I'm watching Dating in the Dark, an experiment that sees how much physical attraction factors into relationship/dating. The people meet each other in the dark and they don't know what the others look like at all. So after they get to know each other they can choose to "reveal" and see each other, that's after they get to know each other. So they see how that connection fares after seeing how the person they've bonded with looks like and its a pretty interesting experiment. To what level does looks matter? Seems like a topic this class might be interested in. The tagline for the experiment is- is love blind?
Well I'm also getting to know the kids better and new sides of them are starting to come out. I think now that we've been there longer, the kids are feeling a bit comfortable with us, and the other counsolers have said so as well. Sometimes its a good thing, sometimes not so much. I think they're trying to see if they can get away with stuff now that we know them better.
Well after the park today, I hung out with Amy again, one of the people I work with. It was a really nice day and we were both sweating like pigs after playing freeze tag with the kids and splashed some water on ourselves to cool down. We just stopped in front of a dog park and started watching the dogs play around. It was random but fun.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Job transfer
One of the counsolors that worked with me got transfered. For a very stupid reason. I feel like it was so unfair that they did that to her because she was doing a good job. Kim, the lady that was supposed to be watching over us hasn't said anything to us about it. When we ask her how we are doing she tells us we are doing great and when we ask if she needs anything she says she doesn't and all of us do whatever we have to. So she goes to Damika, the boss and tells her that Nefi is a bad influence and is making the rest of us lazy, which is so ridiculous. She never says anything like that to us and its very two faced because with us, she says we're doing great, and then she tells Damika another thing. How can we improve or fix whatever it is she claims we're doing wrong if she never says anything to us? We play with the kids and we only talk to each other when they're napping or when we're talking about the kids or playing with the kids together. We do everything that is asked of us so I don't understand what the problem is. I feel like Nefitia was the one who was keeping the kids together and they listen to her because she's strict with them. I'm upset that she left like that because it was so sudden. More importantly its so underhanded because we knew nothing about it till it happened. I didn't even know what happened until I called her today. She likes her new job better and will miss the kids and us but not anything else. I'm selfish but I wish she didn't have to leave like that. I wish she could've stayed, at least til the end of summer.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Hi Guys- Biking
Well, if you guys still want to, I found a free bike rental place in lower manhattan for all summer from may till sept 15. We can ride the bikes for 2.5 hours. Here are the times of the sessions
9:30AM – 12:00PM
12:30PM – 3:00PM
3:30PM – 6:00PM
http://www.downtownny.com/bikearound. Well its up to you guys, we can do this another day or not do it, its just expands our options.
Hudson River has free kayaking too. Well hoping you guys well. Let me know what you think.
9:30AM – 12:00PM
12:30PM – 3:00PM
3:30PM – 6:00PM
http://www.downtownny.com/bikearound. Well its up to you guys, we can do this another day or not do it, its just expands our options.
Hudson River has free kayaking too. Well hoping you guys well. Let me know what you think.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
bronx zoo
Went to the bronx zoo today with groups b and c. Went to work early today, 7:45. I feel bad not being with my group today, even though we were assigned to the other group because there would be none of the junior staff from group a with the kids today. We were in the cafeteria and were sitting from our kids and when we got up to go, I said bye to the kids from my group. They looked surprised and confused that we were leaving them. I wouldn't be going to work tommorow since we get the day off after the trip. I wonder if they understood we were only going for one day. Their faces were just watching us as we left so that was pretty sad. The trip in itself was fun. The animals got really close. One of the staff members wondered if they should be in the wild instead and I wondered myself, whether it was better to be in the wild with predators or in the zoo without. I wondered if we were captured by aliens and put in a zoo to be watched like that how we would feel. Would we mind if we grew up in a zoo from birth or would we just accept it?
Well it was pretty cool all in all. I saw a vulture eat a dead rat and it pulled at the guts. The kids were engrossed with the scene alot of them said "ew" or "that's cool". In the past when I went to zoos I wasn't that interested, but the animals were closer today. I could see the tigers and cubs and a baboon came so close that it pressed its face against the window and licked it. I missed my group of kids anyway..What I find interesting is that all the counsolors said that they liked their kids. The group I was in too. I wondered if I was placed in this group instead would I have bonded in the same way with these kids instead. I think I might have, but I like the ones I have from my group, I think they're the best group, I'm biased but I really do. All the counsolors seem to bond with their kids and enjoy the job. Well all the ones I've talked to so far which was the ones in my group and the ones who's group I am in today. I talked to one of the counsolors on the train ride about Camp College since they didn't go and were interested. They're part of the Prep classes too since they got the job through the same program. They were looking forward to going to go on the next Camp College trip.
Well it was pretty cool all in all. I saw a vulture eat a dead rat and it pulled at the guts. The kids were engrossed with the scene alot of them said "ew" or "that's cool". In the past when I went to zoos I wasn't that interested, but the animals were closer today. I could see the tigers and cubs and a baboon came so close that it pressed its face against the window and licked it. I missed my group of kids anyway..What I find interesting is that all the counsolors said that they liked their kids. The group I was in too. I wondered if I was placed in this group instead would I have bonded in the same way with these kids instead. I think I might have, but I like the ones I have from my group, I think they're the best group, I'm biased but I really do. All the counsolors seem to bond with their kids and enjoy the job. Well all the ones I've talked to so far which was the ones in my group and the ones who's group I am in today. I talked to one of the counsolors on the train ride about Camp College since they didn't go and were interested. They're part of the Prep classes too since they got the job through the same program. They were looking forward to going to go on the next Camp College trip.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Possible Topics- *edited*
Possible Topic 1
Investigating Identity- people always says that they're who they are. "I'm just me." or "I am who I am". Why is this concept of self so important for people to have? and what makes you you? What makes you different from other and in what ways are you alike?
For people who are chameleons and can change aspects of themselves at will, who are they? Are they the personalities they choose to show others or something else? Like actors, some say they incorporate a character so well they become the character. What is the distinction between the character you play, and the character you are if the lines are so easily blurred?
edited* Possible project..Play different characters and note how it is to playing that role. What are your reactions? What are other people's reactions to you?
Possible Topic 2
Are we defined by our actions or our intentions? Because there seems to be two different things happening, whats happening in your head and what's happening in the real world. But they're both happening, so how exactly is that determined? What does it mean to be a good person?
edit* possible short story film- about two people find a unexpected note in the wallet and what they decide to do. The discription in the youtube box is pretty much what this topic is about. Its set in Hong Kong, but it has subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpLaUZeL6k&feature=channel_page
So those are the topics I'm interested in exploring. I'm interested to see what you guys want to talk about. See you tommorow.
Investigating Identity- people always says that they're who they are. "I'm just me." or "I am who I am". Why is this concept of self so important for people to have? and what makes you you? What makes you different from other and in what ways are you alike?
For people who are chameleons and can change aspects of themselves at will, who are they? Are they the personalities they choose to show others or something else? Like actors, some say they incorporate a character so well they become the character. What is the distinction between the character you play, and the character you are if the lines are so easily blurred?
edited* Possible project..Play different characters and note how it is to playing that role. What are your reactions? What are other people's reactions to you?
Possible Topic 2
Are we defined by our actions or our intentions? Because there seems to be two different things happening, whats happening in your head and what's happening in the real world. But they're both happening, so how exactly is that determined? What does it mean to be a good person?
edit* possible short story film- about two people find a unexpected note in the wallet and what they decide to do. The discription in the youtube box is pretty much what this topic is about. Its set in Hong Kong, but it has subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpLaUZeL6k&feature=channel_page
So those are the topics I'm interested in exploring. I'm interested to see what you guys want to talk about. See you tommorow.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Camp College
Hi guys, I just got back today from Camp College. It was a pretty interesting experience so I thought I would share it with you all. I got a roommate and didn't know who it would be and they meant for it to be like that because that's how its going to be like in college. My roommate was nice but we didn't spend much time in our rooms because we had so much activities to do. Okay, we'd be up by 6:45 in the morning and out by 7:15 so we'd do all we had to, brush teeth, dress, etc and we'd be back in our rooms by 11:00. I had fun even with all the stuff we did because we learned alot. I missed the kids from my job a little at the beginning and thought of them so I kind of wanted to be there instead on friday but when I got there I met alot of nice people.
I won't bore you with all the details but we got to take two "stimualated" college classes, I didn't feel it was exactly realistic because it was only a day and the lessons were a bit jumpy. Afterwards though we also learned alot about the proccess and all the scholarships that were available. Anyways completing the FAFSA is MUCHO important, and getting it done on time. We did a game were we all recieved a different student, and if your student didn't complete the FAFSA on time, even if it was completed it, it would cut up a large part of the scholarship money you could have received. I feel like this is something important because alot of people are worrying about how they're going to pay for it, so they had a class on that. We also met admission officers, they were the mentors of our group. Meeting them made me see they were people because before I always just saw them as someone who were just going to evaluate them and they're actually fun people and not as I thought they were going to be.
Really what I remember most is the people and the activities we did together. We went bowling as a group. Had alot of get to know you activities and ice breakers with our groups. So everyone was comfortable talking to everyone else right from the start. We had a party on Saturday, there was no dirty dancing lol, people did the electric slide and dances like that and kept it clean for the most part. I played Cranium with Regina and found a group of people to join us. What a party animal I am lol. I ate two vanilla ice-cream scoops and started to get pretty competitive. It was funny because at this one part my teammate, got a cloodle and had to draw buffalo wings and she drew this pig/cow thing and I was supposed to guess but had no idea what it was. I thought it was pork wings, chicken wings, cow wings, and couldn't get it. The buffalo had a snout! That was funny because she started gesturing wildly at the pig snout and I thought it was pig wings.
We were split into eight groups and here are the team names-
Group 1- #1
Group 2- Deuces
Group 3- Triple Threat (that's mine!)
Group 4- Fantastic Four
Group 5- High Five
Group 6- Six in the Mix
Group 7- 007
Group 8- Crazy Eights
Our groups even created our own chants and it was decided on our own and not forced upon us so everyone got into the spirit. My group had alot of cool people and it was the 10th anniversary of camp college. Our mentor said that our group was by far the best group she ever had. She said she's not the type of person to BS so I believe her and I think that's pretty cool. The director said the same thing about the whole group that came this year. We did a skits at the end. All the skits were hilarious. I laughed alot. It was alot of fun and I was surprised that the skits came out so good. And that was my Camp College Experience, I enjoyed it alot, so I hope you enjoyed reading my long long post about it :]
I won't bore you with all the details but we got to take two "stimualated" college classes, I didn't feel it was exactly realistic because it was only a day and the lessons were a bit jumpy. Afterwards though we also learned alot about the proccess and all the scholarships that were available. Anyways completing the FAFSA is MUCHO important, and getting it done on time. We did a game were we all recieved a different student, and if your student didn't complete the FAFSA on time, even if it was completed it, it would cut up a large part of the scholarship money you could have received. I feel like this is something important because alot of people are worrying about how they're going to pay for it, so they had a class on that. We also met admission officers, they were the mentors of our group. Meeting them made me see they were people because before I always just saw them as someone who were just going to evaluate them and they're actually fun people and not as I thought they were going to be.
Really what I remember most is the people and the activities we did together. We went bowling as a group. Had alot of get to know you activities and ice breakers with our groups. So everyone was comfortable talking to everyone else right from the start. We had a party on Saturday, there was no dirty dancing lol, people did the electric slide and dances like that and kept it clean for the most part. I played Cranium with Regina and found a group of people to join us. What a party animal I am lol. I ate two vanilla ice-cream scoops and started to get pretty competitive. It was funny because at this one part my teammate, got a cloodle and had to draw buffalo wings and she drew this pig/cow thing and I was supposed to guess but had no idea what it was. I thought it was pork wings, chicken wings, cow wings, and couldn't get it. The buffalo had a snout! That was funny because she started gesturing wildly at the pig snout and I thought it was pig wings.
We were split into eight groups and here are the team names-
Group 1- #1
Group 2- Deuces
Group 3- Triple Threat (that's mine!)
Group 4- Fantastic Four
Group 5- High Five
Group 6- Six in the Mix
Group 7- 007
Group 8- Crazy Eights
Our groups even created our own chants and it was decided on our own and not forced upon us so everyone got into the spirit. My group had alot of cool people and it was the 10th anniversary of camp college. Our mentor said that our group was by far the best group she ever had. She said she's not the type of person to BS so I believe her and I think that's pretty cool. The director said the same thing about the whole group that came this year. We did a skits at the end. All the skits were hilarious. I laughed alot. It was alot of fun and I was surprised that the skits came out so good. And that was my Camp College Experience, I enjoyed it alot, so I hope you enjoyed reading my long long post about it :]
Thursday, July 9, 2009
N. gave me a picture and made a fan for me and I made some origami for them. The kids are the sweetest. I'm wondering if I should start abbreviated names so its less public. I was kind of tired today so I didn't play around in tag as much. Mostly I sat down and watched them to make sure none of them gets hurt. One of the boys from the other group threw up because of the tire swing..and one of my kids got throw up on them...This is so random I don't know why I'm writing about upchuck...I have to say though kids are pretty enthusiastic, these two girl went on the slide twenty times without tiring of it.
Me and Nefi played handgames with them and alot of kids got to play. We played "Quack Dilly O' So" (not sure on spelling) for awhile and then I taught them "King Kong the Leprecaun". T. taught me some tibetan phrases which I thought was so cool. She's adorable. Gahh..I adore all my kids. When me and Nefi left they hugged us and it was like they didn't want to see us go. It was so sweet.
I'll miss them because I won't see them tommorow since I'm leaving for the Camp College. I'm disappointed that I'll be missing the blood drive. I really really wanted to do it.
Me and Nefi played handgames with them and alot of kids got to play. We played "Quack Dilly O' So" (not sure on spelling) for awhile and then I taught them "King Kong the Leprecaun". T. taught me some tibetan phrases which I thought was so cool. She's adorable. Gahh..I adore all my kids. When me and Nefi left they hugged us and it was like they didn't want to see us go. It was so sweet.
I'll miss them because I won't see them tommorow since I'm leaving for the Camp College. I'm disappointed that I'll be missing the blood drive. I really really wanted to do it.
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