Yagami

Week 12

2006-04-10T19:05:16Z

Some issues I see at my site that is connected with the topics we talked about in class are welfare, education, poverty, and marriage at a young age. The reason why they are related with the topics we talked about in class are that the peope who I teach at HAP all come from a poor family. Because they just moved to the United States not too long ago, they don't have very much money, very little education, and because of this they end up living on welfare in poverish community.
Marriage at a young age could have been more of a topic we could have talked about in class. Sure, it doesn't deal necessarily with the ghetto, but it does happen in the ghetto. Service in my mind, now that I have taken this class, has changed. I use to think that it was doing service without profiting from it, but now that I think about it you can profit from community service. Not in a way where you can spend it on material goods, but profit in a way to better yourself and the community.

Update at Site

2006-04-03T19:02:54Z

So far nothing interesting has happened at my site. Everything seems to be running smoothly like usual. The site has been getting more funner and interesting, but more than that nothing else has happened.

Research Topic

2006-03-27T20:04:52Z

The topic I plan on writing my paper on is about the struggle and differences between the views of the younger Hmong generation and older Hmong generation. Not only the differences but also the conflict between the two. The main things I would like to know more about my research is the why and how of the reasons things are the way they are or how it gets started. This is related to North Minneapolis because of the struggle and rebellious attitude given off by Hmong kids. The result from this is marriage at a young age, gang life, and violence in the Hmong community. The way the two relate is the Hmong elders is the symbol of North Minneapolis. Not only is my research topic related to North Minneapolis, but it also relates to the site I am working at. Because the site I work at is mostly Hmong populated, most of my information will also be coming from there. The best source I have found so far is the forum where Hmong youths post some issues regarding family, friends, culture, etc.

Reflection about Site

2006-03-06T20:02:01Z

There hasn't been much about my site, only that I have visited and seen my site. I thought the site was going to be more organized with rules and guidelines, but I found just the exact opposite. This doesn't mean that I am disappointed, but I'm just ok with the idea. This is going to be my first time doing something like this or actually teaching a class so I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing. The Hmong elder who are learning English are pretty funny. They say the darnest thing, but I'm ok with it. I guess it just makes the class a little more interesting that is all. I start tomorrow at four and I don't get done until six o'clock. I'm nervous as well as excited about my experience tomorrow. My supervisor, who is also the man in charge of everything that goes on there, is pretty cool. He is really easy going and really nice to me so I really appreciate it.
As far as my essay is going, I think it is coming a long pretty nicely. The interview is yet to happen, but to start my draft out, I have included some of the ideas on exactly what I will be talking about. I think that this paper is going to be my best if not one of the best papers I have written.

Connections between the readings

2006-02-13T21:10:56Z

Connections between the readings in "Our America" and "Urban Injustice" can be plainly pointed out. A lot of the issues about drugs, housing, education, and etc. are brought up in both books. In "Urban Injustice", the book concetrates more on the history of how the ghetto and the types of things found in the ghetto, came to be. "Our America" is more on life in the ghetto and different people's perspective on what goes on in the ghetto. An example of a comparison between the two books is the issue on education. Education can be brought up in "Our America" as a type of key to a way out of the poverty and violence that can be found in the ghetto. Different people give different perspective on what and how they think of education. The book is more direct on the people rather than the history of education. "Urban Injustice" concetrates on how education was founded and how it came to be in the ghetto. The book concetrates more on the history rather than the people.

Minneapolis

2006-02-06T20:01:49Z

In chapter 1 of Urban Injustice, I believe you can still see some similarities or some trends now that reflects the pasts. North Minneapolis is still mostly African American dominated. The neighborhoods are still the same as they were back then, as well as financially. African Americans are still not given the right to own houses or move into a white community. Sure, they can or is able to, but the risk is fairly big. African American kids are still being harassed by whites as well as other people of color. All in all, what you see in North Minneapolis is no different than what it is from before. Only with the exception of probably new buildings and new streets. Both history are very similar as well as the loss and the hardship they had to go through. The one difference between both stories of the Jew and the African American's in the Ghetto is that the Jew seems to be more family related while African American seemed to be more on the individual itself. That, I think, is a huge difference.

Discussion Answers

2006-01-23T20:29:46Z

A quote that I have found in "Understanding Services" is from B. Cole Bennett. "Recognizing and overcoming noblesse oblige - the obligation assumed by those in "privileged" positions to behave nobly towards those judged less fortunate - should be an ongoing concern for teachers and administrators of service-learning programs." I think that what they say is very true. Though when I read this article, I did not know that it was called noblesse oblige. I sometimes find myself doing this without actually knowing that I am doing this. I believe that people do this all the time without thinking about what they are doing. I believe that serving (noblesse oblige) is not a bad thing. I believe that you grow from every little thing you do. You learn from your mistakes and you learn from the people who you interact with. I think that these authors, who wrote about this issue, are right.