Impact Activity

For my impact activity I went to Fern Elementary to voulunteer at their afterschool program and I worked with the kindergarteners and the first graders. In this activity I learned so much just by analyzing the kids. I learned that when interacting with kids, you have to have paitence, creativity, and be very energetic because they could get bored really fast. And while I went through this experiance I kept in mind that this will help me to get to the level I want to be in before I go to school for Psychology by "learning to deal with people" as Ms. Frankel said. From this experiance I've learned that I'll do fine in being in a enviroment with working with people, because to me working with kids is a very big task. And if I could do that then I could be able to work with anyone.

Some activity's that I did with the kids was help the kids with thier sight word flash cards, arts and crafts, two group games called (silent ball & down by the river), and at the end the kids just had free time by playing with twinker toys. While helping one of the girls with thier flash cards I really began to understand better ways to help her by breaking up the words and sounding them out. And in arts & crafts I helped the kids design fliers to give to thier parents, to inform them about water play day. This had to be the most challenging part of the experiance because everyone wanted me to help them with thier flyers and sometimes the kids were shy, so it was hard to understand what they wanted. In the two games I noticed that no matter what age people are they are able to work well with eachother and was acctually suprised to see how much they got into it. This was my favorite part of the day becuase I really got to interact with the kids.

Through this whole experiance I feel that I have really learned a lot. I feel that the research that I had done beforehad had really prepared me to do this activity, becuase it gave me a insight on how it would really be like to interact with people and understand where thier comming from or what they need help with. And from that I feel like I'm confident that I really do have a natural skill or passion for this type of work enviroment or job. Even if it's not just with children. So in conclusion I feel that overall this has been a good experiance for me.

Helping kids with flash cards



Arts & Crafts

Passion essay

Psycology

In doing my research on the internet (Google) I have learned that when going for your degree in psychology, depending on how far you go in college will can determine what field of psychology you can go in. And after my research I have decided to try going into getting my Psy.D in Psychology. With this degree I am able to teach or conduct psychology research or provide direct mental health services at a applied setting or work place. And in my research it say’s “most Psy.D. Programs require between 4 to 6 years to complete. According to an article by John C. Norcross and Patricia H. Castle in Eye on Psi Chi, it takes approximately 1 to 1.5 years longer to complete a Ph.D. than it does to complete a Psy.D.”

With my interview with Ms. Frankel (psychology & social studies teacher) I learned what jobs are there dealing with psychology? And how long it would take to get a certain degree? With this degree you could be a counselor which takes 5 years, or you could get your Ph. D which could take around 8 years at the most. You could also be a undergraduate and use that to get a different career that involves only a small amount of years of psychology. I also learned what the difference between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist is. A Psychologist studies therapy and the science of Psychology. And a Psychologist is a actual doctor. And she told me that if I am thinking of going into this career path I would have to deal with people and know how to deal with them. And I asked her if I wanted to start preparing myself to go into this career what I would have to study? And obviously she told me I should study Psychology senior year.

Some things to consider when thinking of going into a career with Psychology is will I actually be willing to be able to deal with people and learn how to help them. I personally feel that I want to do this because I love to help people with their problems, I really am interested in learning the science of Psychology, and because I feel that my style of learning and what I’m interested in would fit this job, because the way I like to learn and view the world is by analyzing and finding the reasons for everything. And I feel that for someone who will have to help and deal with people I would be perfect for it. Another thing I would consider when thinking of going into this career path is if I would be stable enough to deal with demands of actually mentally and psychically taking in other people’s problems, and analyzing and evaluating them to figure out how I could help them. I do feel that I am good at helping people, but I do have a hard time dealing with a lot of stress so that is something I am concerned with.

But overall I feel that I could benefit from studying Psychology because I am actually really interested in learning how people think and the reasons for why they think that way. So that to me is the most important to me that I am actually interested in what job I choose. Another thing I think I would benefit from studying psychology is that if I don’t choose to be a psychiatrist I could still use that degree to do something else that is related to it. And also if I study psychology I could help people feel better and to me that is the benefit because it will not only make them feel better, but also make me feel better. So I feel that this career is right for me.

Journal #31

Most of my passions are art based passions. Some of my Passions are music, and writing.

1.Ever since I could remember music or singing has always been a thing that has been my escape. If I'm going through something very sad or traumatic music is the one thing that makes me feel better. To me I could not go a day with at least listening to music. And if I can't get to access to listening to any music by other alternative is sing or make my own music, which is where writing comes in.

2.Writing is my passion because it's that thing that gives me a since of satisfaction because it makes me feel challenged and when my writing or songs meet my expectations, it makes me feel really accomplished to have done what I really wanted to do.

Even though it may just be something that I love to do, I really can see myself doing as a job and it something that I plan to continue to do.

Poem Graphic

Fate

Ever since I could remember, I’ve always been a person that over analyzes everything. I’ve analyzed other people, places, and most often, myself. I think I overanalyzed myself so much that I’ve kind of started to become a perfectionist and even a little insecure with myself, with wanting to be perfect at everything. But I have come to realize that overlooking everything has actually made me miss the one thing that I never noticed before.

It all happened during my sophomore year when I started to go through a personal breakdown. I was feeling really overwhelmed and restless. I felt like I was just being overworked but at the same time trapped in a cage, away from t he rest of the world. It was as if I was a balloon that got the air sucked out of it; Lifeless and empty. I would go on day by day holding in all my thoughts and feelings, until one day I couldn’t take it anymore. I just had to tell someone so I told my mom that I thought maybe I was depressed and at first she was a little shocked but then, she just talked it over with me. And we both tried to figure out what the cause was for me being depressed. And for a while we couldn’t come to any conclusions until we broke it all down and realized that me feeling depressed was because I was over thinking so much about why I didn’t really have a father in my life, and why it had to happen to me . So basically all of the hurt and pain just built up inside me and finally I couldn’t take it anymore and cracked.

And after I realized that he was the reason for all my frustration, my first instinct was to resent him forever but as I started to think about it I realized that even though he didn’t really play a father role in my life, he has made me stronger by not being there. And he has also helped me to grow up, because if I never had to go through all this confusion and pain, I would have never been as strong as I am today. I finally feel that I am slowly becoming content with who I am, even though their will always be that part of me that I feel that I’m missing. It will never stop me from being who I am and want to be.

As I went through this life changing experience I have come to believe that everything that I have encountered in life was supposed to happen to me; even if it was good or bad. Going through the hardships and pain in life is just part of the journey of life. And I feel that it truly is all fate.

Allusive poem

Goddess:Hestia

Sweet as a cherry and warm as the sun
This girl is so much more than just boys and fun
Born attached to her home
She is truly the mother of her dome

A person so beautiful and pure
No one can resist such an innocent lure
Made to burn as hot as fire
But true love is just not her desire

Immune to passionate lust
What’s more important is family and trust
So loving and so modest
She is really a unique godess

Journal #27

These are some of the myths or goddess I'm thinking of doing:
Apollo-Greek god of music
Lono-Hawaiian god of peace and prosperity
Kuan Yin-Chinese goddess of compassion
Benten-Japanese goddess of of love, the arts, wisdom, poetry, good fortune and water.

Dangerously Dazzling (Pro/con on fireworks)

Every end of the year millions of people around Hawaii rush out to the stores to buy fireworks. It's almost like people just can't help it, they go from one handful of fireworks, to a whole cart of them. And when New Years finally comes everyone party's and pops their fire works till midnight. And once the clock strikes twelve all you see is all the very abstract, and beautiful colors all in the sky. But as beautiful as fireworks are their is a downside to it. Fireworks cause people to have a harder time breathing, also they may also cause brush fires or people to get burned. And also a very big issue that fireworks cause is more damage to our environment.

But most importantly we should all be able to end our year with a bang, without worrying about being harmed. So as residents of Hawaii, we should all just be a little more cautious.