1st Blog: Rights of a Child
1. What are your expectations in this class? (1 paragraph)
2. What are your rights that were violated when you were a child or adolescent? How did you deal with
it? How should you have dealt with it? (1 paragraph)
1. What are your expectations in this class? (1 paragraph)
2. What are your rights that were violated when you were a child or adolescent? How did you deal with
it? How should you have dealt with it? (1 paragraph)
I simply expect to learn more about the learning development of child and adolescent. What's the difference between child to adolescent behavior and how can i use these details to improve myself as a person and as a teacher. I want to develop more skills to be more capable of teaching by knowing the their development. I could possibly create a better ambiance between me, my workplace, my teaching and my future students. I'm also expecting to learn more about the proper techniques in handling different kinds of situation regarding the problems between kids and their behavior to a certain subject. I might be able to improve my patience regarding children and gain more knowledge about the subject matter.
ReplyDeleteDuring my younger days the normal things that were violated not only by my classmates but also by my teachers was being discriminated for acting differently comparing with other children. I normally liked being alone when I was a child so most of my classmates treated me differently they tried calling me by names and bullied me sometimes. If I were on my teachers shoes I would talk with the child why is he or she acting like that and also with the children who were bullying him/her. I would treat them equally and will ask them to confront each other in a nicer way in able to understand each other and after hearing their both sides I will educate them the proper way to respect each other and I'll give them a warning that if the issue will continue I'll have to send them to the guidance office. I will also inform their parents for they are the first people who can discipline their kids and for them to know the true story between the certain issue for some kids usually lie when they get home. Furthermore if the issue will become more threatening I will have to inform the higher administrator to deal with the said matter.
ReplyDeleteHi Kayeanne, being discriminated and bullied as a child, how these made you feel and how did you respond to them. Looking back, what should you have done or how should you have responded?
Deletewell when i was a child i remember that i didnt cry when someone bullied me because I was a fighter. I even tried to work hard to have more friends and show that I have more than they had. So when I came to high school I became class president and had lots of friends. I gained lots of experience when i was younger sometimes it made me feel sad and happy because it made me the person that I am right now
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ReplyDeleteMy expectations for the Child and Adolescent Development class are simple: I want to learn as much as I can about their behaviors and developments that I would be able to apply these knowledge and skills and dealing with kids, as I do, everyday. Every child is unique and I would want to be able to handle them as the wonderful, unique, individuals that they are. I want to know the different methods and techniques I could use in teaching and handling kids of various backgrounds, behaviors, intellectual levels, and interests.
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I think every teenager goes through a phase of alienation, I know, I did. I was scrawny and awkward, I wasn't very sociable; mostly I kept to myself and I was going through a very rough time at home. My parents were constantly fighting. I would see my mother crying all the time, my father threatening to leave my mother and my siblings altogether for another woman. It was heartbreaking; it was too much, for a gawky school girl to go home to everyday. My mother, feeling hurt as she was withdrew from her children, withdrew from us, so for awhile I didn't feel like I had parents. I needed to take care of my younger brother, and the love, and security a child hopes for from his/her home, from his/her parents weren't there. I needed to grow up. Initially I dealt with things badly. I went to a full-blown rebellion. I ran away from home, I didn't eat well, I was flunking school, and I attempted suicide many times. Whenever I feel hurt, I would hurt myself physically. I was harming myself instead of facing the issues I needed to face. I was an angry, and lonely teenager. I have several people to thank for my recovery. My teachers brought me to the school counselor. They were all there for me. They talked to me everyday after school. Things started getting better. They helped me find outlets for my anger and feelings. They encouraged me to keep a journal, and eventually, got me into writing for the school newspaper as an editor. They also encouraged me to play music whenever I felt sad or lonely, or angry. The bottom line was, at the end of it all, was that, now, even when I'm happy, I still play and write. They started as outlets of anger, but now has become outlets of expressing myself. I'm not proud of the things I did before, but I'm glad I did. because I came out as a stronger person. I realized that I should have reached out to other people and asked for their help. I should have put more faith in God. I should have loved myself more. Now, as a future teacher myself, I would do the same things my former teachers did for me, and I hope that one day, I'll be able to help another lost and angry teenager find his/her way back home.
Hi Candy, thanks for your honesty! I am proud of you that you became a better person as a result of your experiences. I am also glad that you have a role model (teacher and counselor)who took time to care for you. I am confident that you will also be a good teacher.
Delete* I expect in this class to have more ideas and knowledge about the development of child and adolescent. What are the factors and forces that affect their growth and development. I'm expecting to know why people become as they are. I want to learn different skills on how to react and to handle a child or an adolescent according with their characteristics and behaviors. Through these, I can gain their trust and have a better teacher-student relatiinship and interaction that I can be used in the future.
ReplyDelete* When I were a child, my mother and my relatives used to compare me to my other cousins. This still happens until now. Some of them, they called me "bad girl". They said that I am a bad influence to my other cousins. Whenever I heard these things, I cried. I had low self-esteem and low self-confidence. When I grew older, I developed a competitive skill but in a good way. I studied harder. I proved to them that all those things were wrong. I became a stronger person. And I know, in time, they'll get tired and stop comparing and they'll be proud of me. If I were them, instead of comparing, motivate someone to excel and to become a better person. I think what I did is right. Use other people's criticism to prove to them that they are wrong of what they are thinking.
Hi Ivy,I am glad that you were able to respond positively by studying harder and having a good attitude that they will get tired someday and stop comparing you with others; however, "proving others" as wrong may not have been a good motivation. I am sure that there are other better options; such as, being more understanding and compassionate towards those who criticized us and considering if there were truth in what they were saying. This will enable us to have a more positive and non-combatant attitude; but instead will teach us to be humble and more compassionate towards others' For all we know, they were also victims of criticism; hence, we can stop the cycle. What do you think?
DeleteChild and Adolescent Development is one of the most interesting topics. It primarily focuses on the on the holistic view of the human, specifically the child and adolescent. Peculiarly, its transformation (growth and development) that a person can utilize or influence the education. In this class, I am expecting to learn more about the theories and concepts that contribute to the child/adolescent development, then, eventually how these groups of people can influence their education. Therefore, we can apply and use all the concepts that we will be gathered in this class, especially when the time that we are already a professional teacher. For me, this is one of the important points that a teacher must know and understand the child and adolescents’ culture. I am also expecting the exchanging/sharing of ideas or perceptions between the group (CAD class) towards the discussion, and cooperation and “friendliness” of everyone. To our professor, I am expecting that she is approachable, considerable, and kind-hearted professor. I believe that our professor will share her expertise in this field.
ReplyDeleteHaving a mother and a father in a family is vital and crucial. If one of them is gone (i.e., thru separation or divorce), we feel unsecured, feeling of not being loved, unsafe, and uncomfortable. I can say that the right that was violated on me during my childhood days (specifically, when I was 9 years old) is the Right to be protected. Since my parents got separated, I felt unsafe, uncomfortable, and feelings of not being love. Technically, if you are being loved by someone (especially, your parents), then, you will feel protected or secured, but because of that I lost affection and support from my father, that’s why during my childhood days I always looking for a love of a father. I always put in my mind that I should not to be negatively affected by that, instead I should study hard and strive more things in my life. I should have made my life fruitful, and not to be much affected. I conquered these feelings through the love, affection, guidance, and support that my mother, grandmother and grandmother, and aunties and uncles gave to me, therefore, all the love that supposedly that my father will give to me was supplemented by the other special people around me. Well, for me, that’s now resolved.:)
Hi Daniel, thanks for your transparency. I am so glad that you responded positively with the challenge that you had to face. As a result, you became a better person. God bless
DeleteI was excited when I found out that I have Child and Adolescent Development as a subject in this program. I am always fond with kids and it is interesting for me to know how a person develops throughout the years. Furthermore, I expect that learning in this class be a joy. I also expect that I will gain more knowledge about the subject matter specifically on the behaviors that affect a person as he or she grows up, how it shapes their character, and how to handle the diversity of each and every person. In addition, I look forward to a healthy and pleasant relationship among my classmates and professor as we learn from each other.
ReplyDeleteGoing back to my younger years, I am thankful because I believe that I am blessed to have a supportive family with me. My parents strived so hard and provided everything I need. I have clothes to wear, foods to eat, shelter for my own comfort, and stuffs like that. I am privileged because I spent my Basic Education years in a Catholic and Private school which I must say it equipped me with good morals and high quality education. However, at some point in time I believed one of my rights was not fully exercised. Every child has the right for play and recreation. I am not saying that I did not play at all when I was a kid. It was just that I haven’t had much time playing outside the four corners of our house. I had few playmates in our neighborhood so most of the times I opted to play alone inside with my toys. In effect, I had low self-esteem and I had a hard time making friends for a time. There were instances wherein my classmates bullied me a lot, made fun of me by calling me different names, and sometimes left me out in some activities. It further dropped my low self-esteem thus it made me feel so bad inside. I became so insecure and at times I would rather isolate myself. Nevertheless, there were still great opportunities backed up with great people who helped me out to be my better self that I am right now. When I was in high school, I joined different clubs such as publication and sports club. I participated in delegations and culminating activities in school. I did great with my academics. I made friends with my classmates of my same interests. They helped me get over with my withdrawn personality. My mother and my teachers affirmed me with encouragements. In the near future, I would want myself to be the kind of person like my mom and my teachers who put extra effort in making a difference within me. Maybe if not for them, I would still sulk over the not-so-good events in my life. A million thanks to them.
Hi Anne,I am so glad that you were able to overcome your low self-esteem and started to find new friends who shared similar interest. I agree with you that encouraagement from influential people are necessary in our development. May you be an encouragement to others as well!
Delete1. I am expecting that I will learn more about the issues, differences and characteristics between children and adolescents, and also to understand easily the topics that we are going to discuss in the coming days, I am also expecting that the class will be more fun while having lecture so that we will not get bored during lectures. And after this semester I am hoping that all the knowledge that I am going to acquire in this subject will help me in the near future.
ReplyDelete2. I’ve experienced bullying when I was in elementary and I think the issue here is that our right to express ourselves and our protection was violated, it’s because you are afraid that someone might do something unnecessary when you say what you want to say or do what you want to do, calling you other names that sucks and stuffs like that. What I did is I take it as a challenge and make myself a better person and also with the help of my parents and teachers, I became stronger, and I can now express everything without hesitations. I thanked them because they never leave me alone and they support me in every little thing that I do. And I think if I am the teacher or if I became a teacher I would facilitate or initiate an open forum to know what’s the problem of each student in my class, their needs or anything,; assessing what they need will lead me to identify and know the solutions that are suitable to their existing problem.
Thanks, Kimmy for sharing!I hope that you would be able to help students who bully others and those who were bullied.
DeleteAt the end of the course I expect that what I learned here would be able to help me relate more to the young people. I am excited to learn more about the changes that happen in the different areas of their lives. Because it is only by understanding these changes and where the children are coming from, would I be able to relate well to them.
ReplyDeleteAs a shy and quiet child, I was often bullied by boys. Even my own brother picked on me. Good that I knew how to fight back when other kids call me names or tease me back then. However, if it is my brother who picks on me, I could not do anything. I became more timid during those times. I really think he was the ultimate bully. Because he is my brother, he knows my weak points. He would tease me, hit me, act like Hulk Hogan and wrestle with me. I did not fight back but instead, I ignored him. Then one day, I noticed that he doesn’t hit me anymore. Something changed in him that affected his attitude toward me (Thank God!). Now we are very close to each other. If I were a kid again being bullied by my brother, I think I would do the same. Ignoring the things that they say or do would really help kids cope with it.
Hi Patricia, its good that the bullying of your brother did not create any negative impression on you. Perhaps, ignoring him and not fighting back helped a lot. However, there are cases were being bullied created a deep mark on the child and had a negative effect. Maybe, the "response" of a child will make a great diference, just as you have responded: not in revenge nor isolation.
Delete1. The child and adolescent subject has been an interesting subject for me the first time I heard about it. Since I really love dealing and teaching kids, this subject will be of great help in giving me knowledge and deepening my understanding about children and teens. I know that I’ll be getting lots of important and sufficient learning that will be useful in my career as a teacher. Determining and understanding what are the factors that affect the development of the child and adolescent is essential, as a graduate of Psychology and a teacher, so that I can relate myself to their ages and might as well go down to their level if there’s a need for me to in order to fully understand their behaviors and personalities. I am expecting that this subject will enlighten me on how will I be able to deal and attend to their needs since kids and teenagers nowadays are different.
ReplyDelete2. I am not sure if my rights were violated when I was a child but when I was on my first year high school level, my parents were separated and I was left to live with my grandparents. The situation may be difficult for my age but I never felt any negligence or feeling of being unsecured and protected because my parents were still able to keep in touch with me despite the fact that both of them are working overseas. Maybe what’s lacking was their presence when there are occasions in school that a parent should attend like the PTA meeting and graduation. Back then, it was my grandparents who attended those occasions but it didn’t really give such an impact to for the reason that I am able to understand our situation. Maybe the reason that I was able to cope up and understand what happened to my family was because my parents explained it to me and told me the truth. They were separated for years and teens having a broken family tend to be more rebellious and can be easily pressured by peers but I can proudly say that I didn’t turn out like that. I felt that I became self-reliant and able to understand things that you’ll experience such difficulty at certain point in life and made me realize that things won’t go smoothly. I have learned that when things go wrong, you must look at the positive side of it and should serve as your inspiration or source of motivation. When my parents separated, I proved to them that I won’t do things that could worsen our situation despite the fact that I am an only child; I studied hard and gave them good grades; I showed them that I am doing fruitful things even though they were not with me. Through God’s grace and prayers, my parents are now okay and I am thankful because that occurrence in my life made a better person.
Hi Donnabel, thanks for sharing and glad that you became a better person as a result of that experience. Take care.
DeleteMy expectation in this course is that at the end of this course, I will already have a deeper understanding of children and the adolescents. Understanding in such a way that by heart, I will be able to put myself on their shoes that in effect as an educator, I would be able to give the fullest of my potential to my students’ learning just I know and feel for them. That I would be able to adjust to their pace, strategize according to their current culture, teach with fun and meet their needs holistically. Yet while doing all of these, still not compromising quality and standard of good education as mandated by the government. Furthermore, I’m excited about taking this course because I know and I’m sure that this will also improve me as a person who is a part of a greater community and as a mother to my two daughters. That through this course, my knowledge of the life stage they are in now, including their joy, dreams, hopes, struggles, dilemmas and other issues, will be broadened. I hope that this will make me a better and more responsible individual as I impact positive changes to the lives of my students, my daughters, my friends and everyone else in my immediate sphere of influence.
ReplyDeleteAs a child, I won’t forget how our own father had left and forsaken us. My mother went with the Lord when I was still three years old, and my brother then was one year old. After a few years, without even consulting us, our father remarried. They got their own children and my father bought a new home for his new family. My father gathered all our appliances from our old house, left us to the custody of an aunt with a promise to give us monthly financial support and had a new life with his new family. On the first years, my father was able to keep his promise of sending us financial support but as time passed by, maybe, due to his growing new family, the monthly allowance which supposed to increase due to increasing need instead dropped-off to the point of not sending us even a single penny. My aunts and uncles in my mother’s side were the ones who took over the responsibility that our father was supposed to keep up. As a child, despite the negative scenarios I was going through during that time of my life, by God’s grace, I faced the situation with a positive outlook. I clearly remember how my Mama Gie and Mama Betty (my aunts) would advise me to keep the respect for my father every time he would visit us, whether he’ll bring something for us or not and that I should study hard to have a bright future. Therefore, I did what they said, kept the respect, honored my father and showed him my love despite his negligence of his duty. And with the motive of pleasing my father, my aunts and uncles who lavished their love on us in behalf of our mother, I gave my best in my studies. In my heart and mind then, that’s the only way in which I could reciprocate their love and support for us. As a result, they were greatly pleased and I myself reaped the fruits of my labor. I’m glad that by God’s grace, I had a bundle of loving mentors that modeled for me a life of love and giving. Without them, I could have been bitter, rebellious and resentful. Despite the gloom of the past, as a daughter, right now, together with my brother, we support our father (who is now old and jobless) financially, respect and honor him and my step-mother as well as God commanded and loves my half-siblings unconditionally. And given another lifetime to be on that situation, I would choose to do the same, love, respect and honor my parents.
Hi Ahniemay, thanks for sharing your personal life and I am very happy that you responded well to your father in spite of what he has done. God bless.
DeleteMy expectation is to learn more about the behavior of a child when they grew up and become an adolescent.
ReplyDeleteThe time when I was entering in high school. My sisters, the eldest and the second are studying in a private school so my parents don’t have enough money to support my education if I will study in a private school also. They told me to study in a public school. I feel so bad but I accept my parents opinion so I study in a public school. That discrimination gave me the struggle to study hard . I bear in my mind that studying in a public school is not the hindrance in fulfilling my goals. As a mother now I was trying to be fair with my children not just like my adolescent time.
My expectations are the following: I expect to learn the methods, strategies and techniques on how to handle child and adolescent. I want to learn how to provide proper teaching and the right way to deal with the behavior of child and adolescent based upon the theories of growth and development. I am expecting to gain more knowledge about the normal and abnormal psychology of child and adolescent, the factors that causes it and the proper intervention that should be given in order for them to be better.
ReplyDeleteI cannot recall any serious violation of my right as a child and adolescent. When I was a child, I considered everything as games. I think that being bullied and bullying was part of the culture and it’s part of growing up unless it’s really serious and causing so much physical and emotional pain. During my childhood days, I used to be one of the bad pupils in the school. I used to beat up boys as well as girls. I just returned the favor. I experienced a lot of punishments like being scolded by teachers, reddened ears and ordered to clean the classroom after classes. I even tried to catch flying chalks and eraser (ahaha). I was disciplined in a strict manner where I used to experience pain as punishment for the wrong actions that I’ve done. They were very strict regarding the rules and regulations at home and in the school. A simple disobedience and a single mistake that was done resulted in unfair punishment. I got a lot of records in the guidance office, for being late, for not sweeping and school troubles, my name together with my written promises of change was all there. They judged me based on my wrong actions not knowing the right deeds that I’ve done. Since I was noted as a bad boy they encouraged me to serve the church. I used to be an acolyte. That’s the beginning of my enlightenment. I’m very thankful to those experiences; it helped a lot in my development. It changed the way I think and the way I deal with situations. No matter what the situation, if you would deal with it positively with happiness equipped and in accordance with the right action and attitude then almost all outcomes will be just fine.
Hi kennan, I am so glad that you were enlightened and has changed your past behavior and became a better man. God bless.
DeleteI expect to learn how to help young children and adolescents handle a variety of mental and emotional problems.I hope that I will become friends and enjoy with different young children and adolescents in the future.
ReplyDeleteFor the whole semester I expect this class to enrich us with knowledge and skill on how to understand our future students. As teachers our time will be mostly spent on working and interacting with our students, and because of this we should present ourselves with proper attitude to them. We should have a deeper understanding on their thoughts and actions as a child. We should have understand their behavior if this is normal to their age level or they are experiencing emotional or physical problems. By understanding them we can have our strategy to approach them, and what education strategy we must use.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I cannot recall any of my rights had been violated as a child. During my childhood or adolescent life I just a typical student at school and a son at home. I did not experienced any bad or any painful event in my life. I experienced being bullied in school but it did not reached to the point that I don't want to go to school. I can say that is just a normal practice of students that they are bullying or name calling but it did not affect me. And at home our family didn't face any hard problems. I can say this because my family is just simple. My father is a government employee and my mother as well. My parents are simple couple and parents. My sibling and I just enjoyed a simple life. Of course we understand that my parents cannot afford the expensive toys that other parents can give to their children. And because we are trained to live in a simple life that may result that we don't face any hard problems. I personally don't make my life complicated. I do the things that I like don't do the things I don't like. Facing problems for me is just like a test, It is not given to you if you can't solve them so why bother. And enjoy simple joys and everything will make you happy.
Hi JM, you are bless because of your parents and the simple life that you enjoy. Keep on being simple.
DeleteHi Rachelle Anne, I did not read your comment on this assignment; hence, you have no grade for this.
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