I first joined Boys and Girls in 2011. I was an eleven year old girl who was shy, had no friends and was afraid of making new ones. Over time I found that the more I went to the club the more I grew to like the other kids who were there. Soon after joining The Boys and Girls Clubs of Maui, I started making friends and hanging out with new people. The staff were welcoming and most of the other members were nice and respectful. I later learned that was part of what they called “club culture”. After a few weeks of attending the Boys and Girls Club of Maui (BGCM), I grew to realize, the club wasn’t so bad. I made new friends, got tons of help with my homework from the staff and also got to participate in lots of fun and educational programs. I …show more content…
When I was younger, I had a hard-time with some of my classes, especially math and english. Being in Hawaiian Immersion made english especially difficult. As a Hawaiian immersion student, most of your classes are taught in the Hawaiian language making it a little more difficult to grasp simple concepts and ideas. I was lucky enough to receive help from some of the BGC staff who could also read and write in Hawaiian. This was very helpful and helped me get through some of my tougher classes. Not all Boys and Girls clubs offer tutoring in the Hawaiian language and I'm grateful for all the help they gave me. Today, I am a Leader in training and I have the opportunity to help younger members like how the BGC staff helped …show more content…
When I go to club, I try to help the staff with whatever they need. Every time they ask me to do something or need my help, I take it as an opportunity to learn something. I often help run sports, help with homework during power hour, enforce club rules, help supervise younger kids, and assist in club clean up and breakdown. One of my favorite programs to help with is open mic where all our members have the chance to sing a song of their choosing in front of the entire club. By helping out the BGC staff I am learning responsibility, tons of valuable job skills and gaining confidence. The “open mic” program at BGCM has played a major role in helping me build confidence in performing in front of an audience. Last year I was asked to perform in Teen Expo as one of the opening acts for Kolohe Kai. When I was first asked, I was scared. I had never performed solo in front of an audience before. Everyone at BGC was there to help me get over my fears and support me. I also participated in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Maui Little Chef Big Chef competition and did photography for the 2016 Youth of The Year event. I am usually the oldest member participating in these events but I enjoy all of
Clubs were a great way for me to expand my interests outside of athletics. I was involved in Key Club and FCA freshman year and I enjoyed meeting new people and making a difference in our community. I was inducted a member of NHS junior year and this was a great way to make service a priority.
My experiences with tutoring others has taught me that it satisfies me to help others understand and learn. As you teach others you learn about the different ways you handle situations and solve issues as well. I’ve always been the person that my classmates come up to for help, but it wasn’t till grade 10 until I officially started tutoring math, mainly Pre-Calculus 12. In grade 11, I continued tutoring, but this time I focused on a single individual, and that brought up challenges of creating a suitable relationship, that becomes the foundation for effective learning. This year, I took on a challenge, my teacher asked me to be a mentor towards a student with learning disabilities who was struggling with school. I
This club is known for recognizing students who demonstrated excellence in all areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Once a member of the club, you continue to expand your excellence by doing countless amounts of volunteering and showing your leadership skills. One volunteer project I enjoyed doing was becoming a peer helper. I hated seeing many of my classmates struggle with math and science. They knew if they didn’t pass the class they couldn’t graduated. So instead of letting them fail I took time out of my day and tutored many students in subjects like algebra, geometry, and chemistry. When I was helping my peers I did my best to find their inner confidence towards wanting to be successful. I believed this is what made me a true leader, because I didn’t allow my peers to become failures.
At this time, I became a group leader in an after-school program for a 3rd-grade class. This was my first time working with children and as imagined, it was a tough transition. The students were Latino and African American, living in poverty stricken neighborhoods with a dysfunctional home life. The program focused on students who were at risk of retention. A large number of students were below average and had been recommended to receive extra academic support. As a result of my time spent working and learning with the students, I choose an educational path.
I am part of a subculture, as are many people, even if they aren’t aware of it. A subculture is a group of people who operate based on shared values, norms and practices within a larger culture (Brym and Lie 2012). I work for Sport Chek as a sales associate and we have our own subculture, not only as a corporation but as a staff. As a staff, we are expected to have a certain set of values based on sports, but mainly on the lifestyle of an athlete. We are expected to be active and have an athletic background, whether it is an individual or a team sport. Since we are a sporting good retailer we are all expected to have some background knowledge when it comes to athletics. As a corporation, we are expected to work towards a common goal based on
It was my pleasure to be able to experience children with these disabilities. A day spent at Westgate was aery active one, I always was able to write plenty of notes from my observation. When the English language students were peer mentored with their 4 grade class, they had to write an autobiographical poem. The fourth grade students had to help their first and second grade ELL students write this poem. When the poem is all written out the students will then type up the poem on word and create a PowerPoint. After the poem was finished they would then present the poem in front of the whole class. This activity was pretty challenging for the fourth grade student because they had more reading and writing skills then the first and second graders. Ms. Lewis; the class teacher had to always redirect the ELL students because they did not understand what to do or what some of the questions said on the organizer. The next day I was in I was able to experience working with three students that had learning disabilities in the classroom. The teacher would separate the children in to groups, the learning disability children were paired up with me and they were given different book pages and problems to work on. Since these children were struggling in math I was able to help them comprehend. I was asked plenty of questions on how to do the problems. Usually Ms. Lewis is paired up with these students but today instead of me just observing them she wanted me to be hands on with the students and be able to interact with them. The next day I went I observe the boy with ADHD. It was very interesting to observe him. I was able to see him use assistive technologies to be able to focus. He also was seated on the outside of the desk range right by the teacher’s desk. I believe he was by the teacher’s desk and on the outside so he was
One of the biggest drawbacks of joining this club is that some members do not welcome new members as freely as others. The reason I say this is because, when I was a new member I had a lot of problems with two of the members Lady Too Tall and Lady Cascade they did not speak to me acknowledge me, nor did they make me feel welcomed, which was kind of weird because of the sisterhood bond that was expressed to all new members upon joining the club. Although, I was a new member when I joined the Lucky Ladies Social Club I knew Lady Sunrise and Lady Too Short before joining the club, so I felt a little comfortable being in my new surroundings.
In middle school, I felt limited by the lack of opportunity in my community, but I made due with what I had. I took it upon myself to volunteer my extra time to tutor other students who didn’t understand the material as well. Tutoring benefitted me as well, for
...l survival in our society. I work as a counselor each summer at a sports camp in Philadelphia, and each summer I encounter very intelligent students who are placed in lower tracks or labeled as ìlearning deficientî because of their language. This disturbs me because as a speaker of both Black Vernacular speech and Standard English, I know that students can learn to use Standard English just as I have. Unfortunately, many students are not privileged enough to have the same educational opportunities that I was given by my parents, therefore, it is my responsibility to teach these students Standard English the way that I have been taught. But I must learn more about teaching students and dealing with the issues that plague the educational system, and I am looking forward to receiving more of this knowledge during my pre-student teaching and student teaching experiences.
Over the four years that I have spent at Good Counsel, I became part of many activities. Each helping me evolve as a person and become stronger yet. Simple lists could be made of every activity that I have ever been involved in but it could never express to a person what I have learned and how it helped me to grow. Every environmental club, science club, political science club, service work, and S.A.D.D. club I was part of had a very special message to deliver to me. Whether the message was one of responsibility, or a life lesson, I grew from it. The Political Science club opened me to many new experiences. It allowed me the chance to attend the Model U.N., where I was asked to address today's top world issues. This club was very beneficial to me because I was exposed to topics and ideas that I had not previously been able to discuss or learn about in a classroom situation. The science club allowed for me to experience extra educational situations as well. I took part in a hovercraft competition, which was very educational while also allowing me the chance to work with others for a common goal.
In my third and fourth years of my degree, I joined the club’s executive team. In this position, I was able to help the incoming new students with skills relating to public speaking, debating, and writing. I felt accomplished knowing that I had helped my peers with something I once struggled with in my first years of university. I was able to help them in a way that was simple yet meaningful for both parties
In college, I will also be exposed to new clubs and activities. I feel that club and after school activities can make a person more involved and give a person the right qualities to become a leader. Involvement in extra events has provided a balance for rigorous course study. With the pressures that college brings, I will probably want to be involved in many groups.
The sole reason students join clubs is for a sense of belonging, but that may not be the case. Students, who don’t feel comfortable in the club, will leave the club. An issue within clubs is historic discriminatory practices that may still be in practice today. Students may face these challenges, and not even be allowed to join the club
Kimberly Mounter is a 7th grade ELA teacher at my school. She was also selected as this year’s “teacher of the year” for our school. I didn’t know Miss Mounter that well, but she was gracious enough to let me observe her classes and interview her. During the observation and interview I learned new ways to interact with the diverse students in my own classroom. Miss Mounter mentioned that she gets the students to teach her some words or phrases in their own language. I think that is a great idea, and it lets the students see that you are interested in who they are and where they came from. The class I observed was very diverse, so it was great to see all the students interact with one another.
While being in this club, I have learned so much, like how to be a leader and just how to talk to people better. I was extremely quiet and never really talked, even to my friends. I can have normal conversations with people my age now and not get petrified at the thought of doing so. I have worked so hard to keep this club running and fun for everyone who joins, welcoming to new members, and be that leader figure for everyone. A lot of the members of the Anime/Manga Club are quiet people themselves and don 't speak up when they have ideas so I try to make it easier to speak up because I know exactly how they feel. I was in the same boat not too long ago and this club helped me overcome these flaws and I hope it does the same to even some of the members in this club. Overall, I have grown so much these past 4 years. I have learned not only to be there for others but to speak up for myself. I had so much trouble with talking to anyone and expressing myself, but thru the Anime/Manga Club I have learned become a leader and to communicate. This experience has changed me for the better and I hope I can become an even more valuable member of