Academics
The boys in my crew don't really talk to me, but from the few things they have said to me I know that CT feels like he is doing ok in his classes. I know that CT had been having some trouble in math class, I haven't checked in on that fully yet. RM doesn't say anything to me and J is having some trouble settling in science class. My partner and I have talked and we have decided that she will be helping J with his science.
As for the girls, I know that MF passed her classes, but that her math and science grades were low. We have talked and she has told me that she is going to try and bring up her grades. MF says she doesn't need my help. CM isn't doing well in science or english so I will be going to her and helping her with those classes. TV and KD said that they are ok but now that they have their report cards I am going to ask again on Monday and see if they really think that and see if I can help them bring up grades.
Volunteer Hours
CM and MF have told me that they have all of their hours. MF said she hasn't handed them in yet, I'm going to make sure she does soon. KD doesn't have her's yet, my partner and I are going to try and get her some. The boys say they have it figured out. I have a feeling CT and RM were just saying this to get us to go away. My partner and I will check in on this again.
Social Life
MF has been having some trouble with her friends lately but things seem to be getting better. KD and CM are bungee cord buddies, if I see one of them the other is always close by. CT and RM are always in a big group of guys. CT gets in trouble sometimes. I always see J in a small group of friends, he never seems to notice me saying "hi" when i walk by him.
My partner and I are going to talk about making some plans with our crew to have some study sessions.
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Friday, 8 November 2013
My Event and the Dance
I don't think my event was all that good. I should have announced it better and sooner. The actual event was ok, a lot of grade 12s showed up and we had a nice time learning about the different ways to dress Goth I was very proud of all of the people who dressed up on Monday. Everyone did a great job with their outfits. I think that if I ever do this again I would announce it better and have more time for me to show some ways to do their make up or questions or something like that. I feel like I could have planned my event better.
The glow dance was a lot of fun. It was the first time I went to a dance at the since the grade 8 Halloween dance thing. I saw a few of my Link crew kids there. At first it was boring and I didn't know what to do. A few of the Link Leaders would see me and come over to make me dance, that was always fun. After a while of wandering I found a group of people to hang out with. They were all grade 9s and 1 of them were in my Link crew. When the dance was over we all made a deal to go to all of the dances together as a big group. It was nice to find some people that I fit in with. I hung out with them all again on Monday in the games room at lunch and my Link Crew kid added me on Facebook, we talk sometimes.
The glow dance was a lot of fun. It was the first time I went to a dance at the since the grade 8 Halloween dance thing. I saw a few of my Link crew kids there. At first it was boring and I didn't know what to do. A few of the Link Leaders would see me and come over to make me dance, that was always fun. After a while of wandering I found a group of people to hang out with. They were all grade 9s and 1 of them were in my Link crew. When the dance was over we all made a deal to go to all of the dances together as a big group. It was nice to find some people that I fit in with. I hung out with them all again on Monday in the games room at lunch and my Link Crew kid added me on Facebook, we talk sometimes.
How Have I Grown As A Link Leader
I don't think I've grown much as a Link Leader. I was a much better leader during the first couple of weeks than I am now. I only really talk to a few of my kids. I've never really been to their MSIPs. I'm a really horrible link leader. I could come up with a million excuses but the truth is that I've just not done it. I keep in contact with a couple of the link kids because I notice them more and they actually talk to me. I know I should try harder and keep contacting them. All of my procrastination is starting to catch up with me and I'm feeling the stress of not doing the work.
I think that from now on I'm going to try much harder to get my work done and I'm going to find someone who will sit with me and make sure I stay on track and get all of my work done because without that person I'm sure I'll just keep going like I am now.
I think that from now on I'm going to try much harder to get my work done and I'm going to find someone who will sit with me and make sure I stay on track and get all of my work done because without that person I'm sure I'll just keep going like I am now.
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
The World Need All Kinds Of Minds
The world needs all kinds of minds because the world would be a very boring place if we all thought the exact same way. We need those who have different interests so that the needs of different people are taken care of. You need the people who think with pictures and people who think with words and language.
The world needs people with ASD. If they have enough socialization they will be the masters in their career choice, usually people with ASD will "obsess" over a certain subject, they will try to learn everything about that thing. They will want everything they do to be perfect and if it isn't they will try again and again.
If everyone thought the same way art galleries and museums would all look boring and repeated. If Picasso had thought the same way as everyone else we wouldn't have any of his amazing famous paintings. Abstract art wouldn't really exist, it would be portraits of the high class people that could afford it.
If people all thought the same we wouldn't have planes. If Wright brothers didn't think that if they took some materials they could make a flying machine we would be using boats to go over seas. That is if we ever had boats, some one different had to think up that as well.
Everything we have now we have because some one different thought they could do something no one else did.
The world needs people with ASD. If they have enough socialization they will be the masters in their career choice, usually people with ASD will "obsess" over a certain subject, they will try to learn everything about that thing. They will want everything they do to be perfect and if it isn't they will try again and again.
If everyone thought the same way art galleries and museums would all look boring and repeated. If Picasso had thought the same way as everyone else we wouldn't have any of his amazing famous paintings. Abstract art wouldn't really exist, it would be portraits of the high class people that could afford it.
If people all thought the same we wouldn't have planes. If Wright brothers didn't think that if they took some materials they could make a flying machine we would be using boats to go over seas. That is if we ever had boats, some one different had to think up that as well.
Everything we have now we have because some one different thought they could do something no one else did.
Monday, 21 October 2013
If I Could Have Any Link Super Power What Whould It Be? Why?
If I could have any link crew super power I would choose the magnetic personality. That way it would be a lot easier to become friends with the kids in my crew. I always have trouble thinking of things to say to the kids in my crew so if i had a megnetic personality they would just come to me, and hopefully have things to say. They times I do talk to my crew kids we never really have anything to say because I don't know what to talk to them about.
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
First AFU
Last week I had the joy of eating lunch with a couple of my link crew kids. When my partner and I first asked them to join us we had 4 out of 8 of our kids said they would come. But when we actually went to have lunch one 2 went with us. 1 of the kids left with his friends right away and the other left with her friend because she forgot her money. I was very happy we had those 2 still with us. To me that seemed like a big step. I was a little upset that the other 2 bailed on us but I would have gone to hang out with my friends instead when I was in grade 9.
This week was also Suicide prevention week and for my group I got to hand out these bright green silicone bracelets. I was very happy when I saw my kids walking down the hall wearing their bracelets.
The major thing of the week was that we had our first AFU. An AFU is and Academic Follow Up. This is the first time since Orientation that my partner and I have been with out whole group. A few of the kids didn't want to do the activities, they wanted to study for tests or work on some homework. My partner and I did our best to keep them entertained but they went on cell phones or didn't listen to us. We tried to get through it smoothly and without fault but they really didn't want to participate. At the end it was hard to keep the boys of our group to stay with the group. They would always wonder off and try to skip out. I think they just wanted to go to lunch or find their friends or do some unfinished work.
At the end of all this I got to sit down and chat with a couple of the kids I didn't get to talk to as much. It was nice to talk to them for a little while until their friends started showing up and they scattered to hang out with them instead.
This week was also Suicide prevention week and for my group I got to hand out these bright green silicone bracelets. I was very happy when I saw my kids walking down the hall wearing their bracelets.
The major thing of the week was that we had our first AFU. An AFU is and Academic Follow Up. This is the first time since Orientation that my partner and I have been with out whole group. A few of the kids didn't want to do the activities, they wanted to study for tests or work on some homework. My partner and I did our best to keep them entertained but they went on cell phones or didn't listen to us. We tried to get through it smoothly and without fault but they really didn't want to participate. At the end it was hard to keep the boys of our group to stay with the group. They would always wonder off and try to skip out. I think they just wanted to go to lunch or find their friends or do some unfinished work.
At the end of all this I got to sit down and chat with a couple of the kids I didn't get to talk to as much. It was nice to talk to them for a little while until their friends started showing up and they scattered to hang out with them instead.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Orientation Day and First Week
I feel that orientation day went by smoothly. We started out with lots of energy. My group of grade nines are a good bunch of kids. My partner and I had a few quiet girls at the beginning but as time went on they started talking more. I'm very happy with the group of kids we got.
Our group didn't really enjoy all of the activities we did, they usually spent most of the time chatting with each other and us. Near the end two of the boys from my group only wanted to wonder off and find their lockers and have food. There isn't much I could have done to change that. To be fully honest by then I really wanted to go eat some food also, and I'm sure my partner did too.
If I could go back to orientation day and change one thing that happened I would change how I kept trying to move to the next thing. I feel as if that made it seem like I didn't want to just chat with them.
The first week of school was crazy. It seem like there were a lot more kids there than usual. My partner and I had some trouble trying to find all of our group but in the end we did. On the first day of school one girl from my group sort of watched me walk down the hall and waited until I said "hi" before she waved at me. There were times when the nines didn't want to talk to us but we tried anyway.
I was always scared to walk up to one of my nines when they were surrounded by their friends. Next time I'll just walk up to them and try to find out how they are doing whether they are with their friends or not. It seems nicer then just walking right past them incase they are expecting us to check in on them or something.
I had lots of quick L.I.C.s with my crew but not many meaningful L.I.C.s. The meaningful L.I.C.s were hard to have because at lunch the mostly went over town to eat and other times they were hurrying to class. I think this week I might try to walk around over town to find them or go to MSIPs to see if they need help with school work.
I don't believe I did my very best last week.
If I could go back to orientation day and change one thing that happened I would change how I kept trying to move to the next thing. I feel as if that made it seem like I didn't want to just chat with them.
The first week of school was crazy. It seem like there were a lot more kids there than usual. My partner and I had some trouble trying to find all of our group but in the end we did. On the first day of school one girl from my group sort of watched me walk down the hall and waited until I said "hi" before she waved at me. There were times when the nines didn't want to talk to us but we tried anyway.
I was always scared to walk up to one of my nines when they were surrounded by their friends. Next time I'll just walk up to them and try to find out how they are doing whether they are with their friends or not. It seems nicer then just walking right past them incase they are expecting us to check in on them or something.
I had lots of quick L.I.C.s with my crew but not many meaningful L.I.C.s. The meaningful L.I.C.s were hard to have because at lunch the mostly went over town to eat and other times they were hurrying to class. I think this week I might try to walk around over town to find them or go to MSIPs to see if they need help with school work.
I don't believe I did my very best last week.
Friday, 6 September 2013
What is a Link Leader?
My job as a link leader is to help the 7-8 grade 9s that are in my group survive their first year of high school. The link leaders have partners so they don't have to handle such a big group by themselves and if one partner is usually quiet and shy they can be partnered up with some one louder and outgoing. As a link leader you have to check in with your crew (link group) at least once a week. There are 2 types of way to interact with your crew, quick L.I.C.s and meaningful L.I.C.s. A L.I.C. is a Leader Initiated Conversation. A quick L.I.C. would be saying "hi" when you pass them in the hall or ask how their doing. A meaningful L.I.C. would be having lunch with them, tutoring them, or celebrating their birthday.
Even though Link Crew is a course, you shouldn't treat it as just a course. You should get your work done and stuff but don't just focus on the work being a Link Leader is about helping out the grade 9s not just about passing the course with amazing grade. I can assure you the grade 9s in your group will notice if you are there for the grade only.
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