Reflection On A Child Called It

Lamott explains that the “child you” is meant to coax out that spark for an extraordinary piece of writing that may have been overlooked by using a more mature, adult approach. Lamott personalizes the infamous fear of the “first draft” by describing her experience as a food review writer for California magazine. Even years after she first took the position, she suffered the same panic each time she was requested to write a new review. Stressed out she would write a sentence or two, mark it out, try again, distract herself with other tasks for a time, then sit back at her desk and stare at the same picture frame. By the time Lamott got to the picture frame stage, she always ended up with the same epiphany, to write a “Shitty First Draft” that no eyes but hers would see. By allowing us amateur writers into her realm, and allowing us to understand that she shares our struggles even at the professional level, Lamott solidifies the credibility of this piece and the importance of the “Shitty First Draft”. Lamott wrote Shitty First Drafts within her book about writing to inform young or inexperienced writers in a funky, warm way that no one spins a perfect piece of writing in one

The interview we watched in class was of Opra interviewing the author of A Child Called It. A Child Called It is a book about Dave who wrights an account of his personally life story as a child. He tells the story from his perspective and describes the abuse and neglect he suffered when he has a child. Dave’s father was a firefighter and the mother was a stay at home mom. As a baby he would cry a lot and he needed a lot of attention. His mother then became an alcoholic and that is when the severe abuse began. When the abuse began the mother would not do anything to Dave in front of his father. When his father would go out of town his mother would not feed him for 7 to 10 days and if he stole food his mother would punish him. When Dave turned

As Marilyn mentioned, she found it important to dedicate a chapter of what to say and how to act around those who may have suffered from abuse. Her story has opened the door to teaching me how help properly assist a child in a manner that will help them cope with the abuse. Her book is one that I know I will refer back to in the future as I begin my career as a teacher.

A young girl by the name of Annie is the main character in this children’s book. This book helps educate young children about why their parents tell them what to do and why they get ‘punished’ after not listening. Annie, starts off trying to sneak a cookie out of the cookie jar before dinner and her father has a valid reason why she should not consume a cookie before dinner. Annie signs in frustration and later in the book disobeys her mother by running in the street for a ball when her mother specifically told her not to. Yet again, Annie’s parent has a valid reason as to why she should not go into the street, an illustration in the book pictures a car screeching to a halt in front of Annie. Annie goes on to play rough with her toys, when

and not the “Last resort” if we approach the topic differently we can make a difference on how our children understand their own story (Randolph, 2016).

The term “reflection” comes from the Latin term reflectere which means “to bend back”. A mirror does this. It bends back the light so that you can see what your face looks like. In education, reflection means to look back at experiences of learning and think about them. The act of reflection becomes the bridge between experiences and learning.

The following reflects week three class for children and adolescence, this paper will showcase the main things discussed in this class period and the many take always. I will also reflect on the techniques that were discussed in this class period in order that I can further my development in learning how to effectively communicate with adolescents.

Operation Christmas Child has been a part of more than half of my life. I started

The week of October16th through October 20th was pretty busy. I had three ARD meetings this week but none of them depicted any issues. All the parents were very complimentary of the teachers and their assistance in providing their children with the necessary tools to be academically successfully. We had our school homecoming on Monday so I was busy assisting the committee on preparation for the evening event. All eight grade teachers are required to be a part of this committee so that includes me. I enjoy events like this because when you participate the students (most) appreciate your hard work and seeing you there at their special event. After school on Monday, October 16th I assisted the band director, cheerleading coach, and football coach in lining up the students outside so we could have a couple run through practices on how the evening would transpire. It was nice seeing all the students and faculty coming together to coordinate and plan such a memorable event. As usual, on Tuesday and Thursday of this week I went to Alexander High School immediately after finishing at Trautmann (whew!). We continued working with the students whose STAAR, benchmark, and CBA scores were low last year so that we can bring them up to par. We have been mainly focusing on seniors, special education, and ELL students so that we can continue documenting procedural safeguards on these students. So far, the numbers have been slowly increasing as we continue calling in students and

The News is known for providing us with important things going on in our society. They provide us with all types of news stories such as Knowledge, Weather, Sports, Politics, and many more topics. Reading, hearing, or even watching the news is important to us since we are all curious what going on in the world. Even since the 17th century when news stories were develop from there are books that are being banned because their content is considered unacceptable. Despite the problems we are going through today books continue to remain banned. As a society, we are going through many problems like racism, bullying, drug/alcohol abuse, divorce, violence, and religion. It has been discussed that the reason behind banning books is because adults feel the need to preserve a child innocence for as long as they can.However, this is a problem they witness in everyday life. Instead of protecting their children it is better to provide them with the knowledge, skills, and tools to deal with these problems. The preservation of children’s innocence is one reason children are not being allowed to read certain books that can greatly impact their lives. Although exposure to explicit topics like death, abuse, and bullying at a young age can cause a child to have more violent behavior, I claim that gradual exposure to explicit topics allows children to become more aware of the world, gives them the opportunity to develop interpersonal skills, and a sense of morality.

                       In the short story “A Retrieved Reformation” by O.Henry talks about many things. For example: Honesty is the best policy, love can change everything, or even sometimes you need to sacrifice yourself so the ones you love can be happy. But something the stuck out from the story was no matter what you do, you can’t change that past. What this is basically saying is that if you do something you regret, you can’t turn back time and change what already has happened, and it’s true. What you as the reader will read next is that the author O.Henry gives explicit detail on what Jimmy Valentine has done in his past and can’t undo.

Thinking back on my essays for this term, the revision process was extremely helpful. In my essays, I would occasionally have issues with phrasing or punctuation usage as well as developing my concepts and being able to express them clearly. Having others revise me essays helped me understand where I wasn’t being clear and helped me catch some bad sentence structures. Often, when peer reviewing, I would spend a lot of time and effort revising other’s essays, but get very little feedback in return. I would often have to review my own essay, which was actually beneficial because it gave me more time to focus on my concepts and think critically about my writing. For example, my argument essay was hard to understand because I had too wide of a subject. I didn’t realize this until I re-read my essay and thought about how everything was hard to connect. I ended up deleting about half of my paper and focusing in on a more specific aspect of my original topic, which helped the essay flow smoothly between my concepts and arguments. Professor Michell was a crucial part of my revision process. Because I didn’t get enough feedback from my peers, I still needed someone else to look over my essay and help me work through my issues. I found it extremely helpful that Professor Michell was open to looking over students essays with them. The feedback provided by her helped me express myself clearly, catch tricky punctuation issues, and connect and develop my concepts more fully.

In my time as a student at Winthrop University I have been a part of many different experiences that have molded me into the future educator that I hope to become. Some of the biggest experiences that have helped shape me are my class time in CRTW 201, my class time in EDUC 220, and my time teaching private lessons with the Clover High School Band Program. Each of these experiences has played a large role in helping me become the teacher I am today and the teacher that I aspire to be.

Children’s books are an essential part of a child’s life because they enhance the development of language and critical thinking skills. This provides a solid foundation of learning for adolescents that will stick with them forever. Books have the power to alter a child’s life and influence their thoughts and decisions as they grow. It affects a child’s perspective on society and how they fit into it (Hunt, 1998). Literature has significantly changed over time because it tends to reflect the society of the day and since society is constantly changing, so is literature. Literature reflects changes in all aspects of life in including gender, race and disability issues. All children’s literature is important to study because, no matter how hurtful or different it may seem from todays writings, it reflects a society that used to exist (Galda, 2013). Many children’s books today would seem politically incorrect because of how different the society used to be, even though it seemed completely appropriate back then. To understand society and how literature affects it, it is important to look at children’s books and how they have changed over time, what values they are trying to teach young children and how this affects children’s development.

The feature of the movie “Joy” was Joy Mangano who once said, “Find a way and make it happen: I’ve always been the type of person who couldn't rest until I found a way to make something happen. If I couldn’t go around the rock, I’d find a way to go over it or under it or through it.” Joy was a very creative person. She started inventing things at a very young age, thus helping her through life. The theme in the film “Joy”, the director uses the archetypal setting “the river”, which reveals that we as humans have a need that we can find in ourselves to push through struggles so we can accomplish our dreams, because we desire more in life.