Social Justice Speaker

On November 17, Rose Jacob- Gibson came to talk to us about how much she has contributed to our community as a whole. Her way of expressing her leadership skills relate to Hallmark #2 which is "We value the dignity and sacredness of each person." This relates to her because she believed that the women in the county jail deserved more than what they were given. They deserved to be treated like individuals who made a mistake and need help getting back on their feet when they leave jail. For this reason Rose Jacob-Gibson made job programs and even did a re model for the women to feel better. I personally felt aspired by her because she always found a way to be better and she worked her way up.

Freshman Seminar Conference

In Thursdays seminar I learned about the holocaust and about self love. I learned that there is a student here at NDNU that went through a holocaust which tore his entire family apart. He is currently working hard to bring all of his sisters together in America to stick together. He had to make important wise decisions at the early age of 13.  I realized that there was a lot more productivity when each group is given a specific task rather than when everybody is working on the same thing. This served as a great example of cooperative learning since not only did this affect each groups grade but at the end we also had our classes reputation in stake because it was a class project.

On call to action day I learned that helping the community through a learning experience not only benefits the people you're teaching but it also helped me out on what I wanted to do with my future. It helped me get a better since if I wanted to actually be a teacher or not. At the end of the day I realized I did want to become a teacher because it will give me the option to help kids out and give them a better understanding of who they want to be when they grow up and to see every child's different personality. I noticed that every child has a different way of viewing education some don't take it that serious and some love to explore with their own minds taking risks some are scared to take. This community service opportunity gave me the chance to give the Ravens wood School district a role model these fifth graders can look up to when they grow up. They had a better sense of what they're life will be life in less than ten years which is something I never really got to see as a fifth grader. Community service is  something a lot of people take for granted because we never realize how much good it can do us personally. To me it helped me realize that children really do need a role model to help them shape their personalities.

Hallmark 7

Growing up and being raised in the city of East Palo Alto, when I heard that we were going to be partnering up with one of their elementary/ middle schools I couldn't think of a better city that we could be helping out. East Palo Alto was one of the most dangerous cities in the Bay Area 15 years ago. One would always hear in the news that someone got murdered or always heard of violence going on. It is also no surprise that East Palo Altos population is almost all minorities. Working with these kids will give me a chance to be their mentor because there was a time in my life that I was standing in their shoes not knowing what is going to become of my life. This relates to Hallmark 7 " We develop Holistic Learning Communities which Educate for Life " since it states that " We provide an environment and appropriate training for leadership development. Personally, this Hallmark is something that I always find myself doing since I support growth in a person no matter if who it is.