identity in context

Context mapping is  who you are or how you act depending on where you are whether it is school, work, or home.  When your at home with family you may act differently than when your at school or work with friends or co-workers.   Context mapping may be different for everyone because everyone acts differently depending where they are. 

My context map:
RIC- youth development,  student
Home- daughter, sister, niece,  granddaughter,  cousin, girlfriend ,friend
Social- instagram, blogger
Work- sales associate,  teacher

Foreclosed identity- when someone doesn't explore others but instead commits to certain life without exploring others. 

Diffusion identify- wjen someone is not site of their identity and who they are but instead tries to fit in to avoid confrontation. 

Moratorium identity- when someone explores relationship and beliefs but does not commit in any. 

Achieved identity- when the identity crisis is resolved and the person makes commitment to the change.

Egg Drop Blog

     Unfortunately I was unable to attend class last Thursday.  After reading some of the other blogs from the class I realized that the Youth in Action group brought in to class a cool way of teaching the students about budget cuts and how some groups are more privileged and have more resources than others. I read one blog that explained how they had very little material to protect their egg and then I read about another group who were very privileged and had a lot of "resources" or materials to use. 
     I think that this activity was a great way to explain and show budget cuts that many communities may experience. It also showed how some kids are more fortunate than others and how some have more resources in their schools and communities compared to others.  Throughout reading other people's blogs I do see a pattern throughout them all.  They mostly all brought up the term budget cuts and I assumed that this was one of the main points to be proven from the lesson. Everyone also related this egg drop to the reading from last week.  Overall I think they really were able to learn from this activity and enjoyed it.     

Ullucci's Reading

Ullucci makes very good points on how poverty impacts youth.  Often times youth struggle more in school than youth who do not live in poverty.  Many times these students are not able to focus in school because they are not given the proper nutrition or are worried that they may not have food on the table when they get home.  This is a very stressful thing for anyone to have to face everyday.  Youth who struggle and live in poverty doesn't make them any less intelligent or unable to succeed in life.  In fact I find that many times it only makes them strive and work harder to success.  
     Poverty does not only effect the individuals but also effects the schools and communities as a whole.  Often times money is very limited and schools are without enough financial support to run after school programs, sports, or extra circular activities.  This leaves very few options for the youth to have.  
     I feel very strong about helping youth and children who are less fortunate and may not have all the resources they should have.  My goal is to be able to provide more for the youth in these particular communities.