Entrepreneurship

Throughout history, the teachers would always teach the students but never the other way around. In the last class called Entrepreneurship, the students had to be the teacher and give a lesson to the class.

In order to prepare for this, we had to separate into groups of two. With our partner, we then had to do research about a topic; my group’s topic was managing. While researching about managers, I found what it means to be a good and a bad manager. Bad; managers play favorites, they also micromanage. Good; managers act like a good coach, they also have a positive attitude. At the end of the lesson, we had to rate ourselves and our partners on how well we participated in the research and giving the lesson. In order to get ready for our main Action Project (which is a project we have to do around every 3 weeks), we had to create 10 questions and put all of them in a google doc. The 10 questions would involve what the class has done so far in class. After we created the questions, our teacher chose the 10 best questions and create a test for it. We took the test home and we had to do 5 out of the 10 questions for a take-home test. It was really interesting getting all of the slides ready so that I can teach the class. I had never really taught a full lesson to a class before. I really enjoyed preparing for it and actually teaching it. My teaching philosophy to get the point across was to make the lesson enjoyable and fun to learn the topic. I wanted the class to be engaged with the lesson and I wanted the class to actually want to learn the lesson. I wanted the class to participate in the discussion and the activity that was planned. There are a couple of things that if I were to do it twice that I would change. For one I would make sure that everything is all clear with the slides and no technical difficulties. I would also change some of the last activities we did. I would make them different and a little longer. I do think that my teaching was effective. I could tell that everyone understood what the information was saying. I also could tell that the information that was put out there that they were able to keep in their memory.

Throughout this whole process, I was able to take the role as a teacher. This experience I was able to see a new perspective that I would not normally see and I enjoyed it. At times, it was a little difficult but I think it was worth it. I thought that I could work more on creating hard questions. This can help me for next year in college by teaching me what being a good manager is, this will also help with internship interviews.

Food For Friends

I have been doing Food For Friends for the past couple of months now. I have really enjoyed giving back to the homeless and making sure that they would get lunch, I was doing this at my church. I think that feeding the homeless is good for everyone to do because it shows you what kind of a person you are. I would make a different meal for them every Saturday, with a different group of people. In all this was a great experience for me and I will continue to do this anytime I have to chance. 

This Is Who I Am!

In our first unit in a class endurance. We had to make an autobiography of us when we are in the future. The year is 2050 and I am a Navy Seal Commander. In the chapter, I will talk about how I got to this point in my life. What my life mission was, and how that helped me be able to join the Navy Seals as an Officer. In this unit, we learned about what physical and mental endurance people can have. I really enjoyed thinking about what my future might actually look like, I enjoyed writing the autobiography. I could have written more about the details of what happened in college and thereafter.

Homework

In our last unit in our third term called Systems and models, we learned about I-O Psychology and what it does. One of the major things we learned during Maslow’s Hierarchy which is a five-step pyramid. Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and belongingness needs, Esteem needs, and Self-actualization needs. For our AP we had to find something in our school and in all schools and write about it whether you agree with it or not. Whether there should be more of it or not. I created my project on homework and why we don't need it. What I could have done better for this project was to interview more people. What I love about this project was learning more about why people like or dislike homework.

First Female Black President!

In our last unit called Herstory in our class Equality, we learned about what issues race, gender, and class face. We learned about the voices that are gone from our history books. During this unit, we talked about what it means being a feminist and why people are one. For this AP I to do my project on the first female black president in the year 2120. I had to write a news article with an ad of a product based on my event. What I could have done better was to create a long news article. What I loved about this project was figuring out what might come in the future.

Work Cited 

“About Kirsten | Kirsten Gillibrand | U.S. Senator for New York.” Biography | About | Kirsten Gillibrand | U.S. Senator for New York, 2019

“BillTrack50.” Home, LegiNation, 2019

Carroll, Lauren. “Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Campaign Promises.” PolitiFact, 22 July 2016

“Elizabeth Warren.” Ballotpedia, 2019

“My Story | U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California.” About | U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California, 2019

Newburger, Emma. “A Historic Number of Women Were Elected in 2018-These Four Are Expected to Run for President in 2020.” CNBC, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2018

“United States Senator Amy Klobuchar Working for the People of Minnesota.” U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, 2019

Suit

In our third term called Systems and models, we learned about the different ways people can do research. We took an FE to MediaScience where they do research tests based on observation. We looked at what people did for their own research paper. For our AP we had to create our own experiment and write a research paper. My paper will be about why wearing suits make people more confident. What I love about this project was learning more about suits in general. What I could have done better was asking more participants.

Chapter: Same-Sex Marriage

In our third term class called Equality, we learned about what equality means, and how other people have more or less equality than others. We are reading a book called Between The World And Me By Ta-Nehisi Coats. In his book, he wrote a letter to his son about his life and how his son can be better off, and be able to live a good life. For the action project, we had to make a history chapter about an important event and then interview someone who was apart or affected by the event. For this AP I decided to do my important event on Same-sex Marriage. What I loved about this project was researching more about the history of Same-Sex Marriage and doing the interview.