The person who I spoke with at Foxdale Village is Jean Smith. She
was very generous to share her stories and personal life there, so we found
many things in common each other. For example, we talked about her yard sale
committee activity there, art project, quilting, cooking and her friends
and family. Especially, she is a quilter and I'm interested in learning it, so
I could get a lot of information such as where to buy quilt fabrics around State
College area. Also we talked about each other’s career. She did not go to
university, but she had worked as a nurse until she had her baby. I heard that
there were not sufficient daycare program at that time.
I looked up Daily Collegian to see how people thought
about women’s career at that time, and I found one article back in 1942 which explains
that there would be more demand on trained women in work force, especially in government
service. Also the writer predicted that college graduate women would have more opportunity
to rise in executive position. The prediction had became mostly true, however,
in reality there was not enough support in public sectors such as daycare for
women to continue their career after having a birth, because women like Jean
and I both had to give up our career in order to take care of kids. I think the
lack of daycare program is one of the most common obstacles for women to pursue
a career all around world even these days.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Foxdale trip integratoin
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
How Children Succeed 8
At early adolescence year, what motivates children most effectively is not hugging and grooming-style care, but a very different style of attention. What middle-school students to concentrate and practice as maniacally is the experience of someone taking them seriously, believing in their abilities, and challenging them to improve themselves. Sometimes it's necessary to give honest critique to middle school kids on their failure, rather than to offer comfort by saying "you did a good job."
Monday, April 7, 2014
Trip to Foxdale
1. How did this trip compare to the expectations you had before we went?
It might be difficult to find a thing in common to talk about with the elderly people there, so I thought I might resort to the question lists I made ahead of the visit. But Jean, who was my partner on this visit to Foxdale, was very generous to share her stories and personal life there, so we could many things in common to continue talking. For example, we talked about her yard sale committee activity there, art project, quilting, cooking and her friends.
2. What did you enjoy? What was challenging?
She is a quilter and I'm interested in learning it, so I could get a lot of information where to buy quilt fabrics around State College area. Also she showed art room and her art project there. It was very touching to know that she made her mosaic with the her daughter's picture which she drew when she was 7 or 8 years old.
I had no difficulty talk with her. She spoke very slowly and if necessary, she drew a picture to help my understanding.
3. What advice do you have for future IECP students taking a trip similar to this one?
I think we do not need to worry about how to lead conversation with an elderly person. I guess they have more experience in talking with a person who just meet. We just need to speak a little louder than usual, considering that they might have weak hearing.
It might be difficult to find a thing in common to talk about with the elderly people there, so I thought I might resort to the question lists I made ahead of the visit. But Jean, who was my partner on this visit to Foxdale, was very generous to share her stories and personal life there, so we could many things in common to continue talking. For example, we talked about her yard sale committee activity there, art project, quilting, cooking and her friends.
2. What did you enjoy? What was challenging?
She is a quilter and I'm interested in learning it, so I could get a lot of information where to buy quilt fabrics around State College area. Also she showed art room and her art project there. It was very touching to know that she made her mosaic with the her daughter's picture which she drew when she was 7 or 8 years old.
I had no difficulty talk with her. She spoke very slowly and if necessary, she drew a picture to help my understanding.
3. What advice do you have for future IECP students taking a trip similar to this one?
I think we do not need to worry about how to lead conversation with an elderly person. I guess they have more experience in talking with a person who just meet. We just need to speak a little louder than usual, considering that they might have weak hearing.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
How children succeed 7
Summarize it!
Spiegel, a competitive chess player her self, is a chess teacher in IS 308 school in low-income neighborhood. Most of the kids in chess team are black and Hispanic, but she led the team to win the chess tournament which whites and Asians dominate usually. Many think the chess ability is related to IQ, but it is actually about a thinking habit, like how to understand your mistakes and how to see alternative solution to problems, and to think outside the box. All those thinking process is possible to be trained or improved like other habits.
Spiegel, a competitive chess player her self, is a chess teacher in IS 308 school in low-income neighborhood. Most of the kids in chess team are black and Hispanic, but she led the team to win the chess tournament which whites and Asians dominate usually. Many think the chess ability is related to IQ, but it is actually about a thinking habit, like how to understand your mistakes and how to see alternative solution to problems, and to think outside the box. All those thinking process is possible to be trained or improved like other habits.
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