Reflection of last meeting

Last meeting was an okay one. We were just starting to finalized stuff, such as raffle prices, food, money ect. I did my part and went around my neighborhood and brought a decent amount of money. Also i've helped Ms D with the coin collection our group has started. This meeting were planning on finishing the winning baskets for saturday, which i learned i won't be able to attended due to family business.

Individual Service Learning

For individual service learning i have done tons of different various activities . I have helped out at my old school with an event called "literacy night". It involved me giving out brochures and having people write their names down. I've also been a staff member for "camp getalong" on some saturdays. The group usually consists of 11-15 number of kids through the ages of 4-10. I've done the walk for hunger, which was 6 miles and i've done the 5k clean air run. I also plan to finish up my few hours with the broad street run occurring on sunday may 4th.

reflection on yesterdays meeting (4/17/08)

Yesterday's meeting was a doubtful one. Everyone but the kids seem to believe we can't pull it off due to time. I agree with both parties, but i think we should at least give it a try. The fundraising with the selling of hotdogs seems like a good idea and profitable in the end. My part in all this right now is to get donations from my neighborhood, which should go over well because my neighbors are overall friendly. The conclusion of the meeting was were still doing the fair, just we need some back up plans to.

Reflecting on friday's service learning meeting

Overall i think the meeting went very smoothly. We all know what really needs to be done in the three short weeks that we have. Most of the people in the group i have a feeling will be very committed, however I have the same feeling that some people won't be there at the end. I think if we really pull this off, we will actually make a difference.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/cancer/cancer.html
This site is a positive site of cancer. One sentence says 70% of all child's cancer is cured usually, this is a good percentage. If we post this fact around the fair it might give hope.

Service Learning

The information i gathered from the Websites provided by Ms. Thompson for individual projects didn't help much. However, i have a few ideas of my own. My friend's church has this camp or so called "camp getaway" and it's one Saturday a month for four hours. What i do their is basically a dare care. Also even though I'm Jewish i could always participate in my friend's church. For group projects i have group mates in mine were thinking doing something that effects the elders of the Community. We even are considering going back to our old schools.

places i have looked. : http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/media_kit/factsheet_lsa.pdf
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/servicelearning/project_ideas.html
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/kidsteens_welcome.html

Reflecting on NHD

Project name: Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the Three-Fifths Compromise; The First of Several Compromises

Project type: Paper-solo

What I have learned from this experience is more than i can type. My paper covered the issue of slavery in the Constitutional Convention. Growing up i was always taught and always have thought during the civil wars times that the South was Bad and the North was good. However, this project changed my whole perspective of the North. Believe or not i learned that they benefited from the South having slaves, because it helped out their industries. So neither the South nor North was completely innocent. Also a tricky part of my project was gathering primary sources. Everyone who had served as a delegate or knew them was pronounced dead. The National Constitution Center helped alot, but it still made it difficult.

Huckleberry Finn:Parental control

The essential question is should parents be allowed to hit their children? Yes, I think children should be hit for several reasons. One, when I think of hitting I think more along the lines of a spanking than a beating. Second, it teaches children respect for one another. Thirdly, it’s a fine line of discipline.

First off when I think of spanking, I think among the line of just a little more aggressive tap. I agree with the spanking terms, but not what pap does to Huck. What pap does to Huck in the cabin is physical abusive for which I don’t agree.

Secondly, It teaches children respect with peers and adult figures. For social studies I had to look up a cases relating to parental control. One case said after a boy started getting spankings his grades and social behavior elevated.

My last point is it teaches a fine line of discipline. If you ever heard of aversion therapy you would know it includes a burst of slight pain to realize you made a mistake. For example, say every time u went by McDonalds in the car and you spank your child. Do you think their ever going to want to go to McDonalds? I think not.

In conclusions, Spanking is acceptable, but only in the spanking terms not a beating; remember that.