. 

Death sentence:

Article of the Day 1/18/17

I found this article really interesting. Reading how she responded to the questions asked reminded me that most politicians will only answer the questions that they want to answer, and when they are asked a question that they do not want to answer they make one up to answer. I found it rather interesting that DeVos was being asked one question, a yes or no, and she kept answering the exact same thing. I do disagree, however, with DeVos' view on how disabilities should be dealt with in schools. I think that it should be something that is dealt with by the federal government. I am generally rather republican, but this I believe should be an issue that is dealt with across the whole country the same.

Article of the Day 1/16/17

The Brene Brown TED talk was interesting to listen to. I connect with her on the vulnerability. She says "vulnerability is not weakness," I agree and I have felt vulnerable in the last week at least seven times. She says that vulnerability is the most active source of courage. Brown is strong. I do not often think about my own vulnerability but it is definitely there. I told the boy I like that I liked him. He has awkwardly skirted around it for the last few days. I made myself vulnerable and I was hurt, but it took great courage. Brown talks about how shame is like a swamp, we are not supposed to set up camp and live there, we need to walk through the swamp and learn. We should not be afraid of failing. Failing is a step to getting better. This TED talk is what we should all live by, do not be afraid of failing. You can rise.