Fridays Group Assignment Analysis

Between grades one through six, which is approximately 6 years of age to eleven years of age, children place priority and importance of popularity, which increases over the elementary school years, this reaches its peak in late middle school and in the early high school years. Studies show that children in grades one through four consider popularity more important than friendship. It was also found that early and middle adolescents generally place more emphasis on conforming and being part of a popular group than younger or older children do. The low-status group, which hope for acceptance into the high-status groups may get some attention, however, rarely do they obtain full acceptance. Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, and Kohlberg all have theories that address the

The period of adolescence is crucial in the development of identity and social integration, and for many teens can be very trying. From the moment children begin attending programs such as daycare and elementary schooling, they are transferred from an environment that no longer exclusively contains their parents, to one where they are integrated with other children who are similar in age; also known as peers. In the United States, adolescents spend twice the amount of time within peer groups from a day to day basis than with their parents (Dijkstra & Veenstra 2011). The socialization that occurs within these peer groups plays a large role in influencing the behaviors of adolescents during this developmental period; whether reinforcing positive behaviors such as academic achievement or encouraging questionable behavior and delinquency. The importance of peer groups in contemporary society is accurately represented in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, adapted from self-help book The Queen Bee’s and Wannabees, depicting the life of a young adolescent who struggles to prove herself worthy of being accepted by the dominant social group. Whether it is deciding on identifying with the ‘Brains’ or choosing to imitate the ‘Cheerleaders’ in hopes of obtaining status, overall adolescent behavior is greatly influenced by their peer groups.

The instruction for this week’s assignment is “The area of a triangle is given by the formula Area = 1/2 * Base * Height. Using the IDLE development environment, create a Python script named t_area.py . Your script must calculate the area of a triangle and display the results of the calculation. The triangle that your script must calculate the areas for has a base of 12 inches and a height of 16 inches. IDLE has both an interactive mode and a script mode. You must use the script mode to develop your script”.

Popular teenagers act appropriately with the party they associate with, in the eyes of their peers they are good at discerning the needs of others, and are confident without being considered stuck-up. They are also friendly, cheerful, good-natured, humorous, and smart; all around just likeable. Being popular does not necessarily equate with having many friends, but more so than not, this is often the case. Popular teenagers are more likely to have intimate friendships, be extremely active in social activities in school or out, and receive more social recognition. Social scientists distinguish between three other types of "popularity status" teenagers: withdrawn, aggressive, and aggressive-withdrawn. Withdrawn teenagers are shy, timid, reserved, and likely to be the victims of bullies. Aggressive adolescents are more likely to fight, be antisocial, and be the bully. Aggressive-withdrawn teens have difficulty controlling their hostility, but are incredibly nervous about initiating social contact with others. “Nicki Crick has studied the aggressive tendencies of girls; they are more likely to use relational aggression - intended to harm others through deliberate manipulation of their social standing and social relationships. Girls are more likely to exclude others from social activities, harming their reputation with others, and withdrawing attention and friendship.” (2nd) When peer rejection is present

My three goals from the week 1 assignment were to use a smaller plate, sip smarter, and to satisfy my sweet tooth in a healthy way. I feel that I did ok with all three of my goals in the short term. I used a smaller plate during dinner, I made my sweet tea with half the sugar, and ate a lot of fruit. In the beginning it was hard to eat with a child’s plate and I would find myself getting second helpings. I was able to cut out some sweets during the two weeks however I really need to work on the amount of sugar I add to my coffee in the morning.

This week we read about screening procedures and strategies for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. We also read about evaluating students with EBD for intervention strategies and instructional strategies with the goal of creating a comprehensive behavior intervention plan.

Overall, the performance was okay, however, there were many flaws. My own performance was not at all perfect because I definitely could have done a lot better. I should have taken more action to actually lead the group more, but instead I was a little shy because of the fact that I was the youngest. For example, I should have pushed the group to rehearse more, so we would have been better at our lines. However, I was not the strongest leader and did not do so. In my performance I should have been louder and projected my voice more and I should have done more acting instead of standing. I could have also spoke a little deeper to sound like a boy, but I did not think about that and worried more about my lines than I did the quality of what I was saying.

She compares middle schoolers to athletes and musicians, who are usually respected for their talent. In summary, the involvement of parents includes supporting their child, which increases the child’s

Chapter fourteen is all about enriching the curriculum with music. This is what our lesson plan assignment is trying to teach. There are many standards that teachers have to meet and material that needs covered in the everyday classroom. Music is just another subject that needs planned for. Teachers often need help incorporating it into other lessons. A music specialist like a music teacher is an important resource for teachers to use. A music teacher can share with the teacher or teach to the students songs related to other subjects covered in the regular classroom. A music book series may have a teachers book full of ideas and songs to use. The book also suggested a website called www.songsforteaching.com which is great for finding songs.

The week four team assignment is to expand the team’s week two assignment. Week two assignment is the first part of the marketing plan for Meet Singles Now (MSN). The second part of the marketing plan assignment adds decision motivators for target markets, buying behaviors, target market profiles, managing the stages of product life cycle including the tactical plans for each stage of the four P’s (product, price, place, promotion) of the marketing mix. The week four team assignment also requires providing a product mix including features, benefits, that differ from competitive and substitute products. The last requirement of the team assignment is to develop a positioning statement and the reasoning of the positioning

My first fieldwork assignment was in a rather large 4th grade classroom. It was exciting and scary all at the same time. I could tell from the very beginning that this was going to be an interesting adventure. I enjoyed being involved in the classroom, watching as children became excited in the new knowledge they had acquired. My later fieldwork experiences would be as intriguing as my first. This time I was able to become more involved in the classroom. I was able to get to know the students and was sad when I had to leave. My fieldwork experience has been such a positive influence on me and because of this it has made my drive to be a teacher much stronger.

Paragraph 10s argument comments on the idea that high school popularity does not dictate ones mental health, future employment or social ability. “teenagers who didn’t belong to their schools in groups can still function well socially… the key is finding a group of people with whom you can feel at ease being yourself”

It has been 26 long years since I graduated from high school and attended East Carolina University for one brief semester. I’m Kathleen Martin and I live in Richmond, VA. To Trey, 22 and Charlie, 20 I’m Mom; to my Dad I’m still Kathleen but to my friends, co-workers and the rest of my family I’m Kat and to my boyfriend I’m Tak, yes Kat backwards. Don’t ask, he’s silly that way! I was married 21 years to my high school sweetheart, we had two great kids but we grew apart. I put my education on hold to have my family. So, now that my children are grown and it’s just two of us at home I can focus on me. Why am I here, you ask? My oldest son is a heroin addict. No, I’m not ashamed. I am sad for him, his girlfriend and our family. Mostly

In the first week of my co-op term I was given an assignment which involved using a program called ArcMap to adjust the locations of streetlights in my company’s spatial database. This needed to be done because the software initially used to place the streetlights made numerous mistakes. Most of the streetlights where placed in incorrect locations, several areas that had streetlights weren’t given any at all, and in some cases street lights were added to locations where streetlights didn’t exist. I moved misplaced streetlights to the correct locations, added streetlights where they were needed, and removed any streetlights from places that weren’t supposed to have any. However, I didn’t know that I was also supposed to run an add-in program for ArcMap while I was working. The add-in would automatically update the streetlight records in the database with my name and the time the streetlight was edited to indicate that I had made modifications. This mistake prevented my company from knowing which streetlights I had moved, added, or removed.

Small groups: The small groups working with the para-educator and teacher will be completing a technology assignment. The following are the steps for that small group. Refer to the appendix for the small group schedule over the next three days. By day three all students will have completed the technology assignment about spring.